Chap. I. of GARDENING, &c. 85 



nourable the Earls of Scarborough, Sunder- ^J^^^J^^ 

 land, Rochejter, and Chefier field 3 the Dukes lilZen^' 

 oi Montague, Bolton, ^nd Kent -^ nor. to oimt, ^^friirers 

 and that for many weighty Reafons, the/^^'^^"' 

 late, and, no lefs eminent in his love to Gar- 

 dening and Agriculture, the prefent Illuftri- 

 ous. and moft Noble Dukes of DevonJInre^ 

 with many Others, amongft fome of the 

 greateft Ornaments of Arts and Sciences, 

 efpecially Gardening, that Hiftory has pro- 

 duced, in their feveral Chateau s and Seats of 

 Stanjlead^ Althorp, Iblew Park, S<c, in thofe 

 of Bovoden, Hackwood, and Wrejl, and lafl: 

 of all, in that flupendous Performance of 

 Chatfworth'^'mxht Condudi of which, thefe 

 Great Perfonages have baffled the Defigns and 

 efcap d the Cenfures of their moft inveterate 

 Enemies, as well as they have thofe that are 

 Enemies to true Religion and Liberty. 



Thefe, and fuch-like auguft Defigns as thefe, 

 which are to be feen in many Places now, de- 

 note that Greatnefs of Mind that reigns in 

 the Englip Nobility and Gentry. And it cann't 

 but argue a true Guft and Relifli of Things 

 they have at prefent, and what may reafona- 

 bly be expeded from futurity 5 and indeed, 

 I cann t but be of the Opinion, that it is an 

 undeniable Argument of the virtuous as well 

 as polite Difpofition of this Age, and that 

 both Religious and Rural Thoughts highly 

 poffefs and illuftrate the Minds of the great- 

 eft Nobility. 



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