From the Library of 
 Frank Simpson 
 
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S T O W E : 
 
 A 
 
 DESCRIPTION 
 
 Of the Magnificent 
 
 HOUSE and GARDENS 
 
 Of the Right Honourable 
 
 George Grenville Nugent Temple, 
 
 Earl TEMPLE, 
 
 Vifcount and Baron COB HA M, 
 
 One of the four Tellers of his Majesty's Exchequer, 
 Embellijhed with a General Plan of the Gardens, 
 
 And alfo a feparate Plan of the House, and of each 
 Building, with Perfpe&ive Views of the fame. 
 
 A NEW EDITION, 
 
 With all the Alterations and Improvements that have 
 been made therein, to the prelent Time* 
 
 With the Defcription of the Infide of the Hoyfei 
 
 Where Order in Variety we fee> 
 
 And where, tho' all Things differ, all agree,— 
 
 Nature (hall join you, Time fhall make it grow, 
 
 A Work to wonder at — perhaps a Sto we, Pope. 
 
 fc UCK I NO HAM; 
 Printed and Sold by B. Seeley. 
 Sold alfo by Meflrs. Fielding and Walker, No. 20, Pater-nofter-ftoW, 
 f London; and Mr. Hodgkinson, at the New Inn at Stow£; 
 
 MPCC LXXX* 
 
A List of the Prints, 
 
 Drawn in Perfpedlive by B. Seeley. 
 
 The Corinthian Arch, 
 
 One of the Pavilions at the En- 
 trance. 
 
 The Shepherd's Cove. 
 
 An artificial Piece of Ruins. 
 
 The Temple dedicated to Venus. 
 
 One of the Lodges. 
 
 One of the Pavilions at the En- 
 trance to the Park. 
 
 Late an Egyptian Pyramid. 
 
 St. Auguftine's Cave. 
 
 The Temple of Bacchus. 
 
 Nelfon's Seat. 
 
 The South and North Fronts 
 
 the i4oufe. 
 Dido's Cave, 
 The Rotundo. 
 
 King George II, \ 
 Queen Caroline, j 
 A Gate- way, by Kent. 
 A Doric Arch, 
 A Ruin, 
 
 on Columns, 
 
 The Temple of Ancient Virtue, 
 I he Shell Bridge. 
 The Temple of Britifh Wor- 
 thies. 
 
 A Gate-way, by Leoni. 
 The Cold Bath. 
 The Grotto. 
 
 The 'Temple of Concord and 
 
 Victory. 
 Capt. Grenville's Monument. 
 The Ladies Temple. 
 The Fane of Paftoral Poetry. 
 The Caftle. 
 of; An Obelifk to the Memory of 
 General Wolfe. 
 Lord Cobham's Pillar. 
 The Gothic Temple. 
 The Palladian Bridge. 
 The Temple of Friendfhip. 
 The Pebble Alcove. 
 Congreve's Monument. 
 An Equeftrian Statue of Geo. I. 
 
 A General Plan of the Gardens. 
 
 Alfo a Plan of the Houfe and Offices, and Plans of the 
 Buildings in the Gardens. 
 
 s. d 9 
 
 The Defcription of the Houfe and Gardens without 1 06 
 
 the Plans and Views of the Temples, Price J 
 
 Ditto—with the Plan of the Gardens — ~ I o 
 
 Ditto — with the Plans of the Gardens and Houfe — 1-6 
 
 Ditto— with all the Plans and Views half Bound — 40 
 
 Ditto m Bound and Gilt — 50 
 
The Right Honourable 
 
 The Earl Temple: 
 
 This DESCRIPTION 
 
 Of his LORDSHIP's 
 
 House and Gardens 
 
 A T 
 
 S T O W E, 
 
 Is moft humbly Dedicated, by his Lordship's 
 Obliged and moft obedient 
 
 humble Servant, 
 
 B. S E E L E Y« 
 
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 To the late Earl TEMPLE, 
 
 On Gardening, 
 
 BY Commerce, Albion, and by Arms refirfd* 
 Sought for the Charms of Art and Nature joirt'd ; 
 Along the Banks oi her own Thames ihe ftray'd, 
 Where the gay Sifters of the Waters play'd ; 
 In many a ibft Meander wildly rbv'd, 
 And grac'd the Meadows which their Stream improv'd. 
 
 She mark'd romantic Wind/or's warlike Pride> 
 To Learning's peaceful Seat fo near ally'd ; 
 Where TEMP LE's Bofom early figh'd for Praifc, 
 Struck with th' inlpiring Fame of ancient Days ; 
 She came where filver Thames and Ifis bright, 
 Their triendiy Treafures in one Stream unite : 
 Where Princes, Prelates, fir'd with Patriot Views, 
 By gen'rous Gifts invited ev'ry Mufe ; 
 Where every Mufe her grateful Tribute brought, 
 And Virtue pra&is'd what found Learning taught ; 
 At length her longing Eyes and hallow'd Feet 
 Reach'd verdant Stowe's magnificent Retreat, 
 Where Fame and Truth had promis'd, Hie fliould find 
 Scenes to improve and pleafe her curious Mind ; 
 Each Step Invention, Elegance difplay'd, 
 Such, as when Churchill woes the Aonian Maid, 
 And joins in eaiy graceful Negligence, 
 Th' harmonious Powers of Verfe, with Sterling Senle; 
 Such, as when PouJJin's or Albano's Hand 
 On glowing Canvafs the rich Landfcape planned, 
 And claffic Genius ft rove, by mimic Art, 
 Thro' the admiring Eye to reach the Heart, 
 
 Amidft the Wonders of each ftriking Scene, 
 High on the Summit of a floping Green 
 A folemn Temple, in Proportion true, 
 Magnificently fimple, courts the View j 
 
 Concord 
 
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 CdHcord and Vi&ory with Pride proclaim 
 This Manfion lacred to Britannia's Fame, 
 Whole Form * majeiiic trom all Hands receives 
 The various Produdi ev'ry Region gives, 
 Pleas*d at her Feet their choiceft Gifts to lay, 
 And Homage to her Power fuperior pay ; 
 i he fciilptur'd Walls her Glories part declare, 
 In proud Memorials f of fuccefsuil War ; 
 No factions Sacrifice to France and Spain 
 Tfcefe confecratei Trophies can profane \ 
 For public % Liberty her awful Seat 
 Here fixing, here prote&s her laft Retreat % 
 Where to the Great and Good in every Shade, 
 The fragrant Tribute of juft Praife is paid, 
 Where the prime Beauties, form'd by Nature's Hand 
 Throughout her Works in every diftant Land, 
 Tranlplanted, flourifh in their native Eale, 
 And, as by magic Charm colle&ed, pleafe — 
 Here the fair Queen of this heroic Ifle, 
 Imperial Albion, with a gracious Smile 
 Confeis'd, ftie lovely Nature faw, at laft, 
 Unite with Art, and both improve by Tafte. 
 
 * The Alto Relievo in the Pediment. 
 
 •f- The iv^edallions of f he Viftories. 
 
 J The Statue of Public Liberty placed in the Middle Niche of the 
 Temple* 
 
 A DE- 
 
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 DESCRIPTION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 GARDENS. 
 
 P^SBC/OC^ N the Road from London to SWi? are th© 
 JSC )§C Towns of Uxbridge, Chalfcnt, Awer/ham* 
 
 38C I 3§S Great Miffenden, ttendcver, Aylejbury, Win* 
 36Sy/^'and Buckingham, which Jail is diftant 
 htM/OCifci * rom 57> &a*» Ox/irrf 25 Miles.™ 
 
 Here are four principal Inns, the Cohham 
 jirms, the ?FA/te jhfar£, the Crofs Keys, and the George j- 
 a {trait Gravel Road of two Miles in length leads iron* 
 Buckingham to a large Corinthian Arch or Gate-way, £>9 
 Feet high and 60 Feet wide, decorated on each fide with 
 a large Military Column, from whence appears the 
 Garden-Front of his Lord (hip's Houfe, proudly Handing 
 on tb.e Summit of a verdant Hill, and ensompaffed by 
 the Garden and Park. — — From this Arch, by the Nw 
 Inn you defcend to the Garden Entrance ; but the Ro^d 
 to the Houfe leads through the Arch, in which are Dwells 
 ing Rooms for the Keeper, and is beautifully diverfifted 
 with Hill, Valley, Lawn, River, and a perpetual Change 
 of Scene arifing from the numerous Buildings intermixed 
 with Wood, and " bofomed high in tufted Trees," which 
 ftrike the Eye with a moft pidiurefque and ever varying 
 Magnificence, 
 
 At 
 
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 At the South Entrance of the Gardens are two Pavilions 
 fupportcd by Doric Pillars. 
 
