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Book I.
THE CHACE.
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For much to Health will Cleanliness avail.Seek'st thou for Hounds to climb the rocky Steep,And bruth th'entangled Covert, whose nice Scent 160O'er greasy Fallows, and frequented RoadsCan pick the dubious Way? Banish far offEach noisome Stench, let no offensive SmellInvade thy wide Inclosure, but admitThe nitrous Air, and purifying Breeze. 165
Water and Shade no less demand thy Care:In a large Square th'adjacent Field inclose,There plant in equal Ranks the spreading Elm,Or fragrant Lime; most happy thy Design,If at the Bottom of thy spacious Court, 170A large Canal fed by the crystal Brook,From its transparent Bosom shall reflectThy downward Structure and inverted Grove.Here when the Sun's too potent Gleams annoy

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