'l4<$ 0/ COUR T-Y ARDS.^ 



fini(h*d the Defign^ and the Remainder is too 

 often, by unavoidable Neceffity, left in the 

 utinoft Conf ufion. 



I fay then^ in the firft Place, Perfons of an 

 inferior Rank ought to be very moderate in 

 their Defigns, for building Court- Yards, Offi- 

 ces, d^c. that there may the more remain 

 for the Embelliihment of the adjacent Fields, 

 Wood, &c, fince this will add much more to 

 their Satisfadion and Profit, than the moft 

 fumptuous Palace can do. One is (as an in- 

 genious Author obferves) from the Moment 

 of its Eredion, haftening to its Ruin, while 

 the other is continually improving upon his 

 Hands, and furnilhing him with all NeceflTa- 

 ries of Life 5 every Day fupplyinghim with 

 new Objeds and Variety to his Tafte, Smell, 

 Sight, &c. 



A private Gentleman ought therefore (in 

 Wifdom) not to begin his Houfe much larger 

 than what is in this Defign ^ he ought to be 

 very moderate and plain in the Furniture of 

 his Building, and of the Magnificence of his 

 adjacent Gardens and Court- Yards. 



This may, perhaps, be thought an impro- 

 per Chapter for the Inculcation of thefe Mat- 

 ters ^ but,as I am going thro' a general Courfe 

 of Country-Bufinefs, I can't pafs this Place 

 without it, being, generally, the very Spot 

 and Time, from which all injudicious Under- 

 takers do commonly date their Ruin or Dif- 

 grace, and from which the more confiderate 

 and frugal commence the greateft Happi- 



nefs. 



