the Things nece&longs;&longs;ary and u&longs;eful to the Family. <lb/>
</s> <s>The Family con&longs;i&longs;ts of the following Per&longs;ons: <lb/>
The Husband, the Wife, their Children and <lb/>
Relations, and all the different Sorts of Ser<lb/>
vants attendant upon the&longs;e; be&longs;ides which, <lb/>
Gue&longs;ts too are to be reckoned as Part of the <lb/>
Family. </s> <s>The Things u&longs;e&longs;ul to the Family are <lb/>
Provi&longs;ions and all Manner of Nece&longs;&longs;aries, &longs;uch <lb/>
as Cloths, Arms, Books, and Hor&longs;es al&longs;o. </s> <s>The <lb/>
principal Member of the whole Building, is <lb/>
that which (whatever Names others may give <lb/>
it) I &longs;hall call the Court-yard with its Portico; <lb/>
next to this is the Parlour, within this the Bed<lb/>
chambers, and la&longs;tly, the private Rooms for <lb/>
the particular U&longs;es of each Per&longs;on in the Fa<lb/>
mily. </s> <s>The other Members of the Hou&longs;e are <lb/>
&longs;ufficiently known by their U&longs;es. </s> <s>The Court<lb/>
yard therefore is the principal Member, to <lb/>
which all the other &longs;maller Members mu&longs;t cor<lb/>
re&longs;pond, as being in a Manner a publick Mar<lb/>
ket-place to the whole Hou&longs;e, which from this <lb/>
Court-yard derives all the Advantages of Com<lb/>
munication and Light. </s> <s>For this Rea&longs;on every <lb/>
one de&longs;ires to have his Court-yard as &longs;pacious, <lb/>
large, open, hand&longs;ome and convenient as po&longs;<lb/>
&longs;ible. </s> <s>Some content them&longs;elves with one Court<lb/>
yard, others are for having more, and for en<lb/>
clo&longs;ing them all with very high Walls, or &longs;ome <lb/>
with higher and &longs;ome with lower; and they <lb/>
are for having them &longs;ome covered and others <lb/>
open, and others again half covered and half <lb/>
uncovered; in &longs;ome they would have a Portico <lb/>
only on one Side, in others on two or more, <lb/>
and in others all round; and the&longs;e Porticoes, <lb/>
la&longs;tly, &longs;ome would build with flat, others with <lb/>
arched Roo&longs;s. </s> <s>Upon the&longs;e Heads I have no<lb/>
thing more to &longs;ay, but that Regard mu&longs;t be had <lb/>
to the Climate and Sea&longs;on, and to Nece&longs;&longs;ity <lb/>
and Convenience; &longs;o as in cold Countries to <lb/>
ward again&longs;t the bleak North-wind, and the <lb/>
Severity of the Air and Soil; and in hot Cli<lb/>
mates, to avoid the trouble&longs;ome and &longs;corching <lb/>
Rays of the Sun. </s> <s>Admit the plea&longs;ante&longs;t <lb/>
Breezes on all Sides, and &longs;uch a grate&longs;ul Quan<lb/>
tity of Light as is nece&longs;&longs;ary; but do not let <lb/>
your Court-yard be expo&longs;ed to any noxious <lb/>
Vapours exhaled from any damp Place, nor to <lb/>
frequent ha&longs;ty Showers from &longs;ome overlooking <lb/>
Hill in the Neighbourhood. </s> <s>Exactly an&longs;wer<lb/>
ing the Middle of your Court-yard place your <lb/>
Entrance, with a hand&longs;ome Ve&longs;tibule, neither <lb/>
narrow, difficult or ob&longs;cure. </s> <s>Let the fir&longs;t Room <lb/>
that offers it&longs;elf be a Chapel dedicated to God, <lb/>
with its Altar, where Strangers and Gue&longs;ts may <lb/>
offer their Devotions, beginning their Friend<lb/>
&longs;hip by Religion; and where the Father of the <lb/>
Family may put up his Prayers for the Peace <lb/>
of his Hou&longs;e and the Welfare of his Relations. <lb/>
</s> <s>Here let him embrace tho&longs;e who come to vi&longs;it <lb/>
him, and if any Cau&longs;e be referred to him by his <lb/>
Friends, or he has any other &longs;erious Bu&longs;ine&longs;s <lb/>
of that Nature to tran&longs;act, let him do it in this <lb/>
Place. </s> <s>Nothing is hand&longs;omer in the Middle <lb/>
of the Portico, than Windows of Gla&longs;s, through <lb/>
which you may receive the Plea&longs;ure either of <lb/>
Sun or Air, according to the Sea&longs;on. <emph type="italics"/>Martial<emph.end type="italics"/><lb/>
&longs;ays, that Windows looking to the South, re<lb/>
ceive a pure Sun and a clear Light; and the <lb/>
Ancients thought it be&longs;t to place their Porti<lb/>
coes fronting the South, becau&longs;e the Sun in <lb/>
Summer running his Cour&longs;e higher, did not <lb/>
throw in his Rays, where they would enter in <lb/>
Winter. </s> <s>The Pro&longs;pect of Hills to the South, <lb/>
when tho&longs;e Hills, on the Side which you have <lb/>
a View of, are continually covered with Clouds <lb/>
and Vapours, is not very plea&longs;ant, if they are <lb/>
at a great Di&longs;tance; and if they are near, and <lb/>
in a Manner ju&longs;t over your Head, they will <lb/>
incommode you with chill Shadows and cold <lb/>
Rimes; but if they are at a convenient Dif<lb/>
tance, they are both plea&longs;ant and convenient, <lb/>
becau&longs;e they defend you from the &longs;outhern <lb/>
Winds. </s> <s>Hills towards the North reverberating <lb/>
the Rays of the Sun, encrea&longs;e the Heat; but at <lb/>
a pretty good Di&longs;tance, they are very delight<lb/>
ful, becau&longs;e the Clearne&longs;s of the Air, which is <lb/>
always &longs;erene in &longs;uch a Situation, and the <lb/>
Brightne&longs;s of the Sun, which it always enjoys, <lb/>
is extremely chearful to the Sight. </s> <s>Hills to the <lb/>
Ea&longs;t and &longs;o likewi&longs;e to the We&longs;t, will make <lb/>
your Mornings cold and the Dews plenti&longs;ul, <lb/>
if they are near you; but both, if at &longs;ome toler<lb/>
able Di&longs;tance, are wonderfully Plea&longs;ant. </s> <s>So <lb/>
too, Rivers and Lakes are inconvenient if too <lb/>
near, and afford no Delight, if too far off: <lb/>
Whereas, on the Contrary, the Sea, if it is at <lb/>
a large Di&longs;tance, makes both your Air and Sun <lb/>
unhealthy; but when it is clo&longs;e to you, it does <lb/>
you le&longs;s Harm, becau&longs;e then you have always <lb/>
an Equality in your Air. </s> <s>Indeed there is this <lb/>
to be &longs;aid, that when it is at a great Di&longs;tance, <lb/>
it encrea&longs;es the De&longs;ire we have to &longs;ee it. </s> <s>There <lb/>
is a good Deal too in the Point to which we <lb/>
lie open to it: For if you are expo&longs;ed to the <lb/>
Sea towards the South, it &longs;corches you; if to<lb/>
wards the Ea&longs;t, it infe&longs;ts you with Damps; if <lb/>
to the We&longs;t, it makes your Air cloudy and full <lb/>
of Vapours; and if to the North, it chills you <lb/>
with exce&longs;&longs;ive Cold. </s> <s>From the Court-yard <lb/>
we proceed to the Parlours, which mu&longs;t be