 Here you have a View, vey ftriking at firft Entrance, 
 of the Houfe, and of the two Rivers on the Right-hand 
 Meeting in one Stream, which run into a Kind of Bay, 
 .(formerly an O&agon, and in the Centre flood an Obelilk, 
 now removed into the Park.) — The beautiful Difpofition 
 of the Lawns, Trees, and Buildings at a Diftance, gives 
 a kind of Earneft of what our Expectation is raifed to. 
 
 Turning to the Left-hand you defcend to 
 
 Artificial Ruins, of a Temple of two 
 River-Gods, 
 
 Covered with Evergreens, and adorned with the Statues 
 of Fauns, Satyrs, and River-Gods ; a beautiful C afcade 
 of three Sheets of Water falls from a River above into a 
 Lake of ten Acres. 
 
 The Shepherd's Cove, 
 Defigned by Kent, 
 
 is feated in a rifing Wood, on the Banks of the Lake ; on 
 the Walls of which is engraved the following Monu* 
 mental lnfcription : 
 
 To the Memory 
 o F 
 
 SlONOR FlDO, 
 
 an Italian of good £xtraction_4- 
 who came into England, 
 $iot to bite us, like moft of his Countrymen, 
 but to gain an honeft Livelihood. 
 He hunted not after Fame, 
 yet acquired it ; 
 Jregardlefs of the Praife of his Friends, 
 but moft fenfible to their Love. 
 Tho* he liv'd amongft the Great, 
 he neither learn'd nor fiatter'd any Vice. 
 He was no Bigct, 
 Tho* he doubted of none ot the 39 Articles* 
 And, if to follow Nature, 
 
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 and to refpeft the Laws of Society, 
 be Philofophy, 
 he was a perfect Philofopher ; 
 a faithful Friend, 
 an agreeable Companion, 
 a loving Hufband, 
 diftinguifh'd by a numerous Offspring, 
 all which he iiv'd to fee take good Courfes. 
 In his old Age he retired 
 to the Houie of a Clergyman in the Country, 
 where he finifli'd his earthly Race, 
 And died an Honour and an Example to the whole Species, 
 
 Reader, 
 
 This Stone is guiltlefs of Flattery, 
 for he to whom it is inferib'd 
 was not a Man, 
 but a 
 ' Greyhound, 
 
 The Temple dedicated to Venus, 
 
 With this Infcription, 
 Veneri HoRfENSi, 
 
 It is a fquare Building with circular Arches and Wings, 
 defigned by Mr. Kent ; the Infide adorned with Paintings 
 by Mr. Skter y taken from Spenfer's Fairy Queen.— 
 The Lady i* the fair Helli?wre 9 who having lett a difa- 
 greeable Hufband, and wandering in the Woods, was 
 met by the polite Set of Gentry fhe is dancing with : She 
 likes their manner of Lite, and refolves to enjoy it with 
 them. Her old Spoufe Malbecco is inconfolable for his 
 Lofs ; he wanders many Days in Search of her, and at 
 length finds her (you fee him at a dittance peeping from 
 behind a Tree) revelling with a beaitly Herd of Satyrs. 
 When the Evening comes on, he follows the Company to 
 their Retirement, takes a commodious Stand, and to his 
 great Torment fees every Thing that pafTes among them. 
 After they were all laid afleep, he creeps gentlv to his 
 Lady, and you fee him in the other Paintirg offering to 
 be reconciled to her again, if fhe will return back with 
 him. But Hdlinore threatens to awake the Satyrs, and 
 
 B • get 
 
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 get him feverely handled if he does not immediately leave 
 her. Upon which the poor uleleis old Man is.obliged to 
 fly, and foon after runs diitraded. — See Book III. of the 
 Fairy gueen, Canto io. The Pannel in the Cieling is 
 adorned with a naked Venus. Upon the Frize is the Jfol- 
 lowing Motto from Catullus. 
 
 Nunc amet qui nondum amavit ; 
 ^uique amavit, nunc amet. 
 
 Let him love now, who never lov'd before : 
 Let him who always lov'd, now love the more. 
 
 The late Queen's Statue 
 
 is ere&ed on four Ionic Columns. — On the Pedeftal is this 
 Inscription : 
 
 DIViE CAROLINA. 
 To the Divine Caroline. 
 
 Two Pavilions. 
 
 One of them is made Ufe of as a Dwelling-Houfe ; the 
 other Hands in the Garden ; the Space betvveen forms a 
 grand Gate-way, defigned by Kent, which is the Entrance 
 
 into the Park. From hence there is a noble View of a 
 
 Bridge, with a line Serpentine River, and a Road, ter- 
 minated by two Lodges, which form a grand Approach 
 from Oxfordflnre to the Park and Houfe. 
 
 In the Infide of a Room, Part of a 
 late Pyramid, 
 
 Lufjli fatis, edijii fatis, atque hihifii , 
 
 flc > n pus abire tibi eji ; ne pot urn largius aqu& 
 
 Rident i$ puljet lafciva decentius atas. 
 
 With Pleaiure furfeifed, advanc'd in Age, 
 Retire in Time from Life's fantaftic Stage : 
 Left Youth the great Indecency contemn, 
 And ki& thee from a Scene defign'd for them. 
 
 Lin* 
 
/ 
 
Tlate JIT . 
 
 'JBfTee/j, <Ulln . ' ^ ' 
 
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 Lrnquenda iellus, & domus lf> placens 
 Uxor; fieque harui% quas colts, arborum 
 Te, prater invifas cup cjjos, 
 Ulla brcvcm dominum Jcquetur. 
 
 Thy lofty Palace, thy engaging Wife* 
 
 Thy wide Domain, and all the Pride of Life, 
 
 Short liv'd, thou foon mull quit, nor thro' the Grove 
 
 Rais'd by thy Hand, and cheriffr'd by thy Love* 
 
 Save the funereal Cypreis, will a Tree 
 
 Be found, in thy laii Hour to follow Thee. 
 
 St. Augustine's Cave, 
 
 is a Cell formed of Mofs and Roots of Trees interwoven ; 
 this is fituatedin a retired Thicket, and very artfully con- 
 trived, in the lame Manner as Shades in a Pidiure, or 
 Paufes in Mufic. 
 
 In this Cave is a Straw Couch, a Wooden Chair, three 
 Windows or Holes, over which is the following Infcrip- 
 tion in Monki/h Latin Verfe. 
 
 Cur gaudes., Satana, muliebrem fumere formam? 
 Non fades voti cafii me rumpere normam, 
 
 Heus fugite in ccllam ; pubkram vitate puellam ; 
 Nam radix mortis fuit olim fccmina in hortis. 
 
 Satan, why deck'd in female Charms, 
 
 I oil them attack my Heart ? 
 My Vow is proof againlt rhy Arms, 
 
 'Gainft all thy Wiles and Art. 
 Ah ! Hermits, fiee into your Cells, 
 
 Nor Beauty's Poifon leed on, 
 — The Root of Death (as Story tells) 
 
 Was Woman firft in Eden. 
 
 Back'd by the Temple Wood, there is 
 
 The Temple of Bacchus, 
 
 a ftucco'd Building of Sir John VanbrugKs Defign, the 
 Infide adorned with the Revels of Bacchus, painted by 
 
 bollikins. This Building commands a View crofs the 
 
 Lake, and a beautiful Proipe&over the Country. 
 
 B z Nelson's 
 
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 Nelson's Seat, 
 
 With a Doric Portico. 
 
 In it are the following Infcriptions defcribing the 
 Paintings. 
 
 On the Right-hand. 
 
