THOMPSONS LIBRARY OF Architecture, Archceology, and the Sciences, NEW ROAD, Regent's Park. n S TO IV E: A DESCRIPTION Of the Magnificent HOUSE and GARDENS Of the Right Honourable RICHARD, Earl TEMPLE, Vifcount and Baron COB HA M, One of his Majefty's moft honourable Privy Council, and Knight of the moft Noble Order of the Garter. Embellidied with a General Plan of the Gardens, and alfo a feparate Plan of each Building, with Perspective Views of the fame. A NEW EDITION, With all the Alterations and Improvements that have been made therein, to the prefent Time. With the Description of the Infide of the Houfe. Here Order in Variety viz. 1. Juftice and Peace. 2. Fame and Victory. 3. Plenty and Conftancy. The Walls are adorned with warlike Pieces. The Stone Stair-Cafe, With Iron Ballufters ; the Walls ornamented with Medallions. Leading into a private Apartment, below Stairs, A Billiard-Room. A Parlour. A Breakfafting-Room, and A Waiting- Room. Second [ 6 ] Second and third Pair of Stairs, a Numbef of Bedchambers, and two Dreffing- Rooms to each Bed- chamber. The Chapel, 37 Feet by 20 Feet 10 Inches, and 26 Feet high, Wainfcoted with Cedar, with a Gallery of the fame, hung with Crimfon Velvet, under which are Seats for the Servants. 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 Wainfcot, 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. Baptifm. 3. The Salutation of the Virgin Mary, The Cieling is the fame as at the Chapel Royal at 5/. James's, and the Cedar Wainfcot enriched with elegant Carving, by Gybbons. Her Ladyfhip's Dreffing-Room, With Hangings, Chairs, and Window- Curtains, of fine printed Cotton. A fine old Japan Cabinet, ornamented with China Jars. A fine View of Pekin, over the Chimney-Piece, by lollu The. The Bedchamber, With Hangings, Chairs, and Window-Curtains of the fame. A Pifture of a Cbinefe Temple over the Chimney, by lolli. A Cbinefe Clofet, Or a Repofitory of her Ladyfhip's valuable China. The Japan and Ornaments were a Prefent of the late Prince and Princefs of Wales, — From this Clofet you enter a Colonade, ornamented with Paintings, by Sclater. It is likewife curioufly embellifhed with Exoticks and flowering Shrubs. The Grenville Room, 29 Feet 8 Inches, by 26 Feet 3 Inches, and 19 Feet 4 Inches high, Hung with green Velvet, and ornamented with the following Portraits, all at full Length, except the firft: Over the Chimney, 1 i The late Countefs Temple, Mother to the pre- fent Earl. On her Right Hand, 2. The prefent Countefs Temple. On her Left, 3, The prefent Earl Temple. . 1 he Right Honourable George Grenville, firft L r< of the Treafury, and Chancellor of the Ex- C coo r. 5 The Right Honourable James Grenville, one of his Majefty's mod honourable Privy Council. 6. His Excellency Henry Grenville, Ambaflador to the Ottoman Porte. 7. The [ 8 ] y. The Honourable Thomas Grenville y who was killed in the Defence of his Country, on board the Defiance^ of which Ship he was Captain. 8. The Right Honourable Lady Chatham. The Gallery, 74 Feet by 25 Feet, and 20 Feet high, Is a magnificent Apartment, hung with three fine Pieces of Tapeftry, as follows : 1. A Dutch Fiftiery, from Tenters. 2. A Dutch Wake, from Tenters. 3. A beautiful Representation of a Farm* Furnifhed with Gobelin Tape (try Chairs. Two Chimnies, with a Pifture of Roman Ruins over each, by Panini. Four Doors with a rural Fi&ure over each, viz. 1. Hay-making. 2. Sheep-fhearing. ig. Plowing. 