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and do not get above one and half or two 

 qaarters at an average ; from which itjis 

 plain their foil does not fuit them, and I 

 obferved the crops (even this good year) 

 to be very poor. They plough twice for 

 peafe, fow four bufhels, and gain in return 

 two quarters : They cultivate but few 

 beans : plough once for what they do 

 fow in the broad-caff, manner, and never 

 hoe, nor have any idea of feeding the 



mafter that is any where to be feen. Carlo Bold 

 is likewife feen here in furprizing perfection; his 

 pieces in this collection are all good, and fome of 

 them fuperlatively fo ; particularly our Saviour 

 blelilng the elements. The two hiitoric pieces 

 by Vandyke are particularly valuable, as that 

 painter did to few of them: The dead Chrijl is 

 of moil capital merit. Of Carlo Marratt we 

 find many very fine pieces, but not upon the 

 whole equal to thofe feen at Houghton. Titian 

 is exhibited in the Venus rifing from the fea, to 

 very great advantage, coniidering how few of 

 his capital pictures are to be found in England. 

 Guido*s Sybil is worthy of the higheft admiration; 

 and PouJJin appears to advantage in feveral 

 pieces. In a word, many of the greateft painters 

 are here to be Itudied with profit and delight, 

 in works that will remain the lading admiration 

 of every fpectator. Among fuch a number of 

 exquifite pictures, it is difficult to draw compa- 

 rifons ; but I believe you will be belt pleafed 

 with Chrijl blejjing the elements, by Carlo Bold, the 

 dead Cbriji by , dndyke, and Seneca by Jcrdanus. 



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