 Ultra Euphratem ts> Tigrim 
 ujque ad oceanum propagatd ditione 
 Orhis terrarum imperium Roma adfignat optimus princeps, 
 Cui fuper advolat Viftoria, 
 iaurigerum fertum Kmc inde 
 utrdque manu extendens, 
 comitantibus Pietate & Abundantid. 
 
 In arcu Conftantini. 
 
 Having extended his Power beyond the Euphrates and Tigris, 
 as far as the Ocean 
 this moft potent Prince 
 afligns the Empire of the World to Rome: 
 over w horn Vi&ory flies, 
 waving a Laurel Crown, 
 accompanied with Piety and Plenty. 
 
 Upon Conftantine's Arch* 
 
 On the Left, 
 
 Pojl obi turn L. Veri y 
 in imperio cum Marco confortis, 
 Roma 
 
 integram orbis terrarum 
 potejlatem ei 1$ in eo contulit. 
 
 Jn Capitoliot 
 
 After the Death of Lucius Verus, 
 Partner in the Erhpire with Marcus, 
 Rome 
 conferr'd on him 
 the Empire of the World. 
 
 In the Capitol. 
 Oppofite 
 
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 Oppofite the North Front of the Houjfe, is 
 
 The Kquejlrian Statue of 
 King George I. 
 
 In Armour, with this Infcription : 
 
 In medio milni Ccefar erit, 
 
 Et viridi in campo fignum de marmore ponam. 
 
 Cobham, 
 
 Imperial Cafarh Statue I will place, 
 Full in the Centre on the verdant Grafs. 
 
 To this Front there is an Ionic Portico, two circular 
 Corridores with 28 Ionic Columns on a fide, Walls orna- 
 mented with Niches and Pilafters, four Gate-ways into 
 the Courts, two by Signor Waldre, two by Kent, and two 
 into the Gardens by LeonL 
 
 Oppofite the South Front is a grand Parterre, where 
 you have a diftant View of many beautiful Obje&s in the 
 Garden, and a fine Profpeft over the Country. 
 
 On the Right-hand of this Parterre, is her Ladyfhip's 
 Menagerie, on the left, a Shrubbery. 
 
 The Statue of his late Majefty, 
 
 eredled on a Corinthian Pillar, with this Infcription : 
 
 Crevere Vires > Famaque & Imperi 
 Porretta Majejias ad ortum 
 Solr's ah Hefperio Cubili 
 
 Cujiode rerum Caefare 
 
 Georgio Augusto. 
 
 Under the Care of Cafar\ fcepter'd Hand, 
 
 With Strength and Fame increas'd this favoured Land 
 
 The Majefty of her vaft Empire fpread, 
 
 From the Sun rifing to his Weftern Bed, 
 
 On 
 
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 On her Royal Highnefs the Princefs 
 Amelia's Arrival at Stowe. 
 
 By the late Countefs Temple, 
 
 Apollo * and his tuneful Maids, 
 Who range their lov'd Ami an Glades, 
 Forfook the Heliconian Spring*, 
 To hail the Daughter of a King. 
 Fohd Eccho ftiew'd them where to try, 
 The fweeteft Powers of Melody. 
 Clofe by the Image of her Sire, 
 Apollo touch'd rhe founding Lyre. 
 I law the aw ful Statue f imife* 
 The Guardian of this happy Ifle, 
 W- en regal State with Freedom ft rove, 
 Which moft fhould gain the others Love ! 
 Mild he furvey'd the pleafing Scene, 
 And thus addreli his much lov'd Queen, 
 Whole fculptur'd X Form majeftic flood, 
 The Glory of the neighbouring Wood ; 
 Soft Partner of my happieft Days, 
 Grac'd with a gratefiil People's Praife, 
 The joyful Hour approaches near, 
 Which brings our fav'rite Daughter here ; 
 She will revere the hallovv'd Ground, 
 Where Ancient § Virtue's Dome ie found, 
 
 And view the Shrine " with heart-felt Pride, 
 Where Engliflo Worthies ftill prefide ; 
 Where every Virtue (lands confeft, 
 Juft Emblem' of her generous Breaft ; 
 Nor will her Recolle&ion fail, 
 In Victory's || coniecrated Vale, 
 To glory in the Brunfwiik N&me ; 
 For there the Trophies + of my Fame 
 Remain uniUUied yet. — The reft 
 A Sigh and riling- Tear fuppreis'd. 
 
 * Statue of A pol to and the Muse*. 
 
 f Matue-of. King George II. 
 
 £ The Statue of Queen Caroline. 
 
 § The Temple of Ancient Virtue* 
 
 f| The Temple of Co \ cord and Victory. 
 
 4 Medallions of the Victories gained in the late WVt, placed round' the 
 Temple* 
 
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 Jpcllo footh'd the mournful King ; 
 He tun'ot to joy the golden String ; 
 Then fung ot royal Emily, 
 When Light'nmg darts from either Eye, 
 A^d Spirit in her meaning Face 
 Aads Dignity and Senfe to Grace; 
 Or, wren Compaffion melts her Mind, 
 In Tendernels to human Kind, 
 And her rich Bounty copious tiows," 
 In Streams, as various as their Woes; 
 Or, when amidlt t. e circling Great, 
 She graceful moves in Royal State, 
 Dilpenfing round with Judgment true, 
 Honour to all where Honour's due, 
 Or, when (he condefcends to ftand, 
 The firft in Friendship's fpotlels Band, 
 Preferring to the Courtiers Art 
 Truth and Simplicity of Heart ? 
 In Air th' inchanting Mufic floats ; 
 The Zephyrs catch the varied Notes, 
 And bear to Heaven th' enraptur'd Lays, 
 Fraught with Amelia's flowing Praife, 
 The Mother heard th' applauding Cho:r y 
 Her Breaft extatic Tranfports fire, 
 As on the Day her martial Son, 
 Culloderis glorious Triumph won. 
 When lo ! upon the flow'ry Greea 
 Her darling Emily is feen ; 
 What Hand can paint the glowing Cheek 
 The beating Heart, the Looks that ipeak 
 What but Jpollo's Lyre exprefs 
 The full maternal Tendernefs. 
 Thus flufh'd with Pride and ardent Love 
 Latona views her Twins from Jove % 
 Cunfcious, fhe on the Delian Earth 
 To two Divinities gave Birth. 
 
 Dido's Cave, 
 
 With thefe Infcriptions : 
 
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 On the Outfide. 
 
 Banc Speiuncam a Jthanne Vanbrugh, Equite, defignatam 
 illius memoria facram ejjc votuit Cobham. 
 
 This Cave defigned by Sir John Vanhrugh, is confecrated 
 to his Memory by Cobham. 
 
 In the Infide. 
 
 Speiuncam Dido, dux & Trojanus, eandem 
 htveniunt Virg. 
 
 Repairing to the fame dark Cave are feen 
 The Trojan Hero, and the Tyrian Queen. 
 
 The Rotundo, 
 
 is railed upon Ionic Pillars, and is ornamented with a Sta- 
 tue of Bacchus. The Building by Sir John Yanbrugh 9 
 
 altered by Bona. 
 
 From hence you pafs into the Parterre, where on the 
 Right-hand, you have the Profpe& of the Corinthian 
 Arch, (mentioned before), and on the Left, the Houfe, 
 In the adjoining Wood 
 
 A Doric Arch, 
 
 flanding on an Eminence, accompanied with the Statues 
 of Apollo and the nine Mufes, forms an Entrance into a 
 very pleafing Scene. 
 
 On the Back Front of the Attic is infcribed 
 
 A M E LIJE SOPHIiE -AUG. 
 
 To her Royal Highnefs the Princefs Amelia Sophia. 
 
 Through the Arch is feen the Palladian Bridge, and 
 a Cattle on the oppofite Hiil, which form a delightful 
 Perfpe&ive. 
 
 On the Infide Front of the Attic there Is a Medallion 
 of her Royal Highnefs, with this Exergue from Horace. 
 
 O colenda femper & cult a ! 
 
 O thou worthy ot every Honour, and ever honoured ! 
 
 Versei 
 
1 
 
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 Verses prefented to her Royal High- 
 nefs at her firft Entrance in 1768. 
 
