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 DESCRIPTION 
 
 PARIS. 
 
 CONTAINING 
 
 A Particular Account of all the 
 
 Churches, Palaces, Mmafteries, Col- 
 ledges, Hofpitals, Libraries, Cabinets of 
 Rarities, Academies of the Virtuofi, 
 Paintings, Medals, Statues and other 
 Sculptures, Monument s y and Fublick^In- 
 fcripticns. 
 
 With all other Remarkable Matters ia 
 that Great and Famous CITY. 
 
 Tranjhtted out of French. 
 
 The Second Edition : To which is Ad- 
 ded a MAP of PARIS. 
 
 LONDON, 
 
 Printed for Henry Bonwicks-, at the Red 
 LyoninSt. PAuPsChHrcb-Tard, i<?88. 
 
TO THE 
 
 READER- 
 
 SOme other Reafons maybe given 
 for the publifhing this Book in 
 EvgUjh befides the Common Rea- 
 fon of all Booksellers, which is the Im- 
 provement of their Trade (there being 
 hitherto nothing of this Subject in our 
 Language) and they are thefej fuch 
 who have not been at Paris may here 
 read of thofe beauties which have ren- 
 derM that City ( of late years efpecially ) 
 fo famous : Others who have had the 
 fatisfaftion of feeing what is here menti- 
 oned, will not find it unpleafant to re- 
 frefh their memory with the defcripti- 
 ons given in this Book. The lovers 
 of thofe two moft beautiful Sifter- 
 Arts, Fainting and Sculpture, will be plea- 
 fed to read of the Excellent Perfor- 
 mances in both kinds at Paris. It is real- 
 ly the Incouragement which is given to 
 A 2 tfiefe 
 
To the Reader. 
 
 thefe Arts, and their near Kinfwoman 
 jirchitetture y that makes a City Polite 
 and Beautiful, advances an In-Land 
 Trade, and makes Artifts fo ftrive and 
 vye with each other , till by degrees 
 they arrive at the Perfection of the An- 
 tients. The Curious will be no lefs plea- 
 fed to read of the choice Collections of 
 Medals and all forts of Rarities. Nor will 
 others want a ferious Entertainment in 
 this Book, to meet here feveral Paffages 
 of the French Hiftory,. and to. confider 
 the Oeconomy and Government 5 not 
 forgetting alfo the Piety of Paris. To 
 one purpofe more this TranfLation may 
 be ufeful; and that is, to fucfi Young 
 Gentlemen who go over \ fas fome do 
 almolt daily ) in regard this, Book ia 
 their Pocket with them, will be, as their 
 Informer, fo their Guide, and lead them 
 diredtly to fuch Sights as they moil 
 fanfie. 
 
 THE 
 
The AUTHOR'S 
 
 Advertifment. 
 
 0 Man doubts that Paris is at: 
 prefent one of the greatefi and 
 fair eft Cities of the World \ the 
 magnificence of her Buildings, her extent, 
 and the almoft infinite number of her Inha- 
 bitants *, among whom there are thofe who' 
 for Efiates may compare with fome Sove- 
 reigns ; and in fine, the perpetual Concourfe 
 of all Nations of 'Europe, who come hither 
 with an extream Ajfeftion to fiudy the 
 French. Behaviour, and obferve the Ramie f 
 of the Place : All thefe things concur to make~ 
 it to be confider^d a* & City that has no 
 equal* let it happens very often, that all 
 its true Beauties art not tal^en notice of by 
 many perfons, and principally the Stranger % 
 who complain that they can never find them 
 out without making it their particular fiudy, 
 and giving them f elves a vafi trouble in the 
 fearch, no Defcriptton having been hitherto 
 Qompofed to inflrutt them in their Jznqui- 
 A 3 rks. 
 
The Author's Advertifement. 
 ties. It is for their ajfiftance, and to fa- 
 tisfie the Curiofity of Strangers that I have 
 undertaken to defcribe, by way of Abridg- 
 ment^ the moft noted Beauties of that fa- 
 mous City. This Defer iption will be the 
 more ufeful unto them, in regard they may 
 inform themfelves of the feveral Places 
 here noted, and may view feveral Things 
 which they would have paft by and neglect- 
 ed, if they had not been admoniflfd of them 
 before hand. To mak$ this work^ the more 
 qafie and methodical, I have taken the fe- 
 veral Quarters and Streets in order, as far 
 as pojfible, that fo the feveral Remarks may 
 be feen as they lye. 
 
 I undertake not to make an exaB defcri- 
 ption, that were almoft impojfible to be ef- 
 fected, what endeavours foever we make. 
 I have therefore only collected thofe things 
 which are moft obfervable, and that which 
 deferves to be feen with fomewhat more than 
 ordinary remarkj Nor have I defigned to 
 fearch into Antiquities for Giles Coro- 
 Zet, Father Breiiil, and fome others have 
 done that already, better than any can hope 
 to do it after them ; and to them I refer 
 fuch* as defire to know the Originals and 
 Foundations of places. Thofe Authors 
 will acquaint you with the Epitaphs and Hi- 
 ftqries of private Perfons, which would have 
 
 fwelled 
 
The Author's Advertifement. 
 
 fwelled this Volume confiderably, if I fhould 
 have tranferibed them here. Befides^ it 
 feems unneceffary for a Strangers knowledge 
 to confider thefe things which ferve only as 
 -private Monuments, and are of no uje to 
 thepublich Hiftory, for which they Travel* 
 Thty take more delight^ without doubt^ in 
 the defcription of a C^net, a Library, or 
 an Apartment built after the modern way., 
 than in reading the Epitaphs at Saint Inno- 
 cents, or topickout the meaning of them. 
 
 Without queflion fome will be furprizsd 
 to fee me undertake a Work, fo difficult as 
 this , in fight of fo many learned Perfons 
 abounding in Paris. But after all 0 if I 
 prove not fuccefsful herein, yet however I 
 jhall efteem it fufficient glory, if 1 may in- 
 fpire into any able Author the defign of a 
 Workwhich may in fome fort anfwer to the 
 Reputation of this great City. 
 
 In the mean time, as I may hereafter 
 inform my felf more particularly of fome 
 things which I have not hitherto been able 
 to difcover; at the fame time I jhall be 
 much obliged to thofe, who have any parti- 
 cular Memorials, if thty will be fo generous 
 tor communicate, and thereof advertise the 
 Bookseller who Prints this, that fo they may 
 he confulted if they pleafe. 
 
 ERRATA, 
 
ERR AT J. 
 
 In the Firft Part. 
 
 PAge 7. Line 20. read Clagny. p. ^o. 1- 3T. r. 
 Seneterre. p. 70. 1. 22. r. cepit. p. 100. 1. 16. 
 t. fluted, p. 109. 1. 2, r. 0/ merit, p. no. I 2. r. 
 bs beheld, p. 120. 1. 13. r. admired, p. 121. 1. 2. 
 r. Mande. p. 126. 1.2. for r. B^yal Confort. p. 
 13 1. 1. 10. r. Mande. p. 132. 1. 17. r. Garden fide. 
 1. 31 fortfer. r|r^, p. 136. 1. 32. r. ikforfo. p. 
 146. L 18. r. Verdure, p. 148. f. 33. r. Portal, 
 p. 158. fc 5. dele (. ) p. 166. 1. 5. r. & 
 
 the Second Part. 
 
 Pag. 4. 1. 23. for there r. then. p. 8. 1. 7. r. St. 
 Vi&or. p. 54. 1. 20. for more r-fome. p, 136.I.10. 
 r; of Clay. p. 160. 1. 1. r. Canons. 
 
t 
 
 A New 
 
 DESCRIPTION 
 
 O F 
 
 The moft Remarkable things 
 IN THE 
 
 CITY 
 
 P A R I S. 
 
 BEfore I enter upon the matter, it may 
 not be amifs to fay fomething of 
 the Original of Paris. If this great 
 City be not one of the Ancient- 
 eft in Europe , yet at lead fhe may boa ft, that 
 C*far fpeaks advantagioufly of her in the fixth 
 Book of his Commentaries ; where he fays, that 
 having fubdued divers Nations amorigft the Gauls, 
 he was forced to lay Siege to Paris, which at 
 that time was wholly enclofed between the two 
 B Arms 
 
1 A Neii> Defer ion 
 
 Arms of the Seine, into which place all the In- 
 habitants of the Neighbouring Country were re- 
 tired. Here they defended themfelves with fo 
 much refolution, and made fo (tout a Refiftance 
 that he was conftrained to draw together all the 
 Force he could to attack anfl fight them. It is 
 true he fubdued them, but it was not with- 
 out much Labour, and after feveral bloody Fights j 
 and in fine, to reduce them entirely to his Obe- 
 dience and to keep 'em fo, he built the Great 
 Chatelet, and placed in it a ftrong Garrifon. Not- 
 withftanding we read in other Hiftorians, that Ju- 
 lian the 'Apoftate being retired among the Gauls 
 ( where he remain'd a long time in that part of Pa- 
 ris which is now call'd the Hotel de Cluny) he built 
 thisFortrefs, as a Check upon the People of thofe 
 Parts who were very uneafie and apt to rife ; after 
 all we muft confefs there is no great certainty of 
 thefe thirags, by reafon of the Ignorance of thofe 
 Ages that went before us, which have loft or de- 
 ftroy'd thofe Memorials which fhould have infor- 
 med us of the truth, had they been now in being. 
 
 As to the name of this Town , fome fay it was 
 called Lutetia from King Lu'cuj, who w as of 
 great efteem among the ancient Gauls ; others, 
 from the Latin word Latum which fignifies Dirt 
 and Mud ; poffibly becaufe its Situation, being 
 between the two Arms of a River, there was con- 
 tinually plenty of Water and Dirt. And without 
 doubt it is for this reafon that the little fpace of 
 Ground which lies at the further end of the Petit 
 Pont, between the new Itreet of Nojlre-Dame, 
 and the Street de la Calande, is at this day ftill 
 called le Marcbe falud. Other Authors fay, that 
 the name Paris might well have been derived 
 from the Greek word n*££ which fignifies Near, 
 
 and 
 
of PARIS. 5 
 
 and from the Goddefs Ifis who had formerly a 
 Temple in that place where ftands at prefent the 
 Church of St. Germain des fre^ ; from which 
 place Paris was not far diftant. And the Village 
 °f W) ne ^ r to Vaugerard might perhaps have 
 alfo taken name from her, that Goddefs having 
 had a Temple there, ferv'd by certain Priefts, for 
 whofe maintenance the Lands that lay about that 
 place were appropriated ; which Lands belong at 
 prefent to the Abbey of St. Genevieve du Mont. 
 In the mean time Ifis was not the only Deity that 
 was Worfhipp'd about Paris, Cybele had alfo her 
 Temples there. To maintain which conjecture 
 we may here take notice of the Difcovery which 
 was made fome years paft in the Garden of Mon- 
 fieurBerrierjn the Street called Coquilkere not far 
 from the Church of St. Euftache. As they were 
 digging there deeper than ordinary to make the 
 foundation of a Wall, they difcovered the ruins 
 of an old Tower, with aBuft of Brafs, reprefent- 
 ing a Womans head fomething bigger than the . 
 Life, and Crowned with a Caftle compofed of four 
 Towers , with the ancient fort of Pinacles in 
 iuch manner as we fee 'em in the old Bafs reliefs 
 of Home, or upon Medals reprefenting the God- 
 defs Cybele who was invoked for the fruitfulnefs 
 of the Earth, and whom the Poets called Turrit a 
 Mater. All Antiquaries who faw this Piece did 
 not in the leaft queftion its Antiquity. Among 
 others the Reverend Father du Moulinet one of 
 the Learnedlt xMen of the Kingdom in thefe things, 
 has printed a fmall Tradt to prove that this head 
 might have ferv'd in fome Temple built in this 
 place where this Goddefs was adored. And even in 
 the Library o( S.Genevieve they preferve a Model 
 of this Head taken off in Plaifter with all the ex- 
 B 2 a&nefi 
 
4 A Defcriptkn 
 
 a&nefs that could be from the Original, which 
 is at prefent in the Cabinet of Monfieur the Pro- 
 cureur-General de Harlay, which illuftrious Ma- 
 giftrate is perfectly acquainted with the true value 
 of fuch curious things. There are other Etymo- 
 logies befide thefe, as that of Paris King of the 
 Gauls, whofe dominion extended round about 
 thefe parts, from whence it comes as fome fay, 
 that the Inhabitants of the Neigbouring Villages 
 were called Parifii or Par ifiaci. 
 
 Tt would be tedious to fpeak of the feveral en- 
 largements of this Town. It is eafily concluded 
 that it was not always of the fame dimensions as it 
 is at prefent. Under the Reign of Clouis it was as 
 yet Ihut up within the two Arms of the Seine y 
 that is, that it took up no more ground than the 
 JJle du Palais, which is that part which at pre- 
 fent we call the City, with fome few houfes on 
 the Bank of the River next St. Germain I* Aux- 
 erois; where was at that time a Wood called la 
 Forefi des Charbonniers. But however tho it 
 was then but very little, it was confidered as a 
 Place of very great importance, fince in that par- 
 tition which the Sons of Clouis made of the King- 
 dom, they agreed among themfelves that Pans 
 fhould remain neuter and belong to neither of 
 the four ; further, that if any of them fliould 
 enter there without permiffion of the other three, 
 he fhould lofe all the part which he might other- 
 wife pretend to. 
 
 Under the fecond Race, the Town became a 
 little more confiderable: they began then to build 
 on both fides of the Seine : all about the Church 
 of St Genivte've, which Clouis had raifed : at the 
 upper end of the Place-Maubert ; where after- 
 wards Charlemagne did difpofe the Learned Men 
 
 which 
 
of PARIS. 5 
 
 which he invited hither out of Greece and Italy; 
 near St.Marti?ts des Champs ; and in divers other 
 places in the Fields about the Town. 
 
 But under the third Race it was much more in- 
 creafed. Philip Auguftus caufed it to be paved 
 throughout, and a certain Financier (or Exche- 
 quer-Officer) called Girard de Poujjy gave to 
 this ufe out of his own proper Revenue i iooo 
 Marks of Silver, and this he did freely without 
 any conftraint from the King, in whofe Service 
 he had doubtlefs attained this great Sum. This 
 was an Example of Generofity altogether extra- 
 ordinary; aud was done in the year 1185. as 
 Monjicur de Me^eray tells us in his Hiftory of 
 France. This King al r o caufed the feveral Quar- 
 ters to be enclofed with Walls. Tho r e of the Uni- 
 verfity extended from the edge of the Seine be- 
 ginning at the Gate of St. Bernard^ the Gate of 
 the Tournelle^ and fo up behind St. Genivieve to 
 the Gate of St.James^ and then down again to- 
 wards the River to the place where ftands at pre- 
 fent the Colledge of the four Nations, and where 
 heretofore was the Gate of Nejle taken down not 
 long fince to enlarge the Place. On the North ' 
 fide of the River it was alfo enclofed with Walls 
 which had almoft the fame extent. There was 
 in former times a Gate near the place where now 
 ftands the guin? x e-Vmgts, which anfwered to an- 
 other called the Porte-neu ve, ( or Netp-gate ) on 
 the Bank of the River pulled down fome years 
 ago, near which was a very high Tower : another 
 Gate in the Street Coquilliere, at the end of the 
 Street Grenelle : another in the Street of St.Denis, 
 near the Fountain de la i{eine, which was called 
 the Painters Gate : another in the Street of S. Mar~ 
 tin, at the end of the Street aux Ours : and an- 
 B 3 other 
 
6 A New Defers ft ion 
 
 other near S. Johns Church-yard which was called 
 the Porte Bodais, becaufe it led to the Chateau- 
 or Cattle of that name, which flood in that place 
 where now is the Village of St. Maur des Fo(Je% 
 beyond Charenton. Since thofe times this great 
 City is much augmented, and continually extend- 
 ed into the Fields, till not long fince for feveral 
 weighty Confiderations, there have been certain 
 Bounds prefcribed, beyond which it is not lawful 
 to raife any buildings. It is to be obferved that 
 Paris being thus bounded, its extent is the more 
 considerable, in regard there is not to be found in 
 it any place that is not extreme full of People, 
 and as thick of Houfes as can be contrived, in 
 tome of which there are continually feveral di- 
 itindt Families in one houfe, which is rarely to be 
 fren in other Towns, where every one de fires to- 
 mvell apart, and where there are few houfes to be 
 found of feven Stories high, as they are all about 
 the Palais ; near the great Chatelet, and round 
 ? he place called laHalie ; in which Houfes the leaft 
 Rooms are full of Inhabitants and let out at dear 
 Rates. 
 
 This is all that we fliall fay of Paris in Gene- 
 ral ; Let us now come to 'particular. 
 
 The LOW RE. 
 
 Hiftorians fay that this Palace was firft found- 
 ed by Philip Auguftits in the year 1214. Who 
 made the great Tower, in which Fen and Earl of 
 Flanders was kept Prifoner after that King had 
 won the famous Battel of Bon vines ; in which the 
 Earl who had Revolted from King Philip was 
 made a Captive. This Tower was ftandirig in 
 
of PARIS. 7 
 
 thelaft Age, andhadferved not only to keep fhe 
 Kings Treafure, but alfo had been built to receive 
 therein the Homage and Oath of Fidelity of thofe 
 who held Lands of the Crown ; or rather, as one 
 may prefume, it was the Seige Seigneurial ( or * 
 Head of a Tenure ) upon which feveral Fiefs did 
 depend. For it is well known that our Anceftors 
 had a cuftom always to build in their Chateaux 
 ( or Chief Seats) a great Tower, and to raife up- 
 on that another leifer, which they called the D&n* 
 jo??, this they efteemed the Mark of a Seigneuric ; 
 and without doubt this Tower at the Louvre was 
 of the fame nature. It was taken down when 
 Francis the Firft began that building which at 
 prefent is called the old Louvre. But Death hun- 
 dred that Prince from performing much of what 
 he intended. Henry the Second his Son, carried 
 on the building after the defigns of his Father, 
 and for the performance he made ufe of the Ab- 
 bot of Clugny, and John Gougeon , both Parifi- 
 ans and the ableft Architects of their Time, fincc 
 thofe few things which we fee of theirs pafs for 
 the moft regular and fineft Architecture of the 
 World. They were preferred to the illuftrious 
 Sebaflian Sorlio^ who was exprefly fent for from 
 Italy, but had the difpleafure to fee his defigns 
 not followed. In the Hall of the hundred Swijfes 
 we fee a kind of Tribune of the Workmanfliip of 
 this John Gougeon, it is fupported by four C aria- 
 tides, of a Defign fo regular and fo well contri- 
 ved that M. Perrault of the Royal Academy of 
 Sciences hath caufed it to be engraved and inferted 
 in the Tranflation of the Works of Vitruvius^ 
 where he hath propofed it as a compleat Model. 
 The following Infcription Henry II. fet over one 
 of the Gates. 
 
 B 4 Henricus II. 
 
8 'A New Defcriftion 
 
 Henricus II. Christians. Vetustate 
 Collafsuji Refici Coep. A. Pat. 
 Francisco L R. Christianis. Mor- 
 tui Sanctiss. Parent. Memor. Pien- 
 ti5s. Filius Absolvit An. a sai.. 
 Christ i. MDXXXXVIIL 
 
 This being mined by Age, and begun to be 
 repaired by Francis I. the moft Chriftian 
 King : Henry It The moft Chriftian King, 
 as a pons Son who was mindful of the ae~ 
 fign of his dead Father, caujed to be fini- 
 jhed, in the year from the Redemption of 
 the World, MDXXXXVIIL 
 
 Lewis the 13th. whofe Defigns were always 
 Great and Magnificent, caufed to be built the 
 Great Pavilion which is over the Entrance. The 
 Sieur Mercier had the charge of that work, in 
 which he followed the firit defign and form. But 
 being forced to raife hisWork higher than the Bo- 
 dy of the Building, upon the Corinthian and 
 Compofite orders, he added a Cariatide Order 
 in imitation of that in the Hall of the 100: Swijfes 
 aforementioned, upon which he placed a double 
 Fronton. The old Gate of the Louvre is urfder 
 this Pavillion, the Roof of which is fupported 
 by two Ranks of lonicl^ Pillars of one piece, pla- 
 ced two and two, and are extreme remarkable 
 for their bignefs. The Court in the middle of 
 this building is great and exactly fquare. The 
 King hath raifed three Wings which are not yet 
 fiiiiflied. The- Work confilts of three Ranks of 
 Pillars, Corinthian and Compofite ; the top is in 
 the manner of a Terraffe, which appears of a 
 Beauty moft magnificently furprifing. The great 
 
 Gate 
 
of P A R I S. 9 
 
 Gate is on that fide next to St. Germain /' Auxer- 
 rois placed in the middle of a long Facade ( or 
 Front of Building ) adorn'd with Corinthian Pil- 
 lars two and two of a molt beautiful greatnefs, 
 which Handing off from the reft of the Work 
 make a great Portico on each fide of the Gate, 
 on which ftands the Fronton compofed only 
 of two Stones, of one pieee, each of which is 
 fifty foot in length ; a great Terrafle runs on the 
 top of this Facade, from which one may difcover 
 all Paris. In the old Louvre, many things are 
 to be feen. 
 
 The Cabinet of Piftures. 
 
 The place where the Kings Pi&ures are kept 5 
 is in an Apartment near the end of the great Gal- 
 lery. It is difficult to find more in number or 
 more rare pieces in any part of Europe than are 
 in this place. Here are fome of all the mod fa- 
 mous Matters of Italy and Flanders and other 
 parts ; all which the King hath caufed to be gra- 
 ved, of which there are two great Volumes ex- 
 tant ; but of late years they have removed a great 
 part of thefe Paintings to Versailles to adorn that 
 magnifick Palace. Yet there ftill remain feveral 
 of .diverfc Matters, among others thelaft Supper 
 of Paul Veronnefe ,,a Picture of an extraordina-* 
 ry greatnefs,fo are the Battels of Monfieur I'Brun, 
 frorrv which they have made feveral Pieces of cu- 
 rious Tapeftry. The Paintings of Poufin are here 
 preferved with care, as are alfo thofe of feveral 
 other French Matters, of which he is the Chief 
 without difpute. 
 
 B 5 They 
 
IO 
 
 A New Defcription 
 
 They are continually working in Sculpture in 
 two feveral places of the Louvre. $4. Girardon 
 hath his Work-houfe under the Cabinet of Pi- 
 ctures where you may fee fome Statues which he 
 hath finiflied for Versailles, thofe that are in the 
 Grotto there, were made in this place $ here you 
 may fee the Model of Cardinal Richelieu's Tomb, 
 which is to be ere&ed in the Church of the Sor~ 
 bonne. 
 
 At the end of the Court that lies before the 
 Gate under the Pavillion on that fide next the 
 I{ue Saint Honore, you ought to view the Sta- 
 tues which are to be placed on the Tomb of 
 Monfieur de Turenne which the King hath caufed 
 to be ere&ed for him at St. Denys. You may 
 
 which are all of the defign and invention of Mon- 
 fieur de Mercy one of the beft Statuaries of the 
 Kingdom. He is at prefent about certain figures 
 intended for the Tomb of Monfieur the Duke of 
 Noailles at St. Pauls. The Sieur Renaudin hath 
 alfo his Work-houfe near that of M. Girardon 9 
 which oughtito be feen by the Curious. 
 
 But above all we ought not to negle<5t before 
 we leave the Louvre to vifit the Hall, wherein 
 the Gentlemen of the French Academy aflemble, 
 whom the King honours with fo particular a Pro- 
 tection, that he is willing to have them in his 
 own Palace. This Illuftrious Academy is com- 
 pofed of learned Perfons whotfake continual pains 
 in perfe&ing the French Tongue, and meet three 
 times a Week. The names of the. prefent Mem- 
 bers of this Society, are 
 
 alfo there obferve feveral 
 
 M. de 
 
/PARIS. ii 
 
 KL de Befons, Counfellor of State. 
 M. Corneille. 
 M, Doujat. 
 M. Charpentier. 
 
 M. The Abbot Talltment , chief Almoner 
 
 to Madame 
 M. The Duke of Coiflin. 
 M. The Abbot Pelijfon' Mafterof the Re- 
 
 quefts. 
 M. The Bifhop of Acs. 
 M. The Cardinal d" Eftrees. 
 M. de Rgnouard de Villayer, Counfellor of 
 
 State. 
 
 M. The Abbot da Fumieres. 
 M. de Segrais* 
 M. le Clerc. 
 
 M. The Duke of St. Aignan. 
 M. le Qomte de Bufjy. 
 M. The Abbot Teftu. 
 
 M The Abbot Tallemem, Prior of St. AU 
 bin. 
 
 M. Boyer. 
 
 M. The Marquefs d' Angeau, Governor of 
 Touraine. 
 
 M. The Abbot Pggnier des Marais. 
 
 M. The Abbot de la Chambre. 
 
 M. Quinaut Auditor of the Accounts. 
 
 M The Arch-Biftiop of Paris. 
 
 M. the Bifliop of Meaux, formerly Precep- 
 tor to Monfeigneur the Dauphin, and 
 chief Almsmer to Madame the Dauphi- 
 ncfs. 
 
 M. Perault, Comptroller of the Buildings. 
 M. The Abbot Flcchier, Almoner to Ma- 
 dame the Dauphine (s. 
 M. Hacine^ Treafurer of France. 
 
 M. The 
 
12 r A New Defcription 
 
 M. The Abbot Gallois. 
 M. de Benferarde. 
 
 M. The Abbot Huet, formerly Under-pre- 
 
 ceptor to Monfeigneur the Dauphin. 
 M. Ho%e, Secretary of the Kings Cabinet. 
 M. Cordemoy, Reader to Monfeigneur the 
 
 Dauphin. 
 M. The Prefident de Mefine. 
 M. The Abbot Colbert, Coadjutor of 
 
 Ityuen. 
 
 M. The Abbot de Lavau, Library-keeper 
 
 of the Kings Cabinet. 
 M. Verjus, Plenipotentiary at the Dyet of 
 I{atisbone. 
 
 M. de Novion, firft Prefident of the Parlia- 
 ment of Paris. 
 M. The Abbot Danjau. 
 M. Barbier de Haucour. 
 M. 
 
 Every other year on the Feaft-day of S. Lewis, 
 they give here two Medals of Gold, for Prizes, 
 the one in Eloquence, the other in Poetry, on 
 which account a great number of Perfons at fuch 
 times bring in their Compofitious in both kinds, 
 in order to obtain the Reward. The fame day 
 all the Members of the Academy procure a Mafs 
 to be fung in Mufick, after which a Panegyricic 
 of St. Lewis is pronounced by fome able Preacher. 
 Monfieur the Abbot Peliffbn has compofed the 
 Hiftory of the French Academy, and writ it af- 
 ter fuch a polite and delightfom manner, that 
 his Book pafles for one of the fineft and beft things 
 in the French Language. They have fome Pi- 
 #ures in their Hall ; one of the Holy Virgin ; 
 another of the King in his Coronation habit; the 
 Pi&ure of Cardinal Richelieu Founder of the 
 
 French 
 
of P A R I S. , i ? 
 
 French Academy, that of the Chancellor Seguier 
 who after the death of the Cardinal became its 
 Protedtor, and in fine, another of Queen Chri- 
 ftina of Swedeland, who came to thefe Aflem- 
 blies, where flie lhewed her extraordinary Genius 
 for all curious things. 
 
 We crofs over here and pafs into a Hall where 
 we may fee two Models made for the great Stair- 
 cafe of the Louvre, the faireft of which was made 
 by the famous Manfard, the other by M.du Veau, 
 he who made the defigns for the New Buildings 
 at Vincennesy but the firft of thefe excells the 
 other infinitely for the Grandeur of the gult and 
 hardinefs of defign. 
 
 In the old Tenis Court, in the middle of the 
 Court they are at work about the Model of a Sta- 
 tue of the King on Horfeback, raifed on the top 
 of a Rock with his Enemies fubdued at his feet, 
 and four Rivers with their Urns who feem ama- 
 zed tofee this great Monarch arrived to the higheft 
 ftep of Glory. Nothing can be greater than this 
 Work ; and if it be performed according to the de- 
 fign, all Europe cannot fhew a more magnifick 
 Monument. It is of M. Girardons defigning. 
 
 The Gard-Meulk or Repofitory of 
 the Kings Moveables* 
 
 On the Bank of the River at the Corner of the 
 Street des Poulies is the Garde-Meuble in an Old 
 houfe which Was formerly called the Hotel du pe- 
 tit Bourbon, in regard the Princes of that Family 
 dwelt there. The outfide has no fine ihew* but 
 
14 A New Defer ipt ion 
 
 it is within this place that they preferve the preci- 
 ous moveables of the Crown; here one may 
 fee a Surprizing quantiy of Tapeftry both anci- 
 ent and Modern, here are fome pieces which 
 Francis I. caufedtobe made after theDefigns 
 of Julio Romano, and which were wrought at 
 Anuers by a famous Mafter of that time who had 
 an extraordinary Reputation. Thefe pieces re- 
 prefent the A<fts of the Apoftles, and the Hiftory 
 of Scifio the Great This King hath caufed a- 
 bundance to be made at the Gobelins, enriched 
 with Gold and Silver, after the defigns of M. le 
 Brttn, of which hehathnolefs than 24000 Ells; 
 not reckoning a great Footcloath in the manner 
 of Turky-work, which is working in a place built 
 on purpofe at the end of the Corn s de la Reine, 
 commonly called the Savonnerie, which is to be 
 the full length of the great Gallery of the Louvre, 
 but is not yet finifht. Together with thefe you 
 may fee abundance of Veflels of Precious Stones, 
 as Agat, Onix, Jacinth, Cornelian, Chriftal of 
 the Rock, admirable as well for their Size as 
 Workmanfhip, feveral Branches of Coral, but 
 one among the reft very great, and black as Ebo- 
 ny, which is extremely rare : Small Cabinets of 
 Chryftal of the Rock, and of Amber garnifhed 
 with Gold and Jewels But that which is moft 
 obfervable is a great Ship of Gold inrkhed 
 with Diamonds, of moft curious Workmanlhip, 
 made by the Sieur Balin, and valued at one hun- 
 dred thoufand Crowns. After this you may* fee 
 the VefTels of maflie Silver confilting of divers 
 Bafons, upon which the Hiftory of this King is 
 cut in Chifil-work, they are of fuch weight, that 
 it requires the ftrength of two men to bear 'em 
 upon a kind of Handbarrows made of the fame 
 
 inetal 
 
./PARIS. 15 
 
 metal and workmanfhip. Here are alfo Tables, 
 Stands, Looking-glafs Frames, Branches for Can- 
 dles, extraordinary great, Orangers, two great 
 Tubs of Silver which ferved at the Baptifm of 
 Monfeigneur the Dauphin, Branches to fet upon 
 Stands, Chenets, Carfblets or perfuming-pots, 
 and generally all Sorts of Goldfmiths work for 
 their weight as well as workmanfhip to be admi- 
 red ; moft of which things were wrought by the 
 famous Monfieur Balm, of whom I have alrea- 
 dy made fome mention. He was the chief Artift 
 of this Age for Silver Work, and died about five 
 or fix years lince. They fliew here alfo Embroi- 
 dered Beds, extreme Rich, with Hangings for 
 Alcouesof the famefafhion. You may fee in 
 the fame place the Cup-board of Francis I. of 
 certain pieces of Silver gilt, very well wrought. 
 In another Room, apart, they prefervea great 
 quantity of curious Arms of all forts, among 
 others the Armour of Francis I. which he wore 
 at the Battel of Pavie , where one may difcern 
 on the cuirafle the Blows which he received before 
 he would yield himfelf a Prifoner to the Sfani- 
 ards.to whom he dearly fold his Liberty. There is 
 alfo a Fufil or fmall Gun which the City of Pans 
 prefented to Monfeigneur the Dauphin, and which 
 is here preferved becaufe it was the fir ftFire- Arms 
 he ever fhot in. In fine, the Curious,and all others, 
 may here find rarities enough to fatisfie their 
 eye, for befide the Angular Beauty of the Work, 
 one may here fee a mighty quantity of Gold 
 and Silver, which is a very great entertainment 
 to fuch who are apt to be dazled with the Splen- 
 dor of the metal and confider that, more than 
 the excellency of the Work. Of late the 
 King hath caufed the findft tilings in the Garde- 
 
 Meuble 
 
I £ A New Defcripion 
 
 Meuble to be removed to Verfailles, yet ftill there 
 remains a great number that are well worth fee- 
 ing. 
 
 The Palace of the Tuilleries. 
 
 TOT 3ttc/* Z'AjffiiL^rJ «r ■- }'.• ; . jjn Of<n 
 
 Having feen thefe things you ought to go next 
 to the Palace of the Tuilleries, which extends it 
 felf along the Garden in one continued Line ; 
 it is compofed at the ends of two great fquare Pa- 
 vilions adorned with Pilafters of the Compofite 
 Order, and of one great Pavilion, like a Dome, 
 in the middle, under which is the great Hall and 
 Stair-cafe that leads to the Apartments. It is to be 
 obferved that the middle of this Building, namely 
 the great Pavilion, the two TerrafTes,and the two 
 lelTer Pavilions at the Ends, were built at the char- 
 ges of Katharine de Medicis, who was very skil- 
 ful in Architecture, as we perceive by thefe Buil- 
 dings, which are all of a moft curious proportion 
 after the lonick and Corinthian Orders, there are 
 three Ranks ef Pillars, with an Attick over head. 
 For this wcrk fhe employed Philibert de Lorme 
 m&JohnBulan, the prime Matters of their Age. 
 The reft of the Buildings were performed by 
 Henry IV. and Lewis XIV. who in our days hath 
 repaired this Palace as we now fee it. There Itood 
 once under the Pavilion in the middle, a great 
 Stair-cafe,whkh was one of the fineft things of its 
 kind in the whole World,for its difpolition,and for 
 tjie ftrange boldnefs of the Work. Which Stair- 
 cafe was built after the defigns of the foremen- 
 tioned Pilibert de Lorme, but of late, to the 
 great regret of the Curious, it has been taken 
 
of PARIS. 17 
 
 down for the meliorating the Profpedt of the Tu- 
 illeries to the Court,and for employing the Great 
 Hall to the enlargement of the Kings Apartment. 
 Which Apartment, as alfo that of the Queen, 
 and that of Monfeigneur the Dauphin are ennch'd 
 with excellent Paintings of the ableft Matters of 
 France. In a Gallery which reaches the whole 
 length of the Kings Apartment on the Court-fide, 
 you may fee feveral Cabinets enrich'd with Migna- 
 tures and ChifTel-work extremely fine, with feve- 
 ral Tables of inlaid Stone-work very beautiful, 
 among others one very large, upon which is the 
 reprefentation of a Salamander, which was the 
 device of Francis I . and therefore this is fuppo- 
 fed to have been his Table. Here are alfo fome 
 of Sicilian Marble of one Piece, of a wonderful 
 variety of Colours. This Gallery hath often fer- 
 ved for the Reception and Audience of Ambaffa- 
 dors, and at fuch times it hath been adorn'd with 
 Rich Tapittry and other precious moveables. 
 
 In the Rooms below are preferved abundance 
 of antient Statues, and the Bull of this King made 
 by the Cavalier Bernin when he came from Rome 
 to draw the Defigns of the Louvre. One may 
 fee there alfo the Plans raifed of all the ftrongelt 
 places of Europe, which have been drawn out 
 with all care ana exa&nefs that is poflible. 
 
 The other moity of the Building on that fide 
 next the j^ue St. Hcnore contains the Chappel, 
 which is not yet finiflied; and the Theater,other- 
 wife called la Salle des Machines : in which the 
 Court was formerly entertain d with Comedies, of 
 which Pfyche was the laft,which after it had been 
 Adled for many years, did ftill draw a world of 
 admirers. But fince the invention of Opera's 
 came to us from Italy ^ ferious Playes though 
 
 mingled 
 
1 8 A New Defcription 
 
 mingled with mufick and Entries of Ballets hare 
 given place to Song and continued Mufick on 
 whatfoever SubjeA it be. This Theatre, with- 
 out contradiction, is the moll magnifick of Eu« 
 rope, not excepting that of the Duke of Parma 
 fo much boafted of. One cannot defire any thing 
 to be better contrived. Every Perfon may fee 
 and hear extreme conveniently. The Room be- 
 hind the Stage for the Machines is very large. As 
 for the Decorations no Co ft s have been wanting, 
 all the Houfe is painted in Marble Colours. The 
 Galleries are fupported with Pillars whofe Capi- 
 tals and Pediftals are gilded , as is aifo the Ceil- 
 ing which is curioufly Carved. 
 
 The Pxofpedb of all this* Palace is into the 
 Garden of the Tuilleries, to which Garden this 
 Palace alfo ferves as a mod Magnifick Perfpedtive, 
 every one of its Allies being anfwered with a 
 face of the Building of moft beautiful Archite- 
 cture. This Garden is at prefent one of the 
 moft regular of Europe , though it be not as 
 yet adorned with Statues, as in time it will 
 be. There is in it an open Theatre ; with all 
 thenecelTary parts thereunto belonging, as the 
 Ancients contrived them, and which we fee in 
 thofe of Home: Trees are planted here which 
 ferve in the like manner with the Ordinary Deco- 
 rations in other Theatres. It is extreme great 
 and may contain a great number of People. On 
 the other fide of the great Ally Hands the Statue 
 of Truth, raifed upon a great Pedeftal. It is the 
 Work of a famous Sculptor called Ville Franche y 
 who came from Cambray. Monfieur le Nojlre 
 continued the Works in the Tuillcries^ and it is 
 he alfo who manages thofe admirable Garden- 
 Works at Verfailles* You muft by no means 
 
 negleCl 
 
of PARIS. 19 
 
 negle& to fee his Cabinet which is very well fur- 
 nifhed with Pictures, and Bufts of Marble, molt 
 of which came out of Italy, among others one 
 may eafily obferve a Picture of indifferent fize, 
 done by Dominic ainjepreknting Adam and Eve 
 m the Terreftrial Paradife, this is elteemed one of 
 the fineft Pieces in all Paris. 
 
 We ought to obferve that the old Louvre is 
 joyned to the Palace of the Tuilleries by the great 
 Gallery which extends it felf all along the River ; 
 at the end which was begun firft there are feveral 
 Paintings and other Ornaments of the defign ©f 
 Monfieur Poujjin, but they being found too 
 (mail for the Place where they ftand, the Work ne- 
 ver proceeded further but remained imperfect as 
 it is, the beginning of this Gallery is the work 
 of Philibert de Lor me, and the reft of Mete-* 
 ^cau, he who undertook that great fervice at the 
 Ditch of Rochelle, which was the chief occafion 
 of the taking that Rebel Town. Upon this fub- 
 jed the following Epigram was made in his ho- 
 nour, 
 
 H<eretico falmam retulit Methe^us ab hofte^ 
 Cum rufellanas aggere cinxit aquas. 
 
 Dicitur Archimedes t err am fotuijje mover % 
 J&quora qui fotuit fiftere, non minor eft. 
 
 O re I{ochell Mete^eau Triumphant ftood. 
 Curbing with a a bold Dike the Rebel Flood. 
 In Famefcarce Archimedes equal is, 
 As he could move the Earth,this fix'd the Seas. 
 
 The Salle des Antiques, or repofitory of Anti- 
 quities, is under the end of this Gallery, it is in- 
 cruftedwith Marble, and full of Ancient Statues, 
 
 th 
 
ao A New Dej crtption 
 
 the bed and fcarcefl: that can be feen. The King 
 has caufed 'em all to be engraved by Melan. And 
 there are two great Volumes of them extant in 
 Folio, befides thofe other Pictures of which we 
 have already fpokeri. 
 
 The Apartments under this Gallery are ail in- 
 habited by divers famous Artilts who are imploy'd. 
 in the Kings Service, and to whom he has afiign'd 
 thefe Lodgings. 
 
 The Royal Printing- houfe is alfo here, of which 
 the Sieur Mabre-Cramoi(y,\s the Governor or Di- 
 rector : where you may fee a fmali Room tilled 
 only with fuch Books as have been printed 
 here. 
 
 Monfieur -Silveftre a famous Graver, Monfieur 
 Melan of vvhofe hand the publick has feveral ex- 
 traordinary fine G ravings, M. Coepel a Painter, 
 M. Herard, M. Vaidor, are lodged here. M. CaJ- 
 finy hath alfo his Chamber here tho his ordinary 
 dwelling is at the Obfervatory, fo hath Monfieur 
 the Abbot Siry fo well known for thofe curious 
 Italian Memoires which he bath publiflied upon 
 Hiftory, Madamofelle Stella in whofe apartment 
 are (everal curious Pictures of Poujfin ; Monfieur 
 Bain, a famous Enamellor, who has found out 
 the fecret to make Enamel as bright and beauti- 
 ful as precious Hones, and who hath now under 
 his hands, for the King, a great Bafon of Gold 
 adorned with Mouldings on the Edges, this will 
 be without all difpute a moft exquifite piece when 
 it is finifhed, as well for the Workmanfliip as for 
 the materials, for it amounts to an hundred thou- 
 fand Franks, he makes commonly Enamell'd 
 Watch-Cafes, and divers things of that fort. Near 
 him is M.Boul who makes a fort of Mofakl^vforks 
 extreamly neat,and which the Curious preferve ve- 
 
of P A R I S. 2i 
 
 ry choicely ; Mejfienrs Sanfon, Sons of the fa- 
 mous Geographer have alfo Lodgings in this place; 
 they are continually imployed, and from time to 
 time publifli fome new thing in Geography. 
 
 The Kings Balaneierfor Mony-Stamp)is alfo kept 
 in thefe parts. Here it is where they make thofe 
 Curious Medals both Stamped and Caft, in Gold, 
 Silver," and Copper. M. the Abbot Bi^ot, one 
 of the moft intelligent and able perfons of all the 
 Curious in Paris, had the dire&ion formerly of 
 thefe matters, after the famous Varin. One can- 
 not defire to fee any thing more choice than his 
 Cabinet, which is compleatly furniftied with Pi- 
 ctures, Medals, ancient and modern, Agats, Fi- 
 gures in Brafs, Porcelains^ and a thoufand other 
 rarities of fuch fort. 
 
 The Petite Ecurie, or lefTer Stable, takes up 
 the reft of the Buildings, which is very long, and 
 full of excellent Horfes. 
 
 St. Germain PAuxerrois. 
 
