From the above-mentioned dooj- at the end of this garden a flight of steps 

 conducts' to a second garden, of equal width with the first ; but, ascending 

 the hill straight upwards, it presented no great depth, being impeded by 

 the acclivity of the mountain. 



" On each side of this upper garden was likewise to be built a loggia, 

 and opposite the door in the wall erected to support the soil of the hill 

 behind, there was to be a grotto with three distinct elevations, each with 

 its basin, wherein water was to fall in the manner of rain. On each side 

 of the grotto was to be placed a fountain, and opposite to these, near the 

 lower wall of the garden, two more fountains were to be constructed, one 

 on each side of the door. In this manner the fountains of the upper 

 garden would have been equal to those in that beneath it, those of the 

 latter receiving their waters from the fountains of the higher garden, 

 wherein were also to be large numbers of orange-trees, which would have 

 had, nay, rather, will have, the most salubrious position that can be con- 

 ceived, because they will be defended by the wall and the heights from 

 the north wind and all others that might be injurious to them. 



" From this garden of oranges two flights of stone steps, one on each 

 side, conduct to a wood of cypress, pines and ilex, mingled with sweet bay 

 and. evergreen shrubs in great variety, and distributed with the most 

 admirable judgment. In the midst of these, according to the design of 

 Tribolo, was to be formed a very beautiful piece of water, which has in 

 effect been done. The space is here gradually restricted till it forms an 

 angle, this being truncated to the breadth of a loggia, erected to surround 

 the same ; and from this point, after ascending certain flights of steps, 

 the whole view beneath lies discovered — the palace, the gardens, the 

 fountains, and all the plain below and around them, that is to say, even 

 to the ducal villa of Poggio-a-Cajano and the city of Florence itself; 

 with distant views of Prato, Siena (Signa ?), and all around to the extent 

 of many miles. 



" Pietro da Casciano had now completed his work of the aqueduct, 

 even to Castello, and had brought all the waters of the Castellina to that 

 place, when it chanced that he was attacked by a most violent fever, 

 whereof he died in a very few days. Thereupon Tribolo, having taken 

 the entire conduct of the building upon himself, perceived that the 



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