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Who it was that particularly Defign'd and 

 Laid out the Gardens, &c. belonging to that 

 Auguft Monarch, is not known to me 5 but I 

 fuppofe it to be his Architefts and Chief 

 Builders, who, both There as well as Here, 

 are extremely well skill'd in thofe Affairs 5 

 and I muft confefs, 'tis to them I owe a 

 great part of that Knowledge I have in the 

 Defigning part of Gardening:, their Tafte 

 being, generally fpeaking, greater than Gar^ 

 doners are ^ and only want a concurring part 

 of Culture, to render them the beft in this 

 Point. 



But to return : Whoever laid out the French 

 King's Gardens, there were three Men very 

 eminent for their love of Gard ning and 

 Poetry, which are all that I ftiall take notice 

 of in this Hiftory 3 I mean Monfieur de la 

 Quintinye^ Rapin^ and Boileau^ which I place 

 under this General Head, as they did all of 

 them, either more or lefs, by their Writings 

 and Pradice, adorn and recommend Gardening 

 to the World. 



John de la Quintinye was born at PoiBiers Monfieur 

 in the Year 1626, and was put to School ^^y^^^^"^"' 

 with the Jefuits of that City. Aflbon as he 

 had finifli'd his Courfe of Philofophy, and 

 taken fome Leflbnsofthe Law, became to 

 fans to be call'd to the Bar ^ but Monfieur 

 Tambonneau hearing of his Merit, procur'd 

 him to travel with his Son into Italy 5 and 

 having a natural Love to Agriculture and 

 Car4mng, he fet himfelf at all leifqre Times 



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