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' And for that no body has yet enlarg'd on 

 this Matter, but every one makes what 

 Judgment he pleafes, and thereby leaves 

 Defign in Confufion, I Ihall take thefe diree 

 Motto's in their Courfe, being fuch as have 

 in other Cafes had the Approbation of all 

 Mankind, and may not improperly be applied 

 to this. 



• Utile dulci is what may not be thought a 

 proper Theme for Princes, whofe Riches and 

 Powers are very great 5 but there feems to 

 be a fecret Pleafure in the very Words, and 

 I believe there are few of the greateft Nobi- 

 lity, whofe Wealth overflows fo much as to 

 have no regard to thetn : By this is not im- 

 probably meant a judicious Mixture and I;icor- 

 poration of the Pleafures of the G^untr/,with 

 the Profits 5 this I fhall ftudioufly endeavour 

 to follow, and for the prefent ftiall only obferve, 

 that all my Defigns tend that Way : And by 

 mixing the ufeful and profitable Parts of Gar- 

 dening with the pleafurable in the Interior 

 Parts of my Defigns^ and Paddocks, obfcure 

 Enclofures, &c, in the Outward : My De- 

 figns are thereby vaftly enlarged, and both 

 Profit and Pleafure may be faid to be agree- 

 ably mix'd together : For I cann't but think 

 the Perfon that barters the firft for the 

 fake of the fineft Garden in the World, makes 

 a very bad Exchange 5 but if they can be 

 well thrown one amongft another, it muft 

 be very fatisfaftory. And if under this Head 

 be underftood a Frugality in the Manage- 

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