 Something may be faid here of St. Germain 
 I* Auxerrois, the Parilh Church of the Louvre. 
 It is one of the ancienteft of Paris, for Childe- 
 bert was the Founder as well of this as that of 
 St. Germain des Pre%, both which he dedicated 
 to St. Vincent, he having depofited in thefe 
 Churches fome Reliques of that Saint Which he 
 brought out of Spain. They have here on great 
 Feafts, very magnificent Ornaments given by the 
 Queen Mother; which are of Cloath of Gold 
 and Silver very rich : Thefe the Republick of Ge- 
 noa prefented to that illuftrious Queen and were 
 
 by 
 
it A New Defer iption 
 
 by her immediately beftowed upon this Church. 
 The other things moll remarkable in this Church 
 are, the Tribune ( or Gallery ) of Germain Pi- 
 Ion's defigning, who was efteemed in his Age the 
 ableft Workman in all France for Sculpture and 
 Archite&ure, and the Chappel of Monfieur the 
 Marquefs de kpfteing, in which are fome Bufts in 
 Marble of feveral illuftrious Perfons of that Fa- 
 mily. In the Room where the Churchwardens 
 Aflemble hangs a very good copy of a Laft Supper, 
 by Levnard deVincy, wheh Picture was former- 
 ly placed in the Church and its Beauty never ob- 
 ferved, till it was known that the Cavalier Ber- 
 nin had admired it. Upon which it was quick- 
 ly removed and placed in this Room, for the 
 more choice keeping. The molt confiderable 
 Perfons who have been interred in this Church are 
 Monfieur Seguin, who was Dean here, very ju- 
 dicious in the value of Medals : Joachim du Bel- 
 lay ', one of the famoufeft Poets of his Age : 
 Monfieur Varin, one of the ableft Gravers of 
 Medals that France ever had ; Monfieur Balin, a 
 femous Goldfmith, of whom we have already 
 fpoken, this was he who invented thofe Curious 
 Ornaments where the Hiftory of the Old and 
 New Teltament are reprefented in Cartouches of 
 admirable Workmanfhip. Here is alfo the Tomb 
 of Mad amoifelle Silvejlre reprefented in Painting 
 on a Black Marble fixed to a Pillar behind the 
 Qujre, after Monfieur le Brims way. In the 
 leffer Chappels are to be feen feveral well esteem- 
 ed Pictures of le Sueur" s Work. 
 
 There is a Landskip in Perfpeftive done by 
 Francifque, worth feeing, in one o4 the Houfes 
 in the Cloifter. 
 In that great fpace of Ground which is between 
 
 tfee 
 
of PARIS. 
 
 the old Louvre and the Palace of the Tuilkries, 
 are many fair Houfes,among others 
 
 The Hotel de Crequi, in which lives the Ulu- 
 ftrious Marshal of that name. Its outfide makes 
 no great fliew, but within it is very wellfiinifhed : 
 above all the Stair-cafe extremely well defign'd. 
 In the Street of St. Thomas du Louvre is 
 
 Hotel de Epernon, which wants a whole wing of 
 Building. So much as is finifhed is of a very beau- 
 tiful defign, chiefly the Portal, of the lonicl^ Or- 
 der, as is all the reft of the Houfe, which wants a 
 Square or place before it, to give the more advan- 
 tagious view. The Apartments are convenient, 
 and the Garden pleafant tho it be inclofed on eve- 
 ry fide. You muft not forget to fee a Ceiling in one 
 of the Chambers, painted by M. Mignard, high- 
 ly efteemed. 
 
 In the Turn-again-Lmt near this place Hands 
 the Houfe of M.de Guitry, which is very handfom. 
 
 In the fame Street of St Thomas is alfo the 
 Hotel de Montaufier, formerly called the Hotel 
 pe fymboiiillet, heretofore the moft delightfqm 
 Seat of the Mufes, and which ftill ferves at this 
 day as a Retreat and Sandtuary to all ingenious 
 Perfons by the favourable protection they find 
 from the Duke of Montaufier formerly Governor 
 to Monfiegneurthe Dauphin. 
 
 Having thus fatisfied ones curiofity on the Sub- 
 jed: of the Louvre, in which many particulars 
 may be obferved which are not here mentioned to 
 avoid prolixity, let us begin our next Journey at 
 the neareft place which i* 
 
 The Hotel de L 
 
 ille formerly called the 
 
 The 
 
24 A New Befcription 
 
 The Quarter of St. Honore. 
 
 This Quarter begins at the fyie de St Denis, 
 where we may fee, in the firft place, a handfom 
 row of Houfes, built uniform with the fame Sy- 
 metry, at the Charges of the Canons of St. Ger- 
 main t Auxerrois, who raife out of 'em a con- 
 fiderable Revenue. This place hath been en- 
 larged upon the Church-yard of the holy Inno- 
 cents, which lies behind. The Charnel-houfes 
 which are built round that Church-yard,were built, 
 as reported, out of the Confifcate Goods of the 
 Jews when they were expelled Paris under the 
 Reign of Philip Au^uftus. In probability there 
 is not any one place in the whole World in which 
 more dead bodies are interred ; which caufed the 
 Spanijh Ambaffador who refided in Paris during 
 the League, to advife the Citizens at fuch time 
 when the Famine preffed them cruelly, to grind 
 the Bones of thedeadinthisChurch-yardtomake 
 Bread; but thisCounfel was not followed com- 
 ing from a drolling Spaniard: M. deMe%eray y fo 
 well known of the Learned for his delicate Hilto- 
 ry of France, is here Interred, You may fee in 
 this Place a Pyramid adorn'd with Bafs-releifs, 
 much efteemed, on the top of which is eredred 
 a Crofs, this was fet up in the laft Age during 
 the horrible Confufions of the League. There 
 is in the fame place a Skeleton of the Workman- 
 ihip of Permain Philon. Further on, is 
 
 The Crofs du Tirouer where, as it is faid, 
 Queen Grunehault was, by the Command of 
 Clot aire, drawn at the Tail of a Wild horfe. 
 
 But 
 
of PARIS. 
 
 But this is not well proved: and it is much difpu- 
 ted among the Hiftorians, whether this Queen 
 was the moft illuftrious, or the molt wicked of 
 her Age. For there are as many that fpeak well 
 ofher,asill. St. Gregory the Great, Pope; Gre^ 
 gory of Tours y For tun at us Biihop of Poitliers y 
 Paulus JEmtlius, du Tillet, the Birfiop of Meaux y 
 and Pafquier in his Enquiries of France, are all 
 full of her Encomiums. Thofe who condemn 
 her are Almoin , Gaguin, , Minifter-general 
 of the Mathurjm , Belle- For eft 5 du Hail- 
 lant, mdFigner, who fe Authorities are of great 
 force in Hiftory. So that it will be difficult to 
 affirm any thing positively of this great Princefs, 
 who has been more fpoken of than ever any 
 Queen of France hath been. Something lower 
 are 
 
 The Fathers of the Oratory, whofe houfe 
 ftands in the fame place where formerly was the 
 Hotel de Boncbages. Tho their Church is not 
 yet quite finifhed, it is however already extreme 
 handfom, and of a defign very Regular. They 
 have here on their great Altar a Tabernacle of a 
 magnifick fort of Architecture, the Pillars are of 
 an admirable Sicilian Marble. It is a Dome raifed 
 very high with four Porticoes, Supported with fix 
 Pillars of the compoiite order which ftand out 
 from the Work; the Ornaments of which are 
 perfedly well wrought, and the Proportions ex- 
 ad t. A great Fabrick after this Model might well 
 pleafe'the moft difficult Perrons in matters of 
 Architecture. ' The Cardinal de Berulle is Inter- 
 red in one of the Cha pels, where his Tomb may 
 be feen, and on it his reprefentation in white 
 Marble. He was their Founder, as all men know. 
 Thefe Fathers have a very handfom Library. The 
 
 C plao? 
 
16 A' New Defers ft ion 
 
 place in Truth is a little too dark ; but that does 
 not impair its value, in regard it contains a great 
 number of excellent Volumes both Printed and 
 Manufcript, among which are a good number of 
 Greeks and Arabians, given them by Monfieur 
 de Sancy, Ambaflador of France to the Porte. 
 Who during the time of his Embaffie made an 
 exa& fearch and colle&ion of fuch Greek Rarities 
 which had fcaped the Barbarity of the Turks Such 
 a Library as this could never be better difpofed 
 of than into the cuftody of thefe Fathers, there 
 being among them fome Perfons of moft 
 profound Learning, as appears by their Works, 
 fo much fought after and bought up by all Scho- 
 lars. One might mention here Father Cointe, 
 and Father Senault, both which have left the 
 World fuch excellent Writings, the one in Hifto- 
 ry, the other in Moral Philofophy ; Father Mai- 
 tranche who compofed the Enquiry of Truth ; 
 Father Thorn ajjin who wrote the Dijcipiine of 
 the Church in three Volumes in Folio ; Father 
 Dubois, who by order of Monfeigneur the Arch- 
 Bifhop, is now about the Ecdefiaitical Hiftory of 
 Paris. This Congregation hath alfo furniflied us 
 with the ableft Preachers, as Monfieur the Bifhop 
 of Agen, fo famous by the name of Father Map 
 car on, the Courfe of whofe Sermons were moft 
 cmphatical; Father le Boufi, and Father Hubert 
 who Preach'd a Lent at Ncftre-Dame to a mar- 
 vellous concourfe of People, and the laft year at 
 Court; not to mention Father Morin, and di- 
 vers other famous Preachers who lived not long 
 fince. 
 
 As you leave the Fathers of the Oratory, and 
 pa<s on along the Rye St. Honore, you ought to 
 yiGt 
 
 The 
 
of PARIS. z 7 
 
 The Palais Cardinal, which the People now 
 call the Valais-Hoyal, becaufe the King was here 
 Educated when young. The Hotel de Sillery 
 ftpod formerly in the little Court which is before 
 the Gate, which Cardinal J^ichlicu caufed to be 
 pulled down to give the better fight to the Palace, 
 he had then caufed to be built here after the def- 
 figns of the Sieur Mercier, who had been efteem- 
 ed a very able Architect, had he raifed his Build- 
 ings fomething higher; and that is the only fault 
 of this Palace, extremely convenient in all things 
 elfe. It is compofed of two fquare Courts, of 
 which the firft and leaft is compafled about with 
 Battlements, and the fecond is divided from the 
 Garden by a row of Arches which fupport an 
 open Gallery which reaches from one Wing to 
 the other, through thefe Arches, which are in- 
 clofed with Iron Grates you have a Profped: into 
 the Garden, which was form'd as it is by Mon- 
 fieur le Nojlre after the fame Model with the 
 Railleries. As for the Apartments they are all 
 moft beautiful and convenient, and all the Court 
 refided here a long time during the Regency. A- 
 boveall, we ought to fee the Gallery where Car- 
 dinal Hichlieu caufed to be painted all the famous 
 men of Prance, From the time of S tiger Abbot 
 of St. Dennis, down to the time of his Miniiiry : 
 Thatisinerfed the whole French Hiftory from 
 I Lewis the young, to the Reign of Lewis X1U. 
 Monfieur the Duke of Orleans dwells here at 
 prefent, tho the Houfe belongs to the King, to 
 whom Cardinal QicJlheu bequeathed it in his Will t 
 together with five hundred thoufand Crowns and 
 that Curious Suit of Tapiftry which is expofed 
 on the great Feaft ©f Corpus Chrifti. 
 
 You 
 
(%% ' A Neiis Defer iff kn 
 
 'You rmift not forget to fee the Cabinet of j 
 "Monfieur the Chevalier de Lor awe, where arcj 
 curious Pi&ures of thebeft Matters, it is near the 
 Garden which adds not a little to its beauty. 
 
 In a Hall belonging to this Palace is the Thea- 1 
 tre where they reprefcnt the Of era of famous; 
 M. de Lully, which draws to it continually a! 
 mighty concourfe of People lovers of Mufick. 
 No part of Europe yields more pleafing Objeds, 
 be it for the Dances, or for the Symphonic, or 
 in fine, for the Angularity of the Habits; but 
 that which is moft confiderable , is the wonder- 
 ful agreement of the French Mufick with the 
 - Italian, which was once thought a thing impoffi- 
 ble, and yet even in this M. de Ltdly hath been 
 mighty fuccefsful. Nor has the Age been un- 
 grateful to his extraordinary Parts, for he draws 
 a very great Revenue from the Reprefentations 
 of thefe Pieces. The Verfe is ordinarily compofed 
 by Monfieur Quinauh of the French Academy : 
 Monfieur Comeille the younger hath alfo made 
 fome things, and Belirophon is of his writing. 
 From hence you go to 
 
 The Hofpitai of the gtuin^e-Vivgts, which 
 St. Lewis caufed to be built in his time for 300 
 blind Gentlemen whom he brought with him out 
 of the Holy Land where they had loft their Eyes 
 in righting againft the Saracens. Over the Gate 
 of this Hofpitai there ftands a Statue of that Holy 
 King,which ( tho of ill Workmanfhip ) refembles 
 fifttf very much, as the Antiquaries pretend. 
 
 Further in the fame Street is St. Hgch the Parifh 
 Church for all this Quarter, in which there is a 
 very exquillte Crucifix wrought by Monfieur An- 
 guerre. 
 
 A 
 
of P A R I S 29 
 
 A little higher ftands the Convent of the Jaco- 
 bins, wherein is nothing very remarkable, unlete 
 it be the Library, which is one of the fined in 
 Paris. 
 
 After this you may take notice of the Portal 
 before the Houfe of MonReuv Pujfon Counfellor 
 of State, it is lately built, of the Ionick Order, 
 with an At tick over head, in which are the Arms 
 of the Owner. This is a fmall piece of Archi- 
 tecture, very well efteemed. The infide of the 
 Fabrick is handfom , efpeciatSp on that fide next 1 
 the Garden, which is very curious and pleafant. 
 Near this on the fame fide is 
 
 The Convent of Feiiiilans, Henry HI. firft ' 
 brought them out of Langucdoc, in number 
 fixty,with the bleffed fohn dc la Barriere, Author 
 of the Reform of St. Bernards Order. At ttrft 
 jthey were lodged at the Bois dc Vmcennes, till 
 this houfe which was building for 'em Ihould be 
 finifhed- The great Gate which fronts upon the 
 Hue Saint Honor e, is but newly built ; it iscom- 
 pofed of four Corinthian Pillars, that fupport a 
 Fronton on which are the Arms of Prance. The 
 firft Court which ferves as a Paruis ( or open 
 Place) b:forethe Church, is very well; and the 
 Building over the Gate where you enter is not- 
 ill contrived. The Portal of the Church is one of 
 the mod Regular of all Paris, and it was the 
 firft ElTay of Monfieur de Manfard. Here are 
 two Orders of Pillars, Ionick. and Corinthian^ 
 fluted and fet oft* with Ornaments. Within the 
 Church are fome Chappels handfom enough, 
 among others that of Monfieur the Marquefs of 
 Hoftamg, adorn'd almoft like that at St. Ger- 
 main /' Auxerrois, with Pillars and Bufts of 
 Marble. On one fide of the great Altar you may 
 C 3 fee 
 
%o A New Defer ipt ion 
 
 fee a Tomb after the ancient manner. It is of 1 
 white Marble, with a great Urn of the fame, cu~ 
 rioufly wrought ; tho it has no Epitaph, yet we ! 
 may conclude from the Arms in the fore part of 
 it, that it belongs to the Illuftrious Houfe of | 
 Rohan. The Quire behind the great Altar, 
 where the Religions Sing, is adorned with Pi- 
 ctures reprefenting the Principal Anions of our j 
 Saviours Life. 
 
 Thefe Fathers have very Magnirlck Ornaments 
 which with all their Plate aifo were given by fe- 
 deral Perfons of Quality. They have a Library., 
 not very numerous, but however there are in it 
 Very curious Pieces. In their Cloifter you will 
 find divers Paintings reprefenting the Life of 
 St. Bernard their Founder. Among thefe Reli- 
 gious there are fome famous Preachers. As the 
 Reverend Father Dom. Cofme, at prefent Bifliop ] 
 of Lombe%, the Reverend Father Hiercfme, ma 
 fome others. As yota go from hence you pafs 
 before the Capuchins, where there is nothing re- 
 markable, andfoonto 
 
 The Nuns of the Ajfumpion. Thefe Nuns 
 had their abode formerly in the Street called £{ue 
 de la mortellerie, where they were Hofpitai-Sifters 
 under the name of Haudrienes, their Houfe in 
 that place having been founded by one Stephen 
 Hatidry Efquire to the King St. Lewis, to Har* 
 bor, and they to ferve the poor and fick, as Hifto- 
 nans tell us. But being too much ftraitned for 
 Room in that ltreet they removed to this place, 
 where they changed their name as well as Situa- 
 tion. Of late years they have raifed here feveral 
 Noble buildings, efpecially their Church, which 
 is a Dome or Cufulo after the Roman manner, 
 very high ; the intide of which is adorned with 
 
 Corinthian 
 
of PARIS. ; r 
 
 Corinthian Palafters fupporting a Cornifh, over 
 . which is a Row of Windows, between which 
 hang certain pictures reprefenting the Life of the 
 Holy Virgin, well painted. Bat the Plafon ( or 
 Painting within the Ceiling ) of the Dome is that 
 which is mo ft remarkable, it was done by M. de 
 la Foffe, and reprefents the AfTumption, with the 
 Angels carrying and following the Bielled Virgin 
 into Heaven, all which is both for the boldnefs 
 of the painting, and the defign, the fineft: that 
 can be, and one of the mod finiuYd things of 
 Pans. The Nans Quire is very handfom, but 
 is di Sen It to fee, by reafon of the great Grate 
 that divides it from the Church, which. Grate is 
 no ill imitation of that at VaUde-Grace. As you 
 go out you ought to take -notice of the Portico 
 fupported by eight Corinthian Pillars, with a 
 Fronton and a Cornifh, the Carving Work of 
 which is not yet finifhed. 
 
 Ail this Building was defigned by M. Herard, 
 director of the Academy of Painters which the 
 King maintains at Ifyme. 
 
 Having feen thefe things you need to proceed 
 no further this way, there being nothing confi- 
 derable in the Fauxburgh of St. Honore\ unlefs 
 it be the Workhoufe of Monfieur Anguerre, 
 where you may fee fome works in Sculpture ; and 
 a young Garden or Nurfcry which in Spring time 
 has very curious Flowers. This laft belongs to 
 the King, who caufed it to be made here, from 
 hence to furnifli the Tuilleries with fuch Flowers 
 as are needful to fet of the Parterres, there is al- 
 fo in this place a great number of Orange-Trees y 
 well kept and preferved. 
 
 Over againft the Nunnery of the Aflumption 
 is the Hotel de Luxembourg, belonging to Mon- 
 C 4 fieur 
 
3 % A New Defiription 
 
 fieur the Marechal of Luxemburg^ who inhabits 
 here. The Garden is extreme pleafant. 
 
 Next to this are the Capuchin Nuns, founded 
 by Henry IV. in purfuance of the pious intenti- 
 on of Louife de Loraine, Widow of Henry III. 
 They live very aufterely. On one fide of their 
 Gate, a Fountain has been eredled on which are 
 thefe two Verfes of Monfieur de SanteiiiL 
 
 lot Loca Sacra inter pura eft qua labitur 
 Vnda, 
 
 Hanc non impuro, quifquis es, ore bibas. 
 
 Through Sacred Cells has this pure Wa- 
 ter pafs'd, 
 
 With lips as pure do thou this Water 
 tatt. 
 
 The Hotel of Vendome is near this, and takes 
 up a long Space in the Street. It was built by 
 the Duke of Vendome natural Son of Henry IV. 
 who always lived here. The infide is very beau- 
 tiful. The Front of the great Stair-cafe which is 
 of thedeffigne of M. Manfard, is adorn'd with 
 many Pillars which as you come in make a delK 
 cate (hew. The Garden is great but negledted 
 as is all the reft: of the Houfe. The Duke of Ven- 
 dome Governor of Provence, and Grandfon of 
 him above-mentioned r lives at prefent in the 
 Temple, with Monfieur the Grand Prior of 
 France, his Brother. 
 
 Having thus run through the Street of St. Ho- 
 nore, let us now enter upon the next Quarter 
 which is called la Butte St. I^och. 
 
 The 
 
of PARIS. 
 
 The Quarter ck la Butte St. Rock 
 
 To view this Quarter in Order, you fliould 
 begin at the fyte de Richelieu, where as foon as 
 you enter, you have on the right hand 
 
 The Palais Brion. 
 
 People give it that name becaufe the Duke of 
 AmvilleEavl of ' Brion, for fome time made his 
 abode here. This Building is part of the Palais 
 Royal, and was begun by the Cardinal of Riche- 
 lieu, who defigned it for his Library. But fome 
 years fince the King hath given it to two Acade- 
 mies, that of Painting, and that of Archite&ure. 
 The firft of thefe was eftablifhed by M.des Noyers r 
 under the direction of M, de Chambray Brother 
 of M. de Chant-Louf, from whofe pen we hav£ 
 feveral excellent pieces in print, among others, 
 The Parallel of the Ancient -and Modern Archi- 
 tecture, Palladio tranflated into French, (§c. 
 This Academy was re-etla.biifhed by Monfieur 
 the Qhancelier Srguier, after whofe death that 
 beautiful Catafalque at the Fathers of the Cu- 
 ratory, was ereAed to his Memory as to their 
 Prote&or. Monfieur Colbert fiicceeded him in 
 this Charge and in the affection he- bore them. 
 Every day here is expofed a naked man, which is 
 the Model by which the young Scholars deiign, 
 in order to attain from Nature her felf the great 
 C 5/ Art 
 
5 4 A New Defcription 
 
 Art of Painting, an Art that requires a mo(f affi- 
 duous Study. The great Hall where they meet 
 is full of abundance of Pictures done by the moft 
 able Mailers in the Academy, and of all thofe pie- 
 ces that have been won for Prizes, which are here 
 diftributed to raife emulation among the young 
 Artifts, , and of the Mafter-pieces of thofe who 
 have defired to be admitted into the Academy. 
 The Reprefentations and Bufts of feveral perfons 
 who have contributed to the eftablifhment of this 
 Academy are here alfo preferved. And in regard 
 Painting is not, the only thing here exercifed but 
 Sculpture alfo, they have got hither from I{ome 
 the models in Plaifter of the moft famous Statues 
 of Antiquity, as that of Flora, of Hercules in the 
 Palace of Farne^e, of Venus, of the two Wreft- 
 lers, and of feveral others. Here are alfo feveral 
 Bafs-reliefs, and Sculptures better than ordinary. 
 The names of thofe who are the prefent Members 
 of this Academy are 
 
 Monfieur le Br tin, Efcuyer, principal Painter to 
 the King, Chancellor and chief Re&or of the 
 Academy. 
 
 bettors.. 
 M. Anguier, Painter. 
 
 M. Girardon, Sculptor. * 
 
 AdjunEls to the ReBors. 
 
 M. deSe've, the Elder, P. 
 M. ies JardinS) S. 
 
 CounfeU 
 
of PARI S. ( iS 
 
 Counfeliors, Profejfors. 
 
 M. Beaubrttn, p. Profeflbr and Treafurer, 
 M. Buijler, S. 
 M. Mauperche, P. 
 M. Buiret, S. 
 M. Coy el, P, 
 
 Profejfors: 
 
 M. ^egnaudin, S. 
 M. Paillet, P. 
 M. de Se've, P. 
 M. Blanchard, P. 
 M. A /* F^, p. 
 M. le Hongre, S. 
 M. Coy^evaux, S, 
 M. Houajfe, P. 
 M. 7%, S. 
 M. Audran, P, 
 M. Jouvenet, P. 
 M. Montaigne, P. 
 
 Adjimtls to the Profejfors , 
 
 M. Corneille the Elder, P. 
 
 M. S. 
 
 M. Monier, P. 
 
 M. MzjfK S. 
 
 M. Verdicr, p. 
 
 M. Licherye, P. 
 
 M. de Mameur,.V, 
 
 Profef- 
 
A New Defcriftion 
 
 Profejfirs in Geometry, Perfpe&ive,andAnatomy. 
 
 M. Leclerc, Engraver, Profcflbf in Geometry,, 
 
 and Perfpedtive. 
 M. Priquet, P. Profeflbr r in Anatomy. 
 
 M. Kpuffelet, Graver. 
 M. Tvart, P. 
 M. Tortebat. P. 
 M. Habon, P. 
 M. Silveftre, G. 
 }A, Edelincl^, G. 
 M. Baptifte Monqye f P. 
 M. Herault, P. 
 M. Vandermeulin, P.< 
 M. Audran, G, 
 M. Guerin. Secretary. 
 M. de S. Georges, Hiftoriogapher. 
 M. Joblo, Afliftant to the Profeflbr in Geo- 
 metry. 
 M. le Maire, P» 
 M. Vleugels, P. 
 M. Valet, G. 
 
 M. Prcard, GJ / 
 M. Huilliot, P. 
 M. Genoelle, P. 
 M. Legros, S. 
 M. Mainer, S. 
 M. Vignon, P. 
 M. Madeline, S. 
 M. Hallzer, P. 
 M. Gamier, P. 
 M. Bourguignon, P. 
 
 Counjellors. 
 
 M. Mignard, P. 
 
 M. La!emam { 
 
of P A R I & 
 
 M. Lalemant, P. 
 M. Cotelle, P. 
 M« Armando P; 
 M. Baudet, G. 
 M. .Nocrtf, P. 
 M. de Trois, P« 
 M. Comeille, P. 
 M. Bonnemer, P. 
 $4. Fdcus, P. 
 M. T/ger, P. 
 M. Lambert, P. 
 M. /<? Co>wft?, S. 
 
 M. & Fredemontagne, P. 
 
 M. Leftingola, S. 
 
 M. Natie, P. 
 
 M. C/tfrow, P. 
 
 M. Parojfel, S- 
 
 M. & /4 M*r<? Hichard, ft 
 
 M. Boulogne, P. 
 
 M. Allegreiriy P. 
 
 M. Lm>, G. 
 
 M. M#w, a 
 
 M. Manier, $. 
 
 M. FUmandy S. 
 
 M. Vancleve> S. 
 
 M. Vanbecq. P. 
 
 M. i^ow, P. 
 
 M. Bew/fe, P. 
 
 M. Corwz/, S. 
 
 M. Boulongne, the younger, ft 
 
 M. feB/wi, P. 
 
 M. Tw/f /«, P. 
 
 M. C^e/, P. 
 
 M. Bt?wo//*, P. 
 
 M. Arnoul, P. 
 
 M. G/'iM, G. 
 
3 8 A New Defer if t ion 
 
 M. Perfon, P. 
 M. Alexandre, P« 
 M. Prou, S. 
 M. Carre, P. 
 M. ffo/tf , P. 
 
 M. Lemoine, P. Decorator. 
 
 In a lower Gallery they keep a many Buftsand 
 ancient Statues which the King hath fent for out 
 of Italy. There is a very confiderable number 
 ©f them which are placed in Ranks one degree 
 higher than another as in an Amphitheater ; in 
 which place there ftands alfo a Model in Plaifter 
 of that beautiful Pillar which the Roman Senate 
 Confecratedto the MenTory of the Emperor Tr a- 
 jan, which is the beft Monument that remains 
 of the ancient Grandeur of Rome : by this we 
 may fee the Perfection t© which the Ancients had 
 brought the Art of designing. The King caufed 
 this Model to be made at a very great expence : 
 It hath coft near two hundred thoufand Franks. 
 Francis I. had made the fame thing with a defign 
 to have raifed fuch another Pillar at Fontaineh/eau; 
 but Death preventing,' the Stones lay by neglect- 
 ed, and were after made ufe of to build a {table. 
 M. Felibien hath the care and overflight of thefe 
 things, to place them in their proper ftations. 
 No man underftands thefe matters better than 
 himfelf, as appears fufficiently by his Works. We 
 fhall (ay in its proper place how much the Learn- 
 ed are obliged to him for thofe Books with which 
 he has enriclVd the Publick, as his Dictionary of 
 the Arts ; his lives of the Painter, which he has 
 publifhed in four Volumes, perfectly well writ, 
 befides which we have hardly any thing on that 
 Subject in bur Language : with feveral other pieces 
 on divers fubje&s of Archi- texture and Painting. 
 
/PARIS. 59 
 
 The other Academy eftablifhed in this Palais 
 tirion is that of Architecture, which takes up all 
 the Apartments at the further end of the Court. 
 This Academy the King ere&ed in the yean 671. 
 and placed it under the Authority of the Super- 
 intendant of the Buildings, of which the illuftri- 
 ous Monfieur Blondel is the Dire&or. Who had 
 the honour to teach the Mathematicks to the 
 Dauphin, of whom we fliall fpeak more at large 
 when we come to treat of his Cabinet It is he 
 alfo who makes the publick Ledtures of Archi- 
 tecture in this place. The Hall where the Mem- 
 bers of this Academy aflemble is adorned with 
 curious defigns, and one may eafily diftinguifli 
 from the reft, the Model which the Chevalier 
 Bernin made of the Louvre when the King fent 
 for him from Rome on this account. 
 
 In the middle of the Court is placed a Horfe 
 of Brafs a little bigger than the life. This the 
 King caufed to be brought from Nancy. It ftands 
 ,upon a Pedeftal, and remains here till it be re- 
 moved to fome place where it may be more ex- 
 gofed to publick View. 
 
 When you go from hence you ought to vifit 
 the Houfe of Monfieur de la Foffe, who dwells 
 crofs the way : here you may fee feveral Pieces of 
 Painting in his way, much efteemed. 
 
 Obferve as you go that the Riie de Richelieu 
 for the length, and for the beauty of the Houfe, 
 which are all built in a ftrait Line, is one of the 
 molt beautiful and regular Streets of Paris. It 
 takes its name from the great Cardinal de Riche- 
 lieu, who during his Miniftry, caufed it to be 
 considerably enlarged, and the Gate to be made 
 at the end which leads out of Town on the fide 
 next Monmartre. In the fame Street theft 
 
 Verfes 
 
4o ' A New Defcripion 
 
 Verfes of M. de Santeiiil, are engraved on a 
 Fountain. 
 
 quondam tenuit Magnum Moderamen aqua* 
 rum, 
 
 Richelius, Fonti flauderet iffe novo, 1674. 
 
 The Sea did once fubmit to ]{ichlieu*$ 
 will, 
 
 This Fountain's part o'tfr mighty Em- 
 pire ftill. 1674. 
 
 As you go forward you come to the houfe of 
 M. Mignard, who has by him many Curiofities. 
 From thence you go to 
 
 The Hotel de Jdr% y fo called from a Com- 
 mander of Malta, who bought the Ground of 
 the Abbot of St. ViRor, and built it. It is one 
 of the beft Works of Monfieur. Manfard for de- 
 fign. 
 
 The Gate is a curious piece, and the Stair-cafe 
 is very light, and confequently pleafant : The 
 Apartments are large and high. But to fay the 
 Truth, they are not fo convenient as beautiful.. 
 On the Garden fide are contrived two fmall Ca^ 
 binets (orClofets) fupported with Pillars with 
 much Art and Induftry, but they are two fmall 
 for the bignefs of the Pillars which fupport them. 
 
 Adjoyning to this is the Hotel de Louvois : 
 there are many things to be taken notice of in 
 this houfe, but more efpecially the Stair-cafe, and 
 the Room of Audience. As for the Apartments 
 they are contrived to the beft advantage, and na 
 man can defire better Furniture than is feen here. 
 
 Rich 
 
of P A R I S. 41 
 
 Rich Tapiftry, Branches for Candles, Tables, 
 Looking-glafTes of Silver, Embroidered Beds, and 
 in fine, all that can contribute to magnificence 
 and neatnefs, may be here feen, every thing in its 
 proper place. The face of the Balding on the 
 Garden fide, and that next the Coiirt correfpond 
 and are both of a curious Symetry. You mud 
 notnegle&to obferveas you pafs, the Locks on 
 the doors, which are very finely wrought, and 
 kept with fuch care that they fhew like Silver. 
 
 Over againft this Hotel is a long Gallery, in 
 which was formerly kept the Library of Cardinal 
 Mazarine, at prefent in the College of the four 
 Nations. The Stable was underneath. The Duke 
 of Never s ufes the Chambers that are at the end, 
 where you may fee fome Ceiling pieces well 
 Painted. Of late this Gallery hath been broken 
 through, to make room for a new ftreet that 
 runs crofs from the Rjie Vivien to the Hue de 
 HichelieUy to which they have given the name of 
 Monfieur Colbert, 
 
 At the. further end of die I{ue de Richelieu you 
 come into the Street of S.Auguftinfo called from 
 the Religious men of that Saints Order, other- 
 wife called les -petit s Peres ( the little Fathers ) 
 whofe houfe ftands at the end and takes up part 
 of this Street. 
 
 In this Street are many very fair houfes. About 
 three or four years fince the Sieur Dottilly Receiver 
 of the Generalty of Poitiers , built one over againft 
 the Nuns of S. Tnomas, on which he hath laid out 
 one hundred thoufand Crowns : there is nothing 
 wanting but a little more Room,but it was impoHi- 
 ble to have allotted more to the Wor,k, it being 
 fliut up between the Petit s-peres y and the Jfyie 
 Vivien. Other wife all is handfom. The Stair- 
 cafe 
 
4^ A New Defcription 
 
 cafe is very light and large, and the Gate contri- 
 ved after the manner of a Vault is very well pro- 
 portioned ; I fay nothing of the Moveables, for 
 one may well conclude that a houfe which appears, 
 fo well without, wants for no Furniture, and 
 that the beauty within is equal to that on the out- 
 fide. 
 
 In the fame Street ftandsthe Hotel de Gra- 
 mont. This Houfe hath for a long time been 
 juftly efteemed one of the faireft of Parts. It 
 did once belong to the Sieur Monerot, who fpa- 
 red no Coft to make it Glorious. And it frill 
 preferves its Beauty, for its Furniture is mod 
 magt>ificent,fince it came to the Duke oiGramont. 
 It looks towards Montmartre which renders its 
 fituation extreme pleafant. 
 
 Near this is the Hotel de Grance\ not all out 
 fo magnificent, but very commodious and plea- 
 fant, becaufe of its Garden which is one of the 
 neateft of Paris^ the abode of the Marcfchal of 
 that name. This Hotel did once belong to the 
 Sieur Ihevenin, who was a very curious per- 
 fon. 
 
 Not far from hence is the Houfe of St, Ootte- 
 Blanche. Here was formerly a very good Libra- 
 ry: and it was once adorned with very good Fur- 
 niture and curious Pidfcures, but its Matter" 
 having changed his Fortune, all thefe things are 
 now difperfcd. 
 
 The Houfe of M. Fremont, andfeveral others 
 that look upon the Fields, arenotunpleafant. 
 
 The Houfe of M. de Bois-Franc, Intendant of 
 the Duke of Orleans, which is on the other fide 
 of the Street, is one of the molt finiflied things 
 that can be feen. The face of the Building next 
 the Court is extreme regular, fetoff with a kind 
 
 of 
 
of PARIS. 4; 
 
 of Portico whofe Pillars are of the IonicJ^ Order, 
 with Vafes on the top done about with Feftons 
 and other Ornaments, all which give yon a plea- 
 fing obje& as you enter. Round about the Court 
 are Bufts of Emperors placed between the Arches 
 that fupport the Building. The Stair-cafe is very 
 fpacious,with a Baluftrade of Wood painted like 
 white Marble, and wrought with a great deal of 
 defign. The Baf-reliefs on the Doors of the fe- 
 veral Apartments, tho they be but of flaifter, 
 are notwithftanding very Ornamental. There is 
 alfo in this Houfe a Cabinet f or Clofet ) of very 
 choice Books. As you go out you ought to ob- 
 ferve the great Gate which is extremely well con- 
 trived on a very odd fort of a Foundation. 
 
 The Rue Vivien. 
 
 In this Street are feveral great Houfes. That 
 where dwells Monfieur Defmarais^ Intendant of 
 the Finances, and Nephew of Monfieur Colbert, 
 deferves to be viewed : but above all 
 
 The Kings Calinet. 
 
 The Houfe wherein this is kept hath but a very 
 ordinary appearance ; and one would hardly be- 
 lieve by the outfide, that it contains within fo 
 many curious things. 
 
 Firft, here is kept the Kings Library, which 
 was heretofore at Fontainbleau^ which Charles V. 
 began, and which has been fince much augment- 
 ed by Francis I. and Catherine de Medicis. 
 
 But 
 
44 New Defcripiion 
 
 But of late years it hath been made much more 
 numerous, in regard that at prefent here are 
 more than fifty thoufand Volumes, among which 
 are twelve, or fifteen thoufand Manufcripts in He- 
 brew, Greek, Arabick, Syriack, Latin, French, 
 and almoft all Languages. As for printed Books, 
 there is no rare piece that can be heard of, but 
 you may find here a Copy. Here are feveral very 
 ancient Manufcripts of St. Cyprian, which Cathe- 
 rine de fAedicis brought with her, as alfo divers 
 other very fcarce Books, out of the famous Li- 
 brary of Laurence de Medicis. There are alfo 
 fome pieces of the Hiitory of France, which 
 kave been Colle&ed very particularly and are 
 kept here with great care. The Duke of Bethwie r 
 hathcompofed a confiderable number touching 
 the moft important Negotiations which have 
 been from the time of Francis I. to the Mini- 
 ftry of Cardinal de Richelieu. All thefe Volumes 
 are curioufly bound in Turkic-Leather of a 
 Flame- colour, gilt, and the Kings Arms on the 
 Covers. Books of Prints have here alfo their . 
 proper places, of which there are here feveral 
 great Volumes Colleded by Monfieur the Abbot 
 Marolles, the moft curious perfon of his time, 
 in thefe matters. The feveral Matters are pla- 
 ced in feveral Shelves, the Italians, Flemings ■ , 
 the Dutch, and the French, fo that without 
 much trouble one may ob r erve their peculiar 
 ways and fancies, and how thefe great Matters 
 arrived to perfection in the Art of Painting, by 
 different Roads. - Here are alfo feveral Ancient 
 Volumes of Limnings or Miniatures, well and 
 carefully preferved, in which one may remarque 
 the Angularity of the Habits of our Anceftors, 
 and their odd fancies in defigning ; but the moft 
 
 beautifol 
 
/PARIS. 45 
 
 beautiful things of this kind are certain Collecti- 
 ons of Animals and Plants, de/ign'd upon Vellum, 
 after the life, by Monfieur Robert, who hath la- 
 boured a long time to render this Work com- 
 pleat as we now fee it. Here you may fee a 
 very great Volume in Folio, containing all forts 
 of Sea-Fifh, this the States of Holland prefented 
 to Cardinal Mazarine, after a good Office re- 
 ceived from that Miniiter, in a long Negotiation; 
 -and after his death it was placed in this Cabinet. 
 In fine you may view in this Library whatfoever 
 Book you can defire uj:on any Subjedh Monfieur 
 the Prior of Nogent, Son to Monfieur Colbert, 
 is the Library keeper, M. Car cavils Keeper un- 
 der him, and M.Clement hath under him the care 
 of placing the Books, and keeping the Cata- 
 logue. 
 
 Books are not the only Curiofity to be feen in 
 this place. The Medals here are one of the molt 
 considerable Treafures. Here are of all forts, 
 Ancient and Modern, no lefs than twenty thou- 
 fand. Certainly there is not in all Italy a more 
 confiderable Collection, They are placed accor- 
 ding to the order of time in little Cabinets of 
 Cedar, whofe Drawers are gilt and Titled neatly; 
 The fequel of the latter Greek Empire is fo 
 compleat, that the Learned M. du Cange hath 
 compofed from hence the laft Volume of his Bi- 
 gamine Hittory. As for the Moderns here are 
 all that can be met with not only of Popes,Kings, 
 Princes of Grmany and Italy, but of every other 
 Nation, even the very Jettons (or Counters ) 
 which remarque any particular event of Hill ory 
 are here preferred. Here are alfo a great number 
 of ancient Agates, among others one reprefent- 
 ing Conjiantme the Great Crowned with LawreJ, 
 
 extremely 
 
46 A New Defcription 
 
 extremely rare for its variety of Colours, and for 
 its bignefs, befides that it was wrought in the time 
 of that Emperour as all Antiquaries agree. Alfo 
 feveral others reprefenting divers matters. 
 
 But one of the greateft and moft lingular Rari- 
 ties ©f this Cabinet, in the Judgment of all men, 
 is the Tomb of Qhilderic the fourth King of 
 France, who lived in the year 45 8. and was the 
 immediate Predeceflbr of Clouts. This Monu- 
 ment was difcovered at Tournay in the year 1653. 
 As certain Workmen were digging near the Ca- 
 thedral Church in an old Burial-place in order to 
 lay a Foundation for a Sacrifty ; they firft difco- 
 vered the skeliton of a Horfes Head, and after 
 that near the fame place a long Stone in nature 
 of a Tomb, which Stone the Workmen were 
 fain to break before they could remove it ; 
 But they were furpriled to find under it the 
 Bones of a Man all lying in their natural and pro- 
 per lituation. Curiolity urging them to exa- 
 mine this difcovery ftill further,they found among 
 the Bones a good quantity of Greek Medals of 
 Gold, of the latter Empire, with a great num- 
 ber of Flies of the fame metal, with their wings 
 half open, and enamelled with Cornelian. The 
 noife of this fpread over the Town immediately, 
 and the Canons of the Cathedral Church came 
 to the place to conlider what thefe things might 
 difcover. In fine, they ftill found further a 
 kind of Clafp, a great Buckle, and an Oxes head 
 qf Gold alfo,which laft was apparently the repre- 
 sentation of that Divinity which they at that time 
 Worlhiped. There was falfo a Sword garnifhed 
 with the fame metal. But that which effectually 
 difcovered this to be the Tomb of King Qhilde* 
 ric 7 was a Seal-Ring of Gold, on which was cut a 
 
ef PARIS. 47 
 
 head, with thefe words about it, Sigillum QhiU 
 -deriei Regis. We need not fay that there was 
 alfo certain Table-books, with their needle or 
 pen, of gold, the Iron head of a Battle-axe almoft 
 confumed with ruft, with a Ball ot Chriftal folid 
 and round like an egg which ferved in his Sicknefs 
 to cool his mouth, or for fome other ufe accor- 
 ding to the Cuftom of that age, now unknown. 
 AH thefe things were colle&ed together with a 
 great deal of care. And the Arch-Duke who 
 was then Governor of the Low-Countries, defi- 
 ring to have this precious Monument for his own 
 Cabinet, the Canons of Hurney could not refufe 
 him ; but that Prince dying, it came to the Em- 
 perours poffeffion. After this the Eledtor of 
 Cologne^ who had ufed his utmoft endeavours to 
 obtain it from the Arch-Duke in his life-time, 
 made now the fame requefts to the Emperour, 
 who fent him the Monument as foon as he defired. 
 This the Elector prefented to the King, who 
 caufed it to be placed in his own Cabinet, where 
 it is now preferved as an evidence of the high An- 
 tiquity of the French Monarchy,and the original 
 of the Flowers-de-Lis, contrary to what Chiflet 
 hath writ in his Book called Anaftajis Childerici> 
 to which Book Monfieur deSt.Amant hath ex- 
 tremely well anfwered and made it apparent 
 that thofe things which they found in the Tomb 
 like Flies, were indeed Flower s-de-JLis y and not 
 Bees, as that Author imagines. 
 
