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" /, The plan of the house. 



7>i, The little court at the south entrance. 



n, The little yard to come out of the house into the terrace. 



o, The terrace and border next the house and yard. 



p, The steps, verge, slope, and footing of grass. 



q, The parterre, consisting of one oblong quarter of grasswork, which we call a fund of grass, 

 upon which many varieties of works are cut out, as angles of several forms, squares, circles, scan - 

 circles, ovals, and branch-works; all which composed together, the French call Gazon coujiJ, and 

 we cutworks in grass. These cutworks are covered with varieties of colours : for example, — a is 

 covered with red sand or brick dust; b with the slug of pit coal fine beaten ; c with a yellow sand ; 

 d with spar that comes from the lead mines, or cockle shell, beaten very fine; /are verges of 

 grass ; g, grass at the corners ; h, the grasswork of the quarters ; k, the gravel walks, which are 

 covered with the finest gravel that can be got, and of various colours ; some are blight, some a 

 yellowish brown, some greyish, &c, as the country affords. At the several centres are pots and 

 plants. 



r, A slope up from the parterre. 



s, A gravel walk, with a verge of grass and flower pots. 



t, The second slope up to the second level. 



u, A flatwork of grass, with a border on the south side, upon which are pyramid plants and 

 pots ; the borders are adorned with plants and flowers. On the same level is a border and hedge, 

 which is the boundary of the second parterre. 



iv, Four quarters, with verges of grass, borders for pyramids and flowers, verges of grass 

 within, and white lines of spar ; then the four grass quarters, gravel walks, and an oval centre of 

 a grass verge and border. 



v, The third parterre, which lies under the other levels, and consists of cut work in grass, of pots, 

 and standard evergreens at the centres, a fountain in the middle, gravel walks round the quarters, 

 with two borders at the side for flowers. 



x, The upper terrace being a grass walk with a border of pyramids and flowers on the east side, 

 and a border of flowers next the west side. 



y, The banqueting-house. 



s, The way into the cellar under the banqueting-house." 



Marshal Tallard was taken prisoner by the Duke of Marlborough, at the battle of Klenheim, in 

 1704, and remained a prisoner on his parol, with liberty ten miles rowid Nottingham, several 



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