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 they keep fish for present use. This Court is square, and open onely on one side towards the Garden, but hedged in with a high terrass of stone, whose top is level with the ground of the Garden. Beyond this terrass and Court, lies a fine green spot of ground level with the first story of the pallace, and half compassed about with a demicircle of laurel trees high and thick. Under these trees of the demicircle, rise up stone seats, six rows high, like the seats in an Amphitheater; and capable of two thousand men, who may all sit here with ease, and behold the sports of Cavalry which are often exhibited upon this fair green spot of ground by the Nobility: the Great Duke and the Court beholding all this from the windows of the Pallace, while the rest of the Nobility and Ladies are seated conveniently in the Amphitheater under the Trees. The rest of this garden is curiously set forth with thickets of Bayes, close shady walkes, fine high open walkes over-