 Under M. Carcavi, abovementioned, M. VaiU 
 lant is employed in keeping the Medals, who 
 hath been feveral times in the Levant, to make 
 Colled ions of fuch things. He publifhed in La- 
 tin not many years fince a Hiftory of the King- 
 dom of the Selcucides, collected from the Medals 
 
 in 
 
48 A New Defcriftion 
 
 in this Cabinet, in which he has difcovered his pro- 
 found knowledge in this Science, and hath at the 
 fame time been mighty ferviceable to the Learned 
 in explaining many things, which they would 
 hardly have understood perfectly without his 
 help. 
 
 Here you may fee alfo over the Chimny feveral 
 other Antiquities, as Lacrimatories, fuch as the 
 Ancients ufed to gather the tears in of thofe that 
 wept at Funerals and then place 'em in the 
 Tombs; Lamps; little Idols, and abundance of 
 fuch like things. 
 
 The Academy of Sciences , meet in this houfe ; 
 for whofe ufe the King caufed the Obfervatory to 
 be built. The Learned Men who compofe this 
 Academy, labour continually for new Difcoveries 
 in Natural Philofopby and the Mathematicks, 
 who being perfons of extraordinary Science, the 
 Reader will not be difpleafed to fee their names, 
 and they are 
 
 M. Duclos, Phyfician. 
 
 M. Carcavi, Mathematitiaa. 
 
 M. Huguens, M. 
 
 M. Blonde I, M. 
 
 M. Perault, P. 
 
 M. du Hamel, Secretary to the Academy. 
 
 M. The Abbot Gallois, M. 
 
 M. Mariotte, M. 
 
 M. CalTm, M. 
 
 M. du Vernay, P. 
 
 M. Hour de tin, Chymift. 
 
 M. Dodart, P. 
 
 M. Boretlz, M. 
 
 M. de la Hire, M. 
 
 M. Pothenot., M, 
 
 M. Sedilcattf 
 
of PARIS. 49 
 
 M. Sedileau, M. 
 
 M. The Abbot de Lanion, M. 
 
 M. Couplet^ M. 
 
 The Names of thofe Members who are de- 
 ceafed fince 1666. About which time this Aca- 
 demy was firft eftablifhed by Monfieur Colbert, 
 at the Solicitation of M. Duclos, and M. the Ab* 
 bot of Bombay, are 
 
 M. de la Chdrnbre, P. 
 
 M. Frenicle, M. 
 
 M. Pequet, P. 
 
 M. fyberval, P. 
 
 M. The Abbot Picard, M. 
 
 M. Gaier, P. 
 
 M. Marchandy P. 
 
 In their Hall is a great Burning-glafsj which 
 does wonderful effe&s when expofed to the Sun ; 
 in a Cabinet near this they have a Momie brought 
 from Egypt , but of late they have not ftiewn it, it 
 being broke. All their Rooms are filled with Books, 
 every Author being obliged to give a Copy here, 
 to obtain his Priviledge, which makes the Number 
 augment daily. 
 
 Tfae Rue des Petits Champs. 
 
 From the I{ue Vivien of which we have been 
 treating, let us now turn to the Hue dej petits 
 Champs which lies at the end of the other. The 
 firft thing which we find remarkable in this Street 
 as you enter from the Rue St. Honor e\ is 
 
 D 
 
 The 
 
JO A New Defer ip ion 
 
 The Hotel de la Vrillicre, the abode of Mon- 
 fieur de la Vrilliere de Chateau-Neuf, one of the 
 four Secretaries of State. This Hotel is one of 
 the faireit of Paris, and beft expofed to view, ; 
 by reafon it fronts full upon the %iie des FoJJe%. 
 The Portal is fupported with Pillars of the Dorick 
 Order, with two great Statues upon Pedeftals 
 •above. The forepart of the houfe is in manner 
 pf a Terrafe, and joyns the two Wings. The 
 Courtis exadtly fquare; and the outfide of the. 
 Buildings hath all the Beauty that can be defired, 
 the Ornaments being diltributed with exceeding j 
 juft and regular proportion. For the Apartments ! 
 befide their Gilding and Sculpture, they are adornr- 
 ed with moft magnifick Furniture, among other 
 things one may there fee a Suit of Tapiftry repre- 
 fenting the twelve Months of the year, of a moft 
 lingular defign. The Gallery is full of excellent 
 pi&ures, of the ableft Maiters. There is one ! 
 piece of BaJJan highly elteemed, and admired by 
 all the Curious. This Beautiful Houfe is the De- j 
 fign of Francis Manfard. Almoft crofs the way j 
 is 
 
 The Hotel de Emery, in which Monfieur Foh- 
 quet dwelt for fome time, and after him Monfieur 
 the Marefchal de Turemie : It is one of the moft ! 
 capacious houfes that you can meet with. M. Per-\ 
 YAult Controller of the Buildings ufes one part 
 of it, which he has fitted up extreme neatly. Af-I 
 ter this you come to 
 
 The Hotel de Ceneterre, which hath this pe-i 
 cuiLir, that it is encompafled on all fides with 
 Streets. It is vaft and Commodious, and the 
 Garden extream pretty. The Sieur le Fevre of 
 Orleans was the Architect that built it. The;' 
 Furniture is Magnifick. Going ftill forward in! 
 stee fame ftreet you come to The!, 
 
of P A R I S. 51 
 
 The Hotel Colbert, where dwelt the deceafed 
 Monfieur Colbert Minifter and Secretary of State, 
 and Controller general of the Finances ( or Reve- 
 nue. ) There appears in this Fabrick much re- 
 gularity with an excellent Guft and very peculiar. 
 The Court is fquare, and the Buildings about it 
 of fuch a neat contrivance that you can hardly 
 meet with the like elfewhere. The Apartments 
 are difpofed with wonderful Judgment. But 
 that which is molt obfervable is the Portal on the 
 Court-fide, which is formed Vault-falhion ex- 
 treme skilfully, with the Kings Buft in the far- 
 ther part of it, of Chevalier Bermm's hand.This 
 piece of Work is in its kind one of the beft per- 
 formed and handfomeft things that can be feen. 
 The Library is none of the leaft confiderable Or- 
 naments of this Hotel, it is one of the faireft that 
 we have at prefent, for the number of Books, 
 but chiefly for the very confiderable Manufcripts 
 which are not to be met with elfe where. Among 
 others there is a very Ancient Bible, of the time 
 of the Emperor Charles the Bald, with a great 
 many Volumes of Negotiations in the time of 
 Monfieur the Cardinal Mazarine, which take up 
 all that end of the Gallery next the Houfe, Mon- 
 fieur the Abbot Balu^e is the Library-keeper, 
 which Learned Perfon is fo well known through 
 all Europe that it is needlefs to fay any thing here 
 in his commendation. He hath publiflied feveral 
 Works which fufficiently difcover his profound 
 knowledge, among others Capitularia Regum 
 Fancorum in three Volumes in Folio; certain 
 Learned DiiTertations on feveral contefted Sub* 
 je&s, and in fine, fome Pieces which time had 
 concealed, and which with great Study and pains 
 he daily brings to light under the Title of Mif> 
 
fh A £$14 Defcription K 
 
 cei/anea i to which he prefixes proper Prefaces, by 
 which we are acquainted with the Lives and Me- 
 rit* of die -Authors. Moft part of thefe excellent 
 things he draws from the Manuscripts of this Li- 
 brary. On one fide of this Houfe lies 
 
 The Hotel de Boiiillm U Marq. Of late 
 this is joyned to the Hotel Colbert, aixi as it 
 now re-built it is much more commodious and 
 neat than formerly. 
 
 The Houfe or M. de.Menars Mafter of Re- 
 quefts in the Generality of Paris, is in the fame 
 Row nextthe I$iie du Mail. You may here fee 
 the famous Library of the Meffieurs de Thou. The 
 Name of thofe Illuftrious Perfons to whom it 
 hath belonged, cannot but raife our efteem and 
 curiofity for fuch a Colle&ion, and by the print- 
 ed Catalogue we may eafily perceive the number 
 md rarity of the Books. M, guefnel who hath 
 the care of them, hath placed them in the exa£t- 
 eft order that can be defired, and this Library 
 hath loft nothing of the Beauty and Reputation 
 which it formerly had when it belonged to Me/- 
 fieurs de Tlwu, which makes us hope that it may 
 alfo e rc long be publick as it wasformerly. Re- 
 turning again from the I{ue de petit s-Qhamps, 
 you go to 
 
 The Palais Ma^arin. There is no place in 
 Paris \ 'here you will meet with more Curiofities. 
 or fee richer Furniture than in this Palace. The 
 front of the Building on that fide next the Court 
 is of Brick and Free-Stone, with two Statues of 
 white Marble, which ihew curioufly as you enter. 
 The Stair-cafe on the right hand leads to the A- 
 partments, compofed of many Chambers whofe 
 Oielings are adorned with Gilding and Piflures 
 of the beft Matters of the Age: As for the Fur- i 
 
 niture* 
 
of PARIS. 11 
 
 niture, it is in all the Rooms Magnific , and it 
 is continually changed with the Seafon of the 
 year ; In one of the Chambers, all the Gold- 
 finiths Work, .as a great Branch for lights, the 
 Chenets, and feveral other things, were all de- 
 fign'd by the famous Cavalier Bernini, which is 
 infinitely moreefteemed by the curious than the 
 Metal of which they are wrought After you 
 have gone through feveral Chambers on the feme 
 floor, hung with rich Tapiftry fceightned with' 
 Gold and Silver, you are brought into a Gallery 
 filled on each fide with Cabinets adorned with 
 precious Stones, and Chizil-work in Gold and 
 Silver, placed upon Tables of Marble or inlaid 
 Stone. You fee there aifo Vafes of Ja ( vcr and 
 Aiab 'afte r of feveral fizes, with little Statues in 
 Bra's of delicate Workmanfhip. The floor of 
 this Gallery is covered with a Turky-work Carpet 
 afl of one piece, and of an extraordinary length. 
 The Apartments belowStairs are no lefs magnific 
 than thofe above. All the Rooms are full of 
 Germain Cabinets^ and China, with Trunks of 
 Japan, wonderfully light and fweet : betides this 
 here are abundance of Marble Statues brought 
 out of Italy with extraordinary Colt. In one of 
 thefe Rooms you may fee on a Table, a fmail 
 Figure of the fame Piece ; it is about half a foot 
 high and reprefents a Cibelle holding a Book in 
 her hand, this is mightily efteemed. In another 
 Room near this are feveral great Tables of Por- 
 phyry and Marble ; the Lower-Gallery and the 
 Hall through which you pafs to it, are alfo full of 
 Bufts and ancient Statues. This Galery is of the 
 lame length with that of which I have already 
 fpoke. In fine, no one place can fhew us toge- 
 ther fo great variety of curious things 5 Clocks, 
 D 3 Pendu- 
 
<?4v <d ffitffr Defcription 
 
 Pendulums-ef an extraordinary nature, Statues of 
 Silver, and Silver gilt, with Vafes of the fame, 
 and all thefe things very numerous. On Corpus 
 Chnfti Day fome of the Rich Tapiftry belonging 
 i® this Hotel is expofed to publick View, of which 
 there is enough to hang a whole ftreet. 
 
 Before the Gate they place the rich HouJfes y ( or 
 Trappings ) embroidered with Gold and Silver, 
 which Cardinal Mazarine caufed to be made a- 
 gainlt the Cerimonies of the Kings Marriage; 
 they are furprifingly magnificent. Thofe belong- 
 ing to the Mules and Led-Horfes are embroidered 
 npon red Velvet, with the Arms of the Cardinal 
 in the middle, and feveral devices in the corners, 
 with other Ornaments To conclude, one cannot 
 exprefe all the ric v h and brave things that are in 
 this Magnirick Palace. 
 
 Further on, is, li>e Houfi of Mohjleur de Saint 
 Pouarge, which belongs at prefent to Monfieur 
 de Bcchumd M^rquefs of NointeL This Houfe 
 is very well Built ; the infide is extraordinary neat, 
 and fo is the Garden and Stair cafe, which laft are 
 reckoned among the bed of Paris. But that 
 which is chiefly to be obfer/ed, is the excellent 
 piece of Perfpe&ive Painted by the Sieur ItyuJftdH 
 on one of the Court- Walls y it is in its kind the 
 beft of the Kingdom, and one cannot meet with 
 any thing more pleafing to the Eye than that 
 magnirick Archite&ure which is there reprefent- 
 cd. You comfc next to 
 
 The Hotel de Lionne, which the late Monfieur 
 de Lionne, Marqucfs of Berni, and Secretary of 
 State, built from the Ground, for which he em- 
 ployed the Sieur de Veau the Kings Architect. 
 Monfieur the Marefchal de Villeroy , and the 
 Duke., his Son, dwell here at prefent The out- 
 fide 
 
of PARIS. 55 
 
 fide of this Hotel is of a very handfom . contri- 
 vance, fet off with the Ornaments of Archite- 
 cture. The inward parts are extreme commodi- 
 ous, and the Garden -whikh lies behind is very ad- 
 vantagious to its graceful View. There was a 
 deiign of building a Library here, but the Ma- 
 ilers death arriving too foon, put a ftop to the 
 performance. 
 
 Near this is a great Hou r e newly built at the 
 very corner of the Rue St. An ne, belonging 
 to Moniieur de Grand-Maifon, heretofore Trea- 
 furer of the Extraordinaries of War, who hath 
 fpared nocoftto make itfo beautiful as it is. 
 
 Almoft exaflly crofs the Way is the Houfe 
 of theSieur Bapcift de Lull) of whom we fpokc 
 when we treated of the Opera y this Houfe is ador- 
 ned on the outfide with great Corinthian Pilafters. 
 
 In the Rue Saint e Anne 
 
 Is the Houfe called les novelles Converties % 
 (or New Converts} built about tenor twelve 
 years ago, with the Alms of feveral Perfons of 
 Quality, among others, the fanaous Monfieur 
 de Turenne, for the Habitation t)f thofe Families 
 who fhould embrace our Religion. Their Church 
 is but fmall, and there is nothing curious in it to 
 obferve. 
 
 The Convent des Petits-Peres ftands in this 
 quarter, at the further end of the Riie Sainte 
 Auguflin. King Lewis XIIL was the Founder, 
 and left 'em wherewithal to begin the Fabrick of 
 their Church which is not yet finiflied. There 
 is nothing obfervable in their houfe. On the 
 
 D 4 Foun- 
 
56 A New Defeription 
 
 Fountain which Hands at their Gate you read this 
 Infcription. 
 
 gw* dat aquas, Saxo latet Hofpita Nympha 
 Jub imo. 
 
 Sfc tu cum dfderis Dona, latere velis. 1684. 
 
 The Nymph lies hid which do's this 
 
 Water yield, 
 So be thou, when thou'rt doing good, 
 
 conceal'd. 1684. 
 
 In the Rye des FoJJe^ which is near this, is 
 The Hotel de Pomfone, where dwells Monlieur 
 de Pompom, formerly Secretary of State. This 
 Houfe was heretofore called thcHotel de I'Hopital, 
 and belonged to Monlieur the Marefchal of that 
 name. Not far from thefe places of which we 
 have fpoke you go to 
 
 The riutcl dc Scijons belonging to Madam the 
 Princefs of Cdrignan, and Madam the Dutchefsof 
 Nemours, Heirelfes of the late Monfieur the 
 Comte deSoiJfons, Lewis of Bourbon, Prince of 
 the Blood. It was firit built by Catherine of 
 Medici s for her retreat after the death of Hen. II. 
 her Husband, and here (he remained a long time 
 during her Widow-hood. The outfide of this 
 Houfe is but mean, but the Apartments are hand- 
 fom and extremely well furnilhed. The Garden 
 is one of the greareft of Paris, and furnilhed 
 with very handlom Grangers- Here is a great 
 Fillar railed in one of the Corners of the Court, 
 with a fmali Stair-cafe contrived within it, in imi- 
 tation 
 
of P A R I S. 57 
 
 tation of that of. Trajan at Rome, Report fays 
 that this was built by Catherine of Medici s, who 
 had great skill in Aitrology, and that (he ufed fre- 
 quently to go up'to the top of this Pillar to make 
 her Observations. Joyning to the Walls of this 
 Hotel ftands the Chappel which ferves only for 
 the ufe of thofe of the Family. It is called the 
 Queens Chappel, becaufe it was built at the fame 
 time with the reft of the Houfe, and Catherine 
 We Mcdicis came often hither to hear Mafs in 
 publick. Near this is the Street called $Ue ck Cre- 
 nelle in which ftands 
 
 The Hotel Segmer. This was formerly called 
 the Hotel de JBellegarde^ it being built by the 
 Duke of that name while he was great Mailer of 
 the Horfe of France under the Reign of HenAV, 
 who imployed him in great Negotiations and fent 
 him to Florence in order to his Marriage with 
 Mary of Medicis. Monfieur the Chancellor $e- 
 guier y when he came to dwell here enlarged it 
 very confiderably, and built that beautiful Gallery 
 which takes up one fide of the Garden. The 
 infide is extreme handfom,and the Wain fcotWork 
 is of the beft kind that one can defire to fee, all 
 is gilt and adorn'd with Pi&ures done by the Sieur 
 Voete, who had the Reputation in his time, of a 
 good Painter. There are alfo fome Landfkips 
 done by other good Mafters, which are admira- 
 ble. That which was very remarkable in this 
 Gallery during the life of Monfleur the Chancel- 
 lor, was a great number of Force' ain Veflels that 
 were placed all round the Gallery upon the Cor r 
 pip\ and which made the finest fhew that could 
 be. It was difficult to find in any one place a 
 greater quantity, and better colle&ed. Here 
 were alfo Cabinets placed between the Windows 
 D 5 on 
 
58 A New De J eviction 
 
 on both fides. At the end of this Gallery you 
 enter on the left hand into a Chamber which was 
 richly adorned with Tapiftry, where were federal 
 rich pieces of Goldfmiths work, among others, 
 a great Frame curioufly wrought in which ftood 
 the Picture of the late Monfieur the Chancellor 
 done by M. le Brun. 
 
 You might alfo have feen here a Cabinet of 
 Ebony enriched with ancient Agates reprefenting 
 the Emperors heads, and in a little Cabinet near 
 this, a great number of Animals very confident 
 ble, fome in Vafes, and fome in Pictures, wrought 
 by the beft Matters of Italy ', and by thofe who 
 dwelt at Limoges in the laft Age. Madame the 
 Chanceliere, who deceafed not long fince, had 
 here a Cabinet of Cryftal mod delicately cut, 
 with abundance of Watches and Clocks, enriched 
 with precious itones : few Houfes in Europe had 
 a greater quantity of Silver Veffek You might 
 have feen here a whole Service of Silver gilt molt 
 magnificently, each piece being extraordinary both 
 for the bignefs and workmanftrip. But that which 
 was the greateft Ornament of this Noble Houfe 
 was the numerous Libary, valued at near two 
 hundred thoufand Crowns. Which Library was 
 firft begun by Monfieur the Prefident Seguier^ 
 and by him. given in his Will to his Nephew, 
 Monfieur the Chancellor. It was fituate over the 
 Gallery of which we have already fpoken. We 
 need not fay that it was full of very curious Books, 
 that may eafily be fuppofed finoe it was collected 
 by the ableft man of his Age, and to fay all, by 
 him whom the French Academy made choice of 
 for their Prote&or after the deceafe of the great 
 Cardinal de Rjchlieu, in whofe Houfe they al- 
 ways aifembled till fuch time as the King fetled 
 
 them. 
 
of P A R I S. 59 
 
 them in the Louvre \ where at prefent they re- 
 main. There were in this Library a great num- 
 ber of very rare Mariufcripts, whofe names we 
 find cited by Authors who have here made ufe 
 of them. We may expe&oneday to fee a Ca- 
 talogue of them, which was never yet made 
 publick. But this will not be till the Inventory 
 be finirtied, and then all thefe choice Books which 
 have been fo long colled"ing together with fo 
 much pains by the great eft men of their time, 
 (hall be expofed to publick Sale, and difperfed 
 among thofewho will give the prizes demanded. 
 Such was the ftate of this Hotel during the life 
 of Monfieur the Chancellor Seguier,. who held 
 that great Office for many years with univerfal 
 applaufe, and that during very unfetled times. 
 
 .At the end of the Hjie de grenelle , you come 
 into the Hue Platriere, in which Street Hand 
 t vo fair Houfes, 
 
 That of Monfieur de Bouillon, and that of 
 the late Monfieur de Herval, Controller-Ge- 
 neral of the Finances. The ia^ft of thefe was 
 built with much care. You may fee there fe- 
 veral good paintings of Monfieur Mignard, 
 and a Bed with its Furniture extreme Rich. This 
 Houfe Hands in the place where were former- 
 ly the Stables belonging to the Wtel de Epr- 
 nm. 
 
 In the Hue Coque'ron at the end of the Ride ctu 
 Bouloy, is 
 
 The Hotel de.Gcfures, whofe outfide is neat 
 and Furniture within very hand (bin. It did once 
 belong to Monfieur de Fontenay-Mareuil, (o 
 well known for his famous EmbaJSes, and above 
 all for that to J^me. 
 
 Fur- 
 
60 A New Defcrlpion 
 
 Further on is the Houfe of the Sieur Mon%inot y 
 built but four or five years fince. On which he 
 hath made a confiderable expence. It looks very 
 great on the Court-fide, and the Apartments 
 which are difpofed in enfilades ( or through Pro- 
 fpe&sj arc magnificently furniflied with Tapiftry, 
 Chenets of Silver, and all the Furniture for the 
 Chimny of the fame ; In fine, all is extreme nea*, 
 and nothing feems wanting, unlefs it were a lit- 
 tle more light to the Stair-cafe, but as it is pla- 
 ced it is impoflible to make it lighter. 
 
 The Church of St. Eufiache. 
 
 This Church was formerly but a fmall Chappel 
 dedicated to St. Agnes, and depended upon the 
 Chapter of St. Germain le Auxerrois. The pre- 
 fent Fabrick was besun to be built in the year 
 1 and the fir ft Stone was laid by the Provoft 
 of Paris, by name John de la Barre. It is at 
 prefent the greateft and moft fpacious of the 
 Kingdom. The Grandeur of the Building, the 
 number of the Pillars which in truth are a little 
 too thick crowded together, and the heighth of 
 the Roof, with theChappels that are round it, 
 confidered altogether, render this Edifice Maje- 
 ftick. Among other things the two Chappels 
 which are on each fide of the great Gate ought 
 to be obferved. One of which is appropriated 
 to Baptifm, and Painted by Monfieur Mignard y 
 the other for Marriage, and Painted By Monfieur 
 de la Fqffi : Monfieur Colbert did contribute to 
 their decoration. In the Chappel of Marriage ftands 
 the Model of the great Portal which is to be 
 , tasfed before this Church, which Work will be 
 
 very 
 
of V A R I S. 61 
 
 very expenfive. The Pulpit is well wrought in 
 imitation of that at St. Efiienne du Mons, but 
 it falls fliort of that. Overhead is a great Pi&ure 
 feprefenting the Apparition of our Lord, painted 
 after the manner of Monfieur le Brun •> this Pi- 
 cture was given by Monfieur Colbert, as feems 
 by his Arms at the bottom. Adjoyning to one 
 of the Pillars in the Nave on the left hand as you 
 enter, you fee a great Baf relief of white Marble 
 on a Foundation of black, which is the Epitaph 
 of the famous Monfieur de la Chambre, fo re- 
 nowned for his Writings, this is contrived in a 
 Medailion held up by Immortality, and to make 
 her more obvious and better underftood,over head 
 is a Cartel or Scroul with thefe words out of the 
 Scripture graven therein 
 
 Sfes illorum Immortalitate plena eft. 
 
 Their Hope is full of Immortality. 
 
 This curious piece is the Workmanfliip of the 
 Sieur Baptift Turcy, who wrought after the cle- 
 fign of Monfieur le Brun. The other things in 
 this Church are of no great confideration. Mon- 
 fieur the Chancellor Seguier y jmd Monfieur de 
 Bullion Sur-Intendant of the Finances under the 
 Miniftration of Cardinal de I{ichelieu> were Be- 
 nefactors to this Work. Monfieur dela Mothe 
 le Vayer, formerly Tutor to Monfieur, and fo 
 well known for his rare Writings, and Monfieur 
 the Abbot of Bourfay of the French Academy, 
 a?e enterred here. 
 
 IN the Me Coquiltiere which is near St. Eafta- 
 che y ftands the Houfe of Monfieur Berrier 
 Secretary of the Council: in whofe Garden was 
 
 found 
 
6t A New Defcriftien 
 
 found the Buft of Cybele, f for merly mentioned. 
 The Portal, tho it makes rip great (hew outward- 
 ly, yet within it is of lingular beauty, adorned 
 with Corinthian Pilafters of an admirable Guft. 
 The Garde des Sceaux ( or Lord- Keeper of the 
 Seals ) de Chateau-neuf 'dwelt here. 
 
 Thefe are the principal things that are to bt 
 feen jn this Quarter. 
 
 Behind St. Eufiache lies the Rue Montmartre, 
 near the further end of which Street ftands the 
 little Church of St. Jqftph, in. whofe Church- 
 yard is interred the famous Moliere, fo well 
 known for his Comedies. 
 
 Near St. Eufiache is the great Market called 
 la Halle which place ought to be avoided as much 
 as may be, becaufe of the continual Crowd of 
 People that frequent it. Formerly they executed 
 the Criminals here as they do now at the Greve. 
 And we read in the Hiftory of Charles VI, that 
 the Provoft of Paris, named Montaigu, who 
 was alfo great Treafurer, had in this placfe by 
 means of the Duke of Bourvoyn his head chopt 
 off; to the great regret of the Parifians, he be^ 
 ing a very good man. But the King abhorring 
 this' cruel A6t ofclnjuftice, which had been done 
 in his Name during the time of his diftra&ion, 
 reftored his Memory and Family again to their 
 former honour ; and the Celefims of Paris, to 
 whom he had given his H6u<e of Marcouffy, went 
 and took down his Body from the Gibbet at 
 Monfaucon , four Months after his Death, and 
 having performed his Funeral Offices in the moft 
 Magnificent manner they could, they interred his 
 Body at MarcouJJy, where they raifed him a Mo- 
 nument, which remains at this day. This was a 
 rare example of gratitude and generofity in 
 
 Monks, 
 
cf P A R I S. 6? 
 
 Monks, as is well obferved by Juvenal des Vrfitts 
 Arch-Bifhop of Reins, a faithful Hiftorian of 
 that Kings Reign. 
 
 Near the I{ue Montorgueil is the Hotel de Bour- 
 gogne ; which Houfe the ancient Dukes of that 
 name formerly gaveto the Brotherhood of the Pat 
 fion eftablilhedin the Church of Tr/«r>y-Hofpital 
 in the Rite S. Denton condition that they fhould 
 reprefent here interludes of Devotion ; but fince 
 thofe times Peoples Relifh being changed, they 
 have fince reprefented here other Plays of Profane 
 Subjects. And at prefent the Italian Comedians 
 are pofTefled of this Houfe, fince the union of the 
 two Companies of French Players, which the 
 King caufcd three or four years ago. This Thea- 
 tre is perhaps one of the Ancienteft of Europe, 
 for it is thought that there have been publick 
 Shows in this place fix hundred years ago. In 
 former times Comedies were only reprefented by 
 wandring Companies of Pilgrims of the holy 
 Sepulchre of ^erufalem, who were fince called 
 Jongleur s.Thele having no certain Refidence ufed 
 at the corners of Streets, to relate the Adventures 
 which they had met with in their Travels, and 
 People being concerned at their ftories, and com- 
 miferating the feveral dangers they had paffed 
 through, would give them very liberally conside- 
 rable Alms. The ancient Dukes of Burgundy, 
 feeing People take fome pleafure in hearing them, 
 he gave them a Room in his Hotel, where all 
 people might come and hear them with better 
 conveniency than in the Street. But in time, 
 thefe Mafters of devout Sub jedis degenerated into 
 profnne Tales, and in efk£t fo very profane that 
 they became meer Farces and very irregular re- 
 prefentations. In fuchfort that Chriftianity could 
 
 not 
 
64 A New Defcriptidn 
 
 not honeftly permit them. Thus it lafted during 
 the ignorance of thofe Ages, And it was this 
 that ftill gives occalion to thofe who do not con- 
 fider the difference between this ancient fort of 
 Comedies and thofe now adted, to confound all 
 together. Whereas in truth the nature of Co- 
 medy isfo far changed, by the care of the great 
 Cardinal de I{ichelieu^ that there remains nothing 
 of that which made it Condemned. 
 
 A&joyning to the Riie Montorgueil y is the 
 Rye Mont-marere, and divers little, ftreets 
 run from one to the other, the Principal of 
 which is the itfie de Cieri in which ftands the 
 Houfe of M. Bm<?/<?/-Jrrtendant of the Houihold 
 tp Madam the Dauphinefs. It is compofed of two 
 joyning Courts, of a very particular defign. The 
 Furniture is very handfom. 
 
 ^Jear this is another Houfe belonging to the 
 Sieur Holland I built after the defigns of Monfieur 
 des Argues a famous Architect : by tlie outward 
 appearance you may eafily conclude that it be- 
 longs to one of an excellent Judgment. But the 
 in fide and the Front next the Court furpafs all 
 the reft. Nothing can be more regular nor bet- 
 ter proportioned than the Staircafe,which is raifed 
 upon a very odd fort of Plan, and where the Ar- 
 chiteA had need of all his Art and Study to have 
 made it as it is. 
 
 This is all of note in this Quarter. Some other 
 things there may be of which I have not f poke ; 
 but they appear of fo little Confideration that 
 they are not thought worth mentioning. In the 
 next place we pafs to 
 
 The 
 
<f P A R I S. 6? 
 
 The Rue St. Denis. 
 
 This Street begins at the great Chatelet, which 
 ftands at the end of P<m* au Changers we have al- 
 ready faid. In this place the Civil and Criminal 
 Courts are held for the City and Prevke (or Pro- 
 voftfliip ) of Parts; which Jurifdi&ion is at pre- 
 fent divided into two parts, according to the courfe 
 of the River, into the old and new Chatelet j 
 and the Officers know their feveral Divifions. 
 
 The great Butchery, which is near the great 
 Chatelet, is the oldeft of all Paris, nay hereto- 
 fore it was the only one. It did heretofore be- 
 long to a Community of Townfmen, who made 
 among themfelves a kind of little Republick, 
 which bore fuch Credit and Authority among the 
 Inhabitants, that often times there happened great 
 Diforders through the difcontent of thefe People, 
 who under the Reign of Charles VI. took part 
 with the Fa&ious. At prefent this Butchery is 
 reunited to the reft of Paris. Further on is 
 
 The Hofpital of the Nuns of St. Catherine, 
 Thefe are bound to entertain for one night fuch 
 poor Maids as are in want. They are alfo obliged 
 to bury the Bodies of thofe that are found dead 
 in feveral places, and who are to be expofed fomc 
 days at the Chatelet to fee if they can be known- 
 
 Near this is the Church of St. Opportune. 
 This was formerly a Priory of Nuns depending 
 on the Abby of Almaneche in Normandy, with- 
 in the Diocefs of See^e^bwt at prefent it is a Col- 
 legiate Church of eight or ten Chanons, who 
 here perform the Ecclefiaftical Offices. Going 
 (till forward, you come to 
 
66 
 
 A New Defcription 
 
 The Fount ah of the Holy Innocents* 
 
 This Fountain (lands at the corner of the Hue 
 aux-Fers, a Street full of Mercers and Silk-men. 
 It is the admiration of ail that are skilled in Ar- 
 chitecture and Sculpture, and without doubt it is 
 one of the handfomeft obje&s in its kind that 
 can be feen, by reafon of the BaJJes -tallies ex- 
 tremely fine, both for the defign and performance; 
 molt of the Figures reprefent Nymphs in divers 
 Pollures pouring Streams of Water out of their 
 Urns* The Chevalier Bernin, who was of a 
 Guit difficult enough, admired this Work, and 
 profefifed that he had not feen any thing fo fine 
 in all France. It was made by the famous John 
 Qougeor? y who finifhed it in the year 1550. In 
 the upper part you may read this Infcription 
 
 Fontium Nymphis. 
 To the Nymphs of the Fountains. 
 
 A little beyond Hands the Church of the holy 
 Sepulchre, which was firft built for the Pilgrims 
 of the Holy Sepulchre of Jeru[alem y who were 
 here entertained for fome days. At prefent it is 
 a Collegiate-Church the Collation of whofe Cha-* 
 nons belongs to the Chapter of Notre-Dame. 
 The Altar is very handfomly wrought, and the 
 Pidture over it was Monfieur Colberts gift, and 
 Painted by Monfieur le Brun. 
 
 The Church of St. Leu y and St. Giles is a little 
 further. In one of the Chappels here is interred 
 the Mother of Monfieur the firft Prefident de La- 
 
 moignon^ 
 
of PARIS. 67 
 
 moignon, whofe Tomb of Marble is a well 
 wrought thing and defigned by Monfieur Girar* 
 don, on it is a Baf-relief much elteemed. The 
 Pi&ureover the great Altar is al r o higlily valued, 
 it being the work of one Morbus a famous 
 Painter. 
 
 A little higher is the Hofpital of St. J deques, 
 on the other fide of the way. It was founded 
 by the Alms of certain Citizens who obtained a 
 Licence of Lewis Hut in in the year 131^. It 
 was formerly appointed for the entertainment and 
 lodging of thofe who pafled this way in their 
 Journey to St. James in Galieia. At prefent the 
 Revenue is annexed to the Invalides. 
 
 We fay nothing of the Ho r pital of the Trini- 
 ty nor of the Church of St. Saviour, there be- 
 ing nothing curious in them, no more than there 
 is in the Houfes of the Penitent Nuns, and of 
 thofe called Filles-Pieu which were built and 
 endowed by St Lewis; yet at the Church of 
 thefe laft you may obferve the great Altar, which 
 they have built of late after the fame manner with 
 that of St. Martin des Champs. 
 
 The Kings Statue. " 
 
 In the Hotel de St. Chaumont, where dwells 
 Monfieur the Marefchal de la Feiiillade, we ought 
 to fee the Kings Statue, which that illuftrious 
 Marefchal hath caufed to be made at a great ex- 
 pence reprefenting the King in a Roman Habit 
 Crowned with Lawrel. It is about eleven or 
 twelve foot high and but of one block of Mar- 
 ble, the greateft that was ever yet feen at Paris. 
 The Pedeftalon which it muft be placed will be 
 
 very 
 
6$ A New Dvfcription 
 
 very high, and on the four fides will be feveral 
 Baf-reliefs in BVafs, reprefenting the Hiftory of 
 divers great A&ions in this Kings Reign, as, the 
 taking of Be^an^on, the famous Paffage of the 
 Hhine, the general Peace of Nirneguen, and the 
 fatisfa#ion which Spain made to the King in the 
 year 1661. in relation to what paffed at London 
 about Monfieur the Mnrefchal de EJlrade at that 
 time Ambaffad or from France intoEngl and. Four 
 Captives loaden with Chains lie at the bottom on 
 a heap of ancient Arms. But of late the defigrj 
 of the Statue it felf hath been changed ; it will 
 be of Brafs, and in that habit which he wore at 
 his Coronation, and whkh is always preferred 
 in the Treafury of St. Denis, with Immortality 
 behind him Crowning him with Laurel. This 
 Monument is of a defign mod magnifick, and 
 the Sieur des Jar dins hath continually been em- 
 ployed about it for above three years paft. It is 
 not yet known in what place this curious Statue 
 will be fixed, where it may beft be expofed to 
 the puWick view, and fuch a place is now under 
 consideration. It is faid however, that Monfieur 
 the MareJchal h F^uillade y who hath been at 
 all this expence to demon ft rate to Pofterity the 
 Gratitude he hath for the Kings Favours, hath 
 very lately, for the fum of fourfcore thoufand 
 Crowns, purchafed the Hotel de la Ferte-Sene- 
 terre, to make a Square, in the midft of which 
 he intends to place this Statue. Monfieur deSan- 
 teiiil Chanon of St. ViBor r one of the ableft Wits 
 of this Age for Infcriptions in Verfe, is now 
 compofing an Infcription for this piece which will 
 acquaint Pofterity with the Wonders of the pre- 
 fent Reign. 
 
 A 
 
of P A R I S. 69 
 
 A little higher you will fee a Fountain, lately 
 built with thefe verfes engraven upon it, 
 
 Suifomes dperit, Qjii flumina dividit, Vrli^ 
 llle eft quern domitis t^henus adorat aquis. 
 
 At whofe command Rivers to Fountains turn, 
 To him doth Bjpine fubmit his Captive Urn, 
 
 The Gate of St. Denis. 
 
 Of all the new Gates which the Efchevins have 
 built fince they firft undertook by the Kings Or- 
 der to beautifie" the City of Paris, this is the 
 moft magnificent. It is built upon the fame 
 Foundation where the old Gate fiood, which was 
 very inconvenient This new building is three- 
 fcore and eleven foot high and of the fame wide- 
 nefs. The overture of the Gate, it felf is four and 
 twenty on each fide. This overture is accompa- 
 nied on each fide with Pyramids charged with 
 Trophies of War, under their Pedeftals on each 
 hand they have contrived a lefler Gate, as an additi- 
 on to thegreat oneih the middle; overwhefe Arch 
 is a Bafs- relief, reprefenting on the town fide, the 
 paflage over the I$him, and on that fide next the 
 Fauxbourg, the taking of Maeftricht : and laftly, 
 to render the whole more intelligible, under each 
 Pyramid thefe inferiptions are engraven upon Ta- 
 bles of white Marble on the fide next the City, 
 
'A New Defcription 
 
 EM EN DATA MALE MEMORl B ATAVO- 
 RUM GENTE. 
 PR^F. ET JED It, PONI CC. 
 
 anh. R. S. H. Ml DCLXXH. 
 
 The Dutch being Corrected. The PrafeH 
 and JEdiles caufed this to be Jet up, in 
 the year from the Redemption of the 
 World, 167L 
 
 Qtiod Diebus vix 
 Sexaginta 
 Rhenum, Vahalim, Mofam* 
 
 Ifolam Super avit. 
 Subegtt Provincias tres y 
 Cepit Drbes munitas 
 guadraginta. 
 
 That in fcarce fixty days, he pafs'd the 
 Rhine, the Wael, the Maes, and the Tjfel. 
 
 That he conquered three Provinces and 
 took forty Walled Towns. 
 
 tSvi" U'j$.'yt.L:>j. >i :xT{H_jiiity m:t (buy no b%a 
 On the fide next the Faux-bourg, as follows 
 
 Q£ot> Trajectum ad Mosam xiii. die- 
 bus CBIPT # 
 
 PRJEF. ET ^Dlt. POHI CC. 
 
 ANNO R. S. H. M. DCLXXIIL 
 
 In Memory of the talking of Maeftricht in 
 tlnrteen days. The Frafeti and J&diles 
 caufed this to be fet up y in the year from 
 the Redemption of the World, 1673. 
 
of PARIS. 71 
 
 The Freefe on each fide hath this Infcription 
 in Letters of Gold. 
 
 LVDOVICO M AG NO, 
 
 Te Lewis the Great. 
 
 This Gate is of a moft magnificent appearance, 
 and is in its kind one of the raireft Works of the 
 World. The Top is uncovered after the manner 
 of the old Triumphal Arches which are feen at 
 Rome. Monfieur Blondel defigned all the new 
 Gates, and alfo all the other Imbelliftiments that 
 are raifed in Paris of late years ; the Infcriptions 
 alfo are his, which make that Learned Perfons abi- 
 lity appear extraordinary in all things. 
 
 In the Faux- burg we ought to fee Tlx 
 Houfe of the Fathers of the Miffion of St. Laza- 
 rus. Of late years thefe Fathers have raifed 
 much building for the entertainment of their nu- 
 merous Society. Formerly this was a Maladrery^ 
 that is, anHofpital for Leprous People. But 
 that Difeafe being ceafed in this laft Age, thefe 
 Lazer houfes have been converted to other ufes, 
 and this here being fallen into the hands of Father 
 Vincent de Paul, Inftitutor of the Miflion, it is 
 become the head or principal Seat of all his Con- 
 gregation. Whofe Inftitution is to go abroad 
 into remote Villages and there to inltrudt the poor 
 Peafants, and alfo to teach the young Clerks the 
 Ceremonies of the Church; hence it is that at 
 the four times appointed yearly for Ordination, 
 all thofe who are to be prefented to the Arch- 
 Bilhop for Orders, ought firft to pafs here eleven 
 days in exhortations and inftru&ions, during 
 which time thefe Fathers are obliged to entertain 
 
 them 
 
72 A New Defcription 
 
 them freely, for on this condition they enjoy the 
 Revenue of divers Lands that lye about their 
 Houfe. 
 
 The Rue St. Martin. 
 
 This Street is one of the longeft and ftraiteft 
 of Pans. In the beginning of it, you find the 
 Church of St. Jacques de la Boucherie, remarka- 
 ble for its high Tower, built out of the Confif- 
 cate Money of the Jews when they were expelled 
 Paris. It is faid that Hamel a famous Chymift 
 was here interred, who found out the fecret of 
 the Philofophers Stone injthe Reign of Philip Au- 
 guftus.&ut it is more credible to believe thofe who 
 think that the Jews being driven from Parts, he 
 made ufe of that Money which they had entrufted 
 in his hands and with it built the great Tower of 
 this Church, and the Charnel-houfes of St. Inno- 
 cents, as we have already obferved in its place. 
 John Feme, Phyfitian to Henry II. is alfo here 
 interred. He was without difpute one of the 
 leamedft Men in that Science that ever was in 
 France, as one may eafily conclude from thofe 
 wonderful Cures which he performed in the 
 Royal Family , chiefly on Catherine de Me- 
 dici s. By which one may fee the power of Art 
 over Nature it felf, when a Perfon hath once at- 
 tained the true Maftery in that Profeflion. His 
 Epitaph is is behind the Quire in thefe words. 
 
 Deo 
 
of P A R I S. 
 
 n 
 
 Deo Immortali Opt. Max. 8c Chrifto Jefu 
 Hominum Salvatori Sacrum. 
 
 Johanni Fernelio Ambianenfi Henrici II. Gallia* 
 rum Rcgts Confiliario & primo Medico no- 
 bilijfimo atque Optimo reconditarum (3 pc- 
 nitus abditarum rerum Scrutatori Expli~ 
 catori fubtilijfimo , multcrum falutarium 
 Medicament or urn invent or i, vera germana>q; 
 Medicine reftitutori y fummo ingenio exqui- 
 fitaque Dotlrina Mathernaticojn omni gene- 
 rePhilo/ophia* claro ^omnibus ingenuis artibus 
 inftruUo, temper at iffimts fanftijjimifq; mori- 
 bus prcedito,Socero fuopientijfimo PhiUbertus 
 Bariotius,fupplicum Libellorum inl^egia Ma- 
 gift er, magmque Regis Concilii Pr<ejes, affi- 
 mtate gener, pietate films, mcerens pnfuit. 
 Anno h Salute mortahbus reftituta 7 1558. 
 
