Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Section 3THE ORDERING OF THE GARDEN OF PLEASURE. THE severall situations of mens dwellings, are for the most part unavoideable and unremoveable; for most men cannot appoint forth such a manner of situation for their dwelling, as is most fit to avoide all the inconveniences of winde and weather, but must bee content with such as the place will afford them; yet all men doe well know, that some situations are more excellent than others. Now for the plaine levell ground, the buildings of the house should be on the North side of the garden, that so they may bee a defence of much sufficiency to safeguard it from many injurious cold nights and dayes, which else might spoyle the pride thereof in the bud. But because every one cannot so appoint his dwelling, as I here appoint the fittest place for it to be, every ones pleasure thereof shall be according to the site, cost, and endeavours they bestow, to cause it come nearest to this proportion, by such helpes of bricke or stone wals to defend it, or by the helpe of high growne and well spread trees planted on the North side, to keepe it the warmer. Next unto the place or situation, let mee show you the grounds or soyles for it, eyther naturall or artificiall. No man will deny, but the naturall blacke mould is not only the fattest and richest, but farre exceedeth any other either naturall or artificiall, as well in goodness as durability. And next thereunto, I hold the sandy loame (which is light and yet firme, but not so loose as sand, nor stiffe like unto clay) to be little inferior for this our Garden of pleasure. But of all other sorts of grounds, the stiffe clay is the very worst; for although you should digge out the whole compasse of your Garden, carry it away, and bring other good mould in the stead thereof, and fill up the place, yet the nature of that clay is so p…