4. Reaping. A rich Cabinet at each End, containing Books. Tea Marbje Bufts of Roman Emperors. A Drcffing-Room, Hung with Yellow Silk Damafk trimmed with Silver \ with the following Paintings : Joan of Arc^ over the Chimney. A Portrait of Sir Thomas T emple. Ditto of Lady Hefier Temple. A Bedchamber, Hung and ornamented as above, with a Bed and Chairs of the fame. The [ 9 ] The Paintings are, The Reprefentation of the Holy Lamb. A Flower-Piece. Two Landfchapes, one over each Door, A Dreffing-Room, Hung with green Damafk, trimm'd with Gold. The Paintings are, A Picture over the Chimney, by Rembrandt. Two Saints, a St. Laurence and St. Stephen^ one over each Door. On one Side Orodes ordering melted Gold to be poured into the Mouth of Crajjus. On the other, two Pieces of Ruins, and a Land- fchape, with dancing Satyrs, by Paul Brill. The Rape of Helen^ by Thefeus. The Return of Chryfe'is to her Father, both by Primaticio., A Bedchamber, With a green Damafl^ Bed, Hangings and Chairs, trimm'd with Gold. The Paintings are, 1 . An original Portrait of Oliver Cromwell. 2. A Silenus. 3. A Portrait of Colonel Stanyan. A Drefiing-Room, The Paintings are, A Portrait of Rubens's Wife over one Door, by Rubens. I Over the other, a Knight of the Bath, by Vandyke, Cymon and Iphigenia. Sampfon and Dalila. Four Landfchapes. % * B The [ t* I "JThe State Apartment. I. The Stale Gallery, 70 Feet 9 Inches, by 25 Feet,— -and 22 Feet high. Two Marble Chimney Pieces of Sienna, &c. by Mr. LoveL The Cleling finely ornamented with Paintings and Gilding, by Sclater. Two fine Marble Tables, with two large Pier- Glaffes. The Walls are adorned w 7 ith curious Pieces of Tapeftry, viz. 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. Two Chimnies, the upper Part of which are adorn- ed with Gilding and Carving. 1. A Goddefs conducing Learning to Truth. 2. Representing Mercury conducting tragic and comic Poetry to the Hill of Parnajfus. Four Emblematical Paintings in Clare- Obfcure. The Chairs, Settees and Window-Curtains of blue Damafk. II. The State Drcjjing-jaoom, 24. Feet 8 Inches, by 30 Feet — and 19 Feet 4 Inches high, Hung with blue Damafk, Chairs and Window-Cur- taijis of the fame. The Doots and Cieling are finely ornamented with Carving and Gilding. * The Chimney- Piece, by Mr. LoveL The [ M 1 The Paintings are, A fine Portrait of the late Lord Cobham, by Sir Godfrey Kneller. Four Converfation Pieces, by Francifco Cippo. Venus binding the Eyes of a Cupid, and the Graces offering Tribute. A Marble Table, with a fine Pier-Glafs. Two whole Lengths, by Vandyke. III. The State Bedchamber, 50 Feet 8 Inches, by 25 Feet 10 Inches — and 18 Feet 8 Inches high. The Bed and Cieling by Signor Borra — The Chairs and Hangings of Crimfon Damafk. — Pillars of the Corinthian Order, the whole finely carved and gilt. A Madona from the School of Rubens. A large Glafs over the Chimney. A very curious Chimney- Piece of white Marble, defigned by Signor Borra, and executed by Mr. Level. Two Cupids, with Branches for Candles in their Hatfds, by Mr. Lovel. Two Marble Tables. Two fine large Pier-GlaiTes. The Cieling ornamented with the Infignia of thd Garter. IV. The State Clofet, Hung with Crimfon Damafk, finely ornamented with Carving and Gilding. — Out of which you go into a: Colonade, where you have at beautiful View' of the Gardens arid Country. A Paffage, Ornamented with Marble Bufts. A Grand Stair- Cafe, Adorned wi,th Paintings of the Four Seafons. The Cieling reprefents the Rifing Sun, by Phxbus,. in his Ca:rr. The whole Length of the Houfe,, including the ©likes, is 900. Feet. B 2 A D E- f 12 ] A DESCRIPTION OF THE GARDENS. A T the South Entrance of the Gardens are ZJ&L two Pavilions fupported by Doric Pillars : JL JL The Infide of each is adorned with Paint- ings by Mr. Nollikins. The Stories taken from P aft or Fido. The difconfolate Nymph there, poor Dorinda, had long been in Love with Sylvio, a wild Hunter of bar- barous