 See the bright God, adorn'd with all his Rays, 
 From Heav'n dele ends to ling Amelia's Praile ; 
 Their golden Lyres he bids the Sifters bring, 
 Join the glad Song, and ftrike the founding String ; 
 The deep-toivd Chord obeys his Ikilful Hand, 
 And all is Harmony where you command. 
 
 Under an old Elm, not far diftant, the Heliconian Spring 
 is feen to rife, over which hangs a Statue of Narcijiis. 
 
 A Ruin. 
 The Temple of Ancient Virtue, 
 
 is a Rotundo of the Ionic Order by Mr, Kent ; on the 
 Outfide, over each Door, is this Motto : 
 
 Prifcte VirtutL 
 To Ancient Virtue. 
 
 And in four Niches within, ftanding at full Length, 
 are the Statues of Lycurgus, Socrates, Horner, and Epami- 
 nondas : Under which are the following Infcriptions : 
 
 Under Lycu&gus. 
 
 $ui fummo cum confilio, inventis legihus, 
 Omnemque contra corruptelam munitis optime, 
 Pater Patriae, 
 Lihertatem firmijjimam 
 Et mores fan&fjjimos, 
 Expulfd cum divitiis avaritid, luxurid, libidine f 
 in mult a fa*cula 
 Civibus fuis injlituit. 
 
 Who having planned, with confummate WiTdom, % 
 Syftem of Laws firmly fecured againft every Incroach- 
 ment of Corruption, and having by the Expulfion of 
 Riches^ banilhed Luxury, Avarice* and Intemperance, 
 
 C efUblilhed 
 
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 eftablifhed in the State for many A^es, perfeft Liberty 
 and inviolable Purity of Manners. — — i he Father of his 
 Country. 
 
 Under Socrates. 
 
 corriiptiffimd in civitate innocens, 
 Bonorum hortator, unici cultor D £/ ? 
 Ah inutili ctio, varus difputaiionibus, 
 Ad officio, viite, t$ focietatis commoda 
 Philofophiam avocavit, 
 Ho mi nam fapientijjimus. 
 
 Who innocent in the midft of a moft corrupted People, 
 the Encourager of the Good, a Worfhipper of the one 
 God, from ufelefs Speculations and vain Difputes reftor'd 
 Philofophy to the Duties of Life, and the Benefit of So« 
 ciety . — The wifeft of Men. 
 
 Under Homer. 
 
 $ui poetarum primus > idem t$ maximus, 
 Virtutis praco, & immortalitatis largitor, 
 Divino carmine 
 Adpulchre audendum, & patiendum for liter, 
 Omnibus notus gentibus, omnes incitat. 
 
 The firft and greateft of Poets, the Herald of Virtue, 
 the Giver of Immortality ; who by his divine Genius, 
 known to all Nations, incites all, nobly to dare, and to 
 fuffer firmly* 
 
 Under Epaminondas. 
 
 Cujus a virtute, prudentia, verecundia, 
 Tkebanorum rejpublica 
 Libertatem Jimul {£? imperium, 
 Difciplinam bellicam, civikm & dotnefticum 
 Accepit ; 
 EtyJte amiJo, perdidit. 
 
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 Kv whole Valour, Prudence, ModeMv, the Thehait 
 Commonwealth gained Liberty and Empire, Military 
 Difcipline, Civil and Domeftic Policy ; all which, by 
 Iofing him, Ihe loih 
 
 Over one Door. 
 
 Charum ejfe civcm, bene de repuhlicd mereru laudaH, coli t 
 diligi, gloriofum eft : metui vert, c5 in odio ejfe, invidiofum, 
 deteftabile, imbeciHum, caducum. 
 
 To be dear to our Country, to deferve well of the Pub- 
 lic, to be honoured, reverenced, loved, is glorious ; but to 
 be dreaded and hated is odious, deteftable, weak, ruinous. 
 
 Over the other. 
 
 jfuftitiam cole iS pietatem, qua cum fit magna in paren - 
 tibus & propin^uis, turn in p atria' maxima eft. Ea vita via 
 eft in coelum, 6f in hunc ccetum coram qui jam vixerunt. 
 
 Cultivate Juftice and Benevolence, which in an emi- 
 nent Manner is due to Relations and to Friends, but in 
 the higheft Degree to our Country ; this Path leads to the 
 Manfions of the Blefied, and to this Affernbly of thofe who 
 are now no more. 
 
 From the Doors of this Temple, and from the Perifti- 
 Hum, the Views are charming : From one Door you fee 
 the Statue of the late Queen, and the Caftle, ftanding at 
 the End of a Line in the Park three Miles long : From 
 the other Door you fee the Temple of Britifh Worthies, 
 and the Palladian Bridge at a Diftance ; as alfo 
 
 Captain Grenville's Monument, 
 
 being a Naval Column erected by the late Lord Cobham 
 in honour of Captain Grenville, upon the Top of which 
 Heroic Poetry, holds in her Hand a Scroll with 
 
 Non nifi Grandia Canto. 
 
 Heroic Deeds alone my Theme, 
 
 Cz 
 
 Upon 
 
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 Upon the Plinth and on the Pedeftal are the following 
 Infcriptions : 
 
 DIGNUM LAUDE VIRUM MUSA VETAT MORL 
 The Mufe forbids Heroic Worth to die. 
 
 Sororis fua Filio, 
 Thomae Grenville, 
 
 $>ui navis Prafe&us regia, 
 Ducente clajfem Britannicam Georgio Anfon> 
 Dum contra Gallos fortijjime pugnaret, 
 Dilacerata navis ingenti fragmine, 
 Femore graviter percujjo, 
 Perire, dixit moribundus, omnio fatius e/fc 9 
 %uam inertia reum in judicio fijli ; 
 Columnam hanc rojiratam 
 Laudans l*> mcerens pojait 
 Cobham. 
 
 Injigne virtatis, eheu ! rarijjimce 
 Exemplum habes ; 
 Ex quo difcas, 
 Quid virumprafeSturd militari oniatum 
 Dec eat, 
 MDCC XLVII. 
 
 To his Nephew 
 
 Thomas Grenville, 
 
 Who 
 
 Captain of a Ship of War> 
 In the Britifh Fleet, 
 Commanded by Admiral An/on, 
 In an Engagement with the French, 
 Being wounded mortally in the Thigh* 
 By a Fragment of his fhatterM Ship, 
 
 Expiring faid, 
 u How much better is it thus to die, 
 " Than to ftand arraigned 
 " Before a Court Martial." 
 This Naval Column 
 was eredted 
 By Richard Vifcount Cobham, 
 As a Monument of his Applaufe and Grief, 
 
T6e tfrotfo 
 
 J5 . S ee/y Se&ns, 
 
 &J5 Aw/A i/i 
 
( 21 ) 
 
 From this animating F:-. ample, 
 Learn, 
 
 When honour'd with Command, . . 
 What becomes 
 An Officer. 
 
 Ye weeping Mufes, Graces, Virtues tell, 
 If fmce your all accomplifh'd Sidney fell, 
 You, or afflicted Britain e'er deplor'd 
 A Lofs, like that thefe plaintive Lays record ; 
 Such fpotleft Honour, fuch ingenuous Truth, 
 Such ripen'd Wifdom in the Bloom of Youth ! 
 So mild, fb gentle, fo compos'd a Mind, 
 To fuch Heroic Warmth and Courage join'd ! 
 He too, like Sidney, nujrs'd in Learning's Arms, 
 For nobler War forfook her peaceful Charms ; 
 Like him, poflefs'd of ev'ry pleafing Art, 
 The fecret Wifh of every Virgin's Heart ; 
 Like him, cut off in youthful Glory's Pride, 
 He, unrepining for his Country dy'd. 
 
 George Ld. Lyttelto-n, 
 
 From this Column, you have a moll beautiful View of . 
 the Britifh Worthies, of the Temple of Ancient Virtue, 
 and of the Elyfian Fields ; the freflmels of the Verdure 
 and of the Foliage, the Buildings and the Water, all unite 
 to make this Scene one of the gayeft and moll chearful 
 in the Garden. 
 
