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The ordering of the (jarden ofTleafure. 
bee no leffc than the fourefquare proportion, orany other better forme, ifany be. To 
forme it therfore with walks, eroffe the middle both waies,and round about it alfo with 
hedges, with fquares, knots and trayles , orany other worke within the fourefquare 
parts, is according as euery mans conceit alloweth of it, and they will be at the charge : 
For there may be therein walkes eyther open or clofe, eyther publike,or priuate, a maze 
or wilderneffe, a rocke or mount, with a fountaine in the midft thereof to conuey water 
to euery part of the Garden, eyther in pipes vnder the ground, or brought by hand, and 
emptied into large Cifternes or great Turkic Iarres, placed in conucnient places, to 
feine as an cafe to water the neareft parts thereunto. Arbours alfo being both gracefull 
and necc(fary,may be appointed in fuch conucnient places, as thecorners,orclfe where, 
as may be moll fit, to ferue both for (hadow and reft after walking. And becaufe many 
are defirous to fee the formes of trayles, knots , and other compartiments, andbecaufe 
the open knots are more properforthele Out-landifh flowers ; I haue here caufed fomc 
to be drawne, tofatisfie their defires, not intending to cumberthis worke with ouer ma- 
nic, in that it would be almoft endleffe, to expreffe fo many as might bee conceiued and 
fet downe, for that euery man may inuent others farre differing from thefe,or any other 
canbefetforth. Let euery man therefore, if hee like of thefe, take what may pleafe his 
mind, or out of thefe or his own conceit, frame any other to his fancy, or caufe others to 
be done as he liketh beft, obferuing t his decorum, that according to bis ground he do caft 
out his knots, with conuenicnt roome for allies and walkes jfor the fairer and larger your 
allies and Walkes be, the more grace your Garden fhall haue, the leffe harme the herbes 
and flowers fhall receiue, by palling by them that grow next vnto the allies fides, and the 
better fhall your Wceders cleanfe both the beds and the allies. 
Chap. III. 
The trier. y forts of herbs end other things, wherewith the beds end perts of knots ere bordered 
to ft out the forme of them , with their commodities and difeommodities . 
I T is necefTary alfo, that I (hew you the feuerall materials, wherewith thefe knots and! 
trayles are fet forth and bordered; which are of two forts : The one are liuing 
herbes, and the other are dead materials • as leadc,boords, bones, tyles, &c. Of 
herbes, there are many forts wherewith the knots and beds in a Garden arc vfedtobcc 
fet, to Ihcw forth the forme of them, and to preferue them the longer in their forme , as 
alfo to be as greene, and fweete herbes, while they grow,to be cut to perfume the houfe, 
keeping them in fuch order and proportion, as may be moft conucnient for their feuerall 
natures , and euery mans pleafure and fancy : Of all which , I intend to giuc you the 
knowledge herein this place ; and firft, to begin with that which hath beene moft anci- 
ently receiued, which is Thrift. This is an eueriiuing greene herbe, which many take to 
border their beds, and fet their knots and trayles, and therein much delight, becaufe it 
will grow thickcand bufhie, and may be kept, being cut with a paire of Garden fheercs, 
in fome good handfome manner and proportion for a time, and befides, in the Summer 
time fend forth many fhorrftalkes of pleafant flowers, todecke vp an houfe among o- 
ther fweete herbes: Yet thefe inconueniences doe accompany it; it will notonelyina 
fmall time ouergrow the knot or tray le in many places, by growing fo thickcand bufhie, 
that it will put out the forme of a knot in many places : but alfo much thereof will dye 
with the frofts and fnowes in Winter, and with the drought in Summer, whereby many 
voide places will be feene in the knot, which doth much deforme it, and muff therefore 
bee yearely refreflied : the thickneffe alfo and bufhing thereof doth hide and fhclter 
fnayles and other fmall noyfomewormesfo plentifully, that Gilloflowers , and other 
fine herbes and flowers being planted therein, are much fpoyled by them, and cannot be 
helped without much induftry , and very great and daily attendanceto deftroy them. 
Germander is another herbe, in former times alfo much vfed, and yet alfo in many pla- 
ces 5 andbecaufe it will grow thicke,and may be kept alfo in fome forme and proportion 
with cutting, and that the cuttings are much vfed as a drawing herbe for houfes, being 
pretty and fweete, is alfo much affedted by diuers : but this alfo will often dye and grow 
out of forme, "and befides that, the ftalkes will grow too great, hard and ftubby , the 
rootesdoe fo farre fhoote vnder ground, that vpon a little continuance thereof, will 
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