of Woods and Groves^ &c, 2 1 3 



is alternate, like a Figure of 5, as it is En- 

 glifh'd from Cicero 5 and fo three Trees form 

 thereby an equilateral, or fometimes an equi- 

 crural Triangle 3 four Trees, a Rhombus^ or 

 Lozenge 5 and live, a Figure of 10. But, 

 to finifli our Obfervation on this Author's 

 Miftake, and go on; This Method was not 

 only in Ufe in planting of Trees, but alfo 

 in many other Arts and Sciences, and efpeci- 

 ally Military DifcipliJie^ and was, perhaps, 

 by ihem brought into Planting therefrom : 



Thus Virgil : 



Sic tmnulis acclive folimi collefque fupinos 

 Indulge ordinibus^ nee feciiis omnis in ungiiem^ 

 Arboribus pofitisfeSo via limine quadrat^ 

 TJtfxpe ingenti Bello cum longa Cohort es 

 ExpUcuit Legioy & campo Hetit Jgmen aperto^ 

 Dire3£q'^ acies^ ac late fluSuat omnis ^ Scc. 



By which handfom Defcription of Virgil^ 

 we find this Quincuncial Method to have its 

 Original from the Methods obferv'd by the 

 Generals of the Anticnts in ranging their Ar- 

 mies, The Rhombus, or Lozenge Figure, 

 was a remarkable Form of Battle in the Gre- 

 cian Cavalry, obferv'd by the Pallians, and 

 Philip King of Macedon, and frequently by 

 the Parthians 5 and the Roman Battalia was 

 order'd after the fame Manner ^ for thus the 

 Haftatiy Principes^ and Triarii, were plac'd 

 in their Bodies,and in thefe confifted the main 

 P 5 ' Strength 



