Sentence:  The best ſoyle commonly yeelds the worſt Ayre, a dry ſandy <WSD>plat</WSD> is fitteſt to build upon, and ſuch as is rather hilly then plaine, full of Downes, a "Cotſwald" county, as being moſt commodious for hawking, hunting, wood, waters, and all manner of pleaſures. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A plot of land; a lot.