for G A R'pJ N E R s, 3>^d ,5 



The lapeiolfo receives divers D^jiominatlons-j accoriivg 

 ; tQ its. divers Fofitiojis. and JEVapqtf^i,..,^.,;'^ 



A Perpendicular is a right Line^, that is made or 

 exprcfs'd by the Fall of, a. Plumb, or by the^le- 

 vation at right Angles of any Line upon the -Mid- 

 dle or End of another^Jasis A, B, mi C, I>ef 



A Lme norizontalv,- i&^a.Lme or amei^ualrPoile, 

 which inclineth it felf eiqiially on the gnejfert.and 

 the other, as D ^^ Def. 16., and in Gafde»ing'.|is 

 generally underftodd' taji^e the Bafis, o'r.Bofttom 

 of a Terras, Slope, ;0'(;!^ tho\ it is properly ai>y 

 level Line, ^nd may as well fignify the, ITpip^qf )a 

 Terras, or any other P]ane, or dead Level.-. . ■ <, 



An oblique Line,; is neither horizpifit^l,^ nor 

 plumb, or perpendicular, but of a Byas or SJope ^ 

 and is in Gardening, where Raipparts^ qr/Terras- 

 Walks are made, ' apply 'd' ;tp the Slope qCtli^ip. 

 This is caird the Hypotheneufe^ . or f^b,te4%l-in.e, 

 when we fpeaTc of, ^rtiijcia;^ Triangles^ ' wHch [is 

 the Confl:ru£tIon,of,the'Sfcpe of ajTerras-,^ nqt- 

 withftanding in. that faijious Problem .of. Euclid^ 

 (for the IiiT^ention of which Pythagoras^ is fajd to 

 offer an Hecatomb) it. is i^'d for^.the^^Bafis/of a 

 redangled Triangle. . S^^ijA^nvAi^^^ 



This Lme;s limply d,em6nR:rated by the/Liue 

 G H, Deff, II. and the other two, and thisj, com- 

 posed by the three Lines A B |Q, as theyf^arie fe- 

 verally plac'd, above. r 'j '^, :•', :t / 



Lines parallel, are thofe thatare, of.any.fqu^l 

 Diftance frop each other V- which, ' tho^}:hey are 

 extended never fo far, are neither nearer nor far- 

 ther off from each other, as are the Lines F, jQef. 

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