 Obiit XXVI. Aprilis 
 An. M.D. LVIII. 
 Vixic Annos LIII. 
 
 sacred to the Immortal God, and to Jcfus Ckrift 
 the Saviour of Mankinds 
 
 To the memory of Joh.Verneldi Amiens \ 
 Counfellor and chief Phyfician f I may add 
 the nobleft and the belt ) to Henry II. King 
 of France, thefearcher out of the molt hid- 
 den andabftrufe matters, and the molt inge- 
 nious explainer of them, the inventer of ma- 
 ny excellent Medicines, the reftorer of the 
 trufc and genuine art of Phyfick, an incom- 
 E parable 
 
74 A New Description 
 
 parable Mathematician, an univerfal Philofo- 
 pher, and an abfolute a Scholar, and befides 
 all this of a holy and unblameable life: to 
 the memory of his molt pious Father-in- 
 Law, Phihbert Bariot Mafter of the Re- 
 quefts, and Prefident of his Majefties great 
 Council, in Affinity his Son-in-Law, but 
 in Duty his Son, with much forrow ere&ed 
 this in the year from the Redemption of the 
 World, 1558. 
 
 He died April 16. in the 
 year 1558. Aged 53. 
 
 The Crucifix which ftands over the Door as you 
 enter into the Quire, is the Work of Suramin, 
 and much efteemed. 
 
 The Church of St Mederic was formerly called 
 S. Peter j,but St. Mederic, a Monk of S. Bennets 
 Order, Native of Ait tun in Burgurdy, dying here 
 in the reputation of Sandtity, this Church took 
 his name, after the fame manner as other Chur- 
 ches had done on like occafions. At prefent it is 
 Collegiate, compofed of twelve Chanons who are 
 obliged to go to the grand Procetfions at Notre-* 
 dame, by reafon this Church depends on that Ca- 
 thedral. 
 
 St. Jul i en desMeneftriert. Where at prefent a 
 Community of Priefts inhabit. Formerly this 
 was an Hofpital eredted by two famous Muiicians 
 or Minitreis in the year 1330. for the Relief 
 of poor fick Women. 
 
 Crofs the way ftands the Hall or Office of the 
 Company of Eaft-India Merchants, remarkable 
 for certain Figures over their Gate. After that 
 you come to The 
 
of P A R I S. 7 5 
 
 The Hotel de Vic, which has been repaired ve- 
 ry lately, and does now belong to divers particu- 
 lar perfons. Next you have ^ 
 
 St. Nicolas des Champs, founded by King l{o- 
 bcrt whofe Palace flood near this place,on the ve- 
 ry fame Ground where now is S. Martins.This is 
 the Parifti-Church of a very large Parifli, and full 
 of People. M. GaJJendi y one of the moft famous 
 Philofophers of this laft,Age, is here interred in 
 a Chappel belonging to Monfieur de Monmort. 
 Monfieur Bemierfo well known for his profound 
 Learning, and for thofe famous Travels which 
 he made into the Indies, where he abode fome 
 time, hath tranflated his Works into French for 
 theeafe and fatisfa&ion of thofc who do not 
 underftand the Latin Tongue. Near this is 
 
 St. Martin des Champs. This Monaftery is 
 compaffed about with high Walls and Battlements 
 after the ancient falhion, with Towers from 
 fpace to fpace as they built in old time; 
 the Church and reft of the Covent, have all the 
 marks of great Antiquity. But the great Altar 
 is according to the Modern, and defigned by 
 Manfard. It is compofed of four Corinthian 
 Pillars of Marble, of a difpofition and proporti- 
 on worthy fo great a Mafter. The Order of 
 St. Bennet have been a long time poffelfed of this 
 houfe. And Monfieur the Abbot de Lionne^ Son 
 of the Secretary of State, is Prior hereof, which 
 is a very confiderable Revenue. Some think this 
 houfe was founded by Philip the firft or by his 
 Father, King Robert, both which kept their 
 Court in this place. But we read in fome Au- 
 thors that there were here even at that time very 
 ancient Buildings, and that thofe Kings did only 
 repair them for their own habitation. 
 
 E % The 
 
76 A New Description 
 
 The Gate of St. Martin, as well as the Faux- 
 bourg on this fide of the Town, take their names 
 from the Priory of which we have been fpeaking. 
 This Gate was built in the year 1 674. almoft at 
 the fame time/ with that of St. Denis. It is a 
 kind of Triumphal Arch, confiding of three 
 paffages, of which that in the middle is higher 
 than the other two. The work hath about fif- 
 ty foot of Front, and as much in heighth, the 
 Architecture is of that fort which is called Bof 
 [age ruftique, carved with Baf-reliefs over the 
 Arches, above which is a great Cornifh of the 
 Dorick Order, and over that an Attick on which 
 are thefe Infcriptions: 
 
 LUDOVICO MAGNO, 
 
 [v b s ont'io ne se q_u an is q_ u e 
 
 b i 6 captis, 
 et Fractis Germ ako rum, 
 Hi spanor u m, Ba tavo r u m 
 
 EXERCITIBUS. 
 P R iE F # ET £D It, PONI 
 
 c c. 
 
 ANN. R. S. H. MDCLXXIV. 
 
 to LEWIS the Great. 
 
 Befanzon and the Franch Comte being 
 twice taken, and the Armies of the Ger- 
 mans, Spaniards and Dutch being routed. 
 The Prafe£t and JEdiles caufd this to be 
 fee up in the Tear from the Redumption of 
 the World, 1674. 
 
 Cn 
 
of PARI S. 77. 
 
 On the fide next the Faux-bourg, you may 
 read this, 
 
 LUDOVICO M A G N O. 
 
 q^U OD LlMBURGO CAPTO, 
 Impotentes H OSTIUM M I N A S 
 U B I Q_U E REPRESSIT. 
 PRiEF. ET M V I L. PONX 
 
 c c. 
 
 ANN. R. S. H. MDCLXXV. 
 
 To LEWIS the Great. 
 
 Who having taken Limburg , filenced 
 every where the vain threats of his Enemies. 
 The Prof eft and JEiiles caufed this to be, 
 fet up in the year from the Redemption of 
 the fVorld y 1675. 
 
 The Rampart that leads from this Gate to that 
 of St. Denis planted with a large walk of Trees, 
 which in fome years time will make a moft plea- 
 fing place where to take the Air. The defign is 
 to continue it round about the Town, behind the 
 Temple and fo to the Port St. Anthoine. The 
 Work is already fo far advanced that Coaches may 
 conveniently pafs from the Porte St. Denis to the 
 Bajlille. The Publick is obliged for thefe ad- 
 vantagious Works to M. Blondel who defigned it 
 thus. 
 
 In the Faux-bourg you may fee the Church of 
 St. Laurence foxmtdy m Abby of the Beneditlm 
 Order, but at prefent a Parochial Church, whofe 
 E 3 Parilh 
 
78 A New Defcription 
 
 Parifh extends a good way into the Town. The 
 Portal of this Church is very handfom, and the 
 Altar is of a very particular defign, contrived by 
 the Learned M. le F autre fo well known for his 
 excellent Works in Architecture. The Orna- 
 ments and Statues belonging to this Church de- 
 ferve to be well obferved. 
 
 The Fair of St. Laurence begins on the Feaft 
 day of this Saint ( Aug, i o. ) and ufually lalts a 
 whole Month. Not long fince it was ufed to be 
 held in the Faux-bourg, but the Fathers of Saint 
 La^are having built up in a piece of Ground be- 
 longing to them, certain Houfes and Shops proper 
 for this purpofe, the Tradefmen found it conve- 
 nient to remove tliither, which yields thofe Fathers 
 a confiderable Revenue. Over againft this is 
 
 The Convent of the Reco!!ets y a neat Place. 
 Here you ought to fee forne Paintings of Father 
 Luc\ a great imitator of ^afhael^ among others 
 the PiCiure belonging to the great Altar. Their 
 Library is alfo very handfom, and the Books neatly 
 bound. 
 
 Behind this Monaftery ftands the great Hofpital 
 of St. Lewis. It was founded by Henry IV. in 
 tke year 1607. For thofe who were vifited with 
 the Plague. At prefent the Convalefcents (or thofe 
 fick who are recovering ) of the H&tel-Dieu, are 
 removed hither for fome Weeks, to take the Air. 
 
 Mont-Fa ucon is in the adjoyning Fields. This 
 was formerly the place where they Executed Ma- 
 lefa&ors, but ferves at prefent for their Burying- 
 place. 
 
 After we have gone thus far, we ought , to re- 
 turn again, and enter the Town at the neareft 
 Quarter. 
 
 The 
 
of P A R I S. 79 
 77# 5/. Avoye. 
 
 Saint Lc/r/'/ whofe Piety was refplendent in all 
 things, built in this Street an Hofpital for old de- 
 crepid Women, who were attended by Beguines 
 or Maids who obferved the Rule of St. Begue a 
 Native of Flanders, whofe Church being dedi- 
 cated to St Avoye, this Street took the fame 
 name, and hath kept it notwithstanding the alte- 
 ration of the Hospital which hath been fince con- 
 verted to a Monaftery of Nuns of the Order of 
 St. Atiguftin. 
 
 Before you enter into this Street you <mght to 
 vifit the fair Houfe of the Sieur Jnba in the £(ue 
 de St.Mederic. It is very regularly built, the 
 front on that fide next the Court is adorned with 
 Pilafters, and the Gate is in Boffige with Sculp- 
 tures, which make a very handfom fhew. The 
 infide is after the fame manner ; and this houfe 
 being taken all together, may pafs for one of the 
 handfomeft that we can fee. Here are fome very 
 good Pictures. And the Matter knows fuch as 
 well as any in Paris. 
 
 From hence we pafs into the J$iie St. Avoye y 
 where in the firft place you come to the Houfe of 
 the Sieur Tit on \ neatly built. 
 
 A little higher and near the Fountain, in a 
 Houfe at prefent belonging to M. de Marillac, 
 which promifes no great matters by the outfide, 
 you ought to fee the Stair cafe, the only thing in 
 all the houfe that deferves your particular obser- 
 vation. If you examine it as you ought, you 
 will find that there can be nothing imagined finer, 
 and that the difpofition is extreme Angular. All 
 E 4 the 
 
%o A New Defcription 
 
 the Curious do agree that there are but few things 
 in Paris that come near it, and tho it be but of 
 Plafter, it notwithftanding excells thofe which 
 have been built with much care, and richer Mate- 
 rials. 
 
 Further on the fame fide of the Way is the Ho- 
 tel de Montmorency \ which {till keeps the name 
 of thofe illuftrious Matters to whom it formerly 
 belonged . Here lives at prefent Monfieur the 
 Prefident de Mcfines. Tho the outfide be Go r 
 thickly yet the apartments both above ftairs and 
 below,, are of a very handfom difpofition, the 
 Rooms arc en enfilade, and look upon the Gar- 
 den ; here is alfo one of the beft furnifhed Libra- 
 ries. £nd really this houfe hath fome delights 
 which you will hardly meet with elfewhere. 
 
 Crofs the way is the Hotel de Avaux\ built by 
 the deceafed Monfieur the Comte de Avaux, fo 
 well known for thofe famous Embaflies in which 
 he was formerly employed. The Building is 
 great and raifed with magnificence. The Court 
 is exadtly fquare, enclofed with four Wings of 
 Building adorned with great Corinthian Pila Iters, 
 reaching from the ground to the top of the Edi- 
 fice, which makes the faireft and thegreateft ob« 
 jedt one can defire ; as you come in you fee into 
 the Garden through the doors, quite cro r s the 
 houfe. 
 
 Palling (till further, in the I{ue Michel le 
 Ccmpte, which lies on the left hand, dwells a 
 Sculptor named Bertrard y in whofe houfe you 
 will find fome pieces very well defigned ; he is 
 beft in Baf- reliefs of Plait er for Chimney pieces, 
 and he hath made fome that are well efteemed. 
 Returning again into the Rue de St. Avoye^ at the 
 end of that Street you come to 
 
 The 
 
of P A R I S. 81 
 The Temple. 
 
 This old Building ftill keeps the name of the 
 Knights Templers of Jerufalem to whom it for- 
 merly belonged.lt is well known what a cruel dif- 
 grace befel them under the reign of Philip the fair. 
 The Croifades (or Pilgrimages to the Holy Land J 
 being ceafed, by reafon of the Turks general In- 
 vafion in all parts of Paleftine, thefe Knights 
 whofe Inftitution was to condudt the Pilgrims to 
 the Holy Places, thought themfelves excufed from 
 that Office any longer, in which there was fuch 
 apparent Danger r Hereupon they amafled up vaft 
 Riches, and withal became fo : proud and diflp- 
 lute, that as Hiftorians fay, Pope Clement V, 
 and Philip the fair agreed together to- ruin and 
 utterly abolifh the whole Order, as a punifhment 
 for their Grimes and fcandalous Debauchery. They 
 began with the great Mafter, who with two of 
 his Companions the molt illuftrious of the Order, 
 the Pope under a fpecious pretext fent. for out of 
 the tfle of Cyprus. As foon as they were come 
 to Paris they were committed to Prifon, and 
 being cruelly tortured till they confeffed thofe in- 
 famous Grimes which were pretended to be pro- 
 ved againft them, they were at la ft condemned to 
 be burnt alive at the place now called the Greve, 
 
 It is reported, but with no great aflurance, 
 that at the inftant of their Execution, 'Mil ay ^ 
 who was the great Mafter, cited the Pope and 
 the King to appear before God in a years time, 
 Whether this Circumftance be true or not, certain 
 it is that the Pope died in lefs then forty days and 
 the King hardly lived to the years end. 
 
 E 5 From 
 
8i A New Defcription 
 
 From that time the Temple came to the Kings fa 
 pofleflion by Confifcation, who for fome time 
 kept here their Court, but afterwards gave it to 
 the Knights Hofpitallers of St. John of tferufa- 
 lem, who at laft made this their Provincial Houfe, 
 for the French Province. Monfieur the Com- 
 mandeur de Vendome, is at prefent Grand Prior, 
 which brings him yearly a Revenue of above 
 20000 Crowns. This place is very fpacious, in^ 
 clofed about by ancient Walls ; fupported with 
 Towers; the Houfe which the Grand Prior 
 inhabits, was built of late time by Monfieur de 
 Souvray Grand Prior alfo $ he was Son of the 
 Marefchal de Souvray, Governor to Lewis XIII. 
 But death prevented him from completing the 
 Edifice y fo much as is done js of the defign of the 
 Sieur de Ltjle, an able Arcliite6t, who had built 
 quite round the Court, and made a Gallery fup- 
 ported by Pillars, of which we fee the beginning, 
 had the Mafter lived ; the Lodgings are at the 
 further end of this Court, with two Stair-cafes in 
 the two Pavilions of the two Wings. All thefe 
 things are of a veryjhandfom Symmetry. 
 
 Within the inclofure of the Temple you ought 
 to fee the houfe of Monfieur Fremont de Ablan- 
 cour, a Jeweller. Formerly there were many 
 Jewellers who inhabited in this place, and made 
 counterfeit Jewels very neatly, but of late years 
 they have not been admitted to be here any lon- 
 ger. Yet it is ftill to be obferved that all the 
 Artifts who work here are exempt from the Ju- 
 rifdi&ion of the City- Companies. And this is 
 the reafon that abundance of People who are no 
 Free men and have not ferved their time, take 
 refuge within the Privilege of this Place. Over the 
 way is the Monaftery of 
 
of P A R I S. 8? 
 
 The Nuns of St. Elizabeth. Whofe Portal 
 hath two rows of Pilafters, with Statues and 
 other Ornaments well contrived. The infide of 
 the Church is very well. 
 
 The Gate that leads into the Fields on this fide 
 the Town is taken down, and there is no doubt 
 but another will be raifed in the placets handfom 
 as the reft which have been new built elfewhere. 
 
 The Rue du Grand ch antler. 
 
 To fee this Street in Order you ought to begin 
 at the little Rue des Deux Pones, in which you 
 will fee a new-built houfe, belonging to the Sieur 
 Provoft one of the Kings Secretaries, who has be- 
 flowed a great deal of Care and Charges to make 
 it fo handfom as it is, in one of the vileft places 
 in all Paris. On the Court -fide it is adorned 
 with Ionick Pilafters, and Sculpture well per- 
 formed. The Stair-cafe (which ftands in the 
 middle of the Building , is) as light as it 
 can be according to its Situation. But that 
 which is moft fingular, and the handfomeft tiling 
 in- the houfe, is a great dofet, the Waintot of 
 which is fet off with Pilafters gilt, the Pannels 
 between whicb,are of inlaid Work, reprefenting 
 Vafes full of Flowers, and which is ftiM more ob- 
 fervable the Cieling piece and the Parquet are of 
 the fame workmanfliip. All thefe pieces appear 
 fo much the .finer as they are the fcarcer to be 
 met with, they being almoft the only things of 
 this kind in Paris. 
 
 In the Street at the end of this- you have the 
 Houfe called Les Billetes. Here formerly dwelt a 
 
 Jew 
 
84 A New Defer iption 
 
 Jew who by a mo ft execrable impiety, burnt the 
 Confecrated Hoaft, having ftrook it through in 
 feveral places with a Penknife. But by a Angu- 
 lar Miracle it was gathered up by an old Woman, 
 who unexpe&edly came into his Houfe at that 
 time, and by her was carried to the Curate of 
 St. Johns Church, where ever after it was pre- 
 served with great Veneration. This wicked Jew 
 was for this Fadt burnt alive, and his Houfe 
 given to the Carmelite Fathers where they have 
 fince that continued.The Learned Papirius Muf- 
 fin whofe Writings are fo well known among all 
 Scholars, is here interred. The Knights of S.La* 
 %arw do here ufe to make their Aflemblies. And 
 the Members of the French Academy perform 
 here the Funeral Services for thofe who die out 
 of their Society. 
 
 The Que des Billet es ends at the Rue 5. Croix 
 de la Bretonnerie^ fo called from a Convent that 
 ftands there, founded by St. Lewis in the year 
 j 268. In which he placed Religious Mendicants 
 of the Order of St. Augujlin y but fince that time 
 feveral eminent and pious perfons having confer- 
 red upon them confiderable Maintenance, they no 
 longer beg, becaufe they will not hinder thofe 
 who have greater need, but live upon their Re- 
 venues. The Wainfcot Work of their Altar is 
 -jrery pretty, but that which is molt remarkable 
 is a Baf-relief of Marble over the Seats where 
 the Religious fit, this was done by Suramin and 
 is highly efteemed. From hence you enter into 
 
 'The I{ue du grand Chantier^ the firft thing 
 that you fee here is, 
 
 The Hotel de Guife, built by the Princes of 
 that Family, who bore fo great a (hare in all the 
 Tranladionsof thefelalt Ages, that what relates 
 
 to 
 
of P A R I S. 8? 
 
 to them makes the greateft part of the Hiftory 
 of that tirne,efpecia£fy in the Reign of Henry III; 
 who put to death Henry Duke of Guije and the 
 Cardinal his Brother, in the Caftle of J?/0z.f, where 
 the Eftates were then aflembled, and this he did 
 in order to cure thofe Tumults and difquiets 
 which at that time fo much difturbed the Peace of 
 France. This Hotel takes up a great deal of 
 Ground. The Gate is built after the old manner 
 with two great round Towers. The Apartments 
 are very handfom, fince the confiderable Repa- 
 rations that have been made of late. Once we 
 might have feen here moft magnific Furniture, 
 among which was a Suit of Tapiftry reprefenting 
 the twelve Months of the year, of moft exquifite 
 Workmanship ; this is at prefent at the Kings 
 Garde-Meuble (or Wardrobe) and Monfieur 
 Colbert hath caufed it to be Copied. Madamoifelle 
 de Guife, who at prefent dwelfe in this Hotel* 
 hath one of the belt furniflied Cabinets in Paris 
 for Curiofities. In it are feveral pieces of Fila- 
 grame enriched with Jewels, and feveral Minia- 
 tures extremely fine. You may fee there alfo di- 
 vers pieces of Wooden Work of -St. Lucie r re- 
 prefenting feveral Subje&s of Devotion, cut ex- 
 tremely fine ; not to fpeak of feveral other Cu- 
 riofities little inferiour tothefe. Crofs the way ■■ 
 is 
 
 The Church of the Fathers del a Mercy, a neat 
 place. The Portal will be very handfom when 
 finifhed, and the Altar is of a fort of Wainfcot 
 not ill wrought. The Inftitution of thefe is to 
 go into Barbary and redeem Captives, like the 
 Mathnrins. And this they do by the affiftance 
 of Pious People who furnifli them with confidera- 
 ble Sums for this purpofe. 
 
86 A New Defcripion 
 
 ;The Hofpital of the Enfans gouges ( or Red 
 Boys ) built for poor Orphan Children, by M*r- 
 garet Queen of Navarre, Sifter of Francis I. 
 in the year 1 534. It is of late years united to 
 the Hofpital General. 
 
 It is obfervable that this Street is full of hand- 
 fom Houfes, among which there is one at the Cor- 
 ner of thei^ie de guatre-fils defigned by Manfard. 
 The Front is extreme handfom, and fet off' with 
 many Vafes. Near this is the houfe of Monfieur 
 de Grand-Maifon where you will fee very hand- 
 fom pictures, and a confiderable quantity of Por- 
 celanes , of the fineft and beft forts. The Ma- 
 tter to whom this Houfe belongs,is of a very deli- 
 cate Guft for curious things. 
 
 At the end of this Street you fee the great 
 fquare Tower of the Temple, with four other 
 round ones, very high and difcovered a great way 
 off They ferved heretofore for an Arfenal, be- 
 fore that near the Celeftins was built. 
 
 The old Rue de Tempi*. 
 
 This Street begins at the Rjie St. Antoint. The 
 firft thing to be feen is 
 
 The Hotel de Effiat, a great building very well 
 raifed, compofed of four wings with a great 
 Court in the middle. It was built by the late 
 Marefchal of that name Sur-Intendant of the Fi- 
 nances, and great Mafter of the Artillery of 
 France under Lewis XIIl.Monfieur PelletierCon- 
 troller- General of the Finances dwells here at pre- 
 lent. After this you come to 
 
 The 
 
of PARIS 87 
 
 TheHoufeof M. Amelot de Bifueil Mafter of 
 Requefts. Here the Curious rnuft reft them- 
 felves, and take time to confider all the fine 
 things that are here, for all that is in this Houfe 
 deferves to be exa&ly viewed and confidered. The 
 firft door you come at gives you a pattern of all 
 the reft : It is adorned with Statues, the Joiners 
 Work it felf is wrought with very good Bas-reliefs, 
 and the Locks are of very curious and particular 
 Art. The Court is in truth fomethingof the 
 leaft, but the Entry or paflage on the right hand 
 is extraordinary. It is adorned with Pillars and 
 Bulls, and paved with Marble. Still the Stair- 
 cafe is more beautiful yet. Above it is open in 
 manner of a Lanthorn, with a Balcony gilt and 
 a Plafon over all full of Sculpture and the bed 
 defigned Ornaments, and two great Statues 
 in the Pallier. After this you enter into 
 the great Hall, open on both fides, with 
 Picftures between Window and Window, repre- 
 fenting Flocks and Herds in Grottoes on the Sea- 
 fide, of a very fingular defign, and very pleafing 
 to the fight. That which deferves to be confi- 
 dered moft attentively is the Plafon, in the mid- 
 dle of which is a great Picture done by an excel- 
 lent Mafter, about this is a Freeze full of Orna- 
 ments made of Stuc i upon a Ground of Gold, 
 marvelloufly well wrought. Here you may fee 
 ancient Vafes adorned with Triumphs, Sphinxes 3 . 
 Brafiers, Vizards, and in a word, all forts of Gro- 
 tefque, very odd and fanciful, and yet extreme 
 handfom. A great Cornifh runs round this Hall, 
 who fe Carving is admirable, at the further end 
 is the Chimny of the fame Workmanfhip all gilt, 
 and over it a great Trophy after the old Roman 
 manner. After this you enter into an Anti Cham- 
 
88 A New Defer ipion 
 
 ber, where arefeveral great Looking-Glatfes,, and 
 from thence into a Chamber whofe Plafon and 
 Ornaments are ftill more ^are and rich than all 
 we have yet mentioned ; the Furniture is of Crim- 
 fon Velvet, embroidered with Gold and Silver, 
 and the Tapiftry within the Alcove is embroidered 
 extremely rich. The Parquet of the Eftade is 
 of inlaid Work, where in the middle among di- 
 vers Ornaments are the Arms of the Matter of 
 the Houfe. On the left hand is the Chappel, which 
 is in Truth but little, but to make amends, it is 
 adorned as much as poflible with all things con- 
 venient. The Pictures that are in it are painted 
 by very good Matters. On the right hand you 
 enter into the Cabinet, the laft Room of this 
 Apartment, and the moft beautiful of all. It is 
 furnifhed inftead of Tapiftry with Wainfcot, ex- 
 quifitely well gilded ; on the Pannels of which 
 are Vafes with Feftons of Flowers after nature, 
 and divers little Birds flying about, after the man- 
 ner of Vanbotick, one of the ableft Matters of his 
 time for this fort of Work. 
 
 The Plafon and the Chimny ar.e adorned after 
 the fame manner. All the Chambers of which 
 we have been fpeaking look upon a Court, whofe 
 fides are adorned with Architectures, Figures 
 and Perfpe&ives, painted in Frefijtio. On the 
 other fide is the fecond Apartment joyned to this. 
 Where fir ft you find a magnificent Chamber af- 
 ter the Italian manner, wtiofe Plafon is opened 
 Cupulo-wife*, right Angular, with a Balaftrade 
 above, very well gilt. Over the Chimney is a Baf- 
 relief painted over like Brafs, it is of extraordi- 
 nary Workmanfhip, and reprefents Jafon Sacri- 
 ficing on the Sea fhore in order to obtain a hap- 
 py return to this Country, after he had got away 
 
of P A R I S. fe 9 
 
 the Golden Fleece. From this Chamber you go 
 into the Gallery, whofe fides are fet off with Co- 
 rinthian Pilafters, and with Pictures reprefenting 
 the Story of Pfiche, painted by Corneille, fo al- 
 fo was the Plafon, which is one of the fineft that 
 can be feen. 
 
 On the right hand is a fmall Library, whofe 
 Ornaments fuit perfectly well with the difpofi- 
 tion of the place. In fine, nothing is wanting 
 to this Houfe, all is furprifingly neat, and you fee 
 nothing but what is Magnifick,and what defcrved 
 admiration, for even thofe things which in other 
 places are of the leaft account, have here their 
 peculiar Beauties, as the Window -Boards, which 
 are of Cedar inlaid with Ebony and Ivory. The 
 Locks and Bolts are of policed Steel, fo deli- 
 cately wrought as if they were of Silver ; not to 
 fpeak of the Moveables, as the Tables and Look- 
 ing-glaifcs, which are inriched with Tortoife-fhell 
 and Ivory, and adorned with Mouldings of Brafs 
 gilt, and carved molt delicately. 
 
 One cannot fee in any other place more curi- 
 ous Painting finiflied with more pains than here. 
 In fhort thofe who have examined all the Beauties 
 of this Houfe do all agree that a greater numbe.r 
 of delicacies cannot poflibly be collected in fo 
 fmall a place, and that the Mafter to whom they 
 belong could not have brought 'em into this 
 condition without a very considerable Expence, 
 and a perfed: knowledge and skill in the choice 
 of what is truly excellent. This curious Build- 
 ing is of the Sieur Cottard's defigning. 
 
 Over again It this ftands the Hotel d* O, at pre- 
 fent converted into a Convent of Nuns of the 
 Order of St. Auftin. 
 
 On 
 
9o A New Defcription 
 
 On the left hand, in the Rjie des btancs- 
 Manteaux, you fee the Convent that gave the 
 Street this name, in which is nothing Angular un- 
 lefs it be the Pavement of the Quire which is all 
 of Marble. At prefent it is inhabited by Monks 
 of St. Bemiet; formerly they were called Guilli- 
 mins, being firft founded by St. William, who 
 ordered them to wear white Cloaks, which they 
 afterwards left off 
 
 There is nothing more confiderable in the old 
 Hjie du Temple. 
 
 From hence you enter into the Hjie Barbette, 
 where you have the Hotel de Eftrees. This-ftands 
 near the place where was formerly the Palace of 
 Ifabel de Bavieres, Wife of Charles VI. King 
 of France, not far from which place happened the 
 Murder of Lewis Duke of Orleans, Aflaflina- 
 ted by the Duke of Burgundy, which caufed all 
 thofe Divifions between thofe two Houfes, and 
 was the Original of thofe horrible troub!es,which 
 troubled France, during many years, and never 
 ended till towards the conclufion of the Reign of 
 Charles VII. 
 
 Near the Capuchins du Marais in the Street 
 called Itye de Touraine is a great piece of Per- 
 fpe&'ve, in the Garden of the Sieur Turmeny. 
 It is a Sun-dial placed on a Piece of Ruftick Ar- 
 chitecture among Trees, which at a . diftance 
 makes a very handfom ihew. 
 
 Over the Fountain in the Hue de Poitou, not 
 far from hence, you may read this Infcription, 
 
 Hie 
 
of PARIS. 91 
 
 Hie Nymph<e agrejles ejfundite civibus ur+ 
 nas, 
 
 Vrbanas Praetor vos dedit ejje Deas. 1675. 
 
 You Country Nymphs pour here your Wa- 
 ter down 
 
 The Provoft makes you Deities o'th' Town. 
 1675. 
 
 From the old Rue du Temple yo go to the 
 great Street of St. Lewis, paffing through the 
 Riie de la Couture St. Gervais, in which is a mag- 
 nific houfe built by the Sieur Aubert, where lives 
 at prefent the Venetian Ambaflador. This houfe 
 is one of the faireft and moft capacious, and the 
 Stair-cafe one of the beft contrived that can be 
 feen. All the Ornaments of this building are very 
 becoming. 
 
 The Rue St. Louis. 
 
 The firft thing you difcover at the end of this 
 Street is, the Convent of the Nuns of Calvary y 
 of St. Bennett Order. The Church is very hand- 
 fotn: the Altar adorned with Pictures reprefent- 
 ing in three pieces the Hiftory of our Saviours 
 Paffion. As you go on you come to 
 
 The Hotel of the Cardinal de Bouillon, Great 
 Almoner of France. This was formerly called 
 the Hotel de Turenne. Here is a piece of Ar- 
 
 chite- 
 
yi A New Defer ipt ion 
 
 chitedkurc of the invention of the Sieur des Ar- 
 gues, worthy of admiration. Here is at prefent 
 a numerous Library, and magnific Furniture* 
 On the fame fide of the way is 
 
 The Hotel de Guenegaud, great and very well 
 built, with feveral other Houfes as far as the 
 place Royal,which are all of an agreeable Symme- 
 try, and make this Street very uniform through- 
 out. 
 
 Of late years they have built here a Fountain, 
 and placed upon it two Tritons, in Sculpture, 
 under whom. 'arc thefe Verfes of Monfieur de 
 
 Santeiiil : 
 
 Foclix, forte tua, Nat'as amdbilis, 
 Dignutn, quo fitter is, nafta Jitutn loci. 
 Qui tot Jpendida teEla 
 FluBu lambere contigit. 
 
 Te Triton geminus ferfonat amuta 
 Concha, te celebrat nomine Hegiam 9 
 Hanc tu forte fuperba, 
 Labi non eris immemor. 
 
 O happy Nymph, happy thy lot 
 Who haft this beautious Province got^ 
 Where all thy Waters as they flow, 
 New luftre to the buildings owe. 
 
 Two rival Tritons found thy praife, 
 And high thy watry Empire raife ; 
 But Nymph take heed, thou doft not grow 
 So proud, that thou forgetft to flow. 
 
 The 
 
ef P A R I S. 
 
 t3> 
 9? 
 
 The P/ac* Royal. 
 
 This place was built in the Reign of Henry the 
 Great: The Houfes that are eredted about k, are 
 very beautiful and of the fame fymetry.They take 
 up all that Ground which was formerly the Gar- 
 dens belonging to the Palais desTournelles which 
 ftood on tnelide of the Rampart, in which Palace 
 Francis II. and feveral other Kings his Predecef- 
 fors kept their Courts. But after that unhappy 
 accident which befel Henry II. who was wound- 
 ed to death by the Earl of Montgommery in the 
 fatal Turnament then celebrated in the Rye St. 
 Antoine upon the Marriage of IJabel of France 
 to Philip IL King of Spain, Catherine of 
 Medicis Widow of the deceafed King fold this 
 Palace, which had been firft built by Charles V. 
 to divers particular Perfons, who turned it into 
 many Tenements ; but the whole Street which 
 runs along near the Rampart ftill keeps the an- 
 cient name. 
 
 The place of which we were fpeaking is exa&ly 
 fquare,compofed of fix and thirty Pavilions raifed 
 of the fameSymmetry ; the materials are of Brick 
 and Free-iione, raifed upon a long row of Ar- 
 ches, under the fhelter of which one may walk 
 round the plac- In the middle of thefe Build- 
 ings they have left a great void piece of Ground, 
 which at prefent is about to be converted into a 
 Garden and is to be inclofed with a Parade of 
 Iron, into which none may enter but thofe be- 
 longing to the Houfes about the Place, ^.vho only 
 are to have keys. Report fays this Work will 
 coft a hundred Pifiolls for every Houfe, which 
 
 we 
 
94 *A New Description 
 
 we may eafily believe,if we confider the vaft quan- 
 tity of Iron which it will require. In the middle 
 of this Garden ftands the Statue in Brafs of 
 Lewis XIII. on Horfeback raifed on a great Pe- 
 deftal of white Marble, on the four fides of 
 which you may read the following Infcriptions, 
 
 In the forepart 
 
 POUR LA GLORIEUSE ET IM- 
 MORTELLE MEMOIRE 
 D U 
 
 TRES-GRAND ET TRES-IN- 
 VINCIBLE LOUIS LE JUSTE 
 
 XIII. DU NOM 7 ROI DE FRANCE 
 ET DE NAVARRE 
 
 ARMAND Cardinal Due de Riche- 
 
 HEU, SON PRINCIPAL MlNISTRE DANS 
 TOUS SES ILLUSTRES ET HEUREUX D/ES- 
 SBINS 
 
 COMBLE D'HONNlURS, ET DE B I E N E A IT S 
 
 d'un si genereux Monarqjje, A 
 va1t e lever cette statue. 
 
 Pour une marqjje eternelle £e son 
 ze1e, de sa tideiite, et de sa re- 
 gonnoissance 1639. 
 
 To the Glorious and Immortal Memory of the mofl 
 Great and moft Invincible Lewis thejufi JKSXL. 
 of that name, Kjng of France and Navarre, 
 Armand Cardinal Duke of Richelieu his 
 
 Principal 
 
of PARIS. 9 5 
 
 Principal Minifter in all his Illuftrious and 
 Happy Dejigns, being loaden with Honours 
 and Benefits from Jb Generous a Monarch, 
 hath caujed this Statue to be eretled as an 
 eternal mark, of his %eal, Fidelity, and Gra- 
 titude, 1639. 
 
 On the hinder part, next the Minimes. 
 
 ' LUDOVICO XIII. [CHRISTIANISSIMO GAL- 
 LIC ET NAVARRA REGI, 
 
 ' JUSTO, PIO, FOELICI, VICTORI, TRIUM- 
 PHATORI, 
 
 SEMPER AUGUSTO, 
 ARMANDUS CARDINALIS DUX RI- 
 CHELIUS, 
 
 PR^.CIPUORUM REGNI ONERUM AD- 
 JUTOR 
 
 ET ADMINISTRATOR, 
 DOMINO OPTIME MERi.TO,PRINClPIQUE 
 HNflFICENTiSSIMO, 
 U/E, DEVOTIONIS, 
 ET OB 1 4 ".RA BENEFICIA, IM- 
 MSNSOSv 
 
 HONOR to I COLLATOS 
 PERENNE GRATIA, MONUMENTUM, 
 
 HANC STATU AM uESTREM 
 PONENDAM CU..AVIT, 
 ANNO DOMINI, 1659. 
 
96 A New Description 
 
 To Lewis XIII. Of France and of Navarre, the 
 moft Chrifiian King, 
 
 To the ffuft, the Pious, the Happy \ the 
 Conqueror, and the Triumpher f always Au- 
 g u ft- 
 
 Armand Cardinal and Duke of Richelieu 
 His chief Minifter of State, 
 
 To his excellent Majler and mojl boun- 
 tiful Prince, as an eternal Monument of 
 his Faithfulnefs, Devotion, and Gratitude^ 
 for thofe innumerable "Benefits and great 
 Honours conferred upon him, caufed this 
 Statue to be eretled in the year of our 
 Lord, 1639. 
 
 On the right fide; 
 
 Pour Louis le Just. 
 
 SONNET. 
 
 QVe ne peut la Vertue, que ne peut le 
 Courage ? 
 J'ay domte pur jamais I* Herefie en 
 Jon fort, 
 
 Du Tage imperieux fay fait trembler le bord, 
 fit du J^hin jufqu 9 a i Ebre a cru mon heritage, 
 
 3e fauve par mon bras I 9 Europe d'efc la- 
 vage : 
 
 Et Jj tant de travaux iieuffent hafte mon fcrt : 
 ' \tffe attaque /' Afie, (3 dun peux effort, 
 feuffe du fainteTombeau vange le longfervage. 
 
 ARMAND, 
 
of PARIS. 97 
 
 | Amand, le grand Armando I'ame de mes ex~ 
 ploits, 
 
 >orte de toutes partes mcsArmes & mes Loix, 
 Zt donna tout 'Ctclat anx rayons de ma gloire* 
 
 Infin il meleva ce pompeux monument. 
 )u pour rendre a Jon nom y memoir e pour me- 
 moire ; 
 
 ve veux quavec le mien, il vive incejjamment. 
 
 To LEWIS the Jujt. 
 SONNET. 
 
 What cannot fuch a Soul, fuchVertue 
 do? 
 
 Rebelling Hereticks I did fubdue: 
 Spain and her Armies trembled, norcou'd 
 thofe 
 
 Of Germany my Victories oppofe. 
 Europe from Bondage by my Power was 
 freed : 
 
 And had not Death forbid the glorious deed, 
 I had to Afia born my Arms, and there 
 Refcu'd from Turks the Sacred Sepulchre. 
 Richelieu ! Great Richelieu Soul of my 
 Renown, 
 
 Guide of my Arms and Splendor of my 
 Crown; 
 
 He did the Glories of my life contrive 
 • And in this Statue made me ftill furvive. 
 For which Memorial I this other give, 
 That with my Name, his may for ever live. 
 
 F Oa 
 
A Nevj Defer iftim 
 On the left fide. 
 
 QVccl bellator hydros pacem fpirare rcbelk 
 Deplumes trepidare aqut/as, mitefcere 
 pardos, 
 
 Et depreff'a jugo fubmittere colU Leone s> 
 DefpeBat Lodoicus, equo fublimis aheno^ 
 'Non digiti, non artifices facer e camini y 
 Sed Virtus & plena Deo for tuna peregit. 
 Armandus vindex fidei, pacifque fequefter, 
 Auguftum curavit opus ; populique verendam 
 I{egali voluit St at nam confurgere circo, 
 Vt poft civilis dcpulfa pericula belli^ 
 Et circum domitos armis civilibus hoftes> 
 Mternum domina Lodoicus in Vrbe triumphed 
 
 That Lewis from his Brazen Horfedoti 
 view, 
 
 How Rebel Water Snakes for Pardon fue, 
 Pluck'd Eagles trembling, fiercer Leopard 
 meek, 
 
 How Lions to the Yoak fubmit their neck 
 Is not what Art, nor Furnace did beftow, 
 But what to's valour, and his God we owe 
 Armand Religions friend, on whom depem 
 Both Peace and War, the Noble Work dc 
 fign'd : 
 
 Andplac'd this Statue in this Royal Square- 
 That after all the toils of Civil- War, 
 And Foreign Foes fubdu'd, this Monarc 
 might 
 
 For ever Peaceful and Triumphant fit. 
 
 Th 
 
of PARIS. 99 
 
 This Horfe is one of the mod beautiful pieces 
 that can befeen. The famous Daniel de Volt ere y 
 an Italian, one of the ableft Sculptors of his time, 
 made it for Henry II. but it was never fet up 
 for that King, by reafon of thofe many troubles 
 which overflowed all France during the following 
 Reigns. 
 
 The mod confiderable Houfes, and in which 
 you will find moft Curiofities, in this place, are 
 
 The Hotel de Richelieu, in which are very 
 excellent Pictures of divers Matters, but above 
 all of Rubens, a famous F lemming, whofe Works 
 are highly efteemed by the curious, becaufe of 
 that beauty of defign, and vivacity of colouring, * 
 in which he has been more fuccefsful than all other 
 Painters. You will fee in this Hotel more than 
 in all Paris befide : and with thefe very rich 
 moveables. 
 
 The Houfe of Monfieur the Marquefs de An- 
 geau, Governor of Tourame. On the Wall of 
 this Houfe is a piece of Perfpe&ive reprefenting 
 certain Architecture in Foreit, in a very exqui^ 
 fite manner. With this you may obferve at the 
 further end of the Garden a Pavilion mot ill built. 
 The great Stair-cafe is very lightfom, and ail the 
 reit of the Houfe extreme neat. All which does 
 fufficiently declare the Matter to be a perfon of a 
 delicate Gutt. 
 
 Almoft over againft this on the other fide .of 
 the place ftands the Hotel de Chaunes. One en- 
 tire Wing of the Building has been raided of late 
 years, in which may be obferved much Regulari- 
 ty. At the bottom of the Court lies the Garden, 
 in which you have fome Water- works, and at 
 the further part of it a piece of Perfpedive which 
 anftvers to the Gate, and as you enter makes a cu- 
 F z rious 
 
too *A New Defcription 
 
 -oust (hew. Monfieur the Duke of Cbaunes, Go- 
 vernor of Britanny dwells here. 
 
 The Convent of the Minims. 
 
 Thefe Fathers were fetled here in the year 1 590? 
 Their Church is one of the neateft and lighteft 
 in Paris, and tho the Portal is not finifhed, yet 
 that hinders not but that it is very remarkable, in 
 regard the famous Manfard made thedefign. The 
 Pillars of the firft Order are Doricks ; but thefe 
 Fathers having occafion for a Tribune they caufed 
 one to be raifed over this Portal, and adorned it 
 with Pillars on the outfide , which do not at all 
 agree with that part which was begun by fuch an 
 iible Mafter. Their Altar is alfo of the better 
 fort, contrived with Corinthian Pillars of black 
 Marble, flatted, the only in all France of this 
 manner. The Ornaments are not fuperfluous ; 
 the Statue of the blefied Virgin is on one fide of 
 it, and that of St. Francis of Paula the Founder 
 of this Order, on the other: both thefe Statues 
 are well wrought. There are feveral Chappels in 
 this Church well worth r eeing, as that of M. the 
 Duke-of Vze-vi/le, whofe Altar is all of Marble, in 
 which Chappel there are feveral Tombs of divers 
 Perfons of that Family, of the fame materials ; 
 That of Monfieur le Camus, the Wainfcot in 
 which is gilt very neatly ; on one fide of the 
 great Altar is the Chappel of St. Francis of Pau- 
 la, where the life of that Saint hath been painted 
 by the Sicur Vocte. Over againd this is the 
 Chappel of Monfieur le Jay firft Prefident of 
 
 . P^rlia- 
 
 ) 
 
of P A R? I S. ioi 
 
 Parliament ; and laftly that in which is the Tomb 
 of Madame , the Dutchefs of Angoidefme, curi- 
 oufly adorned with Marble Figures. 
 
