other apartments. The prince's
lodgings were on the north side; on the east side was a cloister, over
which was the green gallery, 109 feet by 12 feet, 'excellently well
painted with the several shires in England and the arms of the noblemen
and gentlemen in the same.' Over the gallery was a leaded walk, on which
were two lofty arches of brick, 'of no small ornament to the house, and
rendering it comely and pleasant to all that passed by.' On the west
side of the quadrangle was another cloister, on five arches, over which
were the duke's lodgings and over them the queen's gallery. On the south
side of the house stood a large open cloister, built upon several large
fair pillars, arched over 'with a fair rail and ballustres; well painted
with the kings and queens of England and the pedigree of the old lord
Burleigh and divers other ancient families; with paintings of many
castles and battles.' The gardens at Theobald's were large, and
ornamented with labyrinths, canals and fountains. The great garden
contained seven acres; besides which there were the pheasant garden,
privy garden, and laundry garden. In the former were nine knots
artificially and exquisitely made, one of which was set forth in
likeness of the king's arms. This description, and Bacon's idea of a
palace in his 45th Essay, with their numerous cloisters, galleries and
turrets, are well illustrated by the plan of Audley End, in its original
state, given in Britton's _Architectural Antiquities_, vol. ii.

[Note 151: Lysons's Environs of London, vol. iv.]

The houses erected during the sixteenth and the early part of the
seventeenth century were frequently of magnificent dimensions,
picturesque from the varied lines and projections of the plan and
elevation, and rich by the multiplicity of parts; but they had lost all
beauty of detail. The builders, having abandoned the familiar and long
practised Gothic style, were now to serve their apprenticeship in
Grecian architecture: 'stately Doricke and neat Ionicke work' were
introduced as fashionable novelties, employed first in the porches and
frontispieces and gradually extended over the whole fronts of buildings.
Among the architects employed at this period some foreign names occur.
Holbein was much favoured by Henry VIII., and gave various designs for
buildings at the old palaces of Whitehall and St. James. John of Padua
had a salary as deviser of his majesty's buildings, and was employed to
build the palace of