The PREFACE. xxHi 



of Knowledge in this Matter at hand, and 

 ready to offer their Advice, the' never fo 

 weak and falfe. 



Of which Perfons,amongft others, are fome 

 who call themfelves Gardeners^ who having 

 wrought a little while at fome or other of the 

 great Works of this Kingdom, immediately 

 put on an Apron, get a Rule and pair of Com- 

 pafTes, with other things belonging to this 

 Work 5 thus equipt, what Wonders are we 

 not to expeft from fo profound a Set oi Ma- 

 thematicians and DeJigTiers ! 



However, by the Help and Recommenda- 

 tion of fome as knowing as themfelves, they 

 are introduced into a Service with an AJTu- 

 rance of doing mighty Things. 



If the Gardens are to make, the firft thing 

 they fall on is probably fome little Court- 

 yard, or other fmall Divifion of the Garden 5 

 for by the Largenefs of their Scale, and the 

 Narrownefs of their Genius, their Sheet of 

 Demy and Heads are both fo wonderfully 

 fiird with the Contrivance of thofe minute 

 Parts, that 'tis impoflible they {hould lay 

 fuch a general Scheme, as that the Part now 

 making, may any-way correfpond or agree 

 with what may follow after : In (hort, when 

 their Defigns come to their intended Perfe- 

 dion, they are often full of an indigefted 

 heap of Abfurdities, fcarce ever reducible 

 (without a total Revolution) into any tole- 

 rable Figure, tho' they happen afterwards 



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