44 T^e History Chap. i. 



Ferfailles 5 the Beautifulnefs of the Fruit, and 

 the Excellence of the Pulfe and Herbage he 

 made it produce, was fuch as caus'd the King 

 to make the new Potagery, which appears fo 

 very furprizing to all Strangers. 



There is an excellent Poem addrefs'd to 

 him by ( I think ) Monfieur Perraiilt, which 

 I have not feen neither : In fine, he was the 

 Perfon that refin'd the Bufinefs and Pieafure 

 of Kitchen and Fruit- Gardens, to a Pitch 

 beyond what what was ever, till that Time, 

 feen, and more than was thought poffible 

 for one Man to be able ever to do : And (till 

 the Succeffion of two eminent Perform in 

 thefe Kingdoms, who have very much out- 

 ftript him) has not had his Fellow in any 

 Century that Hiftory gives us Account of. 



'Twill be needlefs here to fay much of his 

 Famj'Iy : He died much lamented by all inge- 

 nious Men 5 and the King was pleafed to 

 exprefs his Sorrow to his furviving Widow, 

 faying, That he was as great a Sufferer by it 

 ^sfie-j and that he defpair' d of ever repairing 

 the Lofs of him y by any other Perfon. 



Rapin. ^ ^^^^ ^^^ i^^ mention Monfieur Rapin, 



his incomparable Latin Poem being tranflated 

 hy an ingenious and worthily-dignified Cler- 

 gyman of the Church of England^ and a great 

 ^o^tx oi Gardenings Mr. Gardiner Sub-Dean 

 of Lincoln. In this Poem is contained the 

 whole Body of Gard'ning^ and, by the addi- 

 tional Help of Notes, would be of excellent 

 ufe to the World. 



Monfieui: 



