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gilt, for the sun to play upon ; but this hedge I 

 intend to be raised upon a bank, not steep, but 

 gently slope, of some six foot, set all with 

 flowers. Also I understand that this square of 

 the garden should not be the whole breadth of 

 the ground, but to leave on either side ground 

 enough for diversity of side alleys, unto which 

 the two covert alleys of the green may deliver 

 you ; but there must be no alleys with hedges 

 at either end of this great enclosure ; not at the 

 hither end, for letting your prospect upon this 

 fair hedge from the green ; nor at the farther 

 end, for letting your prospect from the hedge 

 through the arches upon the heath. 



For the ordering of the ground within the 

 great hedge, I leave it to variety of device ; ad- 

 vising, nevertheless, that whatsoever form you 

 cast it into first, it be not too bushy, or full of 

 work ; wherein I, for my part, do not like 

 images cut out in juniper or other garden stuff ; 

 they be for children. lyittle low hedges, round 

 like welts, with some pretty pyramids, I like 

 well ; and in some places fair columns, upon 

 frames of carpenter's work. I would also have 

 the alleys spacious and fair. You may have 

 closer alleys upon the side grounds, but none 

 in the main garden. I wish also, in the very 

 middle, a fair mount, with three ascents and 

 alleys, enough for four to walk abreast, which 