Manners, in whofe Breaft fhe had no Reafon to believe fhe had raifed an anfwering PalTion. As (he was roving in the Woods, fhe accidently met his Dog, and law her beloved Hunter himfelf at a Dif- tance hallooing, and running after it. She imme- diately calls the Hound to her, and hides it amongft the Bufhes. Syhio cornes up to her, and enquires very eagerly after the Dog: The poor Nymph puts him off, and tries all her Art to infpire him with Love, but to no Purpofe ; the cold Youth was quite infcnfible, and his Thoughts could admit no other Objedt but his Dog. Almoft difpairing, fhe at length hopes to bribe his Affe&ions, and lets him know fhe has his Dog, which (he will return, if he will promife to love her, and give her a Kifs : Sylvia [ >3 ] is overjoyed at the Propofal, and promifes to give her ten thoufand Kifies. Dorinda upon this brings the Dog : But alas I fee there the Succefs of all her Pains. The Youth tranfported at the Sight of his Dog, throws his Arms round its Neck, and lavifhes upon it thofe Kifies and Endearments, in the very Sight of the poor afflifted Lady, which (he had been flattering herfelf would have fallen to her Share. On the other Wall, Difdain and Love have taken different Sides ; the Youth is warm, and the Nymph is coy : Poor Myrtillo had long loved Amaryllis ; the Lady was engaged to another, and rejefted his Paffion. Gladly would he only have fpoke his Grief, but the cruel fair One abfolutely forbid him her Prefence. At length a Scheme was laid by Corifca^ the young Lover's Confidant, which was to gain him Admiffion into his dear Amaryllises Company. The Lady is enticed into the Fields with fome of Corifca's Companions, (who ivere let into the Plot) to play at Blindman's-Buff, where Myrtillo was to furprize her ; where he (lands hefitating what Ufe to make of fo favourable an Opportunity which Love has put into his Hands. — See Pajior Fido> A<5t IL Scene 2. and Aft III. Scene 2. Here you have a magnificent View, very (Inking at firft Entrance, the two Rivers on the Right-hand meeting in one Stream, run into a Kind of Bay, which was formerly an Oftagon, and in the Centre ftood an Obeli(k, now removed into the Park, The beautiful Difpofition of Trees and Buildings at a Diftance, gives us a Kind of Earned of what our Ex- pectation is railed to. Turning to the Left Hand you defcend to, An Artificial Piece of Ruins, Covered with Evergreens, and adorned with the Statues of Fauns, Satyrs, and River Gods ; a beau- tiful [ H ] tiful Cafcade of three Sheets of Water falls from the River above into a large Lake of ten Acres, where floats a Model of a Man of War with all her Rigging; The Hermitage i Defigned by Mr. Kent, is feated in a riling Wood, on the Banks of the Lake* The Temple dedicated to Venus, With this Infcription, Veneri Hortensi. It is a fquare Building, with Colonade Wings, de- figned by Mr. Kent; the Infide adorned with Paint- ings by Mr. Sleter^ taken from Spenfer's Fairy ^ueen.- — The Lady is the fair Hellinore, who having left a difagreeable Hufband, and wandering in the Woods, was met by the polite Set of Gentry fhe is dancing with : She likes their Manner of Life, and refolves to enjoy it with them. Her old Spoufe Malbacco is inconfolable for his Lofs he wanders many Days in Search of her, and at length finds her (you fee him at a Diftance peeping from behind a Tree) revelling with a beaftly 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 pafles among them. After they were all laid afleep, he creeps gently to his Lady, and you fee him in the other Painting offering to be re- conciled to her again, if fhe will return back with him. But Hellinore threatens to wake the Satyrs, and