about the house and so finely polish’d like a Looking glass; the pavem^t is black and white marble vein’d, Lay’d long wayes in large stones all of y^e same. Y^e painting is very fine, on the top and on the sides y^e history of Christ and y^e New testament. There is a very fine Carving of wood and Stone, the Dove at the alter y^e Angels and Cherubims w^{th} flowers, Leaves Laurell &c. &c. very Curiously Carv’d. The hall is very Lofty, painted top and Sides with armory and there is 18 steps on Each side goes up as an arch, w^{th} Iron Barristers tipt w^{th} gold w^{ch} Meetes on y^e top Large steps of stone. Thence you Enter a dineing roome, two drawing roomes, a bed Chamber and Closet w^{ch} opens quite thro’ the house a visto, and at the End of the dineing roome is a Large door all of Looking glass in great pannells all diamond Cutt. This is just opposite to y^e doores that runs into y^e drawing roome and bed Chamber and Closet so it shews y^e roomes to Look all double. Ye ffloores of y^e Roomes are all finely Inlaid, there is very Curious Carving over and Round the Chimney pieces, and Round the Looking-glasses that are in y^e peers between the windows, and fine Carv’d shelves or stands on Each side of y^e glass. Every roome is differing work and all fine Carving and over y^e doores some of it is of y^e Natural Coull^r of y^e wood and varnish’d only—others painted. Ye Dutchess’s Closet is wanscoated w^{th} y^e hollow burnt japan, and at Each Corner are peers of Looking glass; over the Chimney is Looking glass an oval and at the 4 Corners after this figure ⌘, and hollow Carving all round y^e glass. The roomes are all painted very finely on y^e top; all y^e windows y^e Squares of glass are so large and good they Cost 10s. a pannell. There was sweete tapistry hangings with small figures and very much silk, they Look’d as ffresh as if new tho’ bought severall yeares—there were no beds up. There was as many roomes on the other side w^{ch} were not ffinished, they were just painting y^e Ceilings and Laying the floores w^{ch} are all jnlaid, these were the Duke and dutchess’s apartm^{ts} besides which are a great number of roomes and severall offices. There is a fine Grottoe all stone pavement Roofe and sides, this is design’d to supply all y^e house w^{th} water besides severall ffanceyes to make diversion. Within this is a batheing roome, y^e walls all w^{th} blew and white marble—the pavement mix’d, one stone white, another black, another of y^e Red vaned marble. The bath is one Entire marble all white finely veined w^{th} blew and is made smooth, but had it been as finely pollish’d as some it would have been the finest marble that Could be seen. It was as deep as ones middle on the outside, and you went down steps into y^e bath big enough for two people. At y^e upper End are two Cocks to let in one hott, y^e other Cold water to attemper it as persons please—the Windows are all private Glass. The Gallery we ascended out of