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ENGLISH PLEASURE GARDENS 



are two covered Arbors of 300 ffoote long and diverse 

 allies att the beginning of the third and last division 

 are on either side of the great walke, 

 two ponds with ffountaynes and two 

 Columnes in the midle casting water 

 all their heigth which causeth the 

 moving and 'turning of two Crownes 

 att the top of the same and beyond is 

 a compartiment of greene with divers 

 walkes planted with cherrie trees and in the midle 

 is the great Ovall with the gladiator of brass, the 

 most famous Statue of all that Antiquity hath left, 

 on the sydes of this 

 compartiment and 

 answering the platts 

 of flowers and long 

 arbours are three 

 arbours of either side 

 with turning Gal- 

 laryes communicat- 

 ing themselves one 

 unto another; at the end of the greate walke is a 

 Portico of stone cutt and adorned with Pilasters 

 and Nyches within which are 4 ffigures of white 

 marble of 5 ffoote high, on either side of the sayd 

 portico is an assent leading up to the terrasse upon 

 the steps whereof instead of pillasters are Sea Monsters 



