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(hould not be bounded with high Walls, 

 Woods mifplac*d, and feveral Obftrudions 

 that are feen in too many Places, by which 

 the Eye is at it were iinprifoned, and the 

 Feet.,fetta:'d in the midft of the extenfive 

 Charms of Nature, and the voluminous Trads 

 of a pleafant Country. 



Simplex Munditiis is well known to be a 

 comprehenfive as well as compendious Theme^ 

 and . is> if well underftood, of Ufe in all 

 the Material Actions and Bufinefs of human 

 Life 5 and as it denotes an unafFefted Sim- 

 plicity and Neatnefs in the Words, Adions, 

 and Drefs of a Man or Woman 5 fo in Gar- 

 dening, and all the whole Cycle of Arts, it 

 fignifies a noble Elegance and Decency, a 

 due Proportion and clear Majeflick Mien in 

 the feveral correfponding Parts thereof 5 and 

 without ftraining it too hard, may very well 

 demonftrate the beautiful and harmonious 

 Rules of Symmetry and Variety. , However, 

 'tis a well-govern'd purfuit of Nature, whofe 

 Rules, tho' often fortuitous, are not the lefs 

 beauteous, but rather the more admirable. 

 And if this was more followed, if the Beau- 

 ties of Nature were not corrupted by Art, 

 Gardens would be much more valuable. 



But above all, it cafhiers thofe Interla- 

 cings of Box-work, and fuch-like trifling 

 Ornaments, and lubftitutes the plain but no- 

 bler Embellifliments of Grafs, Gravel, and 

 the like, in which we fo much excel other 

 Countries. In fhort, 'tis the ufefulleft Mark 



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