 Within the Houfe, you ought to fee the Li- 
 brary, where are fome Books of no fmall value- 
 But that which is mod remarkable is a Collection 
 of Rituals, gathered by M. de Launoy, Do&or 
 in Theology, one who hath juftly pafs'd for one of 
 the ablelt Criticks of our. times in Church- An- 
 tiquities, who by his profound knowledge his 
 cleared many things of which we had but very 
 obfeure Notions. He. lies interred in the Church 
 belonging to the fa Fathers, to whom he bequeath- 
 ed by his Will two hundred Crowns, and half his 
 Library The following Epitaph was made for 
 him by Monfieur Qlement Counfellonn the Court 
 of Aydes and is to be placed on his Tomb. 
 
 D. O. M. 
 
 Hie jacet Joannes Launoius, Conftantienfts y 
 Parifienjis Theologus, 
 £iti veritatis affertor perpetuus, jurium Eccle* 
 
 fi<z Q$ %Cg ts acerrimus vindex : 
 Vitam inncxiam exegit^ 
 Opes neglexit quantulumcunque, ut rc!itlitrus y 
 
 Satis babuit. 
 Multa fcripfit nulla Jpe, nullo timore. 
 Opt imam famam> maximamque venerationem 
 apud probos adept us eft. 
 Annum feptimum & feptuagefimim dacejfit. 
 Animam Cbrifto confignavit die Martii io. 
 Anno 1678. 
 Hoc Monunentum amico jucundijfimo poni 
 curavit Nicolaus le Camus Supreme Suvfidi- 
 orum Curix Princeps. 
 
 F 3 Sacred 
 
101 
 
 A New Defcriftion 
 
 Sacred to Almighty God. 
 
 Here lies John Lannoy, Native of Conflance 
 A Pari fun Divine, Who being the conftant 
 defender of Truth, and of the Rites of the 
 Church and King, fpent his life innocent 
 and unblamable. He defpifed Riches, and 
 was contented with a very little, as 
 knowing he muft quickly leave it. He 
 ~writ many things, free from either hope or 
 fear. He acquired a very great Reputation, 
 and Refped: among good men. He refigned 
 his Soul to his Saviour in the feventy feventh 
 year of his age,, March 10. 1678. 
 
 To his dear Friend, Nicolas le Camus Chief Offi- 
 cer of the Exchequer ere&ed this Monument 
 
 There are alfo in this Library certain pieces of 
 Cpticks made by the famous Father de Niferon, 
 a ?arifiav y one of the moft knowing Men in this 
 Science that hath perhaps ever appeared in this 
 Age. He hath left us a Volume of that Art, 
 very much eftemed ; it was he alfo who caufed 
 to be painted in the Dortoir of this Houfe, the 
 Figures of St. John, and the Magdelain, which 
 Figures extend the whole length of the two Gal* 
 ieries, and which they cannot fee in their true 
 proportion, but from a point marked for you to 
 ltand in. This Learned Perfon had enriched the 
 Publick with many other things had not death ta- 
 ken him from us in an Age wherein he did but 
 begin to difcover his wonderful wit and parts. 
 
 The 
 
of PARIS. \o% 
 
 The Refeitory of this Convent is very hand- 
 fom, and of late years has been painted round 
 about with Landskips and Solitudes, which en- 
 tertain the thoughts of the Religious while they 
 are at their meals with Ideas remote from the af- 
 fairs of this World. It is well known that thefe 
 Fathers live in great aufterity, and that the de- 
 lign of their inftitutfon hath taken in aim oft all 
 that is rigorous in the other Orders. 
 
 Before you leave the Marais iu Temple^ you 
 ought to obferve that the greateft part of the 
 Houfes in this Quarter have been built within 
 thefe fifty or lixty years, and that the Ground on 
 which they (land was formerly a marifh and em- 
 ployed in great Gardens which furnifhed Paris 
 with Roots and Kitchin Herbs. • At prefent it is 
 ahand r om Quarter, whofe habitations are very 
 conveniently built, and therein a great number of 
 Perlons of Quality inhabit. 
 
 The Rue St. Antcine. 
 
 After you have feen the Maraife du Temple , 
 you ought to pafs next to the. Rite St. Antomt, 
 one of the longed and handfomeft Streets of all 
 the Town, and which is ordinarily appointed for 
 Shews and Entries for EmbaiTadors.lt was through 
 this Street that the Queen made her firft Entry, 
 and through which that famous Carousel in the 
 year 1 66 1. made their glorious March. The Popes 
 Legate who came hither in the year 1664. for 
 whom a moft Magnifick Entry was appointed, 
 pa(Ted this way to the Church of Notre-Dame. 
 In the paft Ages this Street was alfo ufed for the 
 F 4 like 
 
104 "<A New Defer iption 
 
 like matters. Our Kings did here ufe to run at 
 the Ring, and make their Jufts and Turnanients, 
 but fince the fatal Accident that befel Henry II. 
 thefe Sports have been left off. To fee this Street 
 in Order we ought to begin at 
 
 The Grevc. 
 
 This is the only place in Paris where they" 
 make the publick fhews of Joy and Triumph. 
 Here are made the Bonfires on the Eve of Stjo/m 
 Baptift, and at other times when France hath 
 gained any Victories over her Enemies. 
 
 The Hotel de Ville takes up one fide of this 
 Place. It was built in the Reign of Francis I. 
 who laid the firft Stone himfelf. The Archite- 
 cture is however a little Gotique; that is to fay, 
 it is not altogether according to the guft of the 
 prefent age, in which the old Roman and Greek 
 proportions are fludied with more care and ex- 
 adhiefs, Artifts endeavouring every day to re-e- 
 ftablifli this curious Science in the fame perfecti- 
 on that it had under the Reign of Auguflus. The 
 Statue of Henry IV. is placed over the Gate,re- 
 •prefented on Horfeback in Demi-boffe, upon a 
 Ground of black Marble. The Horfe was copi- 
 ed from that of Marcus Aurelius at the Capitol. 
 The Court is but fmall and enclofed with Build- 
 ings of the fame fymmetry. Under one of the 
 Arches at the further end 'of the Court there is 
 a Statue of the King in the Habit of Hercules , 
 treading under foot that Difcord which would 
 have difquieted the beginning of his happy Reign. 
 On the Pedeftal which is of Marble as is alfo the 
 Statue, they have cut fomelnfcriptions, but fuch 
 
 as- 
 
of V A R I S. ioy 
 
 as are not thought material to be repeated here, 
 in regard they contain nothing remarkable, nor 
 recount any paffage of Hiftory that can be ufeful 
 to the curious. 
 
 In the Rooms there are fome Pictures repre- 
 fenting the Prevofts des Marc hands and the Ef- 
 chevins of the paft Age, and of this alfo in their 
 proper habits. At the two ends of the great Hall 
 over the two Chimneys there are placed the Por- 
 traits of the King in his Royal Robes and his 
 Scepter in his hand. In this Hall they Aflemble 
 to elecft their Prevofts des Marchands and Efche- 
 vins. The Windows that look upon the Greve 
 at publick Shews and Rejoicings, are filled with 
 Per r ons of the greateft Quality, who are fome- 
 times treated here very magnificently at the Char- 
 ges of the City. 
 
 To make the Entry into the Greve more con- 
 venient, they have within five or fix years laft paft 
 opened a way from the Pont de Notre-Dame to 
 this place all along the River, which they have 
 adorned with a very handfom Key of Free- ftone. 
 They have alfo built on this Key feverd Houfes 
 of the fame Symmetry, inhabited by good Trades- 
 men. This beautiful Enterprize was begun un- 
 der the Prevoit-fhip of Monfieur Pelletier^ at , 
 prefent Controller-general of the Finances, and 
 a«l that was performed under his adminiftration 
 has been as well for the Publick good, as for the 
 Beauty of the City. The People have as an eter- 
 nal mark of their acknowledgment, given this 
 place the new name of le Quay Peltetier, thought 
 through a modeity that hath had but few exam- 
 ples, he himfelf would never fufTer his name tQ 
 appear in any of thofe Works which have beea 
 raifed by his order. As you enter oa that fide 
 F s next 
 
1 06 A New Defcription 
 
 next the Bridge of Notre-dame you will fee the 
 following Infcription in black Marble, over 
 which is the Kings Puiture in a Medaillon. 
 
 auspichs 
 ludovici magni 
 hanc ripam 
 foedam nuper et inviam nunc 
 publicum iter et orn amentum 
 
 URBIS 
 
 F. CC. 
 PRi£F. ET iEDIL. 
 ANN. R. S. ft MDCLXXV. 
 
 By the Favour of Lewis the Great the Pro* 
 voft and JEdiles have made, this Bmk# 
 which was before dirty And unf affable, a 
 fair Street and the Ornament of the City.,, 
 In the year from the Redemption of the 
 World, 1675. 
 
 As you go from the Greve you pafs by the 
 Church of St. fohn, formerly a Chappel depen- 
 ding on that of St. Gervais, and which was- 
 built, as fome will have it in the Reign of Charles 
 the Fair in the year 1 326. That which deferves- 
 particular obfervation is the Vault that fup|iorts 
 the Organs which is of a manner really very 
 hardy, and the little door next the Cloifter which 
 is of the Ionick Order. 
 
 The following Epitaph will not be unpleafant 
 to the Curious to read, for they will find it ex- 
 traordinary, it is near the Crucifix of this Church. 
 
 Q 
 
of V AR IS. 107 
 
 Cy refofe Alain Veau, celui auquel lime- 
 gripe (3 fide lite au maniment des Finances 
 fous le Hoi Francois I. Henri IL Francois II. 
 (3 Charles IX. a four un e heureufe recom- 
 fenfe acquis fans envie, ce beau titre de 
 Trefirier fans I{ejfr$che. ll deceda le 1. dt 
 Jnin 1573. 
 
 Pajfant frie% Dieu four lui. 
 
 Here refteth Alain Veau, whofe Integrity and 
 Fidelity in his management of the Finances 
 under King Francis I. Henry IL Francis II. 
 and Charles IX. hath as a happy recompence 
 gained him, without Envy, the glorious Title 
 of the Treafurer without Reproach. He de- 
 ceafed ( june 1. 1575. 
 
 As you fafs by fray for him. 
 
 A little further is the Church of St. Gervais r 
 It is one of the ancienteft Parifhes in Paris, as 
 may be feea in the Hidory of St. Germain, Bifhop 
 of this Town, who lived in the year 578.. In 
 favour of which he wrought here a Miracle as 
 Fortimatus B : fhop of Poitiers reports in his 
 Hi'tory. The Body of this Church is very well 
 built, but according to the Gothick way, with 
 high raided PvoO;S ; and Chappels round about ; 
 in one of whxh under the Croije'e on the left 
 hand, you may fee fome P.^ntim-s after the man- 
 ner of k Sueur who was one ot the belt Painters 
 of this Age, next $& the famous Poujfin, and of 
 whom we (hall have occaHon to ^peak more afc 
 large hereatter ; the Pointings in the Windows 
 which reprefent the M-utyrdonr of St Gervais 
 and the Piclure over the Altar are of his hand. 
 The Tapiitry which they expofe:herc on the great 
 
 Fealts. 
 
1 08 A New Defcripion 
 
 Feafts are very well wrought ; the Originals from 
 which thefe were Copied are in the Nave of the 
 Church, and were painted by the faid le Sueur 
 and Chamfaigne. They reprefent the Hiftory of 
 St. Gervais and St Protais, and the manner how 
 their holy Bodies were found at Millain through 
 the Prayers of St Ambroje^ who mentions this 
 matter in his Epiftles. 
 
 But this is not that which ought mod to em- 
 ploy the Curious, the magnificent Portal will 
 entertain their view with much greater pleafure, 
 and make them acknowledge that they cannot 
 elfewhere fee any thing more handfom or regular. 
 It is compofed of three Greek Orders, one over 
 the other, vi%. of the Dorick, the Ionick,and the 
 Corinthian, whofe proportions are fo handfom 
 and fo exadt, that in the judgment of the famous 
 Cavalier Bemin himfelt, there is nothing more 
 finifhed and perfedt in all Europe. The Pillars 
 are fluted, without any other Ornaments than 
 what are proper to themfelves. Thefe three Or- 
 ders compofe a Fabrick of a very great heighth 
 and perfectly pleafing to the light : Had the place 
 before it been larger, nothing had been wanting 
 to fet off this Work in all its magnificence. The 
 Reputation of this Building belongs to the Sieur 
 de Brojfe, he who made the defigns for the Pa- 
 lace of Luxemburg, and the Temple at Chares 
 ton. However we muft not think him the only 
 Artift, we muft know that Clement Mcte^eau 
 was employed with him ; this is he who under- 
 took the Ditch of Rochel, as hath been already 
 mentioned when we treated of the Gallery at 
 the Louvre, and who was one of the ablell Ar- 
 chitects of his time. He was born of a confide- 
 rable Family at Dreux 7 and was much efteenved 
 
of P A R I S. 109 
 
 by Cardinal de Rjchelieu, who perfe&ly well un- 
 derftood Perfons merit. Monfieur de Fourcy^ 
 Counfellor in the Parliament, and Intendant-ge- 
 neral of the Buildings under Lewis XIII. Father 
 to Monfieur the Prefident de Fourcy^ a perfon 
 more renowned at prefent for hisMeritand Probi- 
 ty, than for the dignity of his Charge, was at that 
 time honorary Church-warden of this Church ; 
 It was he that undertook this great Work, toge- 
 ther with M. de Orion and M. de Saint Genis, 
 hisCollegues in the Office. Lewis XIII. laid 
 the firft; Stone, and in a very little time this mar- 
 vellous Structure was finifhed as we now fee it. 
 
 From this Church of St. Gervais, to the mid- 
 dle of the Hue St. Antoine is nothing conside- 
 rable. You pafs before the Church-yard of S. John 
 where is at prefent a Market- place. Here formerly 
 flood the Hotel of Pierre de Craon who murder- 
 ed the Conitable Olivier du Clijfon in the Reign 
 of Charles VI. whofe Houfe was demolilhed and 
 ra r edto the Ground in the year 1392 as a pu- 
 nifhment for that Fadh After this you come to 
 
 The Hotel de Beauvais, which fhews a very 
 hand r om Front to the Street, adorned with three 
 Balconies. The Mafons Work is en Bofjage with 
 very neat Ornaments. The Gate is large, 
 and tho the Court be but very fmall it is howe- 
 ver comi alTed about witlr Buildings where the 
 feveral Orders of Architecture are well obferved. 
 The Stair-cafe is fupported with Pillars, and em- 
 bellifhed with many Ornaments. As for the A- 
 partments they are extreme pleafant and com- 
 pared about with a long Baluilrade of Iron, 
 leading quite round the Court, into which the 
 doors open. 
 
 - As 
 
HO A New Defer iftion 
 
 As often as there hath been any great Sight to 
 be held in the Rue St. Antoine, this fair houfe 
 hath been made ufe of by tho'e of the Royal Fa- 
 mily. At the famous Caroufel that was in the 
 year 1661. a great number of Princeffes and 
 Ladies of the Court placed themfelves here to fee 
 that magnificent Train pafs by from the Place 
 Royal w here they affembled to go to the open 
 place before the Palace of the Tuilleries^ in which 
 they were to perform their Courfes. 
 
 Over againft this ftands the Church of little 
 St. Antoine, which hath nothing in it of Beauty, 
 and its very fimplicity hath made it Efficiently 
 known that it formerly ferved for anHofpital; 
 and was founded for thofe who were affli&'ed 
 with that Epidemical Difeafe called St. Anthonys 
 Fire. A Diftemper which hath been now ceafed 
 this two or three Ages. The Confraternity of 
 St. Claude hath been a long time eftablifhed in 
 this Church, but it is much decayed from what 
 it was in former times, for it is evident that under 
 the Reign of Charles VI. their Founder, all the 
 great Lords of the Court, caufed their names to 
 be here inrolled after his Example, and made con- 
 siderable Prefents in favour of this Saint. The 
 Community of theie Fathers h but fmall and 
 does not ordinarily exceed the number of twenty 
 Religious men, they are Chanons regular of S.Au- 
 guftin, and bear on their Breafts the -Letter T. 
 much like a Crofs. The head of their Order is 
 in Daaphine not far from Vicnne. On the fame 
 fide of the way is 
 
 The Hotel de St. Pol, where formerly our 
 Kings inhabited, as fome Historians would make 
 us believe But at the fame time others would 
 have it that the Palace des Tournelles was fo cal- 
 led 
 
of P A R I S, tit 
 
 led before it was rebuilt by Francis I. who can- 
 fed a great number of final! Towers to be placed 
 there upon the Walls. In fhort, this Hotel is at 
 prefent inhabited by M.idame de Chavigny, wi- 
 dow of the Secretary of State fo called. It is one 
 of the greatelt Houfes in all Paris. The A- 
 partrrents look upon the Garden and are magni- 
 ficently Furnilhed : The Pi&ures and fuch like 
 beautiful Ornaments are here in abundance. The 
 Courtis great and can contain many Coaches. 
 However one thing is wanting in this Houfe and 
 that is a great Stair-cafe. Monfieur de Chavigny 
 had a defign to have built one, and continued 
 fome other Works that feemed imperfeifi, but 
 Death fuftered him not to perform what he pro- 
 pofed. However that hinders not but this houfe 
 is notwithftanding one of the molt capacious 
 and convenient ; it is alfo moft delicious in Sum- 
 mer, by reafon of that pleafing Odour which 
 comes from the Orangersefpeciaily in the lower 
 Rooms next the Garden. 
 
 The great Jefuites. 
 
 The Chrrch of thefe Fathersis dedicated fo 
 StLe«w,and is one of the faireft and beit adorned 
 of all Paris. It is built after the Modern, with a 
 great Dome or Cupolo raifed over it. The Co- 
 rinthian Order is obferved throughout the whole 
 Work, very regularly, and the Portal is extreme- 
 ly well placed, in regard it Hands exadtly over 
 againft the end of the fy'e St. Catherine : It is 
 ccmpofed of three: Orders of Corinthian Pilllara 
 
 placed 
 
11% A New Defer if t ion 
 
 placed over one another, which 
 a French mea- m ake in all about twenty twoToifes 
 
 r Z?™ n i$ inhei S hth r - Hereisnowantof Or- 
 Engi ; fli. naments, for all parts of this Stru- 
 cture are fo filled up with Palms, 
 Feuillages, and Cyphers that it makes fuch a con- 
 fufion as is not at all pleafing to the Curious in 
 Archite&ure. You fee by thelnfcription on the 
 Freefe of the firft Order that Cardinal de Rich* 
 elieu was a Benefactor to the Fabrick of this Por- 
 tal 
 
 SANCTO LUDOVICO REGI LUDOV1- 
 CUS XIII REX BASILICAM : ARMAN- 
 DUS CARDINALIS DUX DE RICHE- 
 LIEU, BASILICA FRONTEM POSll- 
 IT, 1634. 
 
 To Saint LE1VIS, 
 
 Lewis XTH built this Church: Armand 
 Cardinal and Duke of Richelieu built the 
 Front. of it, 1634. 
 
 Lewis XIII. laid here the firft Stone, being 
 accompanied by M de GonJy, the nrft Arch- 
 Bifhop of Paris ; on which Stone was engraven 
 the following Inscription, 
 
 d. o. M. 
 
of P A R I S. 
 
 113 
 
 D. O. M. 
 S. LUDOVICO. 
 
 QUI TOTUM ORBEM IN TEMPLUM 
 DEI ARMIS, ANIMISQUE DESTINAVIT 
 
 LUDOVICUS XIII. 
 
 HOC TEMPLUM EREXIT : 
 
 UT QllEM GALLIA COLUIT UT REGEM, 
 AMAVIT UT PATREM, HIC VENE- 
 RETVR UT COELITEM. 
 
 ANNO MDC XXVII. 
 
 Sacred to Almighty God, 
 
 To Saint Lewis who defigned* to Convert 
 the whole World into the Temple of God, 
 Lewis XIII. EreHed this Temple: that 
 whom France Honoured as a Kjng y and 
 loved as a Father y it might here venerate 
 as a Saint. In the year MDC XXVII. 
 
 The infideof this Church anfwers well to that 
 without. A Gallery runs round over the Chap- 
 pels having a Baluftrade of Iron on the top of the 
 Cornilh, by which Gallery you may go round the 
 Church. The great Altar is compofed of three 
 ranks of Corinthian Pillars of black Marble, whofe 
 Capitals are of Brafs gilt. On each fide of the 
 Altar are the Statues of St. Lewis and Charle- 
 magne. But to fay the truth, this Altar is a little 
 
 too 
 
114 A New Defer iption 
 
 too low, which makes it fid and obfeure. Yet it 
 being on the Feftivals enlightned with a great 
 number of Candles the defed: is the lefs taken 
 notice of. The Tabernacle which they expofe 
 on fiich days is of Silver fet off with FeiiiHages 
 and other Ornaments Silver and gilt, and the 
 Workmanfhip is of greater value than the mate- 
 rials. One cannot fee in any Church of Paris, a 
 greater number of Reliquaries, Silver Veflels, 
 Candlefticks, Branches, Perfuming-pots, and fuch 
 like things all of Silver or Silver Gilt. Nay 
 there are fome all of Gold ; but that which is 
 moft remarkable is a great Sun of Gold inriched 
 with Diamonds and great Pearls 3 of a very confi- 
 derable price. The Ornaments are almolt of as 
 great Beauty, among which there is one that re- 
 prefents the adoration of the three Kings embroi- 
 dered with Pearls, and others of very rare work- 
 manfhip, where Gold and Silver have not been 
 fpared. In fine, nothing is wanting to the mag- 
 nificence of this Altar ; befides thefe Fathers have 
 fuch ableSacriftans that they invent every day fome 
 new manner of Imbellifhment. All the Chappels 
 are adorned with Marble Pillars, and Pictures of 
 thofe Saints to whofe memory the feveral Chap^ 
 pels are Dedicated. On the left fide of the great 
 Altar^ under an Arch, is the heart of Lewis XIII. 
 fupported by two great Angels under a Crown 
 of Silver gilt. You may fee there thefe two In- 
 fcriptions, on the Pillars of each fide; 
 on one fide 
 
 AUGU- 
 
of PARIS. 115 
 
 AUGUSTISSIMUM LUDOVICI XIII. 
 JUSTI REGIS, 
 BASILICA HUJUS FUNDATORIS MAGNI- 
 
 FICI COR. 
 ANGELORUM HIC IN MANIBUS, IN COE- 
 LO IN MANU DEI. 
 
 The mofl Augnft Heart of Lewis XIII. the 
 
 Jufl Kjng., the magnificent Founder of this 
 Church is here in the hands of Angels, and 
 in Heaven in the hand of God. 
 
 Over againft this is placed the other Infcription 
 which fhews that this Monument was raifed by 
 the pious care of Anne of Aufiria his illuftrious 
 Queen. 
 
 SERENISSIMA ANNA AUSTRICA 
 LUDOVICI XIV. 
 REGIS MATER, 
 ET REGINA REGENS. 
 PRiEDILECTI CONJUGIS SUI CORDI RE- 
 GIO AMORIS HOC MONUMENTUM P. 
 ANNO SALUTIS MDCXLIII. 
 
 * , , , «. — 
 
 The mofl ferene Anne of Auftria, Mother 
 of King Lewis the XIV. and Queen Re- 
 gent, 
 
 To the Royal heart of her mofl beloved 
 Husband hath f laced this Monument of her 
 Love. In the year of Salvation, 1643. 
 
 There 
 
1 1 6 A New Description 
 
 There are four Baf- reliefs of white Marble, re- 
 preferring the Cardinal Virtues, very well 
 wrought. 
 
 Under the Dome, on the fame fide ftands a 
 Magnificent Monument eredied to the Memory 
 of Henry de Bourbon, Prince of Conde : which 
 Monument Monfieur Perrault, who had been his 
 Intendant, out of a generous gratitude, and with 
 a great expence, caufed to be raifed to the Glory 
 of that Prince. It confifts of the four Virtues 
 in Brafs as great as the life, upon Pedeltals of 
 black Marble ; with Baf-reliefs alfo in Brafs re- 
 prefenting the renowned actions of that Prince. 
 Thefe laft are placed about the Chappel inltead of 
 a Baluftrade, upon a Foundation of black Marble. 
 On each fide of the Overture which ferves as a 
 kind of entry are placed two Cupids, one of 
 which holds a Shield in which are the Arms of 
 Bourbon, on the other a Table on which is graven 
 this Infcription 
 
 HENRICO BORBONIO COND^O' 
 PRIMO REGII SANGUINIS 
 PRINCIPI, 
 CUJVS COR HIC CONDITUM 
 IOHANNIS PERRAULT, 
 IN SUPREMA REGIARUM RATIONUM 
 CURIA R^SES, 
 PRINCIPI OLIM A SECRETIS. 
 QOffiRENS DE PUBLIC A PRIVATAQUE 
 JACTURA PARCIUS DCLERE, POSUIT. 
 ANNO MDCLXIII. 
 
I 
 
 of PARIS. 117 
 
 To Henry of Bourbon, Prince of Conde, 
 nndfirfi of the Blood-Royal, whofe heart is 
 here buried, 
 
 John Perrault Prejident of his Majefiies 
 Court of Exchequer and formerly Secretary 
 to the Prince, feekjng to allay his grief for 
 the piblicl^ and private lofs, erefted this 
 in the year, 1663. 
 
 All the Pieces are of Brafs and perfectly well 
 wrought, Monfieur Sarajin whofe Work it is, 
 hath in this Monument difcovered his excellent 
 Genius in defigning. Here is inclofed the heart of 
 that Generous Prince, which in truth the Fathers 
 Jefuits had gained long before his Death. All men 
 know what a particular affe&ion the Houfe of 
 Bourbon have always had for this Society .TheCar- 
 dinal of Bourbon, Uncle of Henry the Great was 
 the firft who eftablifhed them at Pari j.He bought 
 for them the Hotel de Amville for the fum of 
 13000 Livers, which the Receivers of the Abby 
 of St. Germain advanced, and at his Death he 
 left to thefe Fathers his whole Library which con- 
 fided of very good Books. But till the Reign 
 of Lewis the Jult they never had but a fmall 
 Chappel, and no very commodious Houfe. That 
 great King, whofe Piety was extraordinary, be- 
 gun their Church as we now fee it, and Cardinal 
 dc Richelieu contributed much to its Perfection 
 as we have already faid. Father Marlangc Na- 
 tive of Lyons, of this Society, gave the Dcilgn, 
 but the \V ork was carried on by Father de Ranted 
 
 Lorraincr 
 
1 1 8 A New Defcription 
 
 a Lorrainer, who caft away many things which 
 were in the firft defign. 
 
 I (hall not fay any thing here in praife of this 
 Society, to do that were not only to deviate from 
 the Subjevft of this Book, but it is really an Ar- 
 gument referved for much more Eloquent Pens 
 than mine. I will only acquaint the Reader that 
 thofe of this Houfe who are of greateft Fame, are 
 Father Bourdaloiie, whofe Sermons are extreme- 
 ly frequented, and heard with much profit and 
 applaufe. His true Character is Morality, which 
 he teaches with fuch Eloquence, fo delicate, fo 
 lively, and fo penetrating, that he does even ra- 
 vifh his Auditors: Father Girou in a different 
 way of Preaching is no lefs famous, and de- 
 ferves no lefs praife : Father Menetrier, who to- 
 gether with his Learned manner of Preaching, 
 enjoys feveral other excellent Talents ; he hath 
 publifhed a great many Volumes upon the Art 
 of Blazon, which he has reduced to certain Prin- 
 ciples infinitely more clear and more Methodical 
 than ever any other Author that writ before him, 
 exprefs'd on this Subject ; Not long fince he 
 publifhed the Original of Opera's, and he hath 
 promifed fome other things which no doubt will 
 be received by the Publick, with no lefs applaufe 
 than thofe already Printed : Father Jcurdan is 
 alfo of this houfe, he hath compofed the Original 
 of the Royal Family of France, confifting of 
 three Volumes in quarto, and Printed by Cra~ 
 mcifi, in which one may find many particulars 
 touching the French Hiftory, which the modern 
 Authors have negle&ed or not difcovered, 
 
 In that little place which lies over againft this 
 Coliedgethey have repaired a Fountain, formerly 
 called the Fountain of Biragues, upon which this 
 Infcription is graved. SIC- 
 
<f PARIS. 
 
 119 
 
 Siccatos laticcs & adcmptum fontis honorcm 
 Officio JEdiles reftituerc ftw. 
 Obredmtm aquaritm, 1627. 
 
 This Fountain which did dry and ufelefs grow, 
 Has now from th' Adiies learnt again to How. 
 For the return of the Water, 1 627. 
 
 The Rue de la Couture St. Catherine. 
 
 In this Street which ftands juft oppofite to the 
 Portal of the Jefuits Church, you fee 
 
 The Church of St Catherine, which gives 
 name to the Street. It was built in the Reign of 
 St. Lewis. Here are fome Tombs very confidera- 
 ble ; that of the Chancellor d' Orgemont^ho lived 
 in the Reign of Charles V. and is much fpoken 
 of in the Hiftory of that Reign ; that of the Car- 
 dinal of Biragues, Native of Millain, who lies 
 buried near his Wife: he was Chancellor un- 
 der Charles IX. and Henry III. and very fa- 
 mous for his great Equity and Moderation; he 
 was ufed to fay of himfelf that he was a Cardi- 
 nal without a Title, a Priejl without a Benefice, 
 and a Chancellor without Seals : to which others 
 did add a Judge without Junfdiction, and a 
 Magiftrate without Authority. He died in the 
 year 1583. aped threefcore and fourteen years, 
 his Tomb fl&nds in a Cnappel ; it is all of Marble 
 very well wrought adorned with Corinthian Pil- 
 lars and c :u- .uiges of Brafs gilt. The Chanons 
 Regular of St. Auftms Order of the Congregation 
 
1 20 A New Defer ipt ion 
 
 of StGenevieue du Mont inhabit this Houfe. 
 The Portal of the Church is very pretty, adorti- 
 ed with Archite&ure like Pilafters,between which 
 are placed feveral Statues, and Baf-reliefs above 
 which make a very handfom fhew as you enter' 
 though the Rules of Art are not obferved, nor 
 the ordinary practice, which forbids the placing 
 of Triglifes upon a Frize that is fupported by 
 Corinthian Pillars. Further on you fee 
 
 The Hotel deCarnavalet, whofe Portal is the 
 Workmanfliip of the famous Gougeon. It is a 
 kind of Boffage with two Baf-reliefs above it. 
 This Work hath been fo much adorned by the 
 skilful that the great Manfard when employed 
 to finifh this Portal, would not touch that which 
 had been begun by fuch an able Mafter, he only 
 proceeded to make the fecond Story to correfpond 
 as we fee it, but it is not finiflied neither. The 
 Building on the Court fide is adorned with great 
 Figures in demi-relief which are exactly well de- 
 ligned. Near this Houfe is 
 
 The Hotel de Angoulefine, whofe Architecture 
 iscomi:ofed of great Corinthian Pilafters, which 
 take up the whole heighth of the Building, and 
 which are the firft of this kind that have been 
 raifed in Paris, and have ferved as a Model to 
 fome Architects that have copied from hence their 
 Works of this kind that have been fincerriade. 
 
 At the end of St. Catherines Street of which 
 we are now fpeaking, you ought not to forget 
 to fee the Houfe of Monfieur de Ville an Archi- 
 tect, who has omitted nothing to render the 
 Building pleafing and neat. The Stair-cafe is on 
 one fide of the Court. At the further end of the 
 Garden are five Statues, Laocoon, Hercules, Flo- 
 ra, Juno, and Jupiter, which are very good 
 
 Copies 
 
of PARIS. in 
 
 Copies from thofe at Home. They were brought 
 from St. Maude near Vincennes, where Monlieur 
 Fouquet had placed them, who was known to 
 be a perfon very curious in Colle&ing good things. 
 There are alfo eight others equal to thefe which 
 , at prefent remain in a low room in the houfe and 
 ! are not yet placed in the Garden. After this di- 
 greflion you ought to return to the Que St. An* 
 toine ana view 
 
 The Hotel de Suilly y whofe Buildings are ex- 
 treme regular. The Door is fet off with Dorick 
 \ Pillars, over which they have left a Plat-form, 
 i, partly to make the Court more airy and partly 
 ; that the apartments may be the more expofed to 
 view. Which apartments are very well furnilhed 
 and contrived extreme regularly. 
 
 The Nuns of St. Mary are a little further, and 
 |j near the Hotel de Ma'ienne y which makes the 
 ii Corner of the t$e du petit Mfffe. Their Church 
 ! is but fmall, but one of the neateft in M Parts z 
 ' It is a Dome of reafonable heighth,fupported with 
 Corinthian Pilalters making four Arches, the 
 great Altar is placed under the furthermoft Arch, 
 oppofite to the Door. The Tabernacle is of ex- 
 quifite Workmanlhip, and the Pivitures repre- 
 fenting the Vilitation is of an excellent Maiter. 
 i On Fettival days they expofe on this Altar a great 
 quantity of rich Plate, and an Ornament in the 
 middle of which is the Portrait of St. Francis of 
 Salles their Inftitutor, fet off and adorned with 
 great Pearls. The Quire where the Nuns fing 
 takes up one fide, and theChappel of that Saint 
 ! the other ; thedefign of this Church being con- 
 ' trived by the famous Manjard, cannot chufe but 
 I give great fatisfadtion to the Curious. As you 
 out from this Church you fee 
 
Ill A New Dejcriftion 
 
 The Baftille, which fronts the %iie St. Antoine. 
 This is an antient Citadel compofed of eight Tow- 
 ers round and very high, and Taraffed on the 
 top,* on which the Prifoners who are ufed with 
 leaft Severity are permitted to walk and take the 
 Air. It was built in the Reign of Charles VI . 
 in the year 1360. by one J allies Aubriot at 
 that time Prevoft of Paris. At prefcnt it ferves 
 for a Prifon to thofe who are Criminals of State. 
 And Monfieur de Be\emeaux the Governor is 
 obliged to maintain a Company of Soldiers to 
 guard the place. 
 
 1 — — 1 — - ■ — 
 
 The Gate of St. Antoine. 
 
 This Gate {lands on one fide of the Baflille 
 and leads to the Faux-bourg St. Antoine. It was 
 built for Henry 11 and dedicated to him as a 
 Triumphal Arch. Some years fince they have 
 beautified this Gate confidently, in pulling down 
 another old one near this place which caufed con- 
 tinual Stops, and in adding to this two other new 
 ones which make the palf^ge much more eafie, 
 and give more room for Coaches and Carts to en- 
 ter. One may fee by a fmall Infcription which 
 is ft'ill preferved, that this Building was the Work 
 of Mete^eau, the worthy Father of him whom 
 we have formerly mentioned, he was a man of 
 extraordin- ry .b:i:ty, as we may eafily conclude 
 from this Work, which in its kind is one cf the 
 finelt things thatcan.be feen. The famous Mon- 
 lieur Biondcl who had the Care of Ordering all 
 the new Works which have of late been railed at 
 
 Paris 
 
of PARIS. 
 
 Paris, did not think that any thing could be ad- 
 i ded to its beauty, and was contented only to make 
 a new j aflage on each fide, that that in the mid- 
 dle might be the freer.The hanforneft Front looks 
 towards the Suburbs. It is in the manner or Ru- 
 ftick Boffage, with a great Entablement or Cor- 
 nifh of theDorick Order which runs along all the 
 Work, over which is an Attique, The Statue 
 ; of the King ftands above all , and two fmall Py- 
 ramids on each hand at the utmoit edges. On 
 the Attique thefe Infcriptions are ingraved 
 
 LUDOVI CO M AGNO 
 
 PRIFECTUS ET 1DILES 
 ANN. R.S.H. MDCLXXIL 
 
 QUOD ORBEM AUXIT, ORNAVITU, LX> 
 CUPLETAVIT. P. C 
 
 To LEWIS the Great, 
 
 The Prafett and JEdiles in the year from 
 the He demotion of the World, MDCLXXIL 
 
 In memory of his enlarging, adorning and 
 
 But that which the Curious efteem more, are 
 two pieces of Sculpture on each fide the Arch 
 of the firft Work, and certain Figures of the man- 
 ner of Jean Goujon reprefenting Rivers and anr 
 
 G z 
 
 cient 
 
114 ^ Defcription 
 
 cient Deities. On that £de next the Town they 
 have made the fame thing, imitating the Arch- 
 work in the middle of the Gate, which the Ar- 
 chitects have found to be fo lingular and hand- 
 fom that this here hath given name to all the 
 other Gates that have been built fince. 'Between 
 the three Arches under which we pafs, they havfc 
 placed in Baf- relief a Copy of that Medal which 
 the Town caufed to be ftampt for the King, 
 reprefenting his Majefty with this Infcription : 
 
 LUDOV1CUS MAGNUS FRANCORUM ET 
 NAVARRiE REX. P.P. 1671. 
 
 Lewis the Great KJng of France 4W^Navarre. 
 They made it , ,1671. 
 
 On the Reverfe of the Medal, which is placed 
 on the other fide, is reprefented Virtue fitting, 
 and leaning on a Shield on which are the Arms of 
 the Town with this Motto 
 
 F ELICIT AS PUBLICA. 
 
 The Publick hapfinefs. 
 And at the Bottom 
 
 LUTETIA. 
 
 PATOIS. 
 
 Between 
 
of PARIS. 
 
 Between the Gate and the Baftion it has been 
 thought neceflary to make a I{ampe or Winding 
 afcent forty eight foot large, to make the accefs 
 to the Rampart more eafie and convenient. At 
 the entry, near the Door of a little neat Garden, 
 is placed the following Infcription, looking two 
 ways. On that fide next the Fauxbourg, 
 
 LUDOVICUS MAGNUS, 
 
 PROMOTfS IMPERII FINIBUS ULTRA 
 
 RHENUM, ALPES, ET PYRENiEOS, 
 POMOERIUM HOC, MORE PRISCO, PRO- 
 PAG A VI T\ 
 ANN. R S. H. MDCLXX. 
 
 Lewis the Greats having enlarged the Bor- 
 ders of his Empire beyond ttoe Rhine, the 
 Alps, and the Pyreneans, has a'fo enlarged 
 this void Jpuce about the Walls of theTotvn % 
 after the ancient manner ; in the year from 
 the Redemption of the World MDCLXX. 
 
 On that fide next the Town you read thefe 
 Words 
 
 LUDOVICUS MAGNUS 
 
 ET VINDICATAS CONJUGIS AUGUSTS 
 DOTALES URBES 
 VALIDA MUNITIONE CINXIT, 
 ET HOC VALLUM CIVIUM DELICIIS DE- 
 STINARI JUSSIT. 
 ANN. R. S. H. .MDCLXXL 
 
 G 3 
 
 Lewis 
 
ll6 A New Defcription 
 
 Lewis the Great has Fortified thofe Towns 
 which he recovered in the Right of his Lady \ 
 And prepared this Rampart for the Delight 
 of the Citizens, in the year from the Re- 
 demption of the World MDCLXXI. 
 
 The Rampart is planted with four Rows of 
 Trees, which make a very pleafing Walk, and 
 leads to St. Martins Gate. It is compofed of 
 one great Ally, and of two counter- Allies j that 
 in the middle is threefcore foot, and the other 
 two between eighteen and twenty foot large. 
 The Gate of St. Lewis which was lately new 
 built, ftands about the middle of this Rampart, 
 on which Gate you may read this In r cription, 
 
 LUDOVICUS MAGNUS 
 A VO 
 DIVO LUDOVICO 
 ANN. R. S. H. MDCLXXIV. 
 
 Lewis the Great to his Anccflor St. Lewis. 
 In the year from the Redemption of the 
 World MDCLXXIV. 
 
 AH the fe Works are of Monficur BlmdeN6k- 
 figning, who alfo made the Infcriptions. 
 
 Without the Porte St. Antoine, as you enter 
 into the Faux-Bourg, is made a great round E- 
 (ptdtiacte, on which they have placed two great 
 Statues fitting upon Trophies of Arms. 
 
 All the Fauxbourg St. Antoine confifts of 
 three great Streets only, namely the great Rue 
 Saint Antoine, which lies in the middle, the%e 
 de Charonne, and the Ri<e de Charenton. In 
 
 the 
 
of PARIS. ii 7 
 
 the middle Street, which is the faireft, is the new 
 Hofpital built for expofed Children. Many pious 
 perfons have contributed to this excellent Charity, 
 among others, the Chancellor de Ahgres Lady, 
 who hath there an Apartment. The Church and 
 the publick buildings of the Houfe are not yet 
 quite finiflied. 
 
 The Abby of St. Antoine is farther on. This 
 Abby gives name to all this Quarter. Many very 
 remarkable Stories are told of the Foundation of 
 this Houfe,but in regard they do not fute with the 
 Guft of this Age, I do not think it proper to in- 
 fert them here. This Abby began to be built about 
 the year 1 1 95. and was fini'lied in the Reign of 
 St.Leans who was prefent and affifting at its Dedi- 
 cation, together with Queen Blanch of Caftt/e 
 his Mother. The Order of Cijlertian Nuns was 
 here placed by the felicitation of Odo de Suilly 
 Bifliop of Paris. The Houfe is extreme nume- 
 rous and very well Governed. The Abbefs is 
 Madame Mole of Champlatrcux^ of one of the 
 moft Illuftrious Families of the Long Robe, and 
 Daughter of the late Monfieur the firft President 
 Mole, Keeper of the Seals of France. The Church 
 hath in it nothing very confiderable unlefs it be 
 the Tombs of two Princeifes, Daughters of Charles 
 the fixth, lying on both fides of the great Altar. 
 
 As you go into the Street beyond this Abby, is 
 the Manufafhiry of Looking- glafles, which were 
 formerly brought from Venice. But Monfieur 
 Colbert observing how great a Treafure this Trade 
 had yea-rly drawn out of the Kingdom, eftablifhed 
 this Manufacture, which has had a very happy 
 Succefs, as indeed all other matters have had 
 which that great Minifter hath undertaken. Here 
 is a great number of Workmen, who are conti- 
 G 4 nually 
 
Il8 A New T>efcriftion 
 
 aually employed, fome in policing the Glafles 
 with Sand, others with Emery, and other in ma- 
 king the Be/Til. They ufe no others at prefent 
 at Paris. And thefe which they make here are 
 as beautiful as thofe which formerly came from 
 Venice, with infinite greater Charges. Thefe 
 Workmen are placed in long Galleries round a 
 great fquare Court. Which Buildings have all 
 the Conveniences that are requifite, being raifed 
 m purpose for this Manufacture. 
 
