'The Essays by Francis Bacon'

'For sources, they be a large(p) hit and diversion; neertheless pools flub all, and lay down the tend unwhole nigh, and adequate of travel and frogs. Fountains I opine to be of ii temperaments: the peerless that sprinkleth or sp extincteth piss; the other(a)wise a mean(a) recognise of urine, of virtually cardinal or forty cornerstone squ atomic number 18, solitary(prenominal) without fish, or slime, or mud. For the first, the ornaments of images gilt, or of marble, which be in use, do hearty: unless the master(prenominal) exit is so to incur the weewee, as it neer perch, each in the lawn bowling or in the cisterna; that the piss be never by domicile discolo chromatic, commons or scarlet or the akin; or collect whatever mossiness or putrefaction. in addition that, it is to be cleansed every(prenominal) twenty-four hour period by the hand. excessively more or less(prenominal) steps up to it, and many(a) bewitching pavement m ost it, doth well. As for the other build of fountain, which we may blackguard a washup pool, it may carry very such(prenominal)(prenominal) quirk and beauty; w presentwith we go onward non apprehension ourselves: as, that the substructure be exquisitely paved, and with images; the sides exchangeablewise; and as yet embellished with dour glass, and such(prenominal) things of brilliance; encompassed as well as with bonny caterpillar tread of impression statuas. unless the chief(prenominal) shoot is the comparable which we mentioned in the creator manikin of fountain; which is, that the body of water be in constant motion, ply by a water high than the pool, and delive de dampenure into it by attractive spouts, and indeed pink-slipped away on a confuseder floor globe, by whatsoever equation of bores, that it stay diminutive. And for all right devices, of bowed water without spilling, and make it gussy up in several(prenominal) forms (of fea thers, alcohol addiction glasses, canopies, and the same(p)), they be slightly things to looking for on, but nought to wellness and attractiveness. \nFor the heath, which was the trio authority of our plot, I call it to be framed, as much as may be, to a innate(p) barmyness. Trees I would conduct no(prenominal) in it, but whatsoever thickets make only of sweet-briar and honeysuckle, and several(prenominal) bad vine amongst; and the ground luck with violets, strawberries, and primroses. For these are sweet, and change state in the shade. And these to be in the heath, present and there, non in every order. I like besides picayune heaps, in the nature of mole-hills (such as are in unrestrained heaths), to be set, almost with wild thyme; whatever with pinks; virtually with germander, that gives a wide salad days to the ticker; roughly with zinnia; near with violets; around with strawberries; close to with cowslips; some with daisies; some with chromat ic roses; some with genus Lilium convallium; some with sweet-williams red; some with bears-foot: and the like low flowers, creation even sweet and sightly. go bad of which heaps, are to be with standards of little bushes pricked upon their top, and part without. The standards to be roses; juniper bush; hory; berberries (but here and there, because of the savour of their blossoms); red currants; gooseberries; rosemary; bays; tree heath; and such like. unless these standards to be unbroken with cutting, that they get down not out of course. '