get him feverely handled if he does not immediately leave her. Upon which the poor ufelefs old Man is obliged to fly, and foon after runs diftra&ed. See Book HI. of the Fairy Queen % Canto 10. The Roof is adorned with a naked Venus \ and the fmaller Com- partments [ '5 ] partments with a Variety of Intrigues. Upon the Frize is the following Motto from Catullus : Nunc amet qui ntindum amavit ; Quique amavit \ nunc amet. Let him love now, who never lov'd before : Let him, who always lov'd, now love the more. The Fane of Diana, with 4 Terms and Buftos. A Statue of Ve n u s. Two Pavilions. One of thepi is made ufe of as a Dwelling- Houfe ; the other ftands in the Garden ; the Space between 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 fine Serpentine River, and a Road at prefent, terminated by two Lodges, which are a grand Approach to the Park and Houfe. An Egyptian Pyramid, is fixty Feet high. On the Outfide is this Infcription : Inter plurima hortorum horum tedificia a Johanne Vanbrugh, equite, defignata^ banc pyramidem illius me- fnoria facram voluit Cobham. To the Memory of Sir John Vanbrugh, by whom feveral of the Buildings in thefe Gardens were defign- ed, Lord Cobham hath ere£ted this Pyramid. And in the Infide, Lufijli fat is, tdi/li fat is , atque bibifti, Tempus abire tibi efi \ ne potum largius aquo Rideat G? pulfet lafciva dccentius atas. HOR AT, With mi With Pleafure forfeited, advanc'd in Age, Man-like retire from Life's fantaftic Stage : Left Youth the great Indecency contemn, And hifs thee from a Scene defign'd for them, A fmall Obelifk, with this Infcription, To the Memory of Robin Coucher. St* Augustine's Cave, is a Cell formed of Mofs and Roots of Trees inter- woven j this is fituated in a retired Thicket, and very artfully contrived, in the fame Manner as Shades in a Pi&ure, or Paufes in Mufic. In this Cave is a Straw Couch, a wooden Chair, three Windows or Holes, over which are three In- fcriptions in Monkifh Latin Verfe. On the Right-hand, Sanftus Pater Auguftinijs, (Prout aliquis divinus Narrat ) contra fenfualem ARum Veneris lethalem (Audiat clericus ) ex nhi Similem puellam viv Fetus ut verbum loquitur \ Sed^ inuptus hac in lite Appellabo te> marite. Saint [ 17 1 Saint Augujline, holy Father, (As from Tome Divines we gather) Againft the Sin of leud Embrace, And A6t venereal, his Grace To fortify (Divines, give Ear, The pious Precedent revere) With wond'rous Art a Girl of Snow Did make, the Life refembling fo, That th'one from t'other fcarce you'd know. This done, the good Man Side by Side Lay down t'enjoy his new form'd Bride. But if a learned Doftor can Fall, as might any other Man, It may be afk'd, with Reafon good, Whether a Girl of F!e(h and Blood, More certain far than one of Snow, Would not controul, fubdue, o'erthrow, The fwelling, rebel Flefh below ; Of PafTion cool the Rage and boiling, And hinder Nature from recoiling ? For Fire and Fire, two mortal Foes, Expel themfelves, the Proverb goes. But I, unmarried, for Decree, O married Man, appeal to thee. On the Left, Apparnit mihi, nuper in fomnio cum nudis & anhelan tibus mollis er Papillis £s? hianti fuavitef vultu — Eheu benedicite ! Cur gaudes, Sat ana muliebrem fumere fcrmam Non fades voli cafii me rumpere normam, tjftfs fugiie in cellam - 9 pulchram vitale puellam \ Nam radix mortis fuit climfamina in hortis. Vis fieri fortis ? Noli concumbere fcortis. In fanSlum Originem Eunucbum. Filius Ec cleft* Origines fortajfe probe tur : EJfz pattern nuvquam fejine tefie pre bet. Virtus diaboli ejl in lumbis. C Satan [ i8 ] Satan, why, decked in female Charms, Doft thou attack my Heart ? My Vow is Proof againft thy Arms, 'Gainft all thy Wiles and Art. Ah ! Hermits, flee into your Cells, Nor Beauty's Poifon feed on, —The Root of Death (as Story tells) Was Woman firft in Eden. Would'ft: thou thyfelf a dauntlefs Hero prove. Deteft th* Enjoyments vile of lawlefs Love. That Origen's true Son of Church, agreed But could not for a Father be decreed. In what we call the Loins, they fay, The Devil bears the greateft Sway. Fronting the Door. Mente pie elatd, feragro dum dulcia prat a, Dormiit abfque dolo pulchra puella folo ; Multa oftendebat, dum femifupina jacebat, Pulchrum os, divinum pettus, aperta finum. Ut vidi mammas, concepLextempore flammas y Et ditturus ave dico, Maria, cave : Nam magno totus violentur turbine motus Pcene Mam invade, pome £s? in or a cado. Ilia fed baud lent e fur git, curritque repente^ Currit 6f , invito me, fugit ilia citb, Fugit caafa mali tamen effeffus fantanali, Jnternoque meum cor vorat igne reum ; O Tnferne canis, cur quo ti die eft tibi panis, Per vifus miros follicitare viros ? | Cur rnonachos velles fieri tarn came rebelles 9 Nec caftuin abfeindatur, ne pars fincera trahatur, Radix > qua folus nafcitur ufque dolus. [ 19 I As loft in Thought, and Contemplation deep* I wander o'er the V erdant Meads — in Sleep Sleep undefigning, lo ! repos'd a Maid, Frelh as the Verdure of her grafly Bed, RechVd in Pofture half fupine fhe lay, A World of Beauties did her Form difplay : Her Face, her Neck divine, her Bofom too, With all their Charms were open to my View. Her heaving Globes no fooner ftruck my Eye, But ftrait the Flames thro' all my Vitals fly. I would have faid my Ave-Mary-Pray'r, But, ftead of that, I cry out, Maid beware. For in the Whirlwind of ftrong Paffion toft, And Reafon in the vi'lent Tranfport loft I almoft feize the fair, inviting Prey, And to her Lips impatient urge my Way •, She fudden ftarts, and with a rapid Flight, Shoots from my Touch, and leaves my ravifh'd Sight. The Caufe of Evil's fled -th' Effedt remains, And ftill too furious revels in my Veins : Has kindled an infernal, fatal Flame, Which inward burns thro" all mv guilty Frame. Why is't thy daily Food, O hellifh Cur! Man up to Vice by wond'rous Sights to fpur ? Why is't thy Pleafure, Monks fhould thus rebel, Their flefhly Members 'gainft their Laws fhould fwell ? 'Gainft thee I now eternal War declare, The Lafh fevere, and Hunger I prepare \ With thefe to mortify my carnal Luft, To thefe my Virtue, Chaftity to truft. But left the Part that's whole, fhould be infedted, That Modefty may better be protected, Beft, once for all, to cut away the Root, From which alone our guilty Pafiions flioot. The Temple of B a c c h u s is a ftucco'd Building ; the Infidc adorned Revels Qf Bacchus, painted by Nottkins.-—? This C 2 Building [ 20 ] Building commands great Part of the Gardens, and a beautiful Profped: over the Country. Nelson's Seat is an airy Building to the North -weft of the Houfe, from whence there is an open Profpeft ; and in it are the following Infcriptions, defcribing the Paintings. On the Right Hand. Ultra Eitphratem £5? Tigrim ufque ad Gceanum propagatd ditione Orhis terrarum imperium Roma adfignat optimus princeps? cut fap er advolat Victoria laurigerum fertum hinc inde utraque manu extendens tomitantipus Pietate & Abundantid. In arcu Conjiantinu Having extended his Power beyond the Euphrates and Tygris, as far as the Ocean, this molt potent Prince affigns the Empire of the World to Rome : over whom Viftory flies, waving a Laurel Crown, accompanied with Piety and Plenty. Upon Conjlantine's Arch. I On the Left. Poft obi turn L. Feri y in imperio cum Marco wnfortis, Roma integrant orbis terrarum poiejlaiem ei Csf in eo contulit. In Capitolio, After the Death of Lucius