 Here you crofs the Serpentine River, over 
 
 The Shell Bridge, by Kent % 
 
 which brings you to 
 
 The Temple of Britijh Worthies, 
 by Kent ; 
 
 a Building cut into Niches, wherein are placed the fol- 
 io vving Buftos : 
 
 Alex- 
 
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 Alexander Pope, 
 
 Who uniting the Corre&nefs of Judgment to the Fire of Genius* 
 by the Melody and Power of his Numbers, 
 gave Sweetnefs to Senfe, and Grace to Philofophy. 
 He employ'd the pointed Brilliancy of Wit to chaftife the Vices, 
 and the Eloquence of Poetry to exalt the Virtues of human Nature ; 
 and being without a Rival in his own Age, 
 imitated and tranilated, with a Spirit equal to the Originals, 
 the beft Poets of Antiquity. 
 
 Sir Thomas Gresham, 
 
 who by the honourable Profeffion of a Merchant having 
 enriched himielf and his Country, for carrying on the 
 Commerce of the World, built the Royal Exchange. 
 
 Ignatius Jones, 
 
 who to adorn his Country, introduced and rivalled the 
 Greek and Roman Architecture. 
 
 John Milton, 
 
 whofe fublime and unbounded Genius equall'd a $ubje& 
 that carried him beyond the Limits of the World. 
 
 William Shakespeare, 
 
 whofe excellent Genius opened to him the whole Heart of 
 Man, all the Mines of P'ancy, all the Stores of Nature ; 
 and gave him Power, beyond all other Writers, to move, 
 aftonifh, and delight Mankind. 
 
 John Locke, 
 
 who> beft of all Philolophers, underftood the Powers o£ 
 the human Mind, the Nature, End, and Bounds of Civil 
 Government ; and with equal Sagacity* refuted the fla- 
 vifh Syftem of ufurped Authority over the Rights, the 
 Confciences, or the Reafon of Mankind. 
 
 Sir 
 
( 2 3 ) 
 
 Sir Isaac Newton, 
 
 whom the God of Nature made to comprehend his 
 Works ; and from fimple Principles to difcover the Laws 
 never known before, and to explain the Appearances 
 never underfiood, of this ftupendous Univerfe. 
 
 Sir Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam, 
 
 who, by the Strength and Light of fuperior Genius, re- 
 jedting vain Speculation and fallacious Theory, taught to 
 purfue Truth, and improve Philolophy by the certain 
 Method of Experiment, 
 
 In the Niche of a Pyramid is placed a Mercury, with 
 thefe Words fubicribed : 
 
 f?U — >-Gampos ducit ad Ehfios. 
 
 Leads to the Elyfian Fields, 
 
 And below this Figure is fixed a Square of black Marble 
 with the following Lines : 
 
 Hie mantis oh patriam pugnando vnlnera paffi, 
 Quiqiie pii vates, t£ Phocho digna Iocuti, 
 Invent as ant qui vitarn excoluere per aries, 
 Shiique Jui memores alios fecere mereiido. 
 
 Here are the Bands, who for their Country bled, 
 And Bards, whofe pure and lacred Verfe is read ; 
 Thole who, by Arts invented, Life improved, 
 And by their Merits, made their Mem Vies lov'd. 
 
 King Alfred, 
 
 the mildeft, jufteft, mod beneficent of Kings ; who drove 
 out the Danes, lecured the Seas, protected Learning* 
 eftablifhed Juries, crufh'd Corruption, guarded Liberty, 
 and was the Founder pi the Englifli Conftiiution, 
 
 Edward 
 
( 2 4 ) 
 
 Edward, Prince of Wales, 
 
 the Terror of Europe, the Delight of England ; who pre- 
 ferved unaltered, in the Height of Glory and Fortune, his 
 natural Gentlenefs and Modefly. 
 
 Queen Elizabeth, 
 
 who confounded the Proje&s, and deftroyed the Power 
 that threatened to opprefs the Liberties of Europe ; fhook 
 off the Yoke of Ecclefiaftical Tyranny ; reftored Religion 
 from the Corruptions of Popery ; and by a wife, a mode- 
 rate, and a popular Government, gave Wealth, Security, 
 and Refpedt to England. 
 
 King William III. 
 
 who, by his Virtue and Confiancy, having faved his 
 Country from a foreign Mailer, by a bold and generous 
 Enterprize, preferved the Liberty and Religion of Great- 
 Britain. 
 
 Sir Walter Raleigh, 
 
 a valiant Soldier, and an able Statefman ; who endeavour- 
 ing to roufe the Spirit of his Mafter, for the Honour of 
 his Country, againft the Ambition of Spain, fell a Sacri- 
 fice to the Influence of that Court, whofe Arms he had 
 vanquifhed, and whofe Defigns he oppofed. 
 
 Sir Francis Drake, 
 
 who, through many Perils, was the firft of Britons that 
 ventured to fail round the Globe ; and carried into un- 
 known Seas and Nations the Knowledge and Glory of the 
 Englijh Name. 
 
 John Hampden, 
 
 who, with great Spirit and confummate Abilities, began 
 a noble Oppofition to an arbitrary Court, in Defence of 
 the Liberties of his Country ; fupported them in Parlia- 
 ment^ and died for them in the Field* 
 
 SI* 
 
( 2 5 ) 
 
 Sir John Barnard, 
 
 who diftinguifhed himfelfin Parliament by an a6iive and 
 firm Opposition to the pernicious and iniquitous Practice 
 of Stock -jobbing : At the fame time exerting his utmoft 
 Abilities to increafe the ftrength of his Country, by redu- 
 cing the Interett oi the National Debt ; which he propo- 
 fed to the Houfe of Commons in the Year 1737, and 
 with the Affiftance of Government, carried into Effect, in 
 the Year 1750, on Terms of equal Juftice to Particulars 
 and to the State ; notwithstanding all the Impediments 
 which private Intereft could oppoie to public Spirit. 
 
 ftands at the Head of the Serpentine River, and on each 
 fide a Pavilion, the one ornamented with Shells, the other 
 with Pebbles and Flints broke to Pieces. The Grotto is 
 furnifhed with a great Number of Looking-glafies both 
 on the Walls and Cieling, all in Frames of Plafler-work, 
 
 fet with Shells and Flints. —A Marble Statue of Fenus % 
 
 on a Pedeftal ftuck with the fame. 
 
 is a large beautiful Building in the antique Tafte, decora- 
 ted with 28 fluted Columns of the Ionic Order, and one 
 of the principal Ornaments in the Garden.— It has fix 
 Statues on the Top, as big as Life, and the front Pedi- 
 ment is adorned with a Piece of Alt-Relief, by Mr. 
 Scheemaker, reprefenting the four Quarters of the World 
 bringing their various Produfts to Britannia. — In the 
 Frize of the Portico is this Infcription, 
 
 In the Anti-Temple there are two Medallions defcribing 
 Concordia Feeder atorum : Concordia Givium : 
 Concord of the Allies : National Concord. 
 
 The Gold Bath. 
 
 The Grotto 
 
 Concordia tsi ViRoria. 
 To Concord and Victory. 
 
 D 
 
 Over 
 
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 Over the Door this Infcription from Valerius Maximus ; 
 
 Quo Tempore Salus eorum in ultimas Anguftias dedufla 
 nullum Ambitimi Locum relinqnebat. 
 
 The Times with fiich alarming Dangers fraught, 
 Left not a Hope for any factious Thought. 
 
 In a Niche of the Temple is placed the Statue of £/- 
 bertas Publica, Public Liberty ; over which, in a Tablet 
 from the fame Author, 
 
 Candidis autem Animis Voluptatem prabuerint in confpi- 
 cuo pofita qiia cuique magnified rnerito contigerunt. 
 
 A fweet Senfation touches ev'ry Breaft 
 Of Candour's gen'rous Sentiment poffeft, 
 When public Services with Honour due, 
 Are gratefully mark'd out to public View. 
 
