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Rh bee no lee than the foure quare proportion, or any other better forme, if any be. To forme it therfore with walks, croe the middle both waies, and round about it alo with hedges, with quares, knots and trayles, or any other worke within the foure quare 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 cloe, eyther publike or priuate, a maze or wildernee, a rocke or mount, with a fountaine in the midt thereof to conuey water to euery part of the Garden, eyther in pipes vnder the ground, or brought by hand, and emptied into large Citernes or great Turkie Iarres, placed in conuenient places, to erue as an eae to water the nearet parts thereunto. Arbours alo being both gracefull and neceary, may be appointed in uch conuenient places, as the corners, or ele where, a may be mot fit, to erue both for hadow and ret after walking. And becaue many are deirous to ee the formes of trayles, knots, and other compartiments, and becaue the open knots are more proper for thee Out-landih flowers; I haue here caued ome to be drawne, to atisfie their deires, not intending to cumber this worke with ouer manie, in that it would be almot endlee, to expree o many as might bee conceiued and et downe, for that euery man may inuent others farre differing from thee, or any other can be et forth. Let euery man therefore, if hee like of thee, take what may pleae his mind, or out of thee or his own conceit, frame any other to his fancy, or caue others to be done as he liketh bet, oberuing this decorum, that according to his ground he do cat out his knots, with conuenient roome for allies and walkes; for the fairer and larger your allies and walkes be, the more grace your Garden hall haue, the lee harme the herbes and flowers hall receiue, by paing by them that grow next vnto the allies ides, and the better hall your Weeders cleane both the beds and the allies.

T is neceary alo, that I hew you the euerall materials, wherewith thee knots and trayles are et forth and bordered; which are of two orts: The one are liuing herbes, and the other are dead materials; as leade, boords, bones, tyles, &c. Of herbes, there are many orts wherewith the knots and beds in a Garden are ved to bee et, to hew forth the forme of them, and to preerue them the longer in their forme, as alo to be as greene, and weete herbes, while they grow, to be cut to perfume the houe, keeping them in uch order and proportion, as may be mot conuenient for their euerall natures, and euery mans pleaure and fancy: Of all which, I intend to giue you the knowledge here in this place; and firt, to begin with that which hath beene mot anciently receiued, which is Thrift. This is an euerliuing greene herbe, which many take to border their beds, and et their knots and trayles, and therein much delight, becaue it will grow thicke and buhie, and may be kept, being cut with a paire of Garden heeres, in ome good handome manner and proportion for a time, and beides, in the Summer time end forth many hort talkes of pleaant flowers, to decke vp an houe among other weete herbes: Yet thee inconueniences doe accompany it; it will not onely in a mall time ouergrow the knot or trayle in many places, by growing o thicke and buhie, that it will put out the forme of a knot in many places: but alo much thereof will dye with the frots and nowes in Winter, and with the drought in Summer, whereby many voide places will be eene in the knot, which doth much deforme it, and mut therefore bee yearely refrehed: the thicknee alo and buhing thereof doth hide and helter nayles and other mall noyome wormes o plentifully, that Gilloflowers, and other fine herbes and flowers being planted therein, are much poyled by them, and cannot be helped without much indutry, and very great and daily attendance to detroy them. Germander is another herbe, in former times alo much ved, and yet alo in many places; and becaue it will grow thicke, and may be kept alo in ome forme and proportion with cutting, and that the cuttings are much ved as a trawing herbe for houes, being pretty and weete, is alo much affected by diuers: but this alo will often dye and grow out of forme, and beides that, the talkes will grow too great, hard and tubby, the rootes doe o farre hoote vnder ground, that vpon a little continuance thereof, will Rh