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Which by his ovon Imperial Hands was made : 

 J fee him Smile (methinks) as he does talk 

 With the Jmbajfadors, who came in vain 

 T' entice him to a Throne again. 

 If I, my Friends (faid he) pondtoyoufJwvo 

 All the Delights which in thefe Gardens grow, 

 'Tis likelier much that you woiid with me ft ay ^ 

 Than 'tis that you woiid cany me away. 

 And^ trult me not^ my Friends^ if evry Day 

 I walk not here with more Delight^ 

 Than after the moft happy Fi^ht 

 Jn Triumph to the Capitol I rode. 

 To thank the Gods^ and to be thought - 

 Myfelf almoft a God. • 



CAYdind The Gardens of Cardinal Ferrara at Tivolt 

 Ferrara. havc fonic Time fince exercis'd the Pens of 

 our moft curious Travellers, (and fome of 

 r/;eBeive- the fir ft 3 ) as Well as thofe of Belvedere, be- 

 ^dnl ^'^^' i^^^gi^g ^0 ^he great Pontiff, are next : Be- 

 fides fome others, which, for Brevity, I 

 fhall pafs over. But the more ufeful part of 

 my Subjed, 1 mean Agriculture, Planting, &c. 

 have not appeared with that Luftre as it had 

 formerly done in thofe Countries 5 and the 

 Reafons of it, are drawn from the Defpotick 

 Power and Pride of the Roman Church, who 

 are for amaffing all that they pofTibly can 

 into St. Peter's Funds, and leave this whole- 

 fome Employ. This the Learned Hifto- 

 rians of our own Country have already 

 difcufs'd. 



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