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plant_v of_o this_o tree_n and_o so_o be_v that_o cradle_n or_o close_o walk_v with_o that_o perplex_a canopy_n which_o cover_v the_o seat_n in_o his_o majesty_n garden_n at_o hampton-court_n these_o hedge_n be_v tonsile_a but_o where_o they_o be_v maintain_v to_o fifteen_o or_o twenty_o foot_n height_n which_o be_v very_o frequent_a in_o the_o place_n before_o mention_v they_o be_v to_o be_v cut_v and_o keep_v in_o order_n with_o a_o since_o of_o four_o foot_n long_o and_o very_o little_o falcate_v this_o be_v fix_v on_o a_o long_a sneed_a or_o straight_o handle_v and_o do_v wonderful_o expedite_v the_o trim_n of_o these_o and_o the_o like_a hedge_n 3._o they_o very_o frequent_o plant_v a_o clump_a of_o these_o tree_n before_o the_o entry_n of_o most_o of_o the_o great_a town_n in_o germany_n to_o which_o they_o apply_v timber-frames_a for_o convenience_n and_o the_o people_n to_o sit_v and_o solace_n in_o scamozzi_n the_o architect_n say_v that_o in_o his_o time_n he_o find_v one_o who_o branch_n extend_v seventy_o foot_n in_o breadth_n this_o be_v at_o vuimfen_n near_o the_o necker_n belong_v to_o the_o duke_n of_o witemberg_n but_o that_o which_o i_o find_v plant_v before_o the_o gate_n of_o strasburgh_n be_v a_o platanus_n and_o a_o lime_n tree_n grow_v hard_o by_o one_o another_o in_o which_o be_v erect_v a_o pergolo_n eight_o foot_n from_o the_o ground_n of_o fifty_o foot_n wide_a have_v ten_o arch_n of_o twelve_o foot_n height_n all_o shade_a with_o their_o folige_n and_o there_o be_v beside_o this_o a_o overgrown_a oak_n which_o have_v a_o arbour_n in_o it_o of_o 60_o foot_n diameter_n hear_v we_o rapinus_n describe_v the_o use_n of_o our_o horn-beam_n for_o these_o and_o other_o elegancy_n in_o walk_n the_o horn-beam_n stand_v or_o in_o a_o maze_n through_o thousand_o self-entangling_a labyrinth_n stray_v so_o clasp_v the_o branch_n lop_v on_o either_o side_n as_o though_o a_o alley_n do_v two_o wall_n divide_v this_o beauty_n find_v order_n do_v next_o adorn_v the_o bough_n into_o a_o thousand_o figure_n shear_v which_o please_v object_n weariness_n betray_v your_o foot_n into_o a_o wilderness_n convey_v nor_o better_a leaf_n on_o twine_a arbour_n spread_v against_o the_o scorch_a sun_n to_o shield_v your_o head_n in_o tractus_fw-la longos_fw-la facilis_fw-la tibi_fw-la carpinus_n ibit_fw-la mille_fw-la per_fw-la errores_fw-la indeprehensosque_fw-la recessus_fw-la et_fw-la molles_fw-la tendens_fw-la secto_fw-la seu_fw-la pariete_n ramos_fw-la praebebit_fw-la viridem_fw-la diverso_fw-la e_fw-la margin_n scenam_fw-la primus_fw-la honos_fw-la illi_fw-la quondam_a post_fw-la aditus_fw-la ordâ—_n est_fw-la attonsaeque_fw-la coma_fw-la &_o formis_fw-la quaesita_fw-la voluptas_fw-la innumeris_fw-la fartoque_fw-la viae_fw-la obliquoque_fw-la recessu_fw-la in_o tractus_fw-la acta_fw-la est_fw-la longos_fw-la &_o opaca_fw-la vireta_fw-la quinetiam_fw-la egregiae_fw-la tendens_fw-la umbracula_fw-la frondis_fw-la temperate_a ardentes_fw-la ramis_fw-la ingentibus_fw-la aestus_fw-la chap._n fourteen_o of_o the_o limetree_n limetree_n tilia_fw-la the_o limetree_n or_o linden_n be_v of_o two_o kind_n the_o male_n which_o some_o allow_v to_o be_v but_o a_o fine_a sort_n of_o elm_n be_v hard_a full_a of_o knot_n and_o of_o a_o red_a colour_n but_o produce_v neither_o flower_n nor_o seed_n as_o do_v the_o female_a who_o blossom_n be_v very_o odoriferous_a perfume_a the_o air_n the_o wood_n be_v likewise_o thick_a of_o small_a pith_n and_o not_o obnoxious_a to_o the_o worm_n so_o as_o it_o seem_v theophrastus_n de_fw-fr pl._n l._n 3._o c._n 10._o say_v true_a that_o though_o they_o be_v of_o both_o sex_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d etc._n etc._n yet_o they_o total_o differ_v as_o to_o their_o form_n we_o send_v common_o for_o this_o tree_n into_o flanders_n and_o holland_n to_o our_o excessive_a cost_n while_o our_o own_o wood_n do_v in_o some_o place_n spontaneous_o produce_v they_o and_o though_o of_o somewhat_o a_o small_a 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