8 



^L. 7. C« 9. 



Viundnm efl 

 atitera quod 

 pleri^iuefece- 

 noit aquie 

 caufa, villas 

 in hifimis vaJ- 

 libus mergere^ 



pmcorUYfl 



dkrim volu' 



re babhato- 

 -rum JalutL 

 Palladius de 

 re rufticajlib. 

 ■1. tit, 15. 



PaJus omni- 

 moio vhayfdd 

 efl, quht fii^' 

 'vnri confuevit 

 afiiite, ^ pro- 

 pter peftilonl- 

 am vel nynma* 

 I'm hortis 'mi- 

 mica qu£8g-ene- 

 rat. Colu- 

 ^mellOi, lib. 2. 



T/;5 French 

 ■cdH it vulgarly 

 tbe Micyce, 



The Theory 



Part I. 



3? 



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taufed by the iiife<3:ious Breath of venomous Animals 

 which breed there, and occafion many noxious Humours 

 and Diftempers : That, on the other hand, the Situation be 

 not too high and mountainous, left it be fubjeft to Fogs 

 and Storms of Wind, which deftroy and tear up all be- 

 fore them : And laftly, that the Houfe be not turn'd to 

 the South, or Weft, becaufe Heat v/eakens the Body, and 

 Cold ftrengthens it. In another Place, he fays. That to 

 feat a Covintry-Houfe well, it fliould be confider'd, in 

 the firft Place, what Expofition is moft wholefonie, and 

 let the Houfe be turnM that Way- 



Indeed, this Point re<^[uires oiir utmoft Circumfpeftion 5 

 for, how vexatious would it be, to build a Country-Houfe^ 

 and to plant a Garden, in a Place one cannot inhabit above 

 four Months in the Year, without endangering one's Healthy 

 as very many ar'e ? Let us endeavour, then, as much as pof- 

 fible, to avoid this Defed, and confider what Conditions 

 are neceftary to a good Situation. 



Of thcfe I find Five confiderabk^ the Firft, a wholefom^ 

 Expofition 5 the Second, a good Earth the Third, Water y 

 the Fourth, a Profped of a fine Country ^ and the Fifth, the 

 natural Conveniency of the Place. 



Tm e Firftj a wholefome Expofition, or Situation, is, whes' 



the Place is neither too 



high 



nor too low ; not too hi^h 



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which would very much expofe the Gardens to the Winds, 

 which are very injurious to Trees i nor too low, becaufe 

 the Dampnefs of low and marlhy Places caufes abundance 

 of Htimours, Defluxions, and other Maladies,- befide the ill 

 Air one breathes, proceeding from Toads, Snakes, Adders, 

 and other venomous Creatures, which breed in Ponds and 

 marlhy Waters. 



T hiis Ihoiild induce us to avoid Situations that are either 

 mountainous, or in Bottoms and Valleys. There are Two 

 other Sorts infinitely better than either of them, that, in^ 

 deed, deferve the Name of happy Situations, and thefe are 

 upon the Hill-fide, or on the Flat. 



The Situation on a Rifing Ground is moft courted, and 

 has the grcateft Advantages, provided it be not too fteep, 

 but the Slope eafy and imperceptible, where one may en- 



