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popular.* These absurcHtlcs, in their rmn, 

 carried away all the Italian ornaments that 

 were mixed with them. The revolution, 

 therefore,which together with King William, 



* With FegatcJ to sueTi topiary works^ as they ace calle(?> 

 there is a very curious passage in a Latin poem of Pontanus 

 de hortis Hesperiduni. After giving rules fov tVie prepara- 

 tion and fencing of the ground, he says, 



Infode dehinc tencram prolem, et jere tramitc ceTte*", 



Et vinclis obstringe, obeunda ut munera discant 



A pueri*, sed quisque suo spatioque, locoque. 



Inde ubi, et assiduo cultuque eperaque magistri 



Porrigit et ramos, ct frondes explicat arbos. 



Ad munas lege quamque siium, et dispone figuras; 



Grttum opus, infbrmemque j^egem ad speciosa voeato.- 



HsBC altam in turrins, aot in propttgnacula surgat ; 



Ilaec arcum intendatque et spicula trudat ; at iUa 



Muniat et vallo fossas^ et mcenia cingat. 



Ula tuba armatos ciat, et vocet agmen ad arraaj 



Altera torment© lapides jacuktur ahenoy 



Discutiat castella^ et ruptis agmina muris 



Immjttat, fractilque acies (immane) ruinS, 



Irrumpat, portis et congrediatar apertis, 



Diruat et cuptam irrumpens exereitus urbem. 



When we consider that the performers in this grand siege 

 are trees, M'hich id their natural state are <:alled a shapeless 

 crowd> vre shall be apt to exclaim immane ! with the au- 

 thor ^ a word, which though totally useless in his verse^ 

 would be aptly used to express our surprize at such a por- 

 tentotts garden. 