 The Triumphal Arch. 
 
 Near the place where you fee the Triumphal 
 Arch was a magnifick Throne ere&ed for the 
 Queen when ftie made her Entry in the year 1 660. 
 And in regard this place is the highelt of all this 
 Quarter, this beautiful Stm&ure is placed here, 
 though it is not yet raifed much higher than the 
 Pedeftal. One may judge from the Model 
 which is only of Plafter, that it will be when fi- 
 nifhed one of the moft Uluftrious Monuments 
 of all Europe. It is a great Work, confifting of 
 two Fronts and three open thorow-Paflages, be- 
 tween each of which are placed two Corinthian 
 Pillars, in all eight on each fide, and two at the 
 ends, or thicknefs of the Work. Over the En- 
 tablements or Cornifli, are placed great Tro- 
 phies of Arms with Slaves in Chains. The top 
 of all the Work is flat, in the middle of which is 
 placed a great Pedeftal, and thereupon the Kings 
 Statue on Horfeback is to be eredted. Pofterity 
 will learn from the feveral Ornaments of this 
 Beautiful Structure the glorious Actions of this 
 
ofV A R I S. 
 
 Kings Life, which are rcpfefented in Medaillori* 
 placed in the fpaces between the Pillars. This 
 Triumphal Arch will without doubt furpafs all 
 thofe which are to be feen at Rome and other 
 parts of Italy, the Remains of Antiquity ; and 
 we lhall fee in this more regularity, more defign, 
 and more grandeur. The Solidity of the Work 
 will anfwer the beauty. They make ufe of the 
 hardeft and greateft Stones that can be got, 
 which are joyned in fuch manner that you can- 
 not perceive where unlefs you look Very clofely, 
 and this without cement or any thing like it. In 
 fine, they have forgot nothing whereby to make 
 it one of the Nobleft Monuments of this Age. 
 
 The Chateau or Royal Houfe of Vin~ 
 cennes. 
 
 Tho we did not intend in this Defcription to 
 fpeak of any of the beautiful houfes about Paris, 
 yet we muft not negled: to fay fomething of Vin- 
 ctnnes in regard of its near neighbourhood. It 
 is at the further end of that great Ally of Trees, 
 which has been continued from the Triumphal 
 Arch to this place, to ferve for a paflage hither, 
 and makes a pleafing profpedh The Building is 
 exactly fquare, compafled about with a Moat 
 very deep. It has feveral Towers of great heighth 
 but one higher than the reft Called the Dcnjwt, 
 The firft Founder of this Houfe was Philip Au» 
 guftus, who alfo made the Park about it, in which 
 he put a great number of Deer,fent him by Henry 
 King of England from Normandy which htthen 
 poffelfed. PhUif of Valois and King John his 
 Son continued tin Work, but it was not finilhed 
 
 G 5 till 
 
1 ;o A New Defcription 
 
 till the Reign of Charles V. called the Wife, 
 which put it into the condition as it now is.There 
 have been feveral very conliderable additions 
 made, and the Court hath often refided here for 
 a long time together. The two great Wings 
 of Modern Building on the Park fide, are of Do- 
 rick Pilafters and were defigned by Monfieur du 
 Vatu 
 
 They are Magnificent both without and within, 
 and fhew very great ; but that which is molt 
 remarkable is the great Gate that leads to the 
 Park, of the fame Order, together with the Sta- 
 tues that ftand on each fide which are very beau- 
 tiful. The Chappel was founded by Charles V* 
 and the Body of Monfieur the Cardinal M&^arin, 
 who died here, is repofited in this Chappel, till 
 that of the Colledge of the four Nations be finifli- 
 ed, in which will be railed a "Monument for him, 
 as he has ordered in his Will You ought to take 
 particular notice of the curious Windows in this 
 Chappel they being highly efteemed, in regard 
 neither Italy nor any other parts elfewhere can 
 equal them. Many Kings have made their abode 
 here. St. Lewis who ufed oftentimes to deveft 
 himfelf of the State and prefs of his Attendants 
 at Court, that he might have the greater freedom 
 to exercife his Piety, would here pafs his days 
 of retreat. It is laid that not long ago there 
 was remaining in the Park a great old Oak, 
 under which this good Prince was ufed to hear 
 their Complaints who reforted to him for Juftice; 
 and that he himfelf would ufe to fend abroad his 
 Heralds about the Country to call in all fuch who 
 had any need of hisAuthority againtt the oppreffi- 
 on of great men. And thus much hath been al- 
 ready well obferved by a learned Preacher in an 
 
 Eloquent* 
 
/PARIS, rft 
 
 Eloquent Panegyrick which he made on the Feaft 
 day of this Saint, in the Church of the Grands 
 Jefintes, dedicated to him. 
 
 At the entrance into the Park is the Menage- 
 rie or place where they keep feveral forts of 
 Wild Beafts, which oftentimes they caufe to 
 fight together in a Court in which are Galleries 
 that ferve the Sped:ators to ftand in and fee with- 
 out danger. Behind the Menagerie over againft 
 one of the Park Gates, are the Nuns of S.Maud, 
 which Nuns were formerly at la Sauffdie beyond 
 the Vuie-juif. This Houfe did once belong to 
 Morrfieur Fouquet. 
 
 This is all you can fee on this fide : as you re^ 
 turn into the Faux-bourg, you may take a walk 
 in the Garden of the Pi que puces, which is among 
 thefirft Houfes you come at. Here are forne 
 Grottoes of Shell-work, not ill wrought. In their 
 Refedtory you will fee feme Pufhires of Mon^. 
 iieur le Brun. This Convent is one of the mod 
 plea Cmg and neateft of Paris, tho it be but of 
 this lait Age. On the fame fide as you go 09 
 towards the Town you pafs before ^mbouUlet, 
 whofe Gardens are extreme pleafant, compofed of 
 feveral Walks of Cmcmiie, and a great Parterre, 
 in the midit of which is a Fountain. 
 • Near R^iiuli Hands the houfe of Monfieur de 
 Chantehu, Maifire d' Hotel to the King, who has 
 the beA Pieces of PouJJln that are to be feen, 
 among others the (even Sacraments of which there 
 are fo many Copies, and which the Sieur Pejnt 
 hath etcht. AH , knowing men agree, without 
 contradiction, that thefe Pieces are the belt Paint- 
 ings and the belt designed things of the whole. 
 World, if we except the Works of foirie Italian 
 Matters. 
 
 On 
 
l%% A New DefcrifHon 
 
 On the other fide of the Faux-bourg you ought 
 to view the houfe of the Sieur Tit on the Kings 
 Secretary, in the Hfte de Montr eiiil : It is one of 
 the finett you can fee, whofe Matter being rich 
 and of a delicate Guft, one cannot but imagine 
 that nothing can be there wanting ; and in truth 
 it is very pleafant. Both on the Court- fide and 
 that next the Garden the Fronts are very Beautiful. 
 
 In the Rjie de Qharonne you will fee alfp an 
 other which belongs to Monfieur de Folville y 
 who caufed it to be built very lately. It is flat 
 Roof d after the Italian manner, with Vafes and 
 Statues over the Cornifhes. It is a kind of great 
 Pavilion with four Fronts. In the middle of this 
 Building is a Hall that opens to all the four fides, 
 and parts the whole into four Divifions. The 
 Beauty of the Buildings is equal on the Garden, 
 and on that of the Court. The Garden is great 
 enough and very carefully kept. Strangers ought 
 not to negledt to fee thefe two houfes, for it is 
 certain they can hardly fee finer, and where the 
 beauties of Modern Architecture have been obfer- 
 red with more care and Judgment. And this is 
 all (fiat is more than ordinarily curious to be ob- 
 ferved in the Fauxbourg St. Antoine. 
 
 The firft thing you fee as you re-enter into the 
 Town is the Arfcna/, where you have a very 
 handfom Garden, with a long Ally or walk of 
 Trees which runs all along the Ditch. Near the 
 Mail there are fome apartments handfom enough 
 which extend along the very fpacious Courts, 
 whofe Profpeft is upon the River. Among others, 
 the greatJHall is adorned with a Plafond, or Cei- 
 ling, of Monfieur Mignard's Work. The Quke 
 of Lude at prefent enjoys thefe Lodgings, a|preat 
 Mailer of the Artillery of Frame. Fdt&erly. 
 
 they 
 
?f par i s. m 
 
 they caft: the Ordnance here in the Arfenal, but at 
 prefent, it is done in the Frontier Towns, becaufe 
 of the proximity of thofc places where they are to 
 be employed. Over the Gate are thefe two Verfes, 
 
 JEtna h<ec Henrico Vulcania tela miniftrat, 
 Tela Giganteos debellatura furores. 
 
 This JEtna does to Henry Thunder yield, 
 With which the Gyants that rebel>are queird. 
 
 The Hotel de /* Ediguieres is in the Rue de la 
 Cerifa'ie which leads to one of the Arfenal Gates. 
 You ought not to negle& to fee the magnificent 
 Furniture in that Houfe; it is not long fince 
 they had here the beft Pi&ures of the Kingdom, 
 which the late Duke de I* Ediguieres had col- 
 lected with much care and Judgment, but they 
 are now, fince his Death, difperfed into other 
 hands. 
 
 The Celefiins. 
 
 Formerly this Convent belonged to the Car« 
 melttes of the Place-Maubert, and thefe Cele- 
 jlines did then inhabit where they now are. But 
 they defiring to be nearer the Univerfity, left this 
 place in exchange with the Celefiins. The firft 
 Founder was a Burgefs of Paris named J a^ues 
 Marcel, who in the year 1 3 1 8. bo Jght the place 
 which the Carmelites had left, for the fum of 
 500 Livers,and gave it to thcCelefti?2s* Charles V. 
 
 furnamed 
 
H4 
 
 A New Defcription 
 
 furnamed the Wife, augmented the Foundation 
 very much, and built their Church as we fee it at 
 prefent, himfelf laying the firft Stone. Nor did' 
 this King ftop here, he gave them alfo confide- 
 rable Rents, which have been fince that time aug- 
 mented by other Donations which have been 
 made to them by federal great Lords, more efpe- 
 ciaUy by Lewis Duke of Orleans, Brother of 
 Charles V., who was AiTaffmated by .the Duke of 
 J^urgundy his Cbufin- German, as he came out of 
 the Palace of lfabel of Bavarians Sifter-in-law. 
 that-Prtnce had-a very parttmhr ^ ff ct ft i o n for thefe- 
 Fathers, and did them more good Offices than any 
 other Perfon ever did fince their Foundation. 
 After his death his Body was brought to their 
 Church, and was interred in a Chappel which he 
 had caufed to be built for himfelf and his Fami- 
 ly. Before we enter into this Church we ought 
 to pafs through the little Cloifter, which is ex- 
 actly fquare, and built very neatly. It is all 
 Vaulted and adorned with Sculpture. The Pillars 
 that fupport the Arches have their Capitals ex- 
 tremely well wrought. This is a Work of the 
 laft Age, and had it been done in this it would 
 have co ft much more than it did, for it is faid 
 that the whole expence did not exceed 29000 
 Francs. In one corner of this Cloifter you ought 
 toobfervethe Epita hof Anthony Pere%, .Secre- 
 tary to Philip the Second King of Spain, who* 
 being fallen into difgrace with his Matter came 
 for refuge into France, were he led a private 
 life. And dying at Paris in the year 1611, h* 
 was interred in this place. His Epitaph is as fol- 
 
 low: 
 
 Hic 
 
of PARIS i;5 
 
 Hie jacet Illuft. D. Anthonius Perez olim, Phi- 
 lippo Secundo Hifpaniorum %egi a Secreti- 
 oribus confiliis. Cujus odium male aufpi- 
 catum ejfugieniy ad Henricum guartum 
 Galliarum Hegem inviftijjimum fe conmlit, 
 cujufa; beneficentiam expertus efl^ dermtm 
 Parifiis diem clauftt, An. S. MDCXI. 
 
 Here lies the Uluftrious Anthony Pere%, for- 
 merly Secretary to Philip II. King of Spain. 
 To avoid whofe unhappy difpleafure, he be- 
 took himfelf to Henry IV. the molt potent 
 King of France, by whom he was received 
 into favour, and at length ended his days at 
 Paris, in the year of Salvation MDCXI. 
 
 . The Church belonging to thefe Fathers is all 
 Gothick and hath nothing Curious in relation to 
 its Structure. The Altar is not much better a- 
 dorned : yet on the Feftival days they expofe here 
 very rich Ornaments of an ancient fort of Stuff 
 of Gold and Silver Embroidered, by whofe Beau- 
 ty we may perceive that in the Ages pad they 
 had very induftrious Artifts, and fuch who had 
 a delicate Guft in thefe matters. The Kings Se- 
 cretaries hold their Confraternity in this Church. 
 Their Company is one of the famoufeft that is,as 
 well for the number of confiderabie perfons that 
 compofe it, as the great Priviledges which their 
 Office gives them, one of the faired of which is 
 the Title of Nobility. They have a black Pall, 
 the richeft that is to be feen ; made by an Italian 
 whom Cardinal Ma^arin caufed to come into 
 
I %6 A New Defcription 
 
 this Kingdom exprefly, to defign the Embroide- 
 ry which he intended to make. This Pall is of 
 black Velvet with a great Crofs of Silver, and 
 Cartouches about the edges , in which there are 
 feveral devifes delicately wrought. 
 
 You ought next to fee the Tombs which are in 
 the Chapelle de Orleans. As you go in, on the 
 left hand you may obferve a great twifted Pillar, 
 of white Marble, adorned with Feml/ages and 
 Mouldings let into the Work, asisalfo the Capi- 
 tal which is of the Compofite Order ; Over which 
 is placed an Urn of Brafs, and in that the heart 
 of the Conftable Anne de Montmorency, who 
 died glorioufly of his Wounds received at the Bat- 
 tel or St Dennis, which he fought againtt the 
 Hugonots on the fourteenth of November in 
 the year 1567. This brave Lord received fix 
 feveral Wounds, of which the la ft only was mor- 
 tal. It is reported of him that being in the Agony 
 of Death, a Cordelier exhorting him to his laft 
 Duties with fomething too much Violence and 
 Importunity, he defired him to permit him to 
 reft a little, faying that he had not lived fourfcore 
 years, and not yet learnt what it was to die one 
 quarter of an. hour. His Funeral Pomp was 
 Magnificent, and equal to that of Kings, his Effi- 
 gies being carried as is cuftomiry at the Obfequies 
 of frngs or their Children. This beautiful Pillar 
 is ere&ed upon a Pedetial of red Marble, and fet 
 off with three Statues of Brafs reprefenting three 
 Virtues. The Sword Royal of which the Con- 
 ftable hath the Charge with the other Marquefs of 
 that Dignity are alfo here reprefented in Marble; 
 You may here read certain Infcriptio 1 is in French 
 Verfe,which at that time were much efteemed,but 
 I have omitted to infert them in this Work, they 
 
 being 
 
(if PARIS. i?7 
 
 being not at all of the Guft of this Age. This 
 Monument is one of the mod beautiful and An- 
 gular that is to be feen, the work of the Pillar is 
 exquifite, and it is {aid that the Sculptor was 
 more than fifteen years in making it. The Body 
 of this great Conftable is in the Church of Mont- 
 morency ^ four Leagues from Paris, where hath 
 been raifed for him one of the ftatelieft Mau- 
 lbleums of all the Kingdom, of which we may 
 fay more hereafter. 
 
 In the middle of this Chappel ftands the Tomb 
 of the Duke of Orleans^ for whom it was parti- 
 cularly eredted. It hath nothing magnificent; 
 only the reprefentation of four perfons in cum- 
 bent poftures, namely of Lewis Duke of Orle- 
 ans, who was murdered ; and of Valentine his 
 Wife, who died two years after her Husband of 
 Grief and Sorrow, having done her utmoft: en- 
 deavours to be revenged upon the Duke of Bur- 
 gundy for his Treachery, by drawing into her 
 quarrel the Dauphin Charles, tho againft his own 
 Mother, and the Parliament who cited the Duke 
 to appear perfonally before them. The Clergy 
 and the Univerfity did commiferate her Sorrows, 
 and did their endeavours, tho unfuccefsfully, to 
 comfort her. France is obliged to this Princefs 
 for that inconteftable Right (he hath to the 
 Dutchy of Millain, which flie brought by her 
 Marriage with the Duke of Orleans, from whom 
 Lewis XII. and Francis I. defcended. She was 
 daughter of John Galeas Duke of Millain, who 
 left two Sons, but both dying without iffue Male, 
 this Princefs became Prefumptive Heir to. that 
 Dutchy. Near her Statue arc engraved thefe Ver- 
 fes, 
 
 9m 
 
1 58 A New Defcriftfon 
 
 Qu<€ mulier Dncis Infribrii fulcherrima proles ; 
 Jus Mediolani, Sceptraque dote dedit. 
 
 The Heirefs here of Millains Duke you have, 
 Who for her Dowry the whole Dutchy gave. 
 
 The two other Figures lying on each fide upon 
 this Tomb are, that of Charles Duke of Orleans 
 eldeftSon of him we mentioned before, and Fa- 
 ther of Lewis XII. and that of Philip Earl of 
 Vertus, his Brother, who died unmarried. * All 
 thefe four Figures are of Marble, and were caufed 
 to be made by the pious care of Lewis XII. who 
 for the mildnefs of his Reign and the great fa- 
 vour and love which he had for his Subjects does 
 merit to be called the Father of his People ,z Title 
 the more illuftrious, by rea r on that the Empe- 
 ror Auguftus and the greateft Kings of the Earth 
 were ambitious to deferve it. At one end of this 
 Tomb, next the Altar, is placed the heart of 
 Henry II. in an Urn of Brafs gilt, held up by 
 three Vertues upon their heads, which Statues* 
 are of Marble, and the beft fort of Germain Pi- 
 Ions Work. Men of Judgment admire this Piece 
 for the Beauty of the Defign. And it is faid that 
 a curious Perfon of the lait Age offered to give 
 for it 1 0000 Crowns and a Copy of the fame 
 to be made as exadHy as could be and placed in 
 the Room. The Pedeftal of thefe three Figures, 
 which properly fpeaking are but one, is triangu- 
 lar like a Tripos. They arc as big as the Life, of 
 one Block of Marble, and hold together by the 
 hands. Their Drapery and the air of their heads, 
 is admirable. Om may eafily perceive by this 
 
of PARIS. i ?9 
 
 that the paft age did equal ours in delicate Work- 
 manfhip, and Beauty of Defign. 
 
 At the other end is the heart of Francis II. 
 on a high Pillar of white Marble. Flames feem 
 to ifiiie out at the top, about this Pillar are three 
 Cupids with their Torches reverft and extinguifh- 
 ed. This is raifed upon a Pedeftal of Porphyry, 
 on the fides of which are certain Infcriptions, 
 among others one that fays that this King marri- 
 ed Mary Stuart, who was beheaded in England 
 through the Jealoufie of Elizabeth. He died at 
 Orleans, Decemb. io. 1560. being but fixteen 
 years of Age. The heart of Charles IX. his 
 Brother, who died at Vincennes on Whit-funday 
 in the year 1 17& is alfoin the fame Monument. 
 
 Along the Wall on the right hand, is the Tomb 
 of a Princefs, who was filter to Valentine of 
 Milain ; that of the Admiral Chabot, the Work- 
 manfliip of Paul Ponce, whofe Labours are migh- 
 tily eiteemed ; and that of one of the Princes of 
 the Houfe of I{ohan. Thefe two laft Tombs tho 
 of a different fort, are very beautiful, and the 
 Effigies of thofe who are there interred are well 
 defigned. Near the door which leads out of this 
 Chappel into the Nave of the Church, ftands a 
 great Pillar of white Marble full of Cyphers and 
 Sculptures, and belongs to the illuftrious Houfe 
 of Cqffc-Bri(fac y as appears by the Epitaph. It 
 was raifed for Timoleon de Cojje-Brijfac. But 
 that which is molt remarkable in this Chappel, 
 and that which ftrikes the eye with molt furprize, 
 is the Curious Pyramid belonging to the houfe of 
 Longueville, the Workman-fhip of Monfieur 
 - de Anguierre, in which are the hearts of feveral 
 perfonsof that illuftrious Family, it is adorned with 
 Trophies and accompanied with four Vertues of 
 
 White 
 
140 r A New Description 
 
 "White Marble. On the Pedeftal are two Baf-reliefs 
 gilt over, reprefenting two of the moft remarka- 
 ble A&ions of the Duke of Longueville, for 
 whom this Monument was ere&ed at a very con- 
 fidcrable expence. You ought to obferve the 
 Pidiure over the Altar, it being done by Francis 
 Salujati, a Boulonois^ who was a famous Pain* 
 ter, and whofe Works are much fought after in 
 Italy, Behind this Chappel is another little one, 
 which Monfieur the Marquefs of fyftamg caufed 
 to be built, but in it there is nothing to invite 
 the Curious. In the Nave of this Church is a 
 Tomb I elonging to the Anceftors of the Duke 
 of Gejvres, where you will fee fome Statues of 
 Marble, kneeling, in the habits of that Age, 
 very well wrought, but more efpecially that of 
 the Duke of Tr ernes , his Father. In one of the 
 Chappels is the Monument of Monfieur de la 
 Tremouille, and over againlt that the Tomb of 
 Monfieur garnet, Bilhop of Langres, on one 
 fide of which you may fee the Monument of Ca~ 
 rolus Magnus ; he is reprefented fitting and lean- 
 ing his head on his left arm. This is the Work of 
 Paul Ponce a famous Sculptor, as we have already 
 faid. In that Chappel where you fee the Tomb 
 of the Duke de la Tremouille^ there is over the 
 Altar a very curious piece of a Magdelain done 
 by Mignard, Nephew of Peter Mignard whom 
 we have formerly mentioned. 
 
 In the houfe it felf there is nothing of Curio- 
 fity. Thefe Fathers have begun a great Building 
 of late time, which is now almoft finiflied, where- 
 in they will be extreme conveniently lodgeA 
 Their Gardens are handfom enough, in one of 
 which near the Vineyard, you may fee a Grotto 
 of Shell- work, which is committed to the care 
 
of P A R I S. i 4 t 
 
 of one of the younger Monks. The Cabinet of 
 Father Augereau^ in the little Garden adjoyning, 
 deferves to be feen ; there are fomegoodPi&ures, 
 and curious Prints. This Father is very skilfull 
 in thefe matters, but he hath not the opportuni- 
 ty of making any great Colle&ion. Thefe Monks 
 are very regular, and never eat any flefli, unlefs 
 they be fick, or happen to be above two leagues 
 from home. They obferve- much the fame Rule 
 with the Ciftercians, being a -branch of that Or- 
 der. jA^ 
 
 Near this, on the edg of the River iTthe Hit el 
 de Fieubet belonging t©MonfieurP/>«^, Coun- 
 fellor of State in Ordinary, and Chancellor to 
 the deceafed Queen. He caufed it to be built 
 about three or four years ago. One can hardly 
 defire a neater houfe than this both within and 
 without. The Stair-cafe is very light and adorn- 
 ed with Bufts between the Windows. The apart- 
 "ments arc contrived in enfilade as the mode is at 
 prefent ; on one fide they look into the Garden, 
 and on the other fide upon the River. The 
 Furniture is of the fame neatnefs, as well in the 
 Rooms above Stairs as below. The great piece 
 of Perfpecftive on the adjoyning wall is very fine i 
 it is painted in Frefco with a great deal of fancy. 
 It reprefents a Building compofed of two great 
 Arches, between which are fome Pillars and a 
 Statue of an Hero between them. Over all there 
 is a Sun-dial, about which are placed feveral Fi- 
 gures, among others a Woman pulling Feathers 
 out of a Cocks tail to point out the hours upon a 
 Tableland Time over her head feems to approve 
 the A&ion. All the Work keeps its Colours ve* 
 ry well, which is not ufual in Paintings expofed 
 to the injuries of the Air, which laft but a fhort 
 
 time, 
 
14^ A New Description 
 
 % ime, efpecially in Paris where the Air is very 
 moift in Winter, and the drinefs of the Summer 
 very great, in fuch fort that it is difficult for any 
 Plaifter to defend it felf againft thefe extremities. 
 This is the Work of Monneur Rpuffeau, who did 
 that at Monfieur PouaKge's. 
 
 In the fame Row you have the Hotel de la Vie* 
 ville, whofe entrance is but dark, yet is the in- 
 fide capacious and convenient enough. 
 
 The Church of' St. Paul which -is the Pariflv 
 Church of this Quarter, is in the Street that runs 
 along near the laft mentioned Hotel. Formerly 
 this Church was the Pariih Church of the Kings 
 houfe while the Court remained at the Palais des 
 Tournelles. It was built, as is to befeen, in the 
 Reign of Charles VI. 
 
 As you go towards the Ifle of Nojlrer-Dame 
 you come again to the Convent of the Nuns of 
 the Ave-Maria in the I^iie des Barrier es. They 
 are of St. Clares Order. St. Lewis had former- 
 ly placed in this houfe certain Beguines^ which 
 were Nuns of the Order of St. Begue, a Fleming 
 by extraction. They wore a Coif that hid almoit 
 all their Face, But in the Reign of Lewis XI. 
 Queen Charlotte introduced the third Order of 
 St. Francis , with the Reform, and her Son King 
 Charles VIII. built for the Friers, the houfe ad- 
 joyning, feparated only by the paffage that leads 
 to the Church, There is not in all Paris any Con- 
 vent of Nuns who live more auftere than thefe. 
 They never eat any Flefli, nor wear any Linnen, 
 and befides that, they rife at midnight, and go 
 continually barefoot without Sandals or Stockings, 
 with a ftrift obfervance of a perpetual Silence.Nor 
 can we find in any Convent a greater Stock of Vir- 
 tue, and more difelteem and negled: of fecular 
 
 affairs 
 
of PARIS. 14; 
 
 affairs. Thefe good Nuns never think of the 
 World but when they pray to God to forgive the 
 difoi ders which are committed in it And as they 
 have no other Subfiftence than by Alms, fo have 
 they no other truit than to the Divine Providence, 
 which is never wanting ; Paris containing fo great 
 a number of Pious People, by whofe Charity 
 they are maintained. Seldom or never are any 
 permitted to fpeak with them ; fo that in the 
 midil of Paris they areas much retired from the 
 World as if in the darkeft folitude. On this ac- 
 count you very rarely fee any Coaches at their 
 Gate. At fuch times as they are obliged to fpeak 
 to their neareft Relations, it muft be in the 
 Church, they having not throughout their whole 
 houfe any other Par loir or fpeaking Room. The , 
 Tomb of the illuftrious Anceitors of Monlieur 
 the Arch-Bifhop of Paris, who have been con- 
 cerned with honour in the greateft Employments, 
 ftandsin a Chappel belonging to this Church. 
 
 A little further is the Hotel de Sens with an 
 old Gothick Gate but handfom enough. For- 
 merly the Arch-Bilhops of that City, who were 
 Metropolitans of Paris, refided here But under 
 the Pontificate of Urban VIII. Paris having 
 been difmembred from that Arch-Bifhoprick 
 this Hotel hath been lince let out to feveral parti- 
 cular perfons who pay their Rents to the Arch- 
 Bifhop of Sens. 
 
 After this you pafs over the Bridge called Pont- 
 Marie, to go into the M'.e de Nofire-Dame. Ob- 
 ferve as you go that this Bridge is not fo full of 
 Houfes as it might be, in regard that in March 
 1657. the River being extraordinarily overflown, 
 it carried away two Arches in the night time, to 
 a very great lofs both of Perfons and Goods, 
 
 which 
 
144 New Defcripion 
 
 which periflied miferably. This Bridg took Its 
 name from the undertaker of the Work in the 
 year 1614. who was called Marie. 
 
 The Ifle of Noftre-Darne. 
 
 The Ifle of Noflre-Dame takes its name from 
 the Church of Pari s to which it belongs as part 
 of their Eftate. All the houfes which we fee 
 there at prefent are the work of this Age. It was 
 formerly a Meadow ground where people of all 
 forts ufed to walk to take the Air, in the middle 
 of which place ftood a fmall Chappel Dedicated 
 to St. Lewis. At prefent it is all compaffed about 
 with a Key of Free-ftone very firm, and filled 
 with very handfom houfes, among which there 
 are fome moft magnifick, and which may be 
 compared with the moft beautiful Palaces ; efpe- 
 cially thofe which are fituated at the corner oh 
 the Eaft fide, where the Seine divides it felf into 
 two Arms to make the Ifle. The Streets are 
 ftrait, and all end upon the edge of the River. 
 
 The firft houfe which ought to be obferved on 
 the fide of Font-Marie, is that of Monfieur dc 
 Grand-Maifon, which appears to be folidly built, 
 and whofe infide is extreme handfom. As you 
 pais further, you come to the houfe of Monfieur 
 Lambert de Terigny Prefident of the Chamber 
 of Accounts, whofe chief Entrance is from the 
 J^iie St. Louis which crofles the Ifle from one end 
 to the other. This Houfe is magnifick in all its 
 parts, the Gate is great and high, and the Lock- 
 fmiths Work is very extraordinary. But this is 
 not that which is moft obfervable. The four 
 
 fides 
 
of PARIS. 145 
 
 fides of the Court are adorned each with a Front 
 of admirable Buildings fet oft* with great Io- 
 nick Pilafters, which reach from the Ground to 
 the top of the Fabrick, with Vafes upon the tops. 
 The Staircafe is placed at the bottom of the Courts 
 with two Ranks of Pillars, dire&iy over which 
 the light falls full upon the Steps, without the 
 leaft obftacle. The tirft Apartment is compofed 
 of feveral Chambers one beyond another, from 
 all which you have a delicate profped: upon the 
 River on the Garden fide in fuch fort that in a 
 clear day one may fee fix or feven Leagues into 
 the Country, which is a very confiderable plea- 
 fure. In thefe Apartments you may fee fome 
 Cieling-pieces of the beft fort of Painting, efpe- 
 cially in the laft Chamber, which is all ofte 
 Sueur's work, who in an age but very little ad- 
 vanced gave great hopes in time to equal the beft 
 Painters of Italy, as one may perceive by the laft 
 i Pictures which he made. Thofe things of his 
 1 which are to be feen in this houfe are the beft that 
 1 ever he did, chiefly the Paintings in the Alcove 
 representing the Mufes in a Confort of Mufick, 
 I the Cieling-piece is almoft of equal Beauty. The 
 ; Moveables of this Apartment are extreme rich. 
 From thence you ought to go into the Gallery 
 which is on the fame Floor. All that is devifed 
 ordinarily to adorn the faireft Galleries may be 
 found in this, gilding upon Sculpture curioufly 
 wrought, with a Ceiling enriched with Pi&ures 
 ©f the beft Matters, among which are feveral of 
 k Sueur , of whom I fpoke before, which 
 one may eafily diftinguifh from the reft % 
 although thofe which are not of his hand are not 
 however to be negle&ed, being very well paint- 
 
 H dk 
 
146 A New Description 
 
 ed. The door, by which you enter into this Gal- ' 
 lery, is {Villained on the in fide with two Corin- 
 thian Pillars all over gilt, the fides are almoft of 
 the fame fa'fhion, with Paifages and Pilafters of 
 the fame Order, between which are placed Burls 
 df Marble upon Tables of the fame ; the end of 
 the Room does determine in a little Terrafe in 
 manner of a Balcony, which commands all over 
 the River. The Apartments below are not fo well 
 adorned, tho they alfo have their Beauties. In 
 the Garden are tobefeen fome Statues handfom 
 enough. And you ought not to forget to fee the 
 Orangerie, which in Winter is in a Hall, where ' 
 one may walk about very conveniently. Near to 
 which place there is another, feparated only by a 
 great partition that is glafed, through which one 
 has the pleafure in the midft of Winter to fee the 
 Vertue of the Orange- trees. The race of the houfe 
 on the Garden fide is of the fame Symmetry and \ 
 Order of Building with that in the Court, which 
 thing gives this houfe an air of grandeur at a 
 great diftance, and which fhews extremely fine as 
 one comes to Paris by Water from Qhareyiton. 
 Near this is 
 
 The houfe of Monfieur de Bretonvilliers^ 
 another Prefident in the Chamber of Ac- 
 counts. This houfe is yet better fituated than 
 that of which I have been fpeaking, in regard it 
 ihnds upon the very point of the Ifle, and the j 
 River is on both fides of it. It is alfo much more 
 great and fpacious. The Mafonry tho it be of 
 no fet Order of Archite&ure because of the many 
 Ornaments that are there placed, is notwithstand- 
 ing extreme hand r om to the eye. The Stair- cafe I 
 "is on the left hand in one of the Corners of the 
 
 Court : 
 
of PARIS. 147 
 
 Court : built with much foiidity as is all the reft 
 of the houfe; there has been no fparing of 
 Vaults in thofe places where there appeared any 
 occafion. This houfe is truely great and contains 
 in it all things neceflary for the entertainment of 
 a great Lord. The outward Court is parted from 
 the reft in fuch manner as it cannot caufe the 
 leaft inconvenience. As to the beauty and delights 
 .of the infide they are more confiderable than 
 that of which I treated laft, in regard its Profpedfc 
 is farther extended, and that it feems from the 
 [Windows of this Houfe that all the Boats that 
 come continually to Paris, are coming to land 
 at its door, and here it is that they feparate on 
 the one fide or the other, to go either to the Port 
 St. Paul or to the Port de la Tournelle, where 
 nfually they unload their Burthens. The mova- 
 bles are magnirick ; conlifting of Beds moft rich- 
 jly embroidered, Chenets, Tables, Sconces, Look- 
 ng-glafles, and Ornaments for the Chimneys of 
 ;3oldfmiths work, of Tapiftry heighthened with 
 3old and Silver ; all things are there in abundance, 
 irhe Pi&ures are alfo of the beft fort, fince they , 
 ire of Monfieur k Bruns hand, who is at prefent 
 1 he chief Painter of the Kingdom. The Gallery 
 ' vhich is on the left hand is all of his Work, the 
 1 Sides of which, inftead of Wainfcot are coverd 
 I Ivith Paintings in frefquo, fuch as employ the 
 ' Curious a long time in beholding them, who take 
 j 1 mighty pleafure to difcover in thefe pieces that 
 f vhich they ufually feek for in Italy with fo much 
 J :oncern and pains. The Apartments below Stairs 
 \ ire very pleafant. There are Baths, and a tlall ; . 
 t :xtreme convenient for Summer, by reafon of 
 e hat frelh air which is there gathered. In fine, 
 H % nothing 
 
148 ji New Def:r : mm 
 
 nothing is wanting in this houfe, and one may 
 find there all the conveniences that can be defired 1 
 of what fort foever; he who caufed it to be built ^ 
 having not fpared the greateft of expenfes to ren- 
 der it fuch as it is, 
 
 Leaving this houfe we ought to pafs along the! I 
 Key called Quay Dauphin, otherwise, the Key of! 
 Balcones, atmoft all the Houfes that are built here; 
 having Balcones before theWindow,amongthe reft ! 
 one ought to be obferved more especially, which i 
 is that in which at prefent dwells Monfieur the 
 Abbot of St. Croix, Mafter of Requefts, it was 
 built with much care, by the deceafed Monfieur 
 Hejfelin, who was one of the moft curious per-, 
 fbns of his time, and it wasdefigned by the Sieurj 
 k Veau. The Front is of a very handfom defign, 
 without crowding in of infignifi cant Ornaments.;! 
 And on the in fide there are very beautiful Ciel-i 
 ings, with Chimney-pieces of the beft fort of 
 Workmanfhip. The Court is in truth a little too - 
 obfeure, but this defedt is advantagioufly repaired! 
 by the Symmetry of the Building on that fide, 
 and by the curious profpe(5t from thence. 
 
 Near this is the houfe of Monfieur Soulier, the 
 Stair-cafe of which is extreme handfom, itisfup- 
 por^ed with Ionick Pillars and adorned with Baf-j 
 reliefe. The face on the fide of the Court is 
 cmbellifhed with Architecture handfom to per- 
 fection. It was built by Monfieur de Alifi. 
 Having feen this Houfe we ought next to go to 
 
 The Church of St. Lewis, tho it be not yet 
 finifhed. That which is begun is of a very fineforti 
 of Architedure. The Porta is fupported with 
 I>orick Pillars. And when this Church is com- 
 plcated it will deferve to be compared to the beft 
 
 of: 
 
of PARIS. 14 9, 
 
 of the kind, for the defign and regularity with 
 which it is carried on« The Sieur du Van gave 
 the firft defign. M. Champagne an able Painter, 
 being Churchwarden, hath the care of the Orna- 
 namentsof the Architecture there, and Monfieur 
 le Due hath carried on the Work in fuch manner 
 as we now fee it. 
 
 Leaving the Ifle Ncjtre-£>ame we go over the ' 
 ; Bridge de la Tournelle, built of Free-ftone, after 
 ; the fame Model with that of Pont-Neuf; it hath 
 •two waysraifed on each fide, for theconveniency 
 ! of thofe that walk over on foot. As you pats 
 •forward you fee on the left hand 
 
 St. Bernard's Gate, embellifhed alfo (bme years 
 fince, after the defigns of Monfieur Blonde! : on 
 each fide are placed great Baf-reliefs that fill up- 
 iboth the Fronts. On that fide that faces the Town 
 [Ithe King is represented pouring out plenty upon 
 Ms Subjects ; and on the Attiqueover head, we 
 read thislnfcriptioa 
 
 LUDOVICO MAGNO ABUNDANTIA 
 PART A. 
 PR&F. ET iEDlL. PONI C C. 
 ANN. R. S. H. MDCLXXi 
 
 To LEWIS the Great 
 
 For the great plenty , the Pr^feSl and 
 /Ediles caufed this to be creEledin the year 
 from the Redemption of the World , 1670. 
 
150 .A New Defer ipt ion 
 
 On the other fide which fronts the Faux- 
 bourg the King is represented Apparelled in man - 
 ner of the Ancient Gods, holding the Helm of a 
 great Ship under full Sail, with this Infcription, 
 
 LUDOVICI PROVIDENTI# MAGNI PRiEF. 
 ET JEDIL. PONI C C. 
 ANN. R..S. H. MDCLXX. 
 
 To the Providence of Lewis the Great, The 
 Pr<efe& and JEdiles caufed this to be 
 erected in the year from the Redemption of 
 the World, 1670. 
 
 Along the River fide among the Wharfs and 
 Wood-yards, there is one Houfe of a private Per- 
 fbn very handfomly built. It is compofed of 
 two Pavilions or Arms, with the main building 
 in the middle in which the Stair-cafe is placed that 
 communicates to both ends. The houfe hath a 
 very good face on the Court-fide, and looks to- 
 wards the Fields, which renders the Profpedt ex- 
 treme pleafing. The Apartments are very com- 
 modious and adorned with Wainfcot gilt, and 
 Marbled of divers colours. This Houfe is the 
 handfomeft of all this Quarter. 
 
 By the Street called Riie de Seine which pades 
 clofe to the Walls of this Houfe, you may go to 
 
 St. 
 
of PARIS. I y I 
 
 St. ViBors. 
 
 This is a famous Abby 'of Canons regular of 
 the Order of St. Aiigujiin , of which Monfieur 
 de Coiflin, Bifhop of Orleans, chief Almoner to 
 the King, and Brother of the Duke of Coiflin, is 
 Abbot. This Abby is very ancient, of fuch An- 
 tiquity that we are not well afliired of the time of 
 its firll Foundation. We know only that King 
 Lewis the Grofs in the year 1 1 13. caufed a great 
 Church to be built in this place, where was be- 
 fore but a very little Chappel : and we read in the 
 Ghurch-Hiftory of Pari s, that Thomas de Cham- 
 feaux Canon of Nojtre-Dame, and a famous Pro- 
 feffor of Theology, having a difference with one 
 of his Difciples named Abaillard, retired with 
 fome of his Scholars to a place near the little 
 Chappel of St. Vi&or, and that he took the habit 
 of a Chanon- Regular, which poffibly might be the 
 Original of this Abby, which from that time did 
 always encreafe more and more. This happened 
 about the year 1 105. The Quarrel between this 
 Thomas de Champeaux and the faid Abaillard is 
 much fpoken of in the Hiftories of that time, 
 and there are many very remarkable paflages in it 
 which notwithstanding are not proper to be re* 
 ported in this Work. 
 
 That which is the moft curious thing to be 
 feen in this Abby is the Library, which is very nu- 
 merous and full of the beft fort of Books that 
 can be met with. There are alfo Manufcripts in 
 the great Cabinet at the further end. It hath 
 been confiderably augmented by Monfieur Bou- 
 H 4 chet 9 
 
I A New Defcriftion 
 
 cher, Counfellor in the Parliament, on condition 
 that it be publiek for all forts of Perfons oftener 
 than it was before, which has made it of migh- 
 ty advantage and wonderfully frequented by the 
 Studious, who may come three time« a Week, 
 Monday, Wednefday, and Friday, and remain 
 there all day long if they pleafe. It is the only 
 Library of ail Paris that is open in this manner, 
 but we hope in time there will be others in that 
 City that will yield the like profit. In the other 
 parts of this houfe we find nothing very curious. 
 There is in the Church here great Devotion to 
 our Lady of Succour, and to St. Clair, Bifliop of 
 Autun, who is invoked for fore Eyes. Among 
 the Monks of St. Vittor there are many Learned 
 Perfons Tome of which are Monfieur de Santeiitl, 
 almoft the only man in France who underftands 
 to make Infcriptions in Verfe for publiek Monu- 
 ments, he is of an extraordinary ability in this 
 Science and all things of this nature which we Jec 
 come from him, are intirely fine. Hug/i of 
 St. Victor a famous Divine was alfo of this houfe. 
 
 After you have feen the Abby of St. ViSor 
 you ought to goto the Kings Garden; in the 
 way thither you pafs by 
 
 The Hofpital of Pity, which is a Limb of the 
 great Hofpital general ; in which they harbour a 
 great number of young Boys and Girls, whom 
 they imploy in divers forts of Work, more efpe- 
 cialJy the Girls who make Point of France, from 
 which the Houfe does ealily draw a Profit fuffici- 
 ent to maintaian them, 
 
 TZ>e 
 
of ]? A R I S . 
 
 The Rings Garden. 
 
