3civ The. PREFACE. 



another ^ fo that a Learner leaving off^ msxf 

 have a quick recourfe to his Inftrudions 

 again 5 which is not fo eafie to be done iq 

 Voluminous Works : but this is fo difpos'd, 

 that the Thread is never broke 'till he is got 

 quite through the whole Procefs. In fine, 

 thefe plain Direa:ions,how compendious foevcc 

 they may at firft fight feem to be, contain 

 the moft material Things to be Icarn'd in 

 that Matter. ...i! 



And it muft be obferv'd, whatever Value 

 we put upon the Works of that great Authdx 

 juft mention'd, that his Writings abound 

 rather with the Marks of an excellent Scbor 

 lar, than an intelligible and praftical Gax-r 

 dener. But to proceed : 



Having thus provided the Country Oen^ 

 tleman with Diredions for Raifing of Woody 

 the great Beauty and Security of his Villa ^ 

 I go on, next of all, to fpeak of Water ^ by 

 which I mean, not altogether that cjefign'd 

 for Ufe, but Beauty, and without which 

 the beft Country-Seat is very deficient j. 

 ivherein I have enlarged on the Original of 

 Springs, the manner of bringing them home, 

 and the beft way of ufing them in Fountains, 

 Cafcades, and the like. 



Then follow Statues^ one of the nobleft Or- 

 naments of our beft Gardens and Plantations, 

 which not only make a magnificent Appear- 

 ance 5 but 'tis there alfo we hieroglyphically 

 read the great Ideas of Valour and Renown, 

 that particularly diftinguiflied thofe Antients 



above 



