"pleasance" meaning in English

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          "text": "It is a tropical pleasance, washed by a noble river.",
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        "A pleasure ground laid out with shady walks, trees and shrubs, statuary, and ornamental water; a secluded part of a garden."
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          "text": "Now stands the Brere like a lord alone, / Puffed up with pryde and vaine pleasaunce.",
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