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Oaftle 5 from whence there is a pleafant Profpect downupon Eaton-bridge, the Thames, and the adjacent Coun-try. King Charles 1. D. 162,6. built the Gate at theEaft end of the Terrace, which leads into the Park.And laftly, King Charles II. greatly beautified and re-pair’d the Fabrick, and furnilhd it with a curious Ar.mory ; and, in fine, every Thing is fo fitly difpofed andordered, that they are worthy of the Notice of everynice and curious Traveller.

Camden elegantly defcribes its Situation in Profe inthis manner : From an Hill (fays he) that rifes 2x1th agentle Hfcent, it enjoyeth a mofi delightjul ProfpeB roundabout 5 foreright, in the Front, it ovsrlooketh a Vale, lyingout far and wide, garnijhrd with Corn Fields, flourijhing withMeadows, decfd with Groves on either fide, and watered withthe moft mild and calm River Thames. Rebind it arifeHills every where, neither rough nor over high, attired, as itwere with Woods, and even dedicated, as one would fay, byNature, to bunting Game.

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