 On the Walls are fourteen Medallions to reprefent the 
 taking of Quebec, Marti nico, &c. Louijbourg, Guadeloupe, 
 &c. Montreal, Pcndi cherry, &c. naval Victory off* Belleifle, 
 naval Victory off Lagos, Crevelt and Minden, Felinghau- 
 fen, Goree and Senegal, Croiun Print, Niagara and Fort du 
 $uefne, Havannah and Manilla, Beau Sejour, Cherburgh 
 and Belleijle— executed from ieyeral of the Medals, 
 
 Here is a large and delightful Vale adorned with various 
 Statues and Groupes, intermixed with Clumps of Trees 
 beautifully difpoled. 
 
 From this Portico you fee in a diagonal Line, 
 
 AnObelifk 
 
 in the Park, above an hundred Feet high, 
 Infcribed to Major General Wolfe. 
 
 Oftendunt Tern's hunc tantum Fata~—~ 
 The Fates but ihew him to the World. 
 
 ThU 
 
( 27 ) 
 
 This Obelifk (lands upon a Hill in the Approach from 
 Northampton/hire, which is very magnificent : At f he 
 Entrance from the Duke of 'Grafton* Foreft, there re two 
 Lodges, from w hence a very broad Line, of three l\liles 
 in length, conducting you through Woods, is terminated 
 by the Temple of Concord and Victory,— In the other 
 diagonai Line from the Temple, ftands a lofty riuted 
 Column, creeled to the Memory of the late Lord Vifcoimt 
 Cobham. 
 
 A Gravel Path now leads by the Statue of H rc\ ■ d 
 AntauSy Hurting the Valley, to the Circle of th< z 
 Faun, fm punded with the btatues of Shepherds and 
 Shepherdeiles. 
 
 * 6 And every Shepherd tells his Tale 
 " Under a Hawthorn in the Dale.'* 
 
 Winding through a Wood, not far diflant, rife 
 
 The Fane and Statue of Paftoral Poetry, 
 
 Holding in her Hand a Scroll with thefe Words, 
 PaJIorum Carmina Canto. 
 I tune the Shepherd's Lay, 
 
 The Fane is adorned with Terms, &c. Here a moll: 
 pleafing Foreft-fcene prefents itfelf, formed by extenfive 
 Lawns of the Park, bounded with old Oaks ; You next 
 erofs over the Valley, and foon come to 
 
 Lord Cobham $ Pillar. 
 
 One hundred and fifty Feet high. 
 
 Round the Bafe of the Column is written, 
 
 L. Luculli fummi Viri Virtutem quis ? At quam multi 
 Villarum Magnificent i am imitati funt f 
 
 Tullfs Offices. 
 
 Who hath imitated the Virtues of L. Lucullus, a truly 
 great Man ? but how many the Example, in magnifi- 
 cently adorning their Country-feats ? 
 
 Dz On 
 
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 On the Pedeftal are the following Infcriptionss 
 
 On one Side. 
 
 To preferve the Memory of her Hufband* 
 Anne Vifcountefs Cobham 
 Caufed this Pillar to be erefted 
 In the Year 1747. 
 
 On the oppoflte Side. 
 
 guatenus nobis denegatur diu vivere, 
 relinquamus aliquid^ 
 quo nos vixijfe tejtemur. 
 
 Inafmuch as the Portion of Life allotted to us is fhort, 
 let us leave fomething behind us, 
 to fhew that we have lived. 
 
 A circular Stair-cafe leads up to the Top, which com- 
 mands a View over great part of the Counties of Bucking* 
 ham, Oxford and Northampton. 
 
 The Ladies Temple, 
 
 is built upon Groin Arches, with Venetian Windows, and 
 two Niches in each Front decorated with Vafes ; a great 
 Flight of Steps leads up to a Corinthian Portico, and Irom 
 thence to a Room, fupported by Scaiola Columns, the 
 Walls of which are adorned with the following Paintings 
 by Mr. Skier. 
 
 On one fide are Ladies employing themfelves in Nee- 
 dle and Shell-work, — On the oppofite Side, are Ladies 
 diverting themfelves with Painting and Mufic. — The 
 Soffite or Cieling from the Temple of the Sun and Moon 
 at Rome, 
 
 The 
 
( 2 9 ) 
 
 The Gothic Temple, 
 
 is a large Building of yellow Stone, 70 Feet high, upon 
 a riling Ground, adorned in the Gothic Way with carved 
 Work and painted GlaisL The Difpoiition within is very 
 beautiful : You enter a circular Room, the Dome of 
 which is ornamented with the Defcents of the Temple 
 Family. On the iecond Story is a Gallery : The Tower 
 affords a very extenfive \ ievv round the Country. 
 
 In a Recefs, near this Temple, are placed iome very 
 good Statues, by Ryjbrack, of the feven Saxon Deities, 
 who gave Names to the Days of the Week.— The Houfe 
 and the Portico of the -Temple of Concord and Vi Story 
 have a beautiful Effecl from the Temple, 
 
 The Palladia?! Bridge. 
 
 The Roof of which is iupported by Ionic Pillars. 
 From hence you pafs into the great Terras-walk, which 
 is 3000 Feet long. 
 
 The Temple of Friendship, 
 
 is a large Structure of the Tufcan Order ; On the Outfide 
 is this Motto : 
 
 Amicitia S Sacred to Friendship* 
 
 M DCC XXXIX. 
 
 The Infide is furnimed with Bufts of the late Vifcount 
 Cobham and his Friends, viz. Frederick Prince of Wales ; 
 the Earls of Ghefter field, Weflmoreland, and Marchmont ; 
 the Lords (obham, Goiver and Bathurjl ; Richard Gren- 
 vilky late Earl Temple ; William Pitt, late Earl of Cha- 
 tham ; and George Lyttelton, late Lord Lyttelton. 
 
 The Roof is painted and ornamented in a very gay 
 Manner. 
 
 The Pebble Alcove, 
 
 is a little Grot neatly adorned with Pebbles ; Lord Cohham's 
 Arms are curioufly wrought upon the back Wall with 
 the fame Materials. 
 
 Congreve's 
 
( 3° ) 
 
 Go ngreve's Monument, by Kent, 
 
 The Embelli/hments round it are defigned to exprefs 
 the Poet's Genius in the dramatic Way ; upon the Top 
 fits a Monkey viewing himfelf in a Mirror, with this 
 Infcription : 
 
 Vita imitatio, 
 Confuetudinis Jpeculum, 
 Comadia. 
 
 Comedy is the Imitation of Life, and the'; Mirror of 
 
 Fafhion. 
 
 The Poet's Effigies lies in a carelefs Poftureon one fide, 
 and on the other is placed this Epitaph : 
 
 Tngenio 
 Acriy faceto, expolito, 
 Moribufque 
 Urbanis, candidis, facillimis, 
 
 GULIELMI CoNGREVE, 
 
 Hoc 
 
 ^ualecunque defiderii ful 
 Solamen fimul ac 
 Monumentum 
 Pofuit C o B H A M. 
 
 To the fprightly, entertaining, elegant 
 Wit, 
 
 and the polifhed, candid, eafy 
 Manners 
 
 Of William C o n g r e v e, 
 . This, 
 in fame Sort a Confolation, 
 and a Memorial of his affe&ionate Regret, 
 was ere&ed by 
 * Cobham. 
 
 N. B. The Gardens contain between three and four 
 hundred Acres. 
 
 A D E- 
 
Richardus Comes Temple F. 
 By Richard Earl Temple. 
 
( 3i ) 
 
 w ^ <$?^o imr <ffi"^ JUy, 
 
 * % W °*&MSf * j 
 
 A 
 
 DESCRIPTION 
 
 OF THE 
 
 HOUSE. 
 
 3&£^£^jL^g Great Flight of 31 Steps adorned with two 
 ^^ooco^ocoo;^;^- Lions on the Piedeftals, leads up to the 
 % ^ J^j) Portico or Loggia ; there will be placed 
 1" -f 3h over the Pediment a triumphal Car with 
 $ooo4«o*3&f<£ four Horfes ; in the Car wiil be the Statue 
 ^I^VS^BS of William III. with this Motto, 
 
 Libertatis & Religionis Vindex, 1 683. 
 The Affertor of Liberty and Religion, 
 
 In the Semicircles over the Ionic Entablature of the 
 Centre Building are two Medallions reprefenting the four 
 Seafons ; There are Jikewife three other Medallions, in the 
 fame Pofition on each Pavilion, viz. Venus and Adonis 9 
 and two Sacrifices : Over the Centre of the Eaft Pavilion, 
 the Statues of Peace and Plenty ; over the Weft, thofe of 
 Religion and Liberty ; betwixt the Statues, in a Panne), at 
 the Top of the Weft Pavilion is the following Latin In- 
 fcription, 
 
 Richardus Comes Temple F. 
 
