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•^1, Wajle Lands. 



(/ (bnic plnnts^as the Orchis call'd Bec-iijn-cr Sec. which 

 ^ willthiivebc-rter on iheChalky barren bankcs,ihan 

 '' inany gardfrij though the niould be never lo«rich 

 and delicate J and the Gardiner very diligent in 

 cheriftiinp:cf u : and why may not the iaint pro- 

 priety be in grilles .■^ for we lee civerle UTrt.j g rail-, s 

 U) thrive, elpeciaily on barren places, wher^' fcarce 

 nnv thine; tlie v/illgro\v. J n'AirnL'air.c and ae^^ine 

 cjtfirealhnentotcikeno'.iceotihe wonderhil gralic 

 which grov.'cth ncjre Sjlni inj , and ceilre theiii to 

 tjyit on their Pvich M-jdorces. 

 _j/ It's a common fay ingj that there a^e wxnQiVctUc 

 fcii'fn landsin Ew^A't/zJ, in thefe pjr.'iculars, .tlian in all 

 f>;;cfr,;!/:;/r<^/t'beridcs, confidering the quantity otljnd- 1 

 i«^n'd'?f dare not fay this ibtrue^ but hopi; iht be (o^ th.it it 

 Lauds, will be mended. For of late much luith bet n done 

 for the advancement of thcle kinds 4;f land , yet 

 there are as yet great Dejicjcncies. Iivthe timqsof 

 ^^ifijiry^ all in this///W were either Sonlcl/crs or 

 Scholars i, Schoitrs^hy reafon ot the great honours, 

 priviledges, and profits, ( the third part of the 

 Kingdome belonging to them 'and Souldiers^ bccaufc 

 of the many and great vvarres with l)\wct\ Scotlm.l^ 

 Ireland^ U'aUs. And in thofe times Gentlemen thought 

 it an honour to be carelefle, and to have houCcs^fur- 

 niture^dtct ^ cxcrcifes^dpparcll^ £<c. yea all things at 

 home and abroad, Sonldicr-likc ; Atufick-^ riSurcs^ 

 'Tcrjumesy Sauces f unleffe good flomacks) were 

 counted, perhaps unjuftly, coo effeminate. In ^, 

 tlizabctl/j dayes Ingenuities , Curiofitjcs^ and Good 

 tlMsboMdr) began-to take phcc,and then Salt Marfics 

 began to be fenced from the Seas:, and yet many 

 9^'ercnegle(^ed, even to' o\ii(\2,yci^ aL^HoUhaven'm 



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A page from SaDiitel Hartlib's ''Discourse on Hiisbandr 