 This Garden is filled with nothing but Medici- 
 nal Plants of moft choice forty, which are there 
 nourifhed and looked after at the Kings Charges. 
 Certain Months in the Year,here axzRotanick Le- 
 ctures, to the hearing of which any one may be 
 admitted freely. There is a Do&or of Pyhfick 
 who hath a Sallary for this purpofe, and who is 
 ordinarily more eminent than the reft for his 
 Learning. This Led:ure is made at fix of the 
 Clock in the morning, in thofe parts of the Gar- 
 den where the feveral Simples grow. One ought 
 to obferve that half this Garden is taken Up by a 
 Mount or eminent Ground, round which they 
 have made an Ally which mounts about it in a 
 Spiral Line, which Ally has on the outward edge 
 a Pali r adq of Buflies, on the top of this Mount 
 is an Accacias from whence you have a Profpedt 
 over the River and Fauxbourg St. Antoine. On 
 the left hand as you come into the Court, is a La- 
 boratory, where they alfo work publickly in Chy- 
 miftry during certain months in the year. The 
 Compofitions which they make there are given 
 freely to fuch poor that need em. 
 
 But that which is the greateft Curiofity of all 
 is the Cabinet of Monfieur-Ww Vemay one of the 
 Royal Academy of Sciences, and one of the prime 
 Men of the Kingdom for DifTecft ions and Anatcn 
 my. Few People ever made a farther progfefe 
 than he in this fort of operation, in which he * 
 hath.. made .-a great number of Discoveries, that 
 H $ h«?§ 
 
154 A New Defer ipt ion 
 
 have gained him a mighty Reputation. In Win- 
 ter he reads publickly in the great Hall, which is 
 contrived in manner of an Amphitheatre, that 
 may contain abundance of People. Monfieur Da- 
 quin the Kings chief Phyfitian hath the overfight 
 and the adminiftration of this Garden ; he ap- 
 points the Doctors in Phyfick and Chirurgery who 
 read the Leitures of Chymiftry and Diffedtion, 
 and he hath a Penfion from the King for this pur- 
 pofe. The Superintendant of the Buildings is the 
 abfolute Matter here, and it is under his Autho- 
 rity that all thefe things are tranfa&ed. Leaving 
 this place you may go to 
 
 The Hofpital-general ; altho for delicate peo- 
 ple it is no very pleafing object to fee the pooi% 
 yet it is a curious thing, and furpriling at the 
 fame time, to fee fo great a number of all forts 
 and age?, whofe miferies are eafed with fo much 
 care and Charity, that nothing is wanting to them 
 but only Liberty. This great Building which 
 contains in it more than fix thoufand perfons, ap- 
 pears as you come in like a little Town, by rea- 
 ion of the quantity and diverfity of the houfes, 
 although it be all the Work of this age, and all 
 the poor People that are in it are maintained upon 
 Charity only. The Church was built not above 
 feven or eight years ago: It is of a very peculiar 
 defign ; a great Dome of eight Angles raifed up- 
 on Arches, againit each of which are placed eight 
 Naves or (paces to contain all the poor people. 
 The Altar is contrived juft in the middle under 
 the Dome, fo that it may be feen on eight lides 
 for the conveniency of all. There is nothing mag- 
 •n ; ficent in the Work, except only the Portico by 
 which people enter from abroad^ which is fup- 
 
 ported 
 
of P A R I S. 155 
 
 ported by certain lonick Pillars, over which is 
 placed a (mall Attick, but this is of no extraor- 
 dinary relifh however. On the two fides of this 
 Entrance are placed two Pavilions where are lodg- 
 ed the Ecclefiafticks who ferve the Chappel, and 
 admmifter the Sacraments to the poor People. It 
 is obfervable that they imploy here all the young 
 girls of the Hofpital, who are very numerous 0 in 
 making point of France, fome embroider, others 
 make the Loops, others, the Ground, which caufes 
 much work to be difpatched by their hands in a 
 little time, of which is made a confiderable in- 
 come. The fir ft Prefident de Bellie vre was one 
 of thofe who were moft adiivein the Foundation 
 of this great Hofpital, which at that time was 
 thought incredible ; and this was done on the ac- 
 count of that exceffive number of Poor which 
 were continually about the Streets and Churches 
 of Pans, to the great incommodity of the Pub- 
 lick. In the mean time this Illuftrious Magiftrate 
 being a/Tilted by the Cardinal Ma^arm, the> 
 Dutchefs of Aiguillo)!, and fome others, perfons 
 of Authority, accomplished his defign, and caufed 
 all thofe to be lhut up in this Hofpital who were, 
 found begging, or who were not able to get their. 
 Living. 
 
 Almoft over againfl; the Gate of this Hofpitaf^ 
 in a large place, is kept the Horfe-Market on the 
 
 Wi dnejday and Friday in every Week 
 
 The 
 
r A Nenr Defcripion 
 
 Les Gobelins. 
 
 This Houfe is almoft behind the Faux-bourg 
 of Saint Marcel. Here it is that the Curious ought 
 to apply themfelves with their utmoft diligence 
 to obferve all the Rarities that are to be feen in 
 this place, in regard there is no part of Europe 
 that produces fo many. But to give you a jufter 
 Idea, I fhall make a Defcription. 
 
 Firft of all, it is not unufeful to obferve that 
 this place has been always inhabited by excellent 
 Artifts: and that heretofore it was imploy- 
 ed by the famous Dyers of Wood, the firft of 
 which was one Giles Goblin, who, as report fays, 
 found out the fecret of dying the beft Scarlet, or 
 at leaft that he firft brought it to Paris, from 
 whence it comes that ever fince it hath been, cal- 
 led Scarlet des Gobelines. This Houfe hath ftill 
 kept the old name as well as the little River that 
 runs behind it, which Water hath a peculiar Ver- 
 tue for the dying of this Colour, and before that 
 time it was called the River of Bieure. The Dutch 
 have made it their utmoft endeavour to difcover 
 this fecret,but they could never do it with all their 
 induftry andexpence, however they come pretty 
 near, but they cannot arrive to that Degree of 
 per fed ion, which our Dyers have in making this 
 Beautiful colour, which makes fo great a Merchan- 
 dize through all Europe, nay in a manner through - 
 the whole Worlds for much goes into the Indies 
 and America^ But not to fay more of this houfe 
 md Riyer called the Gobelins , let us now 
 
of P A R I S. I57 
 
 fpeak of the things that are there to be feen. It 
 is to be obferved that all the Artilh that work 
 here are employed only for the King, and that 
 their Works which they perform here are for the 
 Decoration and Ornament of the Royal Palaces. 
 Some years fince the number of the Workmen 
 was much greater than at prefent; but the pro- 
 digious quantity of Work which they did is the oc- 
 cafion that they are now much retrenched, in re- 
 gard the Repositories where the Kings moveables 
 are kept are fufficiently filled, in fuch fort that one 
 may fay at this time there is no Prince in Europe 
 that hath more Goldfmiths work or Tapiftry. 
 
 The firft thing that is to be viewed are the Pi- 
 ctures, which are,in a manner, all of the hand of 
 famous Monfieur le Brun y the ableft Painter of 
 Fra?tce, and whofe Works are fo much fought 
 after and admired by all thofe who are skilled in 
 Painting. As a reward for whofe great pains 
 which he is continually engaged in, and for the 
 Emulation of thofe who have any Genius in de- 
 fining, the King hath been pleafed not only to 
 give him large Penfions, to declare him Overfeer 
 of all the Works in Painting and Sculpture which 
 are done for him, and to name him Director of 
 fhe Academy-Royal of Painting, but he hath al- 
 fo ennobled him by his Letters Patents. The 
 Principal Pieces of this excellent Mafter are at 
 Verfaillef. The great Stair- cafe is almoft all of 
 his hand, and he is working at prefent in the great 
 Gallery, which takes up all that fide that looks 
 upon the Garden In. the Louvre there are alfo 
 divers Cieling' pieces of his defign. In the 
 Church of Notre -dams are two Pieces, one re- 
 prefents the Martyrdom of St Stephen^ the other 
 
158 A New Defer ipt ion 
 
 the Crucifying of St. Peter, both which Pieces 
 are in the Quire on each fide of the high Altar, 
 and which one may eafily diftinguift) from other 
 Pictures, at the Carmelites in the Faux-boiirg 
 St. Jacques. The fecond. great Piece which re- 
 presents a Magdelain at the feet of our Saviour 
 in the Hou r e of Simon the Leper , is of his hanc* 7 
 fo alfo another Piece of the fame Saint, in one of 
 the Chappels of the fame Church, which was 
 much admired by the Queen Mother, who began 
 firft from the fight of this Piece to have an efteem 
 for M. le Brun, whom foon after fhe made 
 known at Court by the means- of the Chancel- 
 lor Seguier^ by whom he was mightily efteemed. 
 Moft of the Works which are wrought in the 
 Gobelins are of his defign, .and. it is - he that or- 
 ders the Performance. His Cabinet is one of tire 
 moft curious that can be feen % in which be has 
 collected the Paintings' of. the molt excellent 
 Matters that: have been, and feveral other rare Pie- 
 ces which have a Relation to Painting. I will fay 
 one thing-, more to the Glory of M:leBrun that 
 he hath under him feveral other Pointers who : do 
 nothing elfe but [3 Copy his Draughts and work, 
 ifter his ftefmis. 
 
 The fecond thing which one ought to fee in* 
 this Place, is the Tapiftry Works. Among that 
 great number of Artitts that work herein this 
 Manufacture, there are fome Flemings, who are 
 equal to the moil Renowned of the la ft age at 
 Anvers. Nothing can be feen liner than what, 
 comes from their hands, be it in Hiftory or Land- 
 skip, in both which Gold and Silver are imploy- 
 ed even to profuiion, and they have fome pieces- 
 there that are all over heighthned after that man- 
 ner* 
 
 / 
 
of PARIS j ? 9 
 
 ner. When we have well examind thefe things 
 we muft conclude that there is no part of the 
 World where they make better Work, or better 
 underftand the perfect way of Shadowing the 
 Wool. It is however MonHeur le Brlftn, who 
 gives them the Defigns, and for the moft psrt 
 they Copy his Paintings. Of late they have alfo 
 copied fome of the belt things of PouJJln, (the 
 greateft man of our age without contradiction ) 
 among others, the little Mofes which they had 
 from the Cabinet of the lately deceafed Madam 
 Lefcot: The Rock in the Wildernefs with the 
 Fountain of Waters flowing from it, which be- 
 longed to the deceafed Mon(ieur Dreux Coun- 
 fellor of the great Council, and two other Pi&ures 
 from the Cabinet of Monfieur the Chevalier de 
 Lorraine , one of which reprefents the palfage 
 through the JRgd Sea, and the other the Worfliip 
 of the Golden Calf. They have made alfo many 
 Pieces from Raphael and Michael Angelo. But 
 one of their moft beautiful and curious things is 
 the Hiftory of the King reprefented in diversPieces, 
 of which fubjedt may be made divers Suits of 
 Hangings, in which are contained the principal 
 'Actions of his Life, as the Battels he hath gained, 
 the Towns he hath taken, the Ceremonies of his 
 Marriage, the renovation of the Alliance with the 
 Deputies of the thirteen Cantons of Swiffes, and 
 many other Paflages of fuch like nature, the 
 Borders of thefe Pieces have the Ground- work of 
 Gold, with Grotefques, and fcveral Devices and 
 Cyphers at the Corners and in the middle, which 
 things are of coloured Silk, and fhew delicately 
 upon the Gold-ground. The Sieur Gens and 
 U Fevrc have the overfight and diredioa of 
 
 ' thofc 
 
160 *A New Defcriftion 
 
 thofe who work at that fort of Tapiftry which is 
 called the high Lifts, and the Sieurs Mo^in and 
 delk Croix , thofe who work at the low Lifts. 
 
 After you have feen the Tapiftries you ought 
 to feefhe place where they carve and engrave up- 
 on Copper and Braft for Clofets and fuch like 
 matters. It is here that they made thofe curious 
 Locks that are to be feen at Verfailles^ and the 
 Louvre y which are wrought with fuch delicate 
 Workmanfliip. 
 
 In the firft Court through which you pafs to 
 fee the things of which we have been fpeaking, 
 you ought not to forget to vifit the houfes of 
 le Sieur Loir and le Sieur Villiers, two famous 
 Goldfmiths, who are imployed continually for 
 the King : You will find often under their hands 
 Works of mighty value. Here it was where 
 they made thofe two Balufters for the Alcove, 
 which are at Verfailles before the Kings Bed, and 
 the Queens. One may know of what Beauty, 
 Workmanfliip, and Riches they are, fince the 
 price of each amounted to two hundred thoufand 
 Crowns. They are all of folid Silver without 
 any thing to help out, either within the Pede- 
 ftaJs or Rails, other than the thicknefs of the 
 metal it felf* which has been employed with Pro- 
 fufion. 
 
 Near the Goldfmiths, in the fame Court on the 
 right hand, you may find certain Works of an 
 extraordinary nature performed by the Sieur 
 Branquier^ and the Sieur Ferdinand de Meliori^ 
 who were both invited out of Italy to make here a 
 kind of Mofaick Work; which will coft much time 
 and expence. They are a fort of Pi&ures, the 
 different colours of which are made of inlaid 
 
 Stones, 
 
ofV A R I S. 161 
 
 Stones, which reprefent Figures extreme like, 
 and very well defigned. Thefe Pieces are moft 
 commonly compofed of Agate, Lapis Lazuli, 
 Jacinth, and Cornelian, which makes a colour- 
 ing more lively and brillant than ordinary Paint- 
 ing, which Stones are joyned together with a 
 fort of Mafiicl^ very hard. They are ordinarily 
 placed upon Ebony Cabinets, or Tables of great 
 price. At the habitation of one of thefe Artifts 
 there is a little Garden behind his houfe, which 
 is very pretty and in which are divers Ornaments 
 of artificial Rocks and Shell-work. 
 
 After you have examined thefe things, you re- 
 turn by the fame way to vifit other Curiofities 
 that are to be feen in another Court. There are 
 two Workhoufes for Carvers and Statuaries, the 
 one of which is governed by the Skur Baftifte^ 
 in which is the Statue of Monfieur de Hwremie 
 in white Marble, which is to be placed at St. De- 
 nis upon the Tomb which the King hath there 
 caufed to be raifed for him ; here is alfo a great 
 Mufe, bigger than the life, of excellent Work* 
 manfhip, which is intended to be placed at Ver- 
 Jailles with divers other Statues of the fame big- 
 nefs. The other Workhoufe is governed by the 
 Sieur Coefvau, who for the molt part works af- 
 ter the life. He hath made feveral Bufts and 
 other Figures of reprefentation. This is he that 
 made the Kings Buft which ftands in the great 
 Stair- cafe at Verfailles. 
 
 After this you ought to fee the Embroiderers, 
 who are in a Hall near which you pafs to go to 
 the great Court. They are employed upon di- 
 vers Pieces, in which the richnefs of the materi- 
 als does moft commonly vie with the beauty of the 
 Work. Near 
 
l6i A New . Defer iption 
 
 Near this place here are ftill two Statuaries 
 more in two Low Rooms, where you may fee 
 fome Pieces in Marble and fome in Lead for the 
 Fountains at Verfailles. Befides thofe things al- 
 ready defcribed, there are many other Curiofities 
 in this great Houfe, which the Curious may ob* 
 ferve, and which would be too long to treat of in 
 particular. We have already faid that here are 
 all forts of excellent Artilts who have been invi- 
 ted hither from different Parts. Among whom 
 we ought not to forget M. Audrean, one of the 
 ableft Gravers of his time : he hath etcht and gra- 
 ved all the great Pieces of M. le Brun, as the 
 Triumph of Conftantine the Great, the Battel of 
 Maxentius, all the Hiftory of Alexander, in five 
 great Pieces, and divers other things of that great 
 Painter. All that comes from his hand, is of a 
 lingular beauty, and moll exa&defign, the mod 
 corredt that can be : which occafions that all his 
 Work fells much dearer than others, nay often- 
 times it is difficult to get them at any rate in re- 
 gard all the beft Proofs are feferved for the Kings 
 Cabinet. He hath aifo graved feveral Pieces from 
 the famous Poujfin, which all Curious Perfons 
 treafure up in their Clofets. The Sieur le Clerc 
 dwells here aifo who is very able and well efteem- 
 ed in this Art. And thefe are the molt curious 
 things at the Houfe called les Gobelins. 
 
 From hence we return again into the Town by 
 the Fauxbowrg St. Marcel, and we pafs before 
 the Church of that name, which was firft found- 
 ed by Ity/and Earl of Blaye Nephew of Charle- 
 magne, who was a great Benefa&of to it, in con- 
 ferring great Priviledges upon the Canons who 
 ferved there. This Church did heretofore bear 
 
of PARIS. r6; 
 
 the title of S. Clement. But the Body of S.Marcel 
 Bifhop ofPrfm,being found here it took his name, 
 which it hath kept ever iince. The famous Peter 
 Lombard; furnamed the Mafter of the Sentences, 
 is here interred. And this is his Epitaph, 
 
 Hie jacet Magiftcr Petrus Lombardus, Parifi- 
 enfis Epifcopus, qui compofuit Librum Sen-, 
 tentiarum^ Glojjas Pfalmoruml & Epifto- 
 larum : cujus obitus dies eft 13. Cal. Au- 
 guftl Anno 1 164. 
 
 Here lies Mafter Peter Lombard Bifhop of Pa- 
 ris, who compofed the Book of Sentences, 
 • GlofTes upon the Pfalms and Epiftles : the 
 day of his death is the .13th.. of the Calends 
 of Auguft. In the year 1164* 
 
 There are alfo in this Fauxbourg^ the Cordelier 
 Nuns. Whofe Convent was firft built at Troyes 
 by Thibaut VII. Earl of Champagne and of 
 Brie, but they were removed to Paris foon af- 
 ter, becaufe of the inconveniency of the place 
 where they were firft founded. Margaret de 
 Provence Wife to St. Lewis caufed the Church 
 to be begun as we now fee it, and Blanch her 
 Daughter Widow of the King of C aft He be- 
 came a Nun there, and gave a considerable Aug- 
 mentation, to the Eft-ate - of this Houfe, She built 
 the Cloiiter where are yet remaining her Arms 
 in feveral places. Thefe Nuns obferve the Rule 
 of St. Francis fomewhat nearer than the Cordelier 
 
 Friers 
 
1 64 Defcription 
 
 Friers of the great Convent in Paris ; there is 
 nothing of Angular note in their Church,no more 
 than in that of 
 
 St. Medard, the Par ifh- Church of this Quar- 
 ter ; where there hapned in the laft Age a furi- 
 ous Tumult, raifed by the Calvinifls who came 
 flocking with Arms in hand to Maffacre the Ca- 
 tholicks being then at Vefpers; the caufe pre* 
 tended was that the noife of the Bells of this 
 Church did difturb them in hearing their Ser- 
 mon which at that time was in a houfe clofe by. 
 But they were punifhed for their Ralhnefs; for 
 the Citizens taking Arms, killed all thofe that 
 fell in their power. This was the firft occafion 
 of that hatred which the Parifians bear to thofe 
 of the pretended Reformed Religion ; and the 
 Hiftorians obferve that from that time the Calvi- 
 nifls threw off their Mask and went arm'd in tite 
 Streets of Paris, but the Catholicks not being, 
 able to endure this, it was the occafion of many 
 Diforders which hapned afterwards. 
 
 Monfieur Patru from whom we have a Vo- 
 lame of Pleadings extremely fine, is interred in 
 this Church. Monfieur d'Ablencmr had fo great 
 an efteem for his Judgment that on his death-bed 
 he recommended his Works tohis Corredion. 
 
 In this Quarter near the Ifttle Church of 
 S. Hiffolytus, is an ancient houfe built in the time 
 of St. Lewis which is not far from the River des 
 Gobelins, where that good King would fome- 
 times ufe to pafe his hours of Solitude, in Prayer. 
 Itisfaid that under Charles VI. there happened 
 here a very unhappy accident, which was partly 
 the caufe of the diftra&ion « with which that 
 Prince wasaffli&ed the greateft part of his Reign. 
 
i6? of P A R I S. 
 
 The Story is thus reported. The Parifians y 
 who always made it their glory paffionately to 
 love their King, being defirous to enter- 
 tain Charles VI. with a Ball in this houfe, upon 
 his return from a great Vi&ory which he 
 had gained over the Revolted Flemings ; 
 The King was at this Entertainment with ma- 
 ny Lords difguifed like Salvages, and apparelled 
 in Linnen pitcht over and covered with Flax, 
 like hair, and fo clofe fitted to the Body that 
 it feemed to be the natural skin ; as he was dan- 
 cing with the young Lords one of the Company 
 approaching too near,a Flambeau held by a Prince 
 who was defirous to difcover the King from the 
 reft, it hapned that the Flame caught the Flax 
 and burnt furioufly ; and they being all fattened 
 to one another, the King could find no fecurity 
 but by cafting himfelf all covered with Flames 
 as he was, into the Arms of the Dutchelsof Ber~ 
 ry, who very happily being then prefent extin- 
 guiflied the Flame by covering him all over with 
 her great Gown. The other Mafquers were 
 all either ftifled or roafted alive and died within 
 two days after, the King and Mantouillet only 
 efcaping, which laft caft himfelf headlong into 
 a Tub of Water, which he hapned to light of 
 not far from the place. After this fed accident 
 Charles began to fall extreme Morofe and Me- 
 lancholy, and the Idea of fo great a peril prepared 
 his brain for that madnefs which feized upon him 
 near the Town of Mans, in fuch manner as is 
 recorded by Monfieur de Me^eray. And this 
 is all that is to be feen in this Fauxbourg. 
 
 The Gates by which you go into the Town 
 are two, that of St Viftor near the Abby of that 
 
 name, 
 
1 66 A New Defcriftion 
 
 name, of which Abby we have already fpoken, 
 This Gate was lately repaired but not with fo 
 great expence as the others. There is only re- 
 prefented in Bafle-taille over the Arch, a great 
 Ship of War, which are the Town Arms, with 
 this Infcription beneath it, 
 
 QVL& NON MARIA? 
 
 What Seas does Jhe not Sail through ? 
 
 The other Gate is that of St Marcel, behind 
 St Genevieue du Mont. 
 
 Near this on the Fojfe between the two Gates 
 lives Monfieur de Troyes, whofe Pi&ures you 
 ought not to fail of feeing. He was fent by the 
 King into Bavaria to take the Pidture of Ma- 
 dame the Dauphinefs. Few Painters have been 
 more fuccefsful than he after the Life. This hath 
 attained him the Pra&ice of molt Perfons of 
 Quality, who caufe themfelves to be drawn by 
 his hand. 
 
 We (hall fay nothing of the Convent of Engliih 
 Nuns, nor of the Houfe of the Fathers of the 
 Christian Dodfrine, which are alfo upon the fame 
 Foffe, there being nothing curious about them 
 to remark, unlefs it be one of the belt Profpe&s 
 that we can fee, by reafon of the high fituation 
 of the Place where thefe twohoufes ftand. 
 
 The end of the firfi VarP* 
 
r 
 
 A New . 
 
 DESCRIPTION 
 
 OF THE 
 Moft Remarkable Things 
 I N 
 
 P A. 1^. IS. 
 
 PART II. 
 
 The Vniverfity Quarter* 
 
 HIS Quarter is one of the antienteft 
 and beft Peopled of all Paru. It takes 
 up a very great fpace of Ground, al- 
 moft the fourth part of the Town. 
 Vhilip Augiiftm, at fuch time as he went to Pa- : 
 kftine, with Xicfard King of Engtynd, againft 
 //. A the 
 
2 'A New Defer iptkrt 
 
 sithe Sm&xins, gave order that during his Jour- 
 : ney (which lafted a whole Year) this Quar- 
 ter Ihould be inclored with Walls ; fome Remains 
 *of which one may perceive at this Day. 
 
 The Univerfity of Parti is lb antient, that, as 
 jbme hold, Charlemagne was its Founder. This o- 
 pinion is built upon certainx>ld Titles, which are 
 preferved with great care. Notwithftanding 
 z these are many Learned Men, who are of a con- 
 trary opinion; among others Monfieur Jolt, 
 Grand Chanter of Nojlre~Dame f who has clearly 
 ^proved his Sentiments, in his little Trail of the 
 [ JEpifcopal Schools. But if it be doubtful, whether 
 it were founded by -that Great Emperor; it is 
 ; however moft certain, that it began to appear 
 In a very little time after his Reign, which was in 
 JFrance a Glorious one, for Learning and Learn- 
 ed Men, to whom this great Prince ihewed all the 
 Favour that could be. And in Gratitude, they 
 have rendered him famous toPofterity, not only as 
 the moft knowing Emperor of that Age ; but al- 
 fo the Braveft and moft Glorious. In the mean 
 time, the Univerfity have taken him for their Pa- 
 tron, and on the Day of his Feaft, the Exercifes 
 , ceafe in all Colledges. We ftiall fay nothing of 
 -Its antient Splendor, nor of the Credit and Au- 
 thority, which it formerly enjoyed. It is weH 
 known, . that moft of the great Affairs, have been 
 tranfafted by the advice of this Univerfity, and 
 that Kings have not difdairi'd to Confult it, in 
 ..their moft preffing Occafions. Popes themfelves 
 have in a manner a ppeafd hrther, and have of- 
 ten fued for the Suffrages of this Univerfity, 
 to authorife their Elections, and fupportthem 
 againft Competitors. 
 Monfieur JPubouhy in the Hiftory which he 
 
 hatfr 
 
if PARIS. 5 
 
 Rath made of this Univerfity in three Volumes, 
 in Folio, makes mention of many llluftrious Per- 
 fons, who have ilfued from hence. It hath been 
 fo numerous and fo full of Scholars , that we 
 ought not to omit obferving here, one furprif- 
 ing thing, which happened under Charles VI. 
 That Prince being fallen into a Diftra&ion, pub- 
 lick Prayers and Proceflions were appointed to be 
 made for his Recovery. All the Companies and 
 Communalties went afoot , in Proceflion to St. 
 Denit in F rame ; and the Parliament, as the prin- 
 cipal Body of the Kingdom, begun this Ail of 
 Piety. The Univerfity had alfo their appointed 
 day to go thither, and Juvenal des Vrfins records, 
 That all the Scholars were obliged to affift with 
 their feveral Heads and Members, who belonged 
 to them : He adds, That they all made fo great 
 a number of Men, that the begining of the Pro- 
 ceflion, was entering into the Church of St 
 DenUy when the Re&er, who went laft, was 
 hardly gone out of the Church of the Mathu- 
 rins, where they firft met together. The num- 
 ber of Scholars and Colledges is now very 
 much dlminifhed. Formerly one might have 
 reckoned one Hundred, at prefent you can hardly 
 find Thirty : Among which there are only nine 
 that maintan Exerches (JDes baJfesClaJes) of the 
 lowex Claffes, and they are 
 
 The Colleclge rf« tfcffi*. 
 
 The Colledge d'Har court. 
 
 The CoH. de Navarre. 
 
 The Coll. de Beauvait. 
 
 The Coll. of the Cardinal le Moyns, 
 
 The Coll. de U Marcbe* 
 
 The Coll. deLi\ieux. 
 
 A 2 The 
 
4 A New Vefcriftion 
 
 The Coll. des Gr&fiins. 
 
 The Coll. of Clermont, wholy employed by 
 the Jefuits, of which we fhall fpeak by it felf. 
 
 It is needlefs to infert the names of the po- 
 thers, where they do not teach > they are but 
 little known, and ferve only for the Lodgings of 
 certain Scholars, called Bourfiers, who live 
 there upon the Tenfions which the Colled ge al- 
 lows them yearly. The Univerfity had alfo its 
 own Jurifdi&ion apartj and if< any of its Mem- 
 bers had committed any Crime, it was not per- 
 mitted for the Ptiblick Judge to condemn them. 
 •Of this you may read an Example in an 
 Epitaph, in -the Mathurins Cloifter. Two 
 Scholars having done certain Crimes worthy of 
 Death, were Executed by Sentence of the Provoft 
 of Park : The Univerfity conceiving themfelves 
 wounded in this Sentence, fufpended their Exer- 
 cifes, and by this means obliged the Frovoft of 
 Pari*, to bring back the Bodies of thefe two 
 Scholars to the Mathurins, after he had himfelf 
 taken them down from the Gallows at Montfau-. 
 con, where they there hung ; and after he had 
 kift their Cheeks, tho they had been Executed 
 above four Months. There are many Examples 
 10? this fort. But fince that time things are very 
 much changed 5 and though at prefent the Uni- 
 verfity is full of Perfons of great Learning, yet 
 her Credit and Authority are mightily diminifh- ! 
 ed ; efpecially fince about the middle of the laft I 
 Age, fhehasfuifered fomeLoffes, which fbewiil I 
 have much ado ever to repair. 
 
 In the wan time this hinders not, but that; 
 the Sciences flourifh here, more than in any other 
 part of Europe, and are here taugbt with much; 
 
 Succefs 
 
of p A R I S. f 
 
 Succors and Profit. The Univerfity is divided in- 
 to four Faculties, and over them all they have for' 
 their Head, a Re&or, who is chofen every three 
 Months. Formerly they chofe him every fix 
 Weeks, but of late four times a Year hath been- 
 thought often enough. The four Faculties are 
 
 DIVINITY, 
 
 L A W, 
 
 PHYS1CK, 
 
 The ARTS. ) : 
 
 Divinity is profeft only in the Sorbonne, and-- 
 in the Colled ge of Navarre. I or the Law, as it 
 is divided into the Civil Law, and the Canon 
 Law, fo there are Profeffors for both in a Col- 
 lege, which ftands in the' %ue Saint tfean ds 
 BeauvaU, About two years fince, the King hath 
 founded a new Chair for the French Law, po&f 
 fell by Monfieur de Laimay, who makes his Le~ 
 tiures- in the Colled ge of Cambray near St. Ben- 
 n#fe Fountain. There is but one Colled ge for 
 Phylick, and that is in the I{ue de U Bucherie, 
 where there is an Amphitheater (as the Phyfick 
 Bills call it ) in which they often make Difteftions 
 of humane Bodies. 
 
 As for the Faculty of the Arts, which is the 
 Iaft, that is fubdivided into four Nations: The 
 Nation of France, the Nation of Picardy, the 
 Nation of Normandy, and the Nation of Ger- 
 many ; the latt of thefe was put in the room of 
 that of England, excluded by reafon of thofe cru- 
 el Wars, which have been between the French 
 and Thefe four Nations are again fub- 
 
 divided into other Provinces, which would be 
 too long to recite. 
 
 A 3 This 
 
6 A New Defcriftton. 
 
 This Is what may be faid in general of the 
 Univerfity, of which I (hall fay more in def- 
 erring the remarkable Places therein. 
 
 I begin this Quarter at the Key called, Quay de 
 U Tourneh'e, from whence you pafs before a 
 Houfe built by the late Monfieur Mmin. In 
 which Madam de Miramion, fo well known by all 
 pious People, hath about eight years fince fettled 
 a new Company of Nuns, who live under the 
 Rule of St. Auftin, of the Congregation of St. 
 Genevieve. Of this new Company fhe is the 
 Foundrek The Houfe is well built and deferves 
 to be feen. Near this is 
 
 The Hotel de M. de Nemoni, one of thofe 
 Prefidents, who are called Prefidents a Mortier, 
 in which Houfe you will fee very good Furni- 
 ture, but above all a Library well furnifht, 
 which this Uluftrious Magiftrate often vifits. 
 From hence you pafs into 
 
 The %ue de Bernardins, which Mes on the left 
 hand, in which Street are feveral very pretty 
 Houfes; among others, one wherein lives Mon- 
 fieur du Faurouy. Here are fome Pa intings of the 
 laft Age weft efteemed. A little further you wilt 
 enter into 
 
 The Col ledge of the Bernardins, which (erves 
 for all thofe who are of the Order of 'cificr* 
 tians. It is an antient Foundation, but that 
 which is moft obfervable, is the great defign of 
 Pops Bennet XII. who was formerly a Religi- 
 ous Man of this Order, and who defired to ren- 
 der his name Uluftrious, in building this Col- 
 ledge of a Surprifing Magnificence. The Walls 
 that enclofe the Ground, are of a wonderful 
 thicknefs and folidity ; and one would think, that 
 the Holy Father would rather enclofe a Citta- 
 
of PARIS. f 
 
 del, than a Colledge of Religious Men ; the* 
 Chapter-Houfe is perfeiily well Vaulted over- - 
 head, and at prefent ferves for their School. 
 But that which is more Beautiful is the Stru&ure 
 pf their Church, which ought to be conlidered 
 as one of the faireft Gothick Buildings in all 
 France - y its Roof is of an extraordinary heighth, - 
 with Chappels on each fide. True it is, that 
 but part of this great Work isfiniflit, by rea«- 
 fon of the Holy Father's Death , which hap- 
 pened too foon ; however by his Laft Will he 
 appointed, That what he had begun fliould be 
 cornpleated, and to that end he left a Summ of 
 Money ; but that falling into the Hands of Rob- 
 bers on the way, as they conveyed it into 
 France , during thofe Troubles, which happen- 
 ed in the Reign of Charles V I. the Work re- 
 mained imperfeft as it now is. One the fide 
 next the Sacrifty, you ought to ask to fee a little 
 turning Stair-Cafe, very curioufiy contrived, in 
 which two People may at the fame time afcend 
 and defend, without being feen to each other. 
 This is by two winding Afcents, like a Snails Shell, 
 managed one upon the other in the fame round 
 Space or Room. This piece is admired by fuch 
 Curious Perfons who have feen it, in regard there 
 are but very few Parallels. When the General 
 of the Ciflertians conies to Paris, he ufually makes 
 his abode in this Houfe. 
 
 We ought to obferve, that feVeral Religious 
 Orders have a right to have Colledges in this 
 Univerfity, whofe Members may take Degrees, 
 and pafs Do&ors ; but fome others have neg- 
 lefted this advantage, or the Univerfity hath 
 not granted it to them for fpecial Reafons. 
 
 A 4 As 
 
8 A New Defcription 
 
 As you go out of the Bernardins, on the left 
 Hand, you find the Church of St. Nicolas du 
 Chardonnet, newly Rebuilt of a very handfom De- 
 fign. This Church is fo called, in regard it ftands 
 on a piece of Ground, formerly over-run with 
 Thiftles ( in French called Chardons. ) Whicli 
 Ground the Monks of Ftttor gave for the build- 
 ing of a Parifh Church, much wanting in this 
 Quarter. The Church is not yet quite finifht. 
 All that is Curious here, is a Chappel where 
 Monfieur le Brun hath begun to Work. You 
 may here fee the Tomb of his Mother, defigned 
 by himfelf, and wrought in Marble by the 
 Sieur Baptifte, on which there are very delicate 
 Figures, . 
 
 All this Quarter hath nothing very remark- 
 able. From hence you go to the Carmes i at 
 the Entry of St. Genevieve's Hill, near the Place- 
 Member which is one of the greateft Markets of 
 all Paris. 
 
 The Carmesof the Place-Maubert. 
 
 I Have already faid , when I treated of the 
 Celefthis, that the Cames ( or Carmelites ) 
 were Founded there by Saint Lewis, which Or- 
 der he brought with him out of Palefline. But in 
 regard that place was fo far diftant from the Uni- 
 verfity, and in refpefl: of the overflowings of the 
 Seine, they thought it convenient to CQme and 
 Inhabit in this Place, in the Reign of Philip the 
 Long; whofe Queen fane did, by herTeftament 
 in the Year 1349, leave them great Riches ; a- 
 
 mong 
 
PAR IS. 9 
 
 Iflong other things, fhegave them her Crown of 
 Gold, fet about with covers Precious Stones of 
 confiderable Value ; alfo the Hower-de-Lys of 
 X3old, : which fhe received at her Coronation, her 
 Girdle fet with Pearls, and all her Silver Veffels ; 
 together with theSummof Fifteen Hundred Flo*, 
 rins of Gold, | which in thofe days amounted very 
 high. They made ufe of all this to build their 
 "CHurch,~and their Covent,which have nothing v£- 
 .ry handfom.There is in thisChurch a great Devo- 
 tion to our Lady of Mount-Carmel,to which refort 
 a very great number of People, who are devo- 
 ted to the Holy Virgin, in order to gain certain 
 Indulgences, and this is every fecond Sunday of 
 the Month. Not long-ago they . Rebuilt their 
 Great Altar, after adefign very Angular 5 it is 
 fupported with Pillars of Free-ftone, Painted like 
 Marble, which make a very handfom (hew. 
 
 On St. Genevieve'i WW, as you go to the Ab- 
 by -of that name you pakbetore ; 
 
 The Colledge of Navarre, the Faireft and moft 
 ' Spacious of all Farts -> it was Founded by Queen 
 Jane of Navarre, Wife of Philip the Fair, as ap- 
 -pearsby the Infcriptions under the Statue of that 
 King and Queen, on the fide of the great Gate, 
 which are as follows : 
 
 PHILIPPUS PULCHER CHRISTilANISSlMUS 
 HujUS DOMUS FUNDATOR. . 
 
 PHILIP the Fair, the moft Chriftian %ing % 
 Founder of this Floufe. 
 
 linden 
 
i o A Nero Defcriftion 
 
 Under theQueen's Statue, 
 
 Joanna Franciae et Navarrae Reg&a 
 
 Campaniae Briaeque Comes P alatina 
 Has JEdes Fundavit 1304. 
 
 Jane Queen of France and Navarre, CountefsPafo* 
 tine of Champaign and la Brie, Founded this 
 Houfe, 1304. 
 
 In the middle are thefe two Verfes* 
 
 Dextra potens, kxapa, fdes, trhlilh %egtm 
 Francormn, Cbrtfto Primipe, adafiraferunt. 
 
 Valour, juft Laws, Religion, Flowers of France $ 
 Ghrift being the guide, to Heaven's top advance* 
 
 This Colledge was formerly the moft renown'd 
 ©f allthellniverfity. The Sons of the greateft 
 Lords of the Kingdom, were here put to Pen- 
 fion, and that their Commerce with other Schol- 
 ars, might not wafte their Allowance; they 
 then received none but Pensioners : But this Me- 
 thod is changed at prefent, and now they admit 
 to their Exercifes, all forts of Scholars indiffe- 
 rently. Divinity is taught here, as hath been 
 already faid, and four Profeffors have Salleries 
 to read their Lefhires 5 two in the Morning, and 
 two in the Afternoon. Mon- 
 
0/PARIS. i{ 
 
 Monfieurthe Arch-Biftiopof Auch is Provifor 
 trf this Colledge. They have here a Library, 
 given by Queen fane of Navarre, which was 
 formerly of great Reputation, before the life of 
 Printing. It contains feveral very curious Ma- 
 nufcripts. This Colledge has produced more Fa- 
 mous Men of Learning than any other. The 
 Chief of whom is Pierre d J Ailly, Cardinal by the 
 Title of Saint Crifogon, and Arch Bifhop of Cam- 
 bray, who was a great Eenefa&or here, as is to 
 befeenby an Tnfcription in the Chapel. He is 
 interred at Cambray. In the middle of the fafrie 
 Chapel, is the Tomb of the illuftrious Thomas m 
 Ckmngti, a Famous Doftor in Divinity, and on 
 it is this Infcription 5 
 
 Qui Lampw fuit Ecckfia, fub Zawpade facet. 
 
 A Light o'th' Church under this Lamp doth lyeJ 
 
 $fihn Textor is alfo here interr'd. The other 
 Famous Men are Gerfon, Joannes Major, Almai- 
 ntk de Cafiro Forti, Fapillon, Gelin, de FiUers 9 
 and Pelletier : The laft of which was the great 
 Matter of this Colledge, and was prefent at the 
 Council of Trent. Of late they have had Monfi- 
 eur de Launcy, a Famous Critick, who hath Com- 
 pofed feveral Volumes of the Ecclefiaftic Hiftory, 
 and who, perhaps, hath beft underftood, of all of 
 this Age, the Annals of the Church, as appears 
 by his Works,fo much fought after by the Learn- 
 ed. He hath alfo writ the Hiftory of this Col- 
 ledge. Note 
 
ia A New Defcription 
 
 Note that this Hill was formerly called Mens 
 locutitm, but for what reafon is not known. 
 Higher on the Hill, where this Colledge ftands, 
 is the Abby of St. Genevieve, and next to it 
 
 The Church of St. Eftienne du Mom y a Parifli 
 Church. This Church is of fo old a Foundation, 
 that it is not certainly known in what time it 
 wasfirft Built. That Building which we fee at 
 prefent, was undertaken in the Reign of Francis 
 the Pirft, and after it had remain d a long time 
 ijnperfett, it was not finiftied till under Henry 
 IV. Queen Margaret ot.Falois, his firft Wife, 
 gave a Summ of Money for making the Portal, 
 Her felf laying the firft Stone, on the Twelfth of 
 Auguft, 16 10. This Portal is curioufly wrought, 
 and they have beftowed there a profufe number 
 of Sculptures, which had made a much better 
 fhow, if they had been manag'd and difpofed with 
 more care. Theinfideof this Church is very- 
 neat, and lightfome ; the Roof is very high and 
 -well extended. There are between Pillar and 
 Pillar, certain Arches that fupport Galleries of 
 Communication, and turn about each Pillar with 
 *nuch Art. The Tribune over the entrance into 
 $he Quire is very hardy, as are alfo the little 
 Stairs that go up thither, which wind about the 
 thick Pillars of the Croifee. The Chapel of the 
 Holy Virgin, behind the great Altar, is alfo 
 well Built. But that which the Curious ought to 
 Qbferve more carefully than all, is the Pulpit, 
 which is of excellent Workmanfhip, adorn'd 
 with Sculptures and Bas-reliefs., of a wonderful 
 Defign and Performance. The Statue of Samp- 
 fon fupports the whole Body of the Work, about 
 whom are placed feveral little figures of Chri* 
 ftian Virtues : Upon the Canopy over-head, is 
 
 a 
 
o/PARIS. 13 
 
 a great Angel, holding Two Trumpets. Ail 
 thefe things are perfectly well defignYl 5 and 
 this Pulpit, is, without Gontradiftion, themoft 
 Beautiful of all Parti. It ought to be known, 
 that Monfieur Pafcal, one of the greateft Wits 
 that France ever had, Author of that Incompa- 
 rable Book , called Penfees fur la Religion , 
 ( Thoughts upon Religion) and of feveral others 
 of the fame Beauty and Learning, is Buryed in 
 this Church. La Sueur a famous Tainter, of 
 whom I have already often made mention, is alio 
 here interr'd. 
 
 From hence you may pafs into the Church of 
 St. Genevieve, through a Door of Communica- 
 tion, behind the Pulpit, but this is not the ordi- 
 nary way. The ufual Entrance is by the great 
 Gate, which is in the open place before the 
 Church. 
 
 St. Genevieve du Mont. 
 
