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I would have to be perfect circles, without 

 any bulwarks or embossments, and the whole 

 mount to be thirty foot high ; and some fine 

 ban que ting-house with some chimneys neatly 

 cast, and without too much glass. 



For fountains, they are a great beauty and 

 refreshment ; but pools mar all, and make the 

 garden unwholesome, and full of flies and frogs. 

 Fountains I intend to be of two natures : the one 

 that sprinkleth or spouteth water ; the other a 

 fair receipt of water, of some thirty or forty foot 

 square, but without fish, or slime, or mud. For 

 the first, the ornaments of images, gilt or of 

 marble, which are in use, do well ; but the 

 main matter is so to convey the water, as it 

 never stay, either in the bowls or in the cistern ; 

 that the water be never by rest discolored, green, 

 or red, or the like, or gather any mossiness or 

 putrefaction ; besides that, it is to be cleansed 

 every day by the hand ; also some steps up to 

 it, and some fine pavement about it doth well. 

 As for the other kind of fountain, which we may 

 call a bathing-pool, it may admit much curi- 

 osity and beauty, wherewith we will not trouble 

 ourselves ; as, that the bottom be finely paved, 

 and with images ; the sides likewise ; and 

 withal embellished with colored glass, and such 

 things of lustre ; encompassed also with fine 

 rails of low statues ; but the main point is the 



