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Show foihe REPA GE The PREFACE. and what Employment can be more harmlefs? No Crueltyis ufed in this Exercile, unlefsthe deftroying of noxious Vermin that prey upon anddevour the bleffed Produéts of the Earth, can merit that opprobrious Name What though the skilful Pruner fcarifies bark-bound Trees, and difplaces the barren, ufelefs, and too luxuriant Branches, that rob the healthful and more ufeful Parts of their due Nourifhment ? thefe Wounds caule no Senfe of Pain to the tendereft Plants; they heal up without Dreffing or Bandage, and are thereby reduced to a more regular Beauty, a more healthful Conftitution, and to a greaterFertility. 3. Ir is Healthful. It is true, fince the Fall of our Progenitors, the Workis not fo eafy as before it was; the Curfe hav ing covered the’ Ground vil Tuts Att has alfo had in all Ages, and in all Parts of the W orld% oD fome of the greatelt Princes, the wileft Sages, the chief Politicians, anda) braveft Warriors, as well as the more humble Vulgar, for its Admirers ; a?., among whom, none have more honoured this Art than Cyrus King of Perfia, who was not only curious but skilful in it to Admiration, Xenohon relates the following Story of him. ~ © CYRUSwas fo delighted with Gardens, that to what Region foever he came, or where-ever he made himfelf Mafter of a Place, he ftudioufly encourag’d the Planting of Gardens, with all Things fervi for Delight or Ufe, that the Soil was capable of producing ; and when the Seafon of the Year permitted, was wont to hold Converlation in a : iracer aes e a y with 7Pi bor us and Bréars, and caufed unprofitable Weeds to {pring up Garden, where-ever he was. among the ufeful Plants, co rob themof their proper Nourifhment; fo 7 : . ~ : . 1 ae; that the Ground which before, without Cultivation, would have been “ If he obferved that anyof his Governors of Provinces took Care to cultivate the Land, and keep it well furnifhed with Trees and Fruits, according to the Nature of the particular Soil, to them he gave other Territories, and enrich’d them with Gifts, and conferr’d greater Honours fpontaneoufly obedient to vegetative Nature, muft now, by the Sweat of the Brow, and no little Labour, be brought under Subjeétion : But then at the {ametime, to make amends, this very Labour is falutiferous: The Exercife of the Body prevents the Blood and Juices from ftagnating and “OMTING 1 + “ rer ie e a growing corrupt; and the ~ Labourer is every Moment drawing in with his, | Breath a wholefome andenlivening Steam fromthe Earth, which heighten’d t with the fpicy PeGEAnCY of odoriferous Plants, caufes the Bloodand : pirits to eee buekiys and together with the Motion of the Body, forces . . . = deo ae. 5 2 . our and expels the morbidPar ts through the Pores, which exhaling, leaves What remains “SKE wits more pure aie and uncontamina sai ted. Befides, Jes, Labour Labour fers fers an a E ze p i Appete, gives a ree graceful and delicious Relifh to the De ries 1 + roaucts or the Earth, and eat Night : difpofes the whole bodily Frame into a Capacity for the full Enjoyment of thofe tefrefhing Slumbe rs, chat ale Sleep, . 4 general oe Caf. x © balmy w hich ly forfakes the Downy Couche softhe inagtive indolent Great. i A ae e iz is advantageous, no one will difpute, who fees, with rhe nioh wes Rg ay cturns, even moreFi than an hundred-fold, a ] diligent and skilful Culture SrtA the Labours of the fedulous Cultiva tor producing an. innocent i pena a a whellonae Food, F that bountifi ully fupplie udliess| to himfelf ‘anieht : He Necef aulee of Life, and adminifters to all around him of what tionn or c 7 onditio j nt to Quality foever, fufficie adorn the Table, : andferve for Ule and Elegance. - 5. The ried eile isi Honour Exercife | able. _ For had it not the Great God himfelf imfelf i its : ! _ ; : ho ig onlylaid out the Plan of the Garden of Eden ee ut is alfo ai faid to have: é plantedee itit with wi a vaft Variety rie ofC the moft wabe an beautiile a ie and Flowers? andthe Cultivating of it was appointed ta BE the ufine ehshe fole Monarch and Lordof this terreftr ial Globe, eator who in mie1S enna | i his great Wifdom found no Occupation fofuitable bee asae this, tot at lanoctnse and Perfeétion ; of Nature : in which he had form’d i een an; W ie before the Fall, could enjoy no Earthly Delight equal o tne ea itely adorn d with Trees and Plants, every where onl with beautiful Flowers, and fhinino with grateful Fruits, aboundng with wholfomeéme Spring ing Springs and d cryftal Rivers, os ecchoin g the with wirh want ing ) the melo: mel cious — Harmon : 1 |y y ofth the winged Chorifters, and crown’d with a temper ate if, and a charmi ng Viciflitude of kindly Seafons. Turis uponthem. , But as for thofe who {uffer'd their Landto lie uncultivated, either through Neglect, or any other Caufe, he fined them, deposd themfrom their Magiftracy, and fubfticuted others in their Places. “ On acertain Time this great Prince, as a Token ofhis Benevolence, introduced his Gueft Ly/ander into his elegant Garden at Sardis: Lyfander having furvey’d the Garden with great Exaétnefs, was at a Lofs which moft to admire, the great Variety of the Flowers andFruit, or the elegant Difpofition both of them and of the Trees, which being planted in an exquifite Quincunx Order, entertained them every Wayas they walk’d, with their moft fragrant Odours and beautiful Fruits ; and after fome time, breaking Silence, declar’d, That he wasgreatly delighted with what he faw, but that he could not help admiring, much more, the Artift who difpos’d the Plants and Flowers in that beautiful Order, than the Things themfelves: To which Cyrus, greatly pleas’d, reply’d, O Lyfander, all this was done by my own Hands, and many of thofe Trees which you now behold, I myfelf have rais’d fromSeed. Lyfander was aftonifh’d to hear this, and exprefling his Surprize to the King ; Cyrus faid, Do you wonder at this, Lyfander ? I {wear, by the Diadem 1 wear, that if {am in Healch, I never eat any Food before| have exercisd my Body till I fweat, fometimes in Martial Exercifes, at other times in Gardening, or otherlaborious Exercifes of Husbandry.” LAERTESthe Father of Ulpffes, was accurate and diligent, and that even in his old Age, in furnifhing his Orchard and Garden, and taking Care of the Utenfils proper to the latter, as we find in Homer, who taking Narice of UAjes being about to pay a Vifit to Laertes, fays, He look’d for him no where but in his Garden, where he found himattended with his Servants, gathering of Shrubs to make an Hedge, and the old Man directing them; and weeding the Plants with Gloves on, becaule of the Bufhes. We have likewife many of the famous Gardens of the Ancients elegantly defcrib’d by the Poets and Hiftorians; as the Penfile ones of Seméramis, thofe magnificent ones of King Solomon, the Hefperian, with thofe of Adonis and Alcinous, the latter of which defcrib’d by Homer, and beau:- tifully |