Ferus, Partner in the Empire with Marcus, Rome conferred on him tfte Empire of the World. In the Capitol. Oppofite [ 21 ] Oppofite the North Front of the Houfe, at the Head of the Canal, is the Equeftrian Statue of King George I. in Armour with this Infcription : In medio mihi Cafar erit y Et viridi in campo fignum de marmore ponam CoBHA Mm Imperial C*efar 9 s Statue I will place, Full in the Centre, on the verdant Grafs. To this Front there is a Wall ornamented with Niches, and two Gateways into the Courts, by Kent y two Gateways into the Gardens, by Leoni. 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 6ver the Country. The Statue of his late Majefty, creeled on a Corinthian Pillar, with this Infcription : Georgio August q. Dido's Cave, with this Infcription : Speluncam Dido, dux £5? Trojanus^ eandem Deveniunt- Virg. Repairing to the fame dark Cave are feen, The Trojan Hero and the Tyrian Queen. The Rotundo is raifed upon Ionic Pillars, and is ornamented with a Statue of the Venus of Medicis. The Building by Sir John Vanburgh, altered by Bona. The late Queen's Statue is erefted on four Ionic Columns, in a green Amphi- theatre, laid out in the rural Way. — On the Pedeftal is this Infcription : Honoris Laudi> Virtuti Div Pater Patriae Libertatem firmiffimam Et mores fanftijfimos, Expulfa cum divitiis avaritid, luxurid, libidine, In multa fecula Civibus Juis inftituit. Having planned, with confummate Wifdom, a Syftem of Laws firmly fecured againft every Incroach- ment [ 2 4 ] ment of Corruption, and having by the Expulfion of Riches, banilhed Luxury, Avarice, and Intemperance, he eftablifhed in the State for many Ages, perfedl Li- berty and inviolable Purity of Manners — The Father of his Country. Under Socrates. Qui corruptiffima in civitate innocens, Bonorum hortator, unici cultor DEL Ab inutili o(io 9 £sf vanis difputationibus y Ad officio, vit a Building cut into Niches, wherein are placed the following Buftos. Mr. Pope, without any Infcription. Sir Thomas G r e s h a m, who, by the honourable Profeflion of a Merchant* having enriched himfelf and his Country, for carry- ing on the Commerce of the World, built the Royal Exchange. I g n at i u s Jones, who, to adorn his Country, introduc'd and rivalled the Greek and Roman Architecture. John Milton, whofe fublime and unbounded Genius equall'd a Sub- ject 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 Fancy, all the Stores D 2 of [ 28 ] of Nature ; and gave him Power, beyond all other Writers, to move, aftonilh, and delight Mankind. John Locke, who, beft of all Philofophers, underftood the Powers of the human Mind, the Nature, End, and Bounds of Civil Government ; and with equal Courage and Sagacity, refuted the flavifti Syftems of ufurped Au- thority over the Rights, the Confciences, or the Rea- fon of Mankind. Sir Isaac Newton, whom the God of Nature made to comprehend his Works 5 arid from fimple Principles, to difcover the Laws never known before, and to explain the Ap- pearance, never underftood, of this ftupendous Uni- verfe. Sir Francis Bacon Lord Verulam, who, by the Strength and Light of a fuperior Genius, reje&ing vain Speculation and fallacious Theory, taught to purfue Truth, and improve Philofophy by the certain Method of Experiment. In the Niche of a Pyramid is placed a Mercury^ with thefe Words fubfcribed : — - Campos ducit ad Elyjtos. Leads to the Elyfian Fields. And below this Figure is fixed a Square of black Marble with the following Lines : Hie manus oh patriam fugnando vulnera pqffi, Quique pii vales, & Phcebo digna locuti y Inventas aut qui vitam excoluere per arles, Unique fui memcres alios fecere merendo. Here f 29 ] Here are the Bands, who for their