Chap. i. of GARDENING, &'c. 49 



lately feen that (a) Book) was one of the beft 

 he had feen either at Home or Abroad 5 and 

 the polite Writings of that Gentleman (who 

 had fpent moft part of his Time in Italy^ be- 

 ing Ambaflador at Venice fome Years) are 

 fure Pledges of the Knowledge he had in 

 that Matter ; The Love to Architedure^ 

 and other of the Liberal Sciences, the Ele- 

 ments he drew out of Vitruvius^ (of whom 

 mention is already made) feem to convince 

 us of the Truth of both his Obfervation and 

 Judgment : And indeed, this worthy Perfon 

 appears to be one of the firft that had any 

 Thoughts of that Rule, Proportion, and De- 

 fign which has fince took place in Gar^ 

 dening. 



It was about this Time that Sir Hugb Plat sh Hugh 

 writ his Treatife (as one may judge from the ^^^"^* 

 Style) under the Title of The Garden ofEden^ 

 wherein is found many nice Experiments in 

 Gardening 5 but, like thofe of my Lord Ve-^ 

 rulam\ and all the Antients, full of the old 

 Philofophical Tenets, now exploded 5 none 

 of the Authors of thofe Times having that 

 noble Relifh and Guft of Gardening (nor of 

 the true Depths of Philofophy) that has of 

 late (hone fo bright in thefe European Coun- 

 tries. 



In the moft fatal and unhappy Reign of 

 King Charles L it is too much to be fear'd ^^^^ 

 there were lefs Advances made in Gard'nine ^^"^^^ ^* 



(rf) sir Henry Wootton'& Elements ofArchite^ure. 



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