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Ta^^n^ "^'^ *^ Bufinefs done by Mr. TFife, of 

 he^^unYn Moment, for any of the Nobility, was for 

 I704* his Grace the Duke oi Marlborough zt Blen- 

 hem : This ftupendous Work ( begun and 

 mod part finifli'd in three Years time) may 

 be reckon'd araongft the greateft of thefe two 

 Gentlemens Undertakings. 

 5/rRich. Sir Richard Child's at Wanfted in Effex is 

 walfted ^ the next, and in fome refpefts the the beft 

 inY^iHtyi. of the two : This was begun in 1706, a 

 Defign worthy of an En^lip Baronet, and 

 equal to the greateft French Peer 5 and this 

 was one of Mr. Londons laft Undertakings 5 

 and I believe the very laft was, that noble 

 Defign of the Right Honourable the prefent 

 The Earl Earl of Carnarvan, at Edger in Hertford- 

 v^\ll' pire, before the finiftiing of which he died : 

 Edger tn And this I take occafion to mention, that I 

 (h^rf^*^^* may at the fame time perpetuate one of the 

 moft Illuftrious and moft Noble-fpirited Ge- 

 nius's of this Age, who, notwithftanding his 

 familiarity in aJl other Arts and Sciences, 

 feems to have made Gard ning,' and the au- 

 guft Imbeliiftiments of his Country-Seat, his 

 Darling and Favourite-Employ ; and where 

 this Noble Perfon ought to receive as great 

 Encomiums as ever Lyfander beftow'd on 

 Cyru<5j or the Eajiern Queen on the facred 

 and wife Botanic and Gard ner in Holy 

 Writ. 



And fliall we not, becaufe not of fo late 

 a date, celebrate, at leaft juft mention 

 (iho' it be promifcuoufly) the Right Ho- 

 nourable 