Country bled, And Bards, whofe pure and facred Vcrfe is read : Thofe who, by Arts invented, Life improved, And, by their Merits, made their Mem'ries lov'd. King Alfred, the mildeft, jufteft, moft beneficent of Kings ; who drove out the Danes, fecured the Seas, prote&ed Learning, eftablifhed Juries, crufhed Corruption, guarded Liberty, and was the Founder of the Eng- UJh Conftitution. E d w a r d Prince of Wa l e s, the Terror of Europe, the Delight of England ; who preferved, unaltered in the Height of Glory and Fortune, his natural Gentlenefs and Modefty. Queen Elizabeth, who confounded the Projects, and deftroyed the Power that threatened to opprefs the Liberties of Europe \ ihook off the Yoke of Eccldi^ftical Tyranny ; re- ftored Religion from the Corruptions of Popery ; and by a wife, a moderate, and a popular Government, gave Wealth, Security, and Refpedt to England. King Wl L L 1 a M III. who, by his Virtue and Conftancy, havings faved hi$ Country from a foreign Mafter, by a bold and gene- rous Enterprize, preferved the Liberty and Religion of Great-Britain. Sir Wa lter Raleigh, a valiant Soldier, and an able Statefman % t who ert- deavouring to^ rouze the Spirit of his Mafter, for the Honour of his Country, againft the Ambition of Spain, fell a Sacrifice to the Influence of that Court* whole [ 30 ] whofe Arms he had vanquifhed, and whofe Defigns he oppofed. Sir Francis Drake, who, through many Perils, was the firft of Britons that adventured to fail round the Globe ; and carried into unknown Seas and Nations, the Knowledge and Glory of the Engli/b Name. John Hampden, who, with great Spirit and confummate Abilities, be- gun a noble Oppofition to an arbitrary Court, in De- fence of the Liberties of his Country ; fupported them in Parliament, and died for them in the Field. Sir John Barnard, without any Infcription. The Cold Bath. The Grotto ftands at the Head of the Serpentine River, and on each Side a Pavilion, the one ornamented with Shells, the other with Pebbles and Flints broke to Pieces. The Grotto is furnilhed with a great Number of Looking-glaffes both on the Walls and Cieling, all in Frames of Plaifter-work, fet with Shells and Flints. A Marble Statue of Venus> on a Pedeftal ftuck with the fame. The Temple of Concord and Vi&ory, is a large beautiful Building of the Ionic Order in the antique Tafte, and one of the principal Ornaments in the Garden. — It has fix Statues on the Top as big as Life, and the front Pediment is adorned with a Piece of Alt- Relief, by Mr, Scbeemaker* reprefenting the [ 3i ] Four Quarters of the World bringing their various Prod ufts to Britannia. — In the Frize of the Portico is this Infcription, Concordia £5? Vi£lori Goree and Senegal, Crown Pointy 1 32 ] Point , Niagara ahd Fort du §>uefne* Havannah and Manilla* Beau Sejour, Cberburgb and Belleifle exe- cuted from feveral of the Medals, There are two Marble Groupes, one of Verturynus and Pomona , by Delvot, The other Venus and Adonis* by Scbeemaker. Here is a large and delightful Vale adorned with Statues of various Kinds, intermixed with Clumps of Trees beautifully difpofed. From this Portico you fee in a Diagonal Line, an Obelifk in the Park above an hundred Feet high, in- scribed to Major General Wolfe. ^ OJlendunt Terris hunc tantum Fata ■ ■ The Fates but fhew him to the World. *759- This Obelifk ftands upon a Hill in the Approach from Northamptonjhire* which is very magnificent : At the Entrance there are two Lodges, from whence a very broad and long Line conducting you through Woods, is terminated by the Temple of Concord and Victory. In the other Diagonal Line from the Temple ftandt A lofty fluted Column erecled to the Memory of the