J^ataces^Vnherfitie^^^nd other Publlck and Prlv^ate Buildings, but hath left 
in France the lafting Evidences hey Maavificenccj by erecting thofe ftate- 
• \y Nofiredames at Paris, 2it Amiens, ^tI^ouen,dcc, at a time when great part 
of France was under the Englijlo Dominion, and when the reft of it did ag 
much dread the Englifh Power and Courage, as themfelvcs have of late 
Years been a Terror to all their Neighbours. Nay, at this prefent time, 
by ihoPuhlicl^Authority ( to our Honour and Renown be it Ipoken) there 
13 now eredling, and almoft f nifhed, in her Metropolis, one of the moft 
/pacioLis and Magnificent Cathedrals that ever yet was built in the\^,’orld ; 
•and the which, in the judgment of Trav'ellcrs, is like to emulate in its 
Strudfure, even Sai^it PeteFs>M Eome, and Sanhia Sophia at Conftantinople, 
FiisMajefiy is pofleffed of many Noble and Stately Palaces both at 
Home and Abroad. F^enfwgton and Ha}?jpton~Court are too well known 
CO be more than mentioned,'^ his Cafilco^ PFindJor may dilpute for Ex- 
cellency in many refpedfs with moft of the Ppyal Palaces in Europe, 
And at Fh^'inchefter there is another of His Majcftyh Palaces, in a nioft 
admirable Situation for Health as well as Picture, that wants but little 
of being finifhed. I^cannot but wifh this laft were nearer to London, or 
were thereby better ficuated for His Majejly^s Convenience. For I have 
fenfibly experienced the benefit of that Healthful Situation, having had 
the Happine^. to be fi^diicated in the College at PVmchcfter where in Se^ 
ven Years time I never knew one of the Seventy Children of that CoL 
lege to die, altho’ it be feated in the loweft, and conlequently the moft 
unhealdiy part of that City, And others have aflured me, that in Fifty 
Years paft,' there have not died above four or five of that ExcellentSe- 
minary of Learning, and moft of thofe too by Violent Accidents, not 
by Epidemical Difeafes, The which is a Confideration worthy of the 
thoughtsof fuch Parents, who would do their utmoft to preferve their 
.Pofterity, and are defircus to breed their Children \n \h.t bejl School in 
England, 
Jn the Low Comnries, in Brabant, and elfewhere. His Majejlfis Ancu 
Hereditary Palaces are difperfed in great number. The pcyal Pa^ 
/W and GWf w/ at Leo are the Subject of the enfiiing Dlfcourfe, I will 
only mention Dieren, an Ancient Seat of the moft Illufirious Houfc of 
Najfiaw, five Leagues from Loo ; Honjlacr-Dike^ two Leagues from the 
Hague', Socftdike, not far from ‘LVroc/?^ ^ theCaftleof made much 
more Illuftrious of late by his Majefty ; Eyfwick^ihc aufpicious Place of 
Treaty of Peace, antfnow rendred evcrlaftingly famous by the Con- 
clufion of a Peace fo Happy and fb Honourable to the greateft part of 
Europe, All which Palaces (except the laft, where the King has never 
reiided, it being fb near the Hague) do remain nobly furnifhed for His 
Majefiy's Reception, and have Gardens belonging to them that might 
merit a diftindf Deferiprion, 
For Buildings of themfHves, howfbever Noble and Great, do appear 
very deficient without the Ornament and Conveniencles of a Garden, 
/ Hy, the Garden of th.e fVorldj and the great Repofitory of Rarities 
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