 By Richard Earl Temple, 
 
 At 
 
( 3* ) 
 
 At the Eaft end. 
 Anno Salutis 1775. 
 In the Year of Grace 1775. 
 
 A. The Loggia, 
 
 is formed by fix Corinthian Columns and two Pilafters 
 3 Feet 7 Inches diameter ; over the great Door and Niches 
 is a Dais-relief, reprefenting a Sacrifice to Bacchus, which 
 fills the whole Space from Pilafier to Pilafter ; In the 
 Loggia are placed lour Statues. 
 
 In the Inter-columniations on the fides are two fine 
 Groupes, viz. 
 
 j. Venus and Adonis, by Scheemaker. 
 
 2. Vertumnus and Pomona, by Delvot. 
 
 In the Receffes are two very fine antique fitting Sta- 
 tues, viz. a Cybele, and a Juno. 
 
 B. The Saloon, 
 
 is an Oval lighted by a Dome, finifhed according to a 
 Defign of Signor Waldre, and furrouhded by 16 Doric 
 Columns, lupporting a rich Cornice and an Attic, on 
 which is a Bais-relief which runs round the whole Room, 
 reprefenting a Triumph and Sacrifice. 
 In it are feven very fine antique Statues, viz. 
 
 a Mujcy Agrippina, Auguftus, Melcager, Venus, Adonis 9 
 Paris, one wanting. 
 
 Four antique Bufts, and four Candelabra, will be like- 
 wife placed there, 
 
 G. The Hall, 
 
 defigned and painted by Kent. 
 
 The Cieling is finely adorned with the feven Planet*?, 
 the ruling one, that of Mars, in the likenefs of King 
 William, prefents a Sword to the late Field Marfhal Vii- 
 count Cohham, in allufion to that Prince having given 
 hxvn a Regiment at his firft Entrance into the Army. 
 
 Over 
 
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 Over the Chimney is a very curious piece of Alt^Relief : 
 The Story is Darius's Tent. 
 Eleven Marble Butts. 
 
 The Walls are adorned with Ornaments of Feftoons, 
 &c, 
 
 Two Marble Tables. 
 
 A large white Marble flab, on it a curious Sarcophagus 
 or Tomb. 
 
 A Marble Cittern. 
 
 D. North Portico, 
 
 formed by four Ionic- Columns 2 feet io£ Inches-diameter, 
 and tvvo Filacers. 
 
 On one fide of the Hall, 
 
 A Bed-Chamber, and two Drefling-Rooms hung with 
 yellow Damafk and Fi&ures. 
 
 On the other, 
 
 A Bed-Chamber and two Drefling-Rooms hung with 
 Cafoy Furniture and Pi&ures, 
 
 Over thefe two Apartments are two others, one hung 
 with green Damafk, the other with Tapeftry. 
 
 E.E. Circular Corridores, 
 
 each formed by 27 Ionic Columns 2 feet diameter, and one 
 Pilafter, into which there are Doors from the preceding 
 Apartments. 
 
 The grand Stair-Cafe, 
 
 ornamented with Iron Work. 
 Three Cieling-Pieces painted by ScJater, viz. 
 
 1 . Jujiice and Peace. 
 
 2. Fame and ViElory. 
 
 3. Plenty and Cmjiancy. 
 
 The / Walls are adorned with warlike Pieces* 
 
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 A Billiard Room, 
 
 the Walls ornamented with Medallions. Leading into 
 
 a Paffage decorated with Bulls, which forms a Degage- 
 inent to all the principal Rooms. 
 
 Second and third Pair of Stairs, a Number of Ked- 
 Chambers, and two Dreffing-Rooms to feveral of the 
 Bed-Chambers, 
 
 F. The Chapel, 
 
 wainfcoted with Cedar, with a Gallery of the fame, hung 
 with crimfon Velvet, under which are Seats for the Ser- 
 vants. 
 
 Over the Communion-Table is a fine Painting of the 
 Refurre&ion, by Tintoretto, and over that is the King's 
 Arms finely carved and ornamented. 
 
 Above the Cedar Wainicot, are the following Paintings 
 at full Length, 
 
 Mofes and Aaron. 
 
 Two of the Apoftles, St. Peter and St. Paul. 
 The four Evangelifts. 
 
 There are three other Paintings, viz. 
 
 1, The Afcenfion. 
 
 2, The Baptifm, 
 
 3, The Salutation of the Virgin Mary. 
 
 The Cieling is the fame as at the Chapel Royal at St. 
 James's, and the Cedar Wainfcot enriched with elegant 
 carvings, by Gybbons. 
 
 A Veftibule, fupported by Columns, leads to 
 
 G. The Library. 
 
 H. His Lordfhip's private Drefling- 
 
 Room. 
 
 h Her Ladyfhip's Bed-Chamber, 
 
 the Bed and Curtains of blue Damalk. 
 
 K. Hcf 
 
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 K. Her Ladyfhip's Drefling-Room> 
 
 hung with white Damafk, Chairs and Curtains of the 
 fame. 
 A Pier-glafs. 
 
 L. The Grenville Room, 
 
 The Chairs and Curtains of green Damafk, the Walls 
 hung with Portraits of the Temple and Grenville Families, 
 amongft which are 
 
 ohn Temple, who purchafed SxowE, and 
 lizabeth Spencer, his Wife. 
 Sir Thomas Temple, and 
 
 Hejler, Lady Temple, his Wife, who lived to fee 700 
 defendants from her own Body. Vide Fuller's Worthies. 
 Sir Peter Temple. 
 
 Sir Richard Temple, Father to Lord Vifcount Cobham. 
 Hejler, Counteis Temple, by Sir Godfrey Kneller. 
 Lord Vifcount Cobham, by Vanloo. 
 Heftcr Grenville, Counteis of Chatham, by Hoare. 
 Late Earl of Chatham, by Hoare. 
 Right Honourable George Grenville, by Sir Jojhii& 
 Reynolds. 
 
 Honourable Thomas Grenville, killed in the Year 1747, 
 on board the Defiance, of which Ship he was Captain. 
 A Pier-glafs and Mofaic Table under it. 
 
 M. The Breakfaft-Room, 
 
 hung with Tapeftry from Drawings of Teniers, the Chairs 
 are of the Gobeline Manufacture. 
 
 A Table of Giallo Antico, over which is a Pier-glafs. 
 
 A Chimney-piece of Scaiola, over which is 
 
 A Portrait of the Earl Nugent. 
 
 N. A Dining-Room, 
 
 ornamented with Marble Bufts of the Roman Emperors 
 and EmprefTes. 
 
 The Paintings are, 
 ' x; The late Earl Temple, by Ramfey. 
 
 E z a. The 
 
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 t. The late Countefs Temple, by Hoare, both at full 
 Length. 
 
 3. A Pi&ure, by Panini, over the Chimney. 
 
 A Statue of a Narcijfus, with a Marble Fountain. 
 Two Tables of Oriental Alabafter. 
 Two Marble Citterns. 
 
 Two very fine antique Vafes upon Piedeftals of white 
 Marble, 
 
 O. A Drawing-Room, 
 
 hung with four fine Pieces of Tapeftry, as follows : 
 
 1. A Dutch Fiftiery, from Teniers. 
 
 2. A Di tch Wake, from Teniers. 
 
 3. A beautiful Reprefentation of a Farm, 
 
 4. A Landfcape. 
 
 A Pi&ure, by Panini, over the Chimney. 
 Two Tables of Marble of Sienna. 
 Two Pier-glaffes. 
 Three Bufts, one over each Door, 
 
 P. A Mufic-Room, 
 
 The Walls and Cieling painted in Arabefques and other 
 Subje&s by Signor Waldrt ; the Idea taken from the 
 Loggia of Raphael in the Vatican at Rome. " The 
 Columns are Scaicla, with Capitals richly gilt # 
 
 A fine verde antico Table. 
 