late Lord Vif. Cobbam* Round the Bafe of the Column is written Ut L. Luculli furnmi Viri Virtutem quis ? At quam mulli Villarum Magnificent! am imitali funt ? As in the In'ftance of L. Lucullus* a truly great Man ! who hath imitated his Virtues ? But how many his [ 33 ] his Example, in magnificently adorning their Coun- try-Seats ? On the Pedeftal are the following Infcriptions : On one Side, To preferve the Memory of her Hulband, Anne Vifcountefs Cobham Caufed this Pillar to be eredled In the Year 1 747. On the uppuiite Side, Quatenus nobis denegatur diu vivere, relinquamus aliquid, quo nos vixijfe tejiemur. Inafmuch as the Portion of Life allotted to us is fhoit 5 let us leave fomething behind us, to ftiew that we have lived. The Lady's Temple is built upon Groin Arches, with Venetian Windows ; a neat Stair-cafe leads you up to a Hall, the Walls of which are adorned with the following Paintings by Mr. Sleter. On the Right-hand are Ladies employing them- ielves in Needle and Shell-work*— On the oppofite Side, are Ladies diverting themfelves with Painting and Mufiic. £ The [ 34 ] The Gothic Temple is a large Building of red Stone 70 Feet high, upon a rifing Ground, adorned in the Gothic Way with carved Work, and painted Glafs. The Difpofuion within is very beautiful. You enter a Dome round which, on the fecond Story, is a Gallery : The third affords a very extenfive View round the Country. The Hill round the Temple, is adorned with very good Statues of the feven Saxon Deities, who gave Nam-rs to the Days of the Week. — The Manfion Ho ufe, and Grecian Temple, have a beautiful Effect from the Place. The Falladian Bridge, The Roof of which is fupported by Ionic Pillars. From hence you pafs inco the great Terras-walk, which is 3000 Feet long. The Temple of Friendship is a large Strudure of the Doric Order. On the Out- fide is this Motto : Amicitite S. Sacred to Friend (hi p. The Infide is furnifhed with the Bufts of the late Lord and his Friends, viz. Frederic Prince of Wales ; the Earls of Chejlerfield, Wejlmoreland, and March- wont \ the Lords, Cobham, Gower, and Bathurft \ the prefent Earl Richard Grenville* William Pitt and George Littleton, Efqrs; now Lord Littleton. The Roof is painted emblematically, and orna- mented in a very gay Manner. The Pebble Alcove is a little Grot neatly adorned with Pebbles ; his Lord- fhip's Arms are curioufly wrought upon the Back Wal with the fame Materials. Con- C 35 ] Cqngreve's Monument^ by Kent, r The Embellifhments round it are defigned to ex- prefs 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 fpeculum^ Comadia. Comedy is the Imitation cf Life, and the Mirror of Falhion. \ The Poet's Effigies lies in a carelefs Poftureonone Side, and on the other is placed this Epitaph : Ingenio Acriy facetOy expolito 9 Moribufque Urbanis, candtdis^ factllimis^ GULIELMI CaNGREVE, Hoc Qualecunque defiderii fui Solamen fimul ac Monumentum Pofuit C o B H A M. 1736. To the fprightly, entertaining, elegant Wit and the polifhed, candid, eafy Manners Of William Congreve. This in fome fort a Confolation ; and a Memorial of his affe&ionate Regret was eredted by COBHAM, FINIS, Explanation of the PLANS. A The principal Floor of Stowe-Houfe. a The Scate Bed -Chamber. b The State Dreffing Room. c The State Gallery. d The Corridui e. e TheServants Bed-Chamber. f An open Gallery. g The Drawing Room. h The Stucco Gallery. i The Dining Room k The Bed- Chamber, and Dreffing Room. / The Hall. m A Dreffing Room. n A Bed Chamber. o The great Stair-Cafe. f The Corridore. q The Gallery. r The Gren/y J^/Jr/Z/rs/frrY iy /?^f JLo/rl/h7jt>'s f I H. Seeley dduiy Publtftul according to a&crf Parliament, 4 JJyO. 7/ '<./%//*•{•/<