Chap. I. ofGAKUNlNG.&^c. 43 



Indeed, hisDiredioiis thro' the whole Bu- 

 finefs of a Fruit-Tree, is fo fully handled in 

 his Compleat Gardiner, tranflated by Mr. Eve- 

 lyn, and in the Abridgment by Mr, London 

 and V/'i^e^ that 'twould be fuperfluous to fay 

 any more of this incomparable Perfon ^ and 

 the only Exception againft his Works, is a 

 Qiaality very peculiar to the French Nation, 

 I mean too much Circumlocution. 



To proceed in his Life : The French King 

 (as we have it from Monfieur Terr auk) like 

 feveral other Great Perfonages, joining the 

 feaceable Love of Agriculture to the tumultic- 

 0U5 Fajfwns of War, took an extreme Plea- 

 fure in hearing him Difcourfe of his Art 5 

 and the late King of England, as the fame 

 Author has it, gave him a great many Marks 

 of his Efteem, in the two Voyages he made 

 into England 5 and made him a Propofal of 

 a very confiderable Penfion to retain him in 

 his Service. 



In thefe Voyages he gain'd confiderable 

 Friendfhip with feveral Lords ( fome few of 

 whom I fliall hereafter mention) with whom 

 he kept Correfpondence by Letters till his 

 Death: And thefe Letters (fays ferrault) 

 are all printed at London 3 which I have not 

 yet feen. 



The King his Mafter, as I have before hin- 

 ted, made him Direftor-General of the Fruit 

 and Kitchen- Gardens of all his Royal Houfes^ 

 and in this Employ he made confiderable 

 Augmeiitations in the old Fruit- Gardens at 



Ver failles^ 



