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of Antangil. Book four. 12[1] of drugs. In the middle of this courtyard, there is a beautiful large fountain, which is decorated with six bronze statues represented by naked women, well-proportioned, who throw water from their breasts, both for convenience, & for the recreation & pleasure of the sight; the said courtyard is all around paved only the width of twenty feet, with eight paths of the same width which are also paved, coming from the four corners & from the middle, which all correspond to a square of cut stones which is around the fountain of the same width, & in the squares & intervals that the paths make, are planted various beautiful shrubs, green at all times, such as cypresses, laurels, myrtle, boxwood, holly, & savigners,[2] & below, small compartments of boxwood at ground level, all to better uplift the spirit & the sight of the sick. The cemetery is outside between the walls of the garden & the Academy, out of sight of the sick, for fear of dispiriting them, having four hundred paces around, enclosed & shielded by walls. That's it for the lodgings, places of exercises, stables, hospitals & cemeteries. |
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1. The page number is given as "12" when it Should read 123.
2. Unknown meaning for the word "savigners". Perhaps it's two word,"sa vigners" which could be translated as "its vines". |