The Eldest of this Family has a Revenue of one hundred and sixteen thousand Crowns, and as he lives, is in no manner of Danger of becoming a Bankrupt. There is not a Family in ROME for which St. _Peter_ has done more than this. The Prince’s Palace in the City is, as I have told you, a stately Building. There are fine Stables belonging to it, and there’s a second Palace fronting the first, which serves in common for the Domestics. Almost all the Houses of that Ward, which is one of the most populous in ROME, belong to this Prince, who has also several magnificent Country Houses, particularly that of _Mondragone_, near _Frescati_, built by Pope _Paul_ V. and the Garden near the Gate _Pinciano_, made by Cardinal _Scipio Borghese_, one of that Pope’s Nephews. Before the Art of Gardening was introduc’d into _Germany_ and _France_, the Gardens of _Italy_ were reckon’d the finest in the World; but now-a-days ’tis otherwise, and unless (as is partly observ’d before) a Man is an _Italian_, and never pass’d the _Alps_, he will look with Contempt upon all the Gardens which the _Romans_ call _wonderful_, _charming_, and _astonishing_. Nevertheless, I wou’d not have you think that I find no Beauty at all in their Gardens; I admire the continual Verdure of their Holyoaks, Firs, Pines and Laurels, of which the Walks are form’d, tho’ they are gloomy and melancholy. I am amaz’d at the Magnificence of those who made those Gardens, and am pleas’d to find by what they have done, that they had the Taste of Noblemen, and that indeed they have not come short of the most excellent Works in their Time. But then I am sorry to see how little Care their Nephews take of these Things, how they suffer them to run to Ruin, and how little they know to make a good Use of the Estates left them by Providence. Thanks to the Foundations of _Paul_ V. and Cardinal _Scipio_, the Houses and Gardens of the Prince _Borghese_ are kept in better Order than those of the other _Roman_ Nobility; yet for all this, they are not near so neat, and so well trimm’d, as the Gardens of _France_, _Holland_, and the _Ultramontane_ Countries.