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for planting of willows, or arable ground as we have 

 stood upon heretofore; but yet it is much more to 

 behold fair and comely proportions, handsome and 

 pleasant arbours, and as it were closets, delightful 

 borders of lavender, rosemary, box, and other such like, 

 to hear the ravishing music of an infinite number of 

 pretty small birds which continually, day and night, 

 do chatter and chant their proper and natural branch- 

 songs upon the hedges and trees of the garden ; and 

 to smell so sweet a nosegay so near at hand, seeing 

 that this so fragrant a smell cannot but refresh the 

 Lord of the Farm exceedingly, when going out of his 

 bedchamber in the morning after the sun-rise and 

 whiles as yet the clear and pearl-like dew doth 

 perch unto the grass, he giveth himself to hear the 

 melodious music of the bees, which busying them- 

 selves in gathering of the same, do also fill the air 

 with a most acceptable sweet and pleasant harmony; 

 besides the borders and continued rows of soveraigne, 

 thyme, balm, rosemary, marjoram, cypers, sothern- 

 wood, and other fragrant herbs, the sight and view 

 whereof cannot but give great contentment unto the 

 beholder." 

 The ground The outline of the garden was carefully designed 



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to suit its particular location, and to be on the right 

 scale. " You are very much to consider the form and 

 proportions of the same," writes Markham, " wherein, 



