176 JOHN EVELYN 



sanctitie, I meane in a remote, preparatory and instru- 

 mental! working. How caues, grotts, mounts, and 

 irregular ornaments of gardens do contribute to con- 

 templatiue and philosophicall enthusiasme ; how elysium, 

 antrum, nemus, paradysus, hortus, lucus, &c, signifie 

 all of them rem sacram et div'mam ; for these expedi- 

 ents do influence the soule and spirits of man, and 

 prepare them for converse with good angells ; besides 

 which, they contribute to the lesse abstracted pleasures, 

 phylosophy naturall and longevitie : and I would have 

 not onely the elogies and erhgie of the antient and famous 

 garden heroes, but a society of the paradisi cu/tores, 

 persons of antient simplicity, Paradisean and Hortulan 

 saints, to be a society of learned and ingenuous men, 

 such as Dr. Browne, by whome we might hope to 

 redeeme the tyme that has bin lost, in pursuing Vulgar 

 Errours, and still propagating them, as so many bold 

 men do yet presume to do. Were it to be hoped, 

 inter hos armorum strepitus, and in so generall a catalysis 

 of integrity, interruption of peace and propriety, the 

 hortulane pleasure, these innocent, pure, and vsefull 

 diversions might enjoy the least encouragement, whilst 

 brutish and ambitious persons seeke themselues in the 

 ruines of our miserable yet dearest country, quis talia 

 fando ? But, sir, I will not importune you with 



