The Dedication. 



nary good Plancks of Oak, the Trees being 

 fell'd in your own ground that made them, 

 and then in the middle of the Pond a most 

 delightful Summer House to go to by Boat, 

 twelve foot long and ten foot broad, with a 

 Fountain in the middle, where the water 

 plays in sundry Figures ; besides the Rails 

 and Ballisters that compass it round, there's 

 a Platform of lead on the top, with Rails 

 and Ballisters to walk and Angle upon. 



But that which gives the greater grace, 

 in my Opinion, is the Summer House stand- 

 ing upon a Fish House, which beside the 

 Fish there kept, is stored all round with 

 Nests for Ducks, where they breed in abun- 

 dance, and under the Eves of the uppermost 

 Platform, there is an Ingenious contrivance 

 for Coves, wherein the Pidgeons encrease 

 extraordinary; It's no easy matter for a 

 Simon Suck-egg to Rob either of their 

 Nests, unless he'll adventure at one time 

 both Drowning and Hanging; 'Tis very 

 pleasant walking round the Pond, where a 

 Man hath six or seven foot of Earth over 

 his head on the one side for a shelter, while 

 the other side defends him from the water 

 by a shade of Osiers. 



I have also seen your round Fountain 



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