find Antiquities, does now us much §lory and pride her fclf in rho 
> Pomp, and Ornaments, and Conveniencies belonging to her G.rrdajs.^ 
as in any of her fo much celebrated (IJurioritics. Ic is cerc.iir.ly one of 
the moft innocent and fweeteft Diverhons that can be ciehred ; it gives 
eafie opportunities for Retirement and Ccnremplation, and conduces 
to the obtaining a chearful Tranquillity of Mind, and to the prclerva- 
tion of a healthful Temper ol Body. It is a delight and latisfivftion 
to which fdme of the Grcatejl ?rincQs and Nohleynen in all Ages have had 
recourfe, after they had been fitiated and cloy’d with the Piealures and 
Vanities of the V’orld, or had ‘been tired with the Crolles and Difap- 
pointments, the Vexations and Troubles, which do neceffariiy attend 
all Conditions of Life. And if tha*e be any tolerable (hare of Happi- 
yicfs and Conton to be any where enjoyed by an Innocent Man, out of 
the hurry and nolle of the World, a compleat and fpacious Garden^ 
furnifhed with variety ol ‘and Groves^ and adorned with Foun- 
tains ^ Cafeades, Grottccs^ <3cc. muO: do very much towards the obtaining 
even a Paradife upon Earth. 
The Gardens of Loo are become fo famous and remarkable to all the 
Provinces near them, that Curious Perlonsfrom divers Parts of Germany^ 
as well as out of all the Vnited Provinces^ do frequently relbrt thither to 
Pitisfie their Curiofity. I will not here enlarge in their praile and ad- 
miration, but leave it to the Reader to make a true judgment of them 
from the Defeription it lelf, which is at lead: natural and plain, and as per- 
fplcuous as the nature of liich Ocfcriptio?is (fometlmis necefiarily intri- 
cate through the great variety of matter) will admit, tho’ indeed very 
deftituteof the Ornaments and Flourilhes that are ulually made in the 
delcribing Great Things, to make them appear Greater than they real- 
ly are. 
C H A P. I. ^ 
Of the Situation of the Palace Gardens; of the Court before the Pa- 
lace; a fieort viext of the Palace. /V fc'fj nnd a fummnry Account of all 
the Gardens in general, ^ ^ - 
T„1 IS Majefty s Palace, and Gardens at are fituated on the Eaft-fide 
^ ^ of a large Sandy Heath., or in the Veluvoe., a confiderable part ol 
the Province of Geldcrland, one of the Seven ZJnited Provinces, The 
Heath.h extended Southward unto the PjAne, and Northward unto the 
.^uyder^ or South Sea ; Wellward it runs almoft to Amersfort, or within 
lefs than two Leagues of it ; and Eaftward it is extended to the///^/, a 
confiderable River that divides Ovcryffcll from the Veliwe, Loo is three 
L.eagues from Deventer., five from Flnrdervoick^ on the South-Sea, five 
from D/Vwz ; another of His M.tyVy?>’s Palaces., fix from Arnhcim, and 
twelve Leagues or Hours from Vtrecht, It Is .an excellent Country for 
.Hunting,, and abounds with Staggs, Ibme Wild Boar, Foxes, 
Hares, 