 An Organ in the recefs. 
 
 An Italian Chimney-Piece, and over it a Glafs, 
 
 Q, The State Drawing-Room, 
 
 to be hung with Crirnfon Damaik, 
 
 A Portrait of the King, under a Canopy of crimfon 
 Damafk, and the following Piftures : 
 
 A Portrait of Colonel St any an, by Dob/on, 
 The Reprefentation of the Hply Lamb, School of 
 Jlubem. 
 
 Four Landfcapes, by Pouffin. 
 
 Two Ditto, by Coten. 
 
 & forge Pi&ure pf young BacchannaJu 
 
 A 
 
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 A Pi&ure faid to be of Sam/on in the Prifon at Gaza 9 
 by Rembrandt. — The King of Pruffia has one of the fame 
 in his collection, fo called ; but it is an Italian Story. 
 
 Two Saints, a St. Laurence, and St. Stephen. 
 
 Two large Landfcapes, by Horizonti. 
 
 Mofes burying the Egyptian, by PouJJin. 
 
 A Sea Port, by a Flemifo Matter. 
 
 A Landfcape with dancing Satyrs, by Paul Brill. 
 
 A Landfcape, by Claude Lorain. 
 
 A fmall Landfcape of Acts and Galatea, by Millh 
 
 A Portrait of Rubens's Wife, by Rubens. 
 
 Venus, by Titian. 
 
 Venus and Adonis, by Paul Veronefe. 
 The Prodigal Son, by Guercino. 
 Hagar and IJhmael, by Pietro de Cortona* 
 Rembrandt's Head, by himfelf. 
 A Converfation Piece, by Teniers. 
 A Battle Piece, by Bourgognio?w. 
 Offering of the Wife Men, by Paul Veronefe. 
 The Holy Family, by Tintoretto. 
 A Knight of the Bath, by Vandyke. 
 The Rkpe of Helen, by Thcfeus. 1 Both by 
 
 The Return of Chryfeis to her Father. J Primaticio. 
 The Marquis AzVieuville, by Vandyke. 
 The Dutchefs of Richmond, by Sir Peter Lely. 
 The Marriage oiCana, by Baffan. 
 Two Pieces of Ruins, by Canaktti. 
 Vulcan and Venus, by Primaticio. 
 A Portrait of Oliver Cromwell, by old Richard/on. 
 A Dancing at the Marriage of the Duke of Mantua, 
 by Tintoretto. 
 
 Sam/on and Dalilah, by Guercino. 
 A Silenus, by Rubens. 
 
 A Landfcape with figures and cattle, by Bajfan. 
 
 A Piece of Ruins, by Viviano. 
 
 Four Converfation Pieces, by Francefco Cippo. 
 
 Joan of -Ar, by Albert Durer. 
 
 Cymon and Iphigenia. 
 
 Orodes ordering melted Gold to be poured into the 
 Mouth of Crajfus. 
 
 Two Landfcapes, by Salvator Rofa, 
 A Head, by Cornelius John/on. 
 Two Landfcapes, 
 
 An Italian Chimney-piece, in the centre of which is 
 m antique Tablet of Oriental Alabaftsr. 
 
 Two 
 
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 Two fine Pier-glafTes, and Tables under them formed 
 from a column found in the ruins of the Temple of 
 Apollo 9 in the Ifle of Delos. 
 
 R. The State Gallery. 
 
 Two Marble Chimney-pieces of Sienna, &c. by Mr. 
 
 LoveL 
 
 The Cieling finely ornamented with Paintings and 
 Gilding, by Sclater. 
 
 Two fine Marble Tables of Nero Antico, with two large 
 Pier-glafies. 
 
 The Walls are adorned with curious Pieces of Tapeftry, 
 
 1 . The Triumph of Ceres. 
 
 2. The Triumph of Bacchus. 
 
 3. The Triumph of Venus. 
 
 4. The Triumph of Mars. 
 
 5. The Triumph of Diana. 
 The Piers adorned with Trophies. 
 
 The upper Parts of the Chimney-pieces are adorned 
 with Gilding and Carving. 
 
 f . A Goddefs conducing Learning to Truth. 
 
 2. Reprefenting Mercury condu&ing tragic and comic 
 Poetry to the Hill of PamaJJlis. 
 
 Four emblematic Paintings in Clare-Obfcure. 
 
 The Chairs, Settees, and Window-curtains of blue 
 tfilkDamafk. 
 
 S. The State Drefling-Room, 
 
 hung with Tapeftry reprefenting the Functions of the 
 Cavalry, blue Parnate chairs, and Window-curtains of 
 the fame. 
 
 A Table of Giallo Antico, on it an antique Vafe. 
 A Cheft inlaid with Mother of Pearl. 
 The Chimney-piece by Mr. Lovel. 
 A fine Portrait of the late Field Marfhal Vifcount Col- 
 ham, by Sir Godfrey Kneller. 
 
 T. The State Bed-Chamber. 
 
 The Bed and Cieling, by Signor Borra. — The Chairs, 
 Window-curtains and Hangings of crimfon Damafk.— 
 
 The 
 
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 The Pillars of the Corinthian Order, the whole finely 
 carved and gilt. 
 
 A Madonna from the School of Rubens. 
 
 A whole length of the Queen over the chimney. 
 
 A very curious Chimney-piece of white Marble, de- 
 figned by Signor Bona, and executed by Mr. LoveL 
 
 Two Cupids, with Branches for candles in their Hands, 
 by Mr. LoveL 
 
 The Cieling ornamented with the Infignia of the 
 Garter. 
 
 A Pier-glafs and verde antico Table under it. 
 
 V. The State Clofet, 
 
 Jiung with crimfon Damafk. In it a Pidlure of the King 
 of Denmark, by Angelica, and of Venus binding the Eyes 
 of Cupid, with the Graces offering Tribute, by Titian* 
 
 W. The Ghinefe Clofet, 
 
 wainfcoted with Japan and other Ornaments, Prefents 
 from the late Prince and Princefs of Wales* — The furni- 
 ture white Satin, 
 
 A PaiTage, 
 
 ornamented with Marble-Bufts* 
 
 A Grand Stair -Cafe, 
 
 adorned with Paintings of the four Seafons, 
 
 The Cieling reprefents the Rifing Sun, Phoebus in h|$ 
 Car, 
 
 The Length of the Line through the Houfe 450 Feet, 
 the Offices 450 Feet ; io the whole Extent is 900 Feet, 
 
Explanation of the PLANS* 
 
 Fig. I* The Temple of Concord and Victory. 
 
 Fig. 2. The Gothic Temple. 
 
 Fig. 3. The Ladies Temple. 
 
 Fig. 4. The* Temple of Friendfhip. 
 
 Fig. S* The Temple of Ancient Virtue. 
 
 F\ig. 6. The Temple dedicated to Venus. 
 
 Fig. 7. The Rotundo. 
 
 Fig. 8. The Temple of Bacchus. 
 
 Fig. 9. The Fane of Paftoral Poetry, 
 
 Fig. 10. Late an Egyptian Pyramid. 
 
 Fig. 11. One of the Pavilions at the Entrance to the Garden » 
 
 Fig. 12. One of the Pavilions at the Entfarice to the Park, 
 
 Fig. 13. Dido's Cave. 
 
 Fig. 14. The Temple of Britifh Worthies. 
 
 Fig. 15. The Shepherd's Cove. 
 
 Fig. 16. Nelfons Seat. 
 
 Fig. 17. The Grotto. 
 
 Fig. 18. The Cold Bath. 
 
 Fig. 19. The Palladian Bridge. 
 
 Fig. 20. The Shell Bridge, by the fame Scale. 
 
 Fig. 21. The New Bridge, leading to the Lodges, 
 
 Note, Where there is but one Scale in a Plate, it is applicable 
 to all the Plans in that Plate. 
 
 The Scales are of Feet. 
 
 The Capital Letters in the Defcription of the House, as 
 A. B, C. &c. are References to an engraved Plan of the House. 
 
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