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JOHN EVELYN
sanctitie, I meane in a remote, preparatory and instru-
mental! working. How caues, grotts, mounts, and
irregular ornaments of gardens do contribute to con-
templatiue and philosophical! enthusiasme ; how elysium,
antrum, nemus, paradysus, bortus, Incus, &c., signifie
all of them rem sacram et divinam ; for these expedi-
ents do influence the soule and spirits of man, and
prepare them for converse with good angells ; besides
which, they contribute to the lesse abstracted pleasures,
phylosophy naturall and longevitie : and I would have
not onely the elogies and efligie of the antient and famous
garden heroes, but a society of the paradisi cultures,
persons of antient simplicity, Paradisean and Hortulan
saints, to be a society of learned and ingenuous men,
such as Dr. Browne, by whome we might hope to
redeeme the tyme that has bin lost, in pursuing Vulgar
Vrrours, and still propagating them, as so many bold
men do yet presume to do. Were it to be hoped,
inter bos armorum strepitus, and in so generall a catalysis
of integrity, interruption of peace and propriety, the
hortulane pleasure, these innocent, pure, and vsefull
diversions might enjoy the least encouragement, whilst
brutish and ambitious persons seeke themselues in the
ruines of our miserable yet dearest country, quis talla
fando—?—But, sir, I will not importune you with
JOHN EVELYN
sanctitie, I meane in a remote, preparatory and instru-
mental! working. How caues, grotts, mounts, and
irregular ornaments of gardens do contribute to con-
templatiue and philosophical! enthusiasme ; how elysium,
antrum, nemus, paradysus, bortus, Incus, &c., signifie
all of them rem sacram et divinam ; for these expedi-
ents do influence the soule and spirits of man, and
prepare them for converse with good angells ; besides
which, they contribute to the lesse abstracted pleasures,
phylosophy naturall and longevitie : and I would have
not onely the elogies and efligie of the antient and famous
garden heroes, but a society of the paradisi cultures,
persons of antient simplicity, Paradisean and Hortulan
saints, to be a society of learned and ingenuous men,
such as Dr. Browne, by whome we might hope to
redeeme the tyme that has bin lost, in pursuing Vulgar
Vrrours, and still propagating them, as so many bold
men do yet presume to do. Were it to be hoped,
inter bos armorum strepitus, and in so generall a catalysis
of integrity, interruption of peace and propriety, the
hortulane pleasure, these innocent, pure, and vsefull
diversions might enjoy the least encouragement, whilst
brutish and ambitious persons seeke themselues in the
ruines of our miserable yet dearest country, quis talla
fando—?—But, sir, I will not importune you with