 BEfore we write of the Curiofities in this 
 Houfe, fomething ought to be faid of its 
 foundation. Clovti, as fome believe, was the 
 firft Founder, and Dedicated it to St. Peter and 
 St. Paul, whofe names it bore a long time. He 
 placed here Secular Canons, who inhabited this 
 Houfe till the Reign of Lewis the Young, in the 
 Eleventh Age, at which time the King conftrain- 
 ed them to take the Rule of St. Auftin, and to 
 live in Community, they having till then led 
 very irregular Lives. To eftablifh this new 
 Reform ; fomePerfons were brought over from 
 
 St* 
 
14 A Nero Defcriftlon 
 
 St. FiHoYs y and Monfieur de Me^eray acquaints 
 us with the Reafons, which occalioned that 
 King to do this. He fays, That of old time be- 
 yond Memory, there were certain Secular 
 Canons in this Houfe, who had been by the 
 Solicitation of King ^abert the l{eUgiom, freed 
 from the Vifitation of the Bifhop, and placed 
 immediately under that of the Holy See : But 
 it happenning that Pope Engenm the Fourth, 
 flying for refuge into France, and Lodging in 
 this Houfe, there happened a Difpute between 
 the Canons and the Holy Father's Officers, on 
 occafion, that the Canons would have taken to 
 therpfelves an Imbroidered Carpet, which the 
 King prefented to his Holinefs, to hang before 
 his PrkDku (or Seat in the Church) they pre- 
 tending that it ought to belong to, and remain 
 in their Church. The Controverfie was fo hot, 
 that they fell from Words to Blows, and the 
 Canons being the Itronger Party, affaulted 
 the Pope's Officers fo home, that they were 
 fome of them Kill'd. The King himfelf coming 
 thither to appeafe the Tumult, thought he 
 fhould have been Wounded in the diforder ; To 
 punifh the Canons for this their infolence, the 
 King agreed with the Holy Father to Expel them 
 from this Houfe, and to give the care of the Re- 
 form to jtygflKi Abbot of St. DtnU\ who thereupon 
 drew off 12. Canons Regular from St. Fi&ors, and 
 placed them here in the room of the others. Af- 
 ter this manner, the Chapter was changed into an 
 Abby, whofe firft Abbot was called Odo. Since 
 that time the Rule of St. Auftin hath always been 
 obferved here with much Purity, and this Houfe 
 i$ become the Chief of all the Congregation in 
 £ranec: The Abbot of which, with his four Af- 
 
 fiftants, 
 
©/PARIS. *$ 
 
 fiftants, is the Head of the Order. This'Abby 
 had formerly a peculiar Jurifcli&ion, like that of 
 St. Germain des Pre% $ but in regard this was 
 found to be the caufe of much Diforder and Con- 
 dition, they were ail united to the Body of the 
 Chxtclet. Many Kings have beenBenefa&orsto 
 this Houfe, but the greateft was King Egbert, 
 who built the old Cloifter, which was taken down 
 under Franeu the Firft, who inclofed for them 
 17 Arpens (or Acres) of Land. The Houfe 
 hath been often ruined by the Normans and the 
 Danes, while it was out of the Town -> but the 
 Devotion which the Varifxxns had for St. Gene* 
 vieve, their Patronefs, was the occafion that the 
 Ruines made by thofe Barbarous People, were 
 repaired again in a very little time after. The 
 Body of St. Genevieve is in the Shrine behind the 
 great Altar, fupported by 4 Ionick Pillars, of 
 an extraordinary fort of Marble. The Cheft is 
 of Silver-gilt, enricht with Precious Stones of 
 very great value. Father du Brenil, who hath 
 Compofed a Volume Of the Antiquities of Paris, 
 tells us, That this Shrine was made by the Libe- 
 ralities of feveral pious Perfons, and that the 
 Goldfmiths Work came to, One hundred four* 
 fcore and thirteen Marks of Silver, and Eight 
 Marks and an half of Gold to gild it. The 
 Queen Mother deceafed, whole Piety will be a 
 long time remembered, in divers Parts of Tarti> 
 enricht this (brine withNofegays compofedpf Pre- 
 cious Stones, of a very confiderable price. There 
 hang round about feveral Lamps of Silver, and 
 divers Figures of the fame Mettal, which are 
 all fo many Vows made by fundry People to this 
 Saint. 
 
 All that is of more than ordinary Curiofity in 
 
 this 
 
1 6 A New Dejcription 
 
 this Church, • is the Tomb of ChvU the firft 
 Chriftian King ; it ftands in the middle of the 
 Quire ; his Figure which lies along upon the 
 Tomb, is the fame which was made for him after 
 his Death. Soirfe years fince they have rai fed 
 it two Foot and a . half, to make room for this 
 Infcription. 
 
 CLODOV^O MAGNO 
 
 Regum francorum primo christiano 
 
 HUJUS BASILIC AE FU. ND AT OR. 
 
 • ■ - ani fort* wmoyrtl 
 
 Sep'ulchrum' vulgari olim LaPidb 
 structum, 
 
 et longo aevo deform at u m • 
 Abbas et Convent, meliori opere 
 j Cultu et Forma Renov a verunt. 
 
 ■ . — r** i 1 ~ 1 — l 1 - / 
 
 To ClovU the Great 
 
 Tie JF/r/? Chrijlian JQng of France, Founder of 
 this Church. 
 
 This Sepulchre which vow formerly built of ordinary 
 Stone^ 
 
 And defaced by Time. 
 The Aobot and Convent have rebuilt with greater 
 C oft and Beauty. 
 
 The Scepter which he holds in his Hand, and 
 the Crown on his Head, appear to have been ad- 
 ded Of later time. Antiquaries need no longer 
 
 doubt 
 
of PARIS. i 7 
 
 doubt of the Antiquity of the Flower-de-Lys, if 
 they could but believe the Crown on this King's 
 Head, to have been made in his time \ but 
 the Flower-de-Lys's are too well fafhioned for 
 that, and have not at all the- Ayr of antient 
 time. v The Altar is Ifole, that is, forcontrived, 
 that one may go round it. The little Taberna- 
 cle is a very Beautiful thing. It is of White 
 Marble, in form of a Dome of Eight Angles,- 
 with four Porticos, fuppoited with (mall Corin- 
 thian Pillars of Sicilian Marble, whofe Capitals 
 are of Brafs gilt, very well carved, and Figures 
 of Angels on the Pedeftals, with other Orna- 1 
 ments, of the fame. The Body of this Taberna- 
 cle is inlayM with divers rich Stones, as Xapi* 
 La\uYi, Agate, and fuch like. All the Work" 
 ftands upon a Foot ( en cul de Lampe ) like the 
 bottom of a Lamp, of a blew Marble extreanr 
 rare. On each fide are two Statues, of St. Peter- 
 and St. Paul, St. Denti and St. Auftin- y thefe.are 
 of a kind of material Refembling Marble for its 
 whitenefs, but much lighter. 
 
 In the Nave of the Church, are feveral Chap- 
 pels, very well adorned with Marble Pillars. 
 The Door that leads into the Quire, over which 
 is the $nbc, is of Marble alfo, with Bas-reliefs 
 upon the Attick. The Organs are extream 
 handfom, and the Wairifcot exaftly well wrought- 
 The moft conliderable Tombs next to that of 
 Clovti, already mentioned, are the following, 
 vi%. That of Clotilda his Wife, reputed a Saint, 
 in regard fhe was the principal caufe of her Hus- 
 band's Converfion, as Gregory of Tours relates. 
 She is interr'd near the Steps going up to the great 
 Altar. In a Chappelon the fame fide, with the 
 Sacrifty in the Maufokum of the Cardinal de la 
 
1 3 r A Nero JDefcrlptlon 
 
 $ochefaucdult r whofe Figure we fee kneeling in 
 White Marble, upon a great Urn of Black Mar- 
 ble : On the fore-part of which are the Armes of 
 the Abby of St. Genevieve, of which he dyed Ab- 
 bot. This is one of the beft wrought reices that 
 can be feen. 
 
 In the Nave, Strangers and generally all thofe 
 who have any refpeflor fentiments of Efteemfor 
 great and famous Men, are extreamly pleafed to' 
 read the Epitaph of the famous %ene Defcartes, 
 one of the moft Learned and llluftrious Phi- 
 lophers of thefe laft Ages. The Epitaph is as 
 follows, 
 
 RENATUS DESCARTES, 
 
 Fir fupra titulos omnium retro Philofopborum, 
 Xobilti genere y Armoricus gente , Turonicm eri~ 
 
 gine; 
 
 In Gallia , Flexi* ftuduit : 
 In Pannonia^ miles meruit, 
 In Batavia, Philofopbus delimit -> 
 In Suecia, vocam occubuit. 
 Tanti viri praaofat reliquias 
 GaUiarum percelebris tunc Legatut, PETRI! S 
 
 CHANUT, 
 CHRIST I N I AE, fapientifim* %egin*> fapien* 
 turn amatrici 
 Invidere nonpotuit, hec vindicate 'pari* j 
 
 fed quibits licuit cumuhtm bonoribm. 
 Peregrine terr* mandavit invitm 5 
 Anno Domini 16 <;o, tnenfeFeb. io« *UtU <J4* 
 Tandem poft feptem & decern annos* 
 In %raxiam Chriftunifiimi RggU 
 LVDOVja DECIMI QUART!: 
 
PAR IS. if 
 
 Virotum infantum cahorh, remunemork, 
 
 Prociirante PETRO DALIBERT, 
 
 Sepulcbri pio C> amico violatore^ 
 
 Fatria reddita funt. 
 
 Et in ifto urbis & Artiw/n culmine pofita ; 
 Vt qiii vivui apud exteros otium 2f famam qu&fiu 
 
 rat, 
 
 Mortws apud fuos cum laude quiefceret, 
 Suif C exteris in exemplum & documentum futu* 
 tu&. 
 
 I NUNC VIATOR. 
 
 Et dfofnitatit, hnmortalitatifque animx, 
 
 Maximum datum atfertorew, 
 
 Aut jam creddfelicem, aut prmhm redde. 
 
 RENE DESCARTES. 
 
 A Man above all the titles of theantient Philo- 
 fophers, of a Noble Family, Native of Br/- 
 uny y of r^rewwebyExtraftion. 
 In France he Studied at la Fkche ; ferved as a 
 Souldier in Hungary ; lived a retired Philo- 
 fopher in Holland ; and dyed in Swedeknd y 
 being Honourably invited thither. 
 The Rel iq ues of fo great a Man PETEJ^ CHA- 
 NVT) then Embaffador there from France : 
 Could not deny to CHRIST IN A the moft 
 Learned Queen, and Lover of Learned 
 Men. 
 
 Nor could he reftore them to his own Country, 
 But with all the pomp •& folemnity that might be. 
 He committed them unwillingly to a Foreign 
 Grave. 
 
 In 
 
30 A New Defcription 
 
 In the year 16^0, the tenth of February, and the* 
 
 j4th year of his Age. 
 fit length after fevehteen years, 
 By the favour of Lewis the Fourteenth, 
 The Admirer and Rewarder of Famous Men ; 
 By the care of Peter Ddhbert y 
 Who with much Piety and Love, broke open his 
 
 Sepulchre 5 
 
 They were reftored to his Native. Country. 
 And Placed in this higheft part of the City* and 
 
 higheft feat of Learning. 
 That he who Living, jfqught leifure $id fame in 
 
 Foreign Countries, 
 Might at laft reft Honourably in his own ; * 
 And always be a Pattern and Example both to 
 
 his own Country-men and Strangers. 
 
 GO NOW TRAVELLER. 
 
 And this gr&at and clear Affertor of the Divinity, 
 . and Immortality of the Soul, \ 
 Either believe already happy, or make him fo by 
 your Prayers. 
 
 In the Vault underthis Church, you may ftill 
 fee the Tomb of St. Genevieve, tho there remains 
 therein nothing of her Body, which is all entire 
 in the Shrine, with the very Boards of her Cof- 
 fin. This Tomb is of Marble without any Or- 
 nament. At one end, upon an Altar which 
 ftands between two Pillars, is a Crofs adorn'd 
 with certain Agates, with an Ecce Homo at the 
 Foot of it, of one intire piece of Coral, very well 
 wrought. Thefe things come from the Ca- 
 binet of the Reverend lather du MoHnet, whofe 
 
 Prefent 
 
of PARIS. 21 
 
 Frefent it was. There are two ether Tombs 
 very antient, of two Bifhops of Parti, who dyed 
 with the reputation of Sanftity,and who are invo- 
 ked on the account of fome particular Diftempers* 
 
 From hence you ought to go and fee the Sacri- 
 fiy, which you will find very well furnifht with 
 Ornaments of divers Colours very rich, and 
 with a great quantity of Plate. There is no 
 place in this Kingdom, and perhaps in all Eu- 
 rope, where the divine Offices are Celebrated 
 with more Devotion and Majefty, than in this 
 Church : All the Religious are extreamly regu- 
 lar, and one is much Edified to fee them in the 
 Ceremonies of the Church. 
 
 In the inward parts of the Houfe there are ma- 
 ny curious things, particularly as to the Archi- 
 tecture ; about ten years fince they have made 
 confiderable Reparations. The great Gate was 
 very inconvenient ; and they have built another 
 in the place, after the manner of a double Portico, 
 fupported by Pillars of the Dorick Order, very re- 
 gularly proportioned, with two Square Pavilions 
 at the Extremities. Over againft this Gate is a 
 Fountain at the Feet of a Figure of St. Genevieve, 
 in a kind of Niche or Arch, fetoff with two Io- 
 nick Pillars. After this we enter into the Cloi- 
 iler, or rather under a kind of Portico, fuppor- 
 ted on both fides with Dorick Pillars, like thofe 
 at the Entrance, but of a handfomer Orderance. 
 At the further end of this Portico, about thirty 
 Paces long, ftands the great Stair-cafe, which 
 leads to the Dortoirs, at the further end of which 
 is a Figure of the 'Holy Virgin, holding the In- 
 fant f E S v S in her Armes ; it is of Excellent 
 Workmanfhip, as one may eafily perceive. The 
 Dortoirs have nothing of Magnificent. Their 
 
22 A Ntxo Defcriftion 
 
 only care is , that all things throughout the 
 place fhould appear neat, as well as in the Low- 
 er Rooms, in which you may fee feverai Pi&ures 
 of the antient Abbots of this Houfe. The Gar- 
 den is very pleafant, it is the greateftof allthofe 
 that were within the antient Walls of Paris. On 
 that fide next the Portico, of which we have been 
 fpeaking, you may go into a Chappel dedicated 
 to the Holy Virgin, round which are hung feve- 
 rai Piftures of Devotion well Painted. In the 
 middle of this Chappel is a Tomb about a Foot 
 high, on which is the Figure in Brafs of an anti- 
 ent Bifhop, in his Pontihcial Habits. After you 
 have feen thefe things, you ought to vifit the 
 Apothecary-Room, which is extraordinary neat, 
 and where there are feverai Curiofities, for 
 thofe who are knowing in thefe matters. 
 
 From hence you ought to go up to the Library, 
 which atprefent isefteemed one of the faireft and 
 beft furnifht of Pari*. It takes up the upper Room 
 of one of thofe four great Wings, which compofe 
 this building. It is, in truth, a little too high 
 fcituated, but in recompenfe of that it is fo much 
 the lighter. You have there a very great num- 
 ber of Books, placed in Preffesof veryhandfom 
 Wainfcot, with the bufts of all the great Men 
 of Antiquity, Coppied from thofe at rerfailles. 
 The Reverend Father du Molina, one of the 
 moft Learned and able Men of this Age, in the 
 knowledge of Books, and in the curious fearch 
 of Antiquity, hath the over-fight and care in 
 thefe matters. They preferve here a great 
 quantity of Prints, part of which came from one 
 called MonfiemHacart. who was a very curious 
 Perfon, and dying left all that he had Colle&ed 
 to St. Fittors, St. Gtrmains des Pre^ arid S. Ge- 
 
 ntvtfve\ 
 
of PAR IS. i 3 
 
 ntvUvts, but they have here a great many ci- 
 thers more rare and better kept. 
 
 At the end of the Library you enter into the 
 Cabinet of the forefaid Father, which is extra- 
 ordinarily well furnilhed with Curiofities; you 
 may there find all forts, but chiefly Meddals of 
 Gold, Silver, and of Brafs bigger and leifer, ve- 
 ry well chofen, and fome of them extream rare. 
 We ought to confider this fett of - Meddals,"which 
 this Father himfelf hath Collefted , as the fulleft 
 and moft Compleat, in all France, next to that 
 in the King's Cabinet. 
 
 Among other Extraordinary things, in a little 
 Prefs you may fee certain confecrated Knives, 
 w th which the Antients ufed to cut the Throats 
 of their Vi&ims; a great Platter in which they 
 mixt Wheat, Flower, Oyl and Wine, with 
 which they ufed to rub the Beafts they Sacrificed ; 
 certain Sphinxes or Idols, found among the Mo- 
 nies ; Antique Keys ; Stiles, or fteel Pens, which 
 the Romans ufed to write with ; a Copper Ta- 
 ble, to which are faftened feveral little Balls of 
 the fame Mettal, which may be placed as a Man 
 pleafed, thefe the Antients ufed to caft account 
 with ; feveral forts of Lacrimatories, or Glafs- 
 Viols, in which they ufed to prefer ve .the Tears 
 of thofe, who they hired on purpofe to Weep at 
 Funerals, with feveral little Copper Spoons that 
 they made ufeof to gather the Tears up with, 
 from Leather Aprons, which they wore before 
 them at that time, on purpofe for the Tears to 
 fail in. In another little Trefs on the Right 
 Hand, are all forts of Meafuresfor Liquids, and 
 Weights to weigh things fold, according to the 
 vufage of the Antients* Jn another, he keeps all 
 the Graving Tools of Fame^n, with which that 
 
 Famous 
 
24 f d A r ew Defer ip mn 
 
 Famous Graver ufed to Counterfeit the old Me- 
 dals of the Antients fo exaftly, that the moft fkil- 
 £ ul in this Art have been deceived, and have taken 
 the Counterfeit Medals, made by that able Work- 
 man, for true ones, and ftampt in the times of 
 •thofe Men which they reprefent. This was per- 
 haps one of the Curioufeft ' Aft ions that could 
 be done, and thofe who are fkilful in thefe mat- 
 ters efteem them much. Together with thefe 
 things, you may fee here feveral Peices of Op- 
 ticks, invented by lather Niferon, a Minim, of 
 whom we have formerly made mention $ the Foot 
 of a fmall Mummy, very well preferved ; cer- 
 tain extraordinary Fifties ; and another Rarity, 
 which in the Ages paft, was efteemed an entire 
 Treafure of it felf, and that is a great Unicorn s 
 Horn, white as Ivory, five or fix Foot in heighth, 
 and of a confiderablethicknefs, it is no lefs Beau- 
 tiful than that in the Treafury at St. DenUi for 
 which, as it is faid, the Republick of Fenice did 
 once offer, One hundred thoufand Crowns, to 
 •have Prefented it to a King of Perjia . In another 
 Fmall Cabinet, there are all forts of Rich Stones, 
 Shells and Minerals exceeding rare, and fuchlike 
 things. Over againft the Door, where you en- 
 ter, are divers kinds of Habits, made of the 
 Feathers of Paroquets, and other Birds, wrought 
 together with great Art, and brought from Ame- 
 rica 5 a Cuirafs and a Corfelet.of Japan, made of 
 Verniflh, and of an unufual ftiape 5 a Sheild made 
 of Silk, probably coming from the fame Country ; 
 and that which can hardly be feen el fewhere, a 
 great number of Shoes belonging to almoft all 
 Nations in the Levant, extreamly different in 
 Shape, from what we wear. There is alfo a 
 Chain made of Wood, very light and very long, 
 
of PARIS. 25 
 
 all made out of one piece 5 feveral petrified things 
 very curious j and among the reft one Stone com- 
 pofed of divers Pieces, in fuch manner, that we 
 cannot difcern, whether it be the prod uft ion of 
 Art or Nature. There are many other Rari- 
 ties to obferve, as the Jaw of a Fifh, of extraor- 
 dinary greatnefs, having in it feveral Rows of 
 (harp Teeth - y feveral good Pi&ures, with divers 
 other rare and well Colle&ed things. This Re- 
 verend Father is not only knowing in thefe mat- 
 ters, but he hath Written feveral Learned Tieces, 
 as, A Defence ef Thomas a Kempis ; A Dif 
 courfe upon the Brafi-IIead, which was found at 
 Monfieur Berrier'j ; The Biftory of the Popes by 
 their Medals 1 The Works of Stephen de Tourney, 
 augmented very confiderabiy with divers Pieces, 
 never yet Printed 3 and a learned Commentary, 
 which clears manyobfeure places, which would 
 have fcarcely been underftood without his Affi- 
 ftance ; and in fine,rk Hiftory of the %cman Learn~ 
 ing ej}ab.ijl)ed,and jujlified by many Excellent Antiqui- 
 ties, which laft he has publifht this prefent Year, 
 1684. There have been many able Men of this 
 Abby, among others Father Lalleman, who lived 
 not long ago, and gain d to himfelf great Repu- 
 tation by his Books of Devotion, namely, The 
 Death of the Rj$hteoM y and the Saints defire of 
 Death , the Reading of which is extream mo- 
 ving. The Reverend Father de Creil, now Living, 
 paries for one of the beft Archite&s that are, 
 and the Defigns which he has invented,have been 
 followed with good fuccefs; among others, thofe 
 in the New-buildings of thisHoufe. In all the 
 reft of this Quarter there is nothing Curious, be- 
 ing all filfd with Colledges, and thofe are but old 
 Houfes illbuilt. 
 
 P. / /. B The 
 
%6 A New JDefcripion 
 
 Colledge of Montaigu, or of the Capets, is 
 very near. Of which Colledge tjie Chapter of 
 Noftre-Dame, and the Carthufian Fathers are Ad- 
 miniftrators. formerly they entertaiji'd here poor 
 Scholars, who were obliged to liveu^der a very 
 fevere Difcipline $ but at prefent that'Cuftom is 
 altered. It ought to be obferv'd , that the famous 
 JErafmm of l(oterdam J did for fome time dwell in 
 this Colledge. 
 
 Next to this Quarter, we ought to go into the 
 Jfye Saint Jarques, which Street begins at the 
 JLittle Chatelet, at theendofthe J>emP<w. 
 
 The Little CHATELET. 
 
 THis is a kind of antient Fortrefs, compofed 
 of a great mafs of Buildings, open in the 
 middle, and ferved formerly as one of the Town- 
 Gates, as didalfothe great Chaxekt^ this was 
 when Paris had no greater Extent than the 
 Ifle of the Palati. This Building was repair'd by 
 King Robert, under whom France enjoy'd a Peace 
 of two and forty years ; during which that good 
 Prince had convenient time to amafs a very 
 great Treafure, which he depofited in this For- 
 trefs, notwithstanding the great Bounties, which 
 he bellowed upon Churches, and his great 
 Charities, with which he relieved the Poor. 
 Some Antiquaries will not allow this place 
 to be fo Antient, but fay that it was Built by 
 Aubriot, Provoft of Pari*, the fame perfon 
 who Built the BafliUe $ and that he did it to 
 rsftrain the Infolences of the Scholars of the 
 
 Uni- 
 
of PARIS. 
 
 *7 
 
 tlnivcrfity, who often ufed to make Invafions 
 on the Townfmen, and thereby occafioned very 
 great Diforders. 
 
 THE RUE SAINT 
 J AC QJJES. 
 
 f I ^His Street is almoft all inhabited by 
 
 XBookfellers, by reafonofthe Neigh- 
 bouring Univerfity. The firft thing 
 of Note that you obferve here, is 
 
 The Church of Saint Severin y which is very 
 Antient, and one may think fo, in regard the 
 Patron himfelf was the Founder : Who lived in 
 the Reign of Clovis, and was by him invited out 
 of Savoy y where he was at that time a Hermite, 
 to come into France, and cure him of a grievous 
 Fever, with which that King was affiled 5 and 
 was at laft cured through the Prayers of this Holy 
 Man. During his abode at Tarti, he dwelt in 
 this place, at that time very folitary ; where 
 there had beea already built a fmall Chappel in 
 a Wood, Dedicated to St. Clement: Having re- 
 mained here fome time, herefolvedto return to 
 his former dwelling ; but as he paft by Chateau- 
 Zandon, a fmall Village in GatinoU, he met with 
 twoPriefts, who dwelt there in the reputation of 
 Sanftity ; he ftopt his Journey, and after two 
 years abode with them, he dyed there. ChiMe- 
 
 B 2 
 
2.8 JiNeW Defcriftion 
 
 hen caufed a Church to he built in the &me 
 place, which is at prefent an Abby of St. Augu* 
 fiine\ Order, of the Congregation of St. Gene* 
 vieve. It is not well known when this Pari(h- 
 Church was built, but according to Appearance it 
 is not above 200. years old. There is nothing to 
 foe feen in it of Oiriofity, it being but an old Go- 
 thick Building, not very regular, and very dark 
 inibme places. The great Altar was finilht but 
 a while ago 5 it iscompofed of eight fmall Marble 
 Pillars, difpofed in form of a Semi-Circle, which 
 fupport a Dome cut in half, as it were, with 
 fome Ornaments of Brafs gilt, which (hew very 
 handfomly ; it is the Workmanlhip of Monfieur 
 JeBrun. In the Church- Yard, the fide next the 
 Church, is raifed a Tomb, upon which in a 
 demlcumbent Pofture , is the Figure of a 
 Young Lord of Eajl-Fr if eland, who dyed here, 
 being a Scholar of this Univerfity. His Name 
 was d'Embda. The Tomb was built by his Mo- 
 ther's Order $ a Lady extraordinarily afflifted at 
 his Death, he being her only Son, and the Pre- 
 fumptive Heir of Frifeland. The two Epitaphs 
 on his Monument are as follow ; 
 
 IXbbilitate generis Comtum OmntalU PhrifiaZf 
 animi corporifque dotibm praclarp, D. Ennoni de 
 Embda, CivitatU EmbdenJIs Prxpqfito, a.c elefto 
 Satrap*, propter certajn hujm corporis refurre&uri 
 $em, ac in amoris finceri tefiimonium, avia, mater- 
 quepia unico fuofilio, qui bic ex ftudiorum curfu pa- 
 trix ac amicU omnibus magno cum luftu> anno atatjs 
 fux xxiii. morte pr#repm efi 9 hoc mommentum 
 Jlatucrmu 
 
 ANNO DOMINI x$45' iW JULIL 
 
 T9 
 
of PA TPv I S. 
 
 19- 
 
 To Erlrib d' Embda of the Noble f amity of the 
 Earls of Eaft-Trifeland, and of a beautiful Mind 
 and Body, Provofl of the City of Embclen, and 
 Chief Magiflrate ete&j in fure hope of the Refur- 
 region of the Body, and in Teftimony of their [ul- 
 cere Love, his Grand-Mother and Mother to thtir. 
 only Son, who tvm here JhatcFd by Death, from 
 his Studies, to the great Grief of his Country and 
 Friends, intbexxm. Tear of his Age, erefteixbis 
 Monument. 
 
 In the Year of our LORD, 134*5. 18. of 
 
 On the other fide of the Tomb are thefe Verfes : . 
 Quid -fumnt nojtra y hac recubans commonfltai 
 
 l ftitegfi : '• -J.V '■ fl&XX-V 3;.: v *^imMMK 
 
 . Qt#4 c uim ieniq, pntrida calva docet. 
 Peccati ha hi fcsnant may, ingenuere parentes, 
 
 Cu)m fed Chriftu* Jolvere vinceh venit. 
 Hum ' rnibt viventi fpes, quifuit& morienti, 
 
 Mternnm ccrpi'A, quale habet i He, dabit. 
 Peccati, fidei. Chriflique hincperfpice vires, 
 
 Vt te mortifices, vivificetque Dens. 
 
 What once I was, this Image doth difclofe, 
 And what lam, the C arc afe under jbews. 
 
 This fad reward of Sin our Parents gave, 
 But out deliverance from Chrift we have. 
 
 B 3 Bit 
 
3 o A New Defcription. 
 
 &e y s now my Hope when dead, as when alive, 
 
 A Body Glorious like hi* own he' 11 give. 
 Of Sin, Faith, Chrift, this Tomb the force dif- 
 
 plays, 
 
 Who mortifies himfelf, him God will raife. 
 
 On the other fide of the Rge Saint Jacques, as 
 you enter into the Rjie Galande, which Street 
 butts npon the former, thereftandsa very anti- 
 ent Church named 
 
 Srintjfulien le Pauvre, which, doubtlefs, was 
 formerly an Kofpital. Gregory of Tours, in the' 
 ninth Book and the ninth Chapter of his Works 
 mentions it 5 and teils us, That coming to Parti 
 on certain private affairs, he Lodged in this 
 place, at fuch time as they had taken a Notorious 
 Cheat, who pretended he had brought from 
 Spain certain precious Reiiques, among others 
 fome of St. Vincent, and St. Felix, with which, 
 no doubt, he would have abufed the Credulity of 
 the Parifians. But when his pretended Reiiques 
 came to be examined, they found in his Bag no- 
 thing but the Roots of divers Plants, the Teeth 
 of Moles, the Eones of Mice, with the Fat and 
 Claws of Bears. Which things being appre- 
 hended to ferve only for fome Magical ufe or 
 other, they were all thrown into the River. The 
 Cheat himfelf was committed clofe Prifoner, 
 and put in Chains, according to the Cuftom of 
 thofe times. This happen'd in the Reign of 
 Chilperic, who was unhappily (lain juft enter- 
 ing into his Talace at Chelles, as he return'd 
 from Hunting, about the Year Five hundred 
 Eighty four. 
 A little further on in the ItyeSaint Jacques, is 
 
 The 
 
of PARIS. 31 
 
 The Church of Saint Tves^bmlt In the year 1347. 
 at the Charge and Care of a Famous Confra- 
 ternity of Bretons, at that time refiding at Paris, 
 and who caufed Divine Service to be there 
 Celebrated daily, by v certain Ecclefiafticks , 
 whom they hired. On the fide of this Chappei 
 lyes 
 
 The Xjie des Ntiirs y which hath been of late en- 
 larged, and thereby render'd much more com- 
 modious than formerly. 
 
 The MATHURINS. 
 
 TH E Convent of thefe Fathers ftands a lit- 
 tle higher in the other fide of the Street. 
 St. Ltrcis was their Founder, and they are of the 
 Holy Trinity of the Redemption of Captives. 
 Their principal Inftitution is to go into Barbary, 
 and there ranlom Chriftian Slaves out of the 
 Hands of the Infidels, and procure their Liber- 
 ty. From time to time they make thefe Voyages, 
 aflifted by the Contributions of pious People, 
 who fupply thofe great Expences which they can- 
 not avoid. It is not long fince they brought 
 over a great number, which we faw here with 
 much Edification. Their Church is very light* 
 fom, though it is built after the Modern way. 
 It was built in the form we now fee it, by the 
 means of Egbert Gaguin, Mmifter, and General 
 of the whole Order, who was an Iiluftrious Per- 
 fon in his time, and hath Compofed divers Books % 
 among others The Btftory of Levoti XII How* 
 ever fome think , that this Church was be- 
 gun before his time, and that he only finifht 
 B 4 it. 
 
32 ~A New Dtfcriftion 
 
 it. He lies interred in the middle of the Quire. 
 Formerly you might have read his Epitaph there - y 
 but when the Church was raifed, it was removed 
 from that place. It is this : 
 
 flJujiris Gallo nhuit quifplendor in orbe 
 Hie fm %pbertu& membra Gagutnus habet. 
 
 Si tanto non f#va viro Libitina pepercit, 
 Quidfperet dotlicxtera turbachorit 
 
 ANNO A NATALI CHRISTI MILLE- 
 SIMO QUINGENTESIMO PRIMO, 
 VIGESIMA SECUNDA MAIL 
 
 Here Robert Gaguin now EntomVd doth lye y 
 
 Who %hi da glorious Light iW Gallic Shy. 
 if Death fo great a Scholar would not fpare, 
 Hgtv cbncxioM then Inferiour Learners are ! 
 
 In the year, from the Birth of Chrift, One 
 th'oufand five hundred and one, the Twenty fe- 
 cond of May. 
 
 In the Cloifter there are alfo fome Tombs ; a- 
 mong others that of Sacro-Bofco, a very famous 
 Mathematician. This is his ftpitaph : 
 
 Ve Sacro-Bofeo quicompotifla Johannes, 
 Tempora difcrevit, jacet hie h tempore raptm. t 
 Tempore qui fequeris, memorefto quodmorierUy 
 Simiferes, plora, miferanspro me, precor, or a. 
 
 Here 
 
•/PARIS. 
 
 33 
 
 £fcr*?Sacro-bofco the Accomptant lies, 
 Who Time divided, him did Time furpn\e. 
 
 Thou, who con? ft after. Shortly dead muft be, 
 If thou haft Pity, Weep, and Tray for me. 
 
 Near this is another Epitaph of a Famous 
 Lawyer, who was the Mafter of Vapirim Maf- 
 fon. 
 
 CUJ ACI. 
 
 BMuinus hic]acet, hoc tecum reputa&vale, 
 Mortuis vobis Jurisprudent iam corripit gravis fo* 
 por. 
 
 Francifcm Balduinm $urifconfultus obiit, Annb 
 Btatis fua 53. 9. J^alend. Nbvemb.. Anno i par* 
 tu Virgin* 1*573. PAPIRIUS MASSO* 
 NIUS JurifconfuJm, Balduini Auditor, tumulum 
 pofuh 
 
 Here Baldwin lies, think on it andfarewel 5 
 £ y re fince a drowfineflon Zaro doth dwell. 
 
 Francis Baldwin, Lawyer, dyed in the 53 Tear of 
 hUAie, the Ninth of the Calends of 'November, in 
 the Tear from the Birth of our Saviour 1 «j 73. Pa« 
 pirius Maffon of the fame Faculty, the Scholar of 
 Baldwin, ereSed thU Tomb. 
 
 B 5 Laftly, 
 
34 '<A We® Defcripion 
 
 Laftly, here is the Tomb of the two Scholars, 
 named Leger Moufrt, and Oliver Bourgeois, who 
 were hang'd at Montfaukon in the Year 1408, 
 on the 17th. of May> by Sentence of the Provoft 
 of Paris, without regard to the rriviledges of 
 the Univerfity 5 who afterwards demanded that 
 famous Satisfa&ion, which we have already 
 fpoken off in the 4th. Folio of this Second Part; 
 Of late they have made many Confiderable De- 
 corations in this Church. The great Altar is a* 
 oorird with Pillars of a kind of reddifh Marble, 
 very rare. The little Tabernacle upon that Altar 
 isalfo very Beautiful : So are the two leffer Al- 
 tars on each fide of the great one, adorn'd with 
 Pillars^ery welHvrought. The Quire of this 
 CJiurch is feparated from the Nave by a kind of 
 Baluftrade, or rather by fix Ionick Pillars of 
 Marble, fupporting a Cornifh, on which there are 
 feveral little Figures of Angels, very well defign- 
 ed. The reft of the Church is Wainfcoted with 
 joyners Work, full of Sculpture, \vith a great 
 number of Grenades, which are the Artfis of the 
 prefent General of the Order, who hath been atl 
 fee Expe'nce of all thefe new Reparations The\ 
 Univerfity affemble in the Chapter- Houfe of this 
 Convent , when they make their Proceflions - y 
 which ufually happens every three Months, at 
 which the Reftor is conftantly prefent. He is alfo 
 obliged to give a Summ of Money to all thofe that 
 afiift at the Ceremony .Thefe Proceflions ought to 
 be feen and obferved by Strangers, and are well 
 ■Worth their Curiofity ; the Show being very 
 ' numerous, and difpofed in excellent Order. The 
 four Faculties are obliged to appear there, in 
 the proper and peculiar Habits belonging to 
 Xhem. The Money which the Re&or difburfes. 
 
of P A R I S. 3 5 
 
 onthi5occafion, arifes out of the Revenues of the 
 Univerfity, which amount to the Summ of Fifty 
 thoufand Franks, anting out of the Meffagerieg 
 ( or Carriage of Goods ) between certain Towns 
 of this Kingdom, and alfo from feveral Houfes 
 Situated in divers places of Paru. Formerly 
 they poffeft much greater Revenues, but they 
 have been loft by the negligence of thofe, who of 
 late Years have had the Adminiftration of their 
 affairs. From hence you pafs before 
 
 The Church of Saint Benoit^ fuppofed to be 
 Founded by St. DenU, who Dedicated it to the 
 Holy Trinity ; if fo, none can doubt it to be of 
 very great Antiquity. It is poffeft by Canons 
 Secular, w r ho are obliged on the great Feafts ta 
 accompany the Canons of Nbftre-Vame, when 
 they make their grand Proceflions. The Build- 
 ing or Strufture of this Church is nothing Beau- 
 tiful, as being carried up at feveral times and by 
 pieces. The Nave was built in the Reign of Fran* 
 cU the Firft, and four years fince the Quire was 
 Rebuilt anew very handfomly. The infide is 
 embelliflit with Corinthian Pilafters, which fup~ 
 port a Cornith of a very good Guft. This 
 Church is very lightfome, and has not now the 
 defect which it fometimes had ; which was, that 
 the great Altar was contrived on the Weft fide 5 
 iince, when it was new built in the laft Age, they 
 quite changed that Difpofition ; which occafiGnM 
 that it has been call'd, St. Benotft k Men tourne t 
 or St.- Bennetts the well contrived. For in thofe 
 days they were very exa&, in contriving the 
 Churches Eaft and Weft, even to a kind of 
 Scruple. 
 
 On the other fide of the Street St. fac^i$i A- 
 ver againft the hinder part of the ()uire of this 
 
 Church 
 
%6 A New Defcripton 
 
 Church is a fmall open-place, or Court, at t'fre 4 
 Entrance into which ftands a Fountain which 
 bears its name. The place is called La Terre de 
 Cambray, from the Colledge of that Name there 
 Situated. You have there alfo 
 
 The Colledge Hoyal, whofe original Founder 
 was Francis theFirft, the Father and Reftorer of 
 Learning in France. Twas he that inftituted 
 moftoftheLeftures in Law and Phyfick in this 
 Univerfity, and invited hither the ableft Men 
 he could find, to teach here the Mathematicks, 
 Philofophy, and the Greek, Latin, Syriack, and 
 Hebrew Tongues. He intended to have raifed 
 here a great Building, buthisdefign being never 
 executed, becaufeof his great Expences in the 
 Wars, which he had on all the Frontiers of his 
 Kingdom, efpecially in Italy ; he left the Work 
 to be done by his Son Henry the Second, who 
 neglefted, or atleaft had not a Conveniency of 
 doing it TheProfefforsallthe while read their 
 Leftures in the Colledge of Cambray, and remained 
 in this Condition till under the Reign of Henry 
 the Great, who in the Year 1609. on the 23. of 
 November, fent the Cardinal du Perron, the Duke 
 of Suilly y firlt Minifter, the Prefident de Thou, 
 and a Counfellor of Parliament named Monfi- 
 eur Gillot, to view the Situation of the place, 
 and if there was fufficient Room, to raife the 
 Building projefted. It fhould have been com- 
 pofed of a main Front, and on each Hand two 
 Wings, with a Court, in the midft of which 
 fhould have been a Fountain. The lower Rooms 
 were defigned for Schools, and the firft Story 
 on one fide, for the Royal Library, which was 
 then at Fountainbleau, and is at prefent kept in 
 the %ue Fiviert, The Profeffors alfo Ihoulcf there 
 
 have 
 
of PARIS. 37 
 
 Rave had their Lodgings, which would have been 
 of great advantage $ but thefe excellent Pro- 
 jefts were never executed, byreafon of the Tra- 
 gick Death of that great King, of whom Francs 
 was rob'd in a time when flie leaftexpefiedit. 
 Queen Mary of Medici* his Uluftrious Wife, to 
 fecond the Zeal of the King her Husband, re- 
 folved to finifh what he had begun ; and to that 
 purpofe fhe her felf with her Son Lewis XIII. at 
 that time but nine Years old, went to the place. 
 The Young King laid the firft Stone, and the 
 Work was carried on with fervency $ but 
 in the end it was once again broke off, and re- 
 mains as we fee it, having never been thought 
 of, to be continued, from that time to this. There 
 is but one fide finifht, and that ftands in the 
 fame place, where formerly flood the Colledge 
 called deTreguier. The Profeffors are paid by 
 the King, and are a kind of Body diftincl from 
 the Univerfity, to which, however, they are fub- 
 jeft. They enjoy the fame Priviledges with the 
 Officers of the King's Houfehold ; and the Re- 
 ftor of the Univerfity is not permitted to difpofe 
 their places, nor to prohibit their Exercifes, 
 which he may do to all other Profeffors. They 
 have always been perfons of lingular Note, and 
 extraordinary Merit. 
 
 The moft Famous have been ; in the Greek 
 Tongue Adrian Turnebe, Native of Andeli in Nor- 
 mandy, who dyed in the Year i«5<5$, being but Fif- 
 ty three Years of Age. DenU Lambin fucceeded 
 him a _ and hath left behind him many excellent 
 Works. 
 
 In the Hebrew Tongue, FrancU Vatable, ori- 
 ginally of Picardy • he hath writ feveral Com- 
 mentaries upon divers Authors, much efteem'd. 
 
 Gilbert 
 
38 A New Defcriprion 
 
 Gilbert Genebrard y Doftor in Divinity, of the Or- 
 der of St. Bennet, and Prior of St. DenU dela Cbar~ 
 tre, near the Pont Noftre-Dame. He was Ele&ed 
 Arch-Bifhop of Aix in Provence, and dyed in March 
 1597. There are extant feveral Works of his, the 
 Catalogue of which are at the end of the Book 
 Entituled La Lixwgie Sainte. The formerly men- 
 tioned Calignon was another Profeffor here for 
 this Tongue; he hath compofed a Grammar which 
 is much efteemed. J(alpb Baines an ^/i/^-man, 
 who writ three Books of Commentaries on So- 
 lomon, according to the Hebrew Phrafe, which 
 he Dedicated to Henry the Second. 
 
 In the Mathematicks there have been Oronce 
 Phi, Native of the Town of Briangon in Dau- 
 pkine 5 and Pafchal du Hamel, who fucceeded 
 him. 
 
 In the Latin Eloquence Bartbelemy Latomm, and 
 John Pajerat. 
 
 The two moft famous among thofe who have 
 taught Philofophy here, were Francis Fmmereat, 
 originally of Ferona, and Peter de U I{amee 
 of Cutb in Vermandois , who lived about the 
 Year 108. : 
 
 Finally, thofe who have moft excelled in Phy- 
 fickare, FidmFidm, Jacques Siliwi of Amiens^ 
 and John Hioland.Thefe are thofe whofe Names are 
 of greateft Note, on the account of the Learned / 
 Works which they have left behind them. One 
 can hardly find out any one Colledge, that has 
 produced more Learned Men than this, although 
 it be of no great Antiquity. 
 
 Over againft this laft mentioned Colledge, is, 
 The Commandery of St John de Latran, which de- 
 pends on the Order of Malta. It is a great piece 
 of Ground full of Houfes ill built, in which lodge 
 
 all 
 
of PAR I S. 39 
 
 all forts of Workmen, not Matters, who may 
 here manage their feveral Trades, without being 
 difturb'd by the Jurates of the City. That which 
 is here worth feeing, is the Tomb of Monfieur 
 de Souvre 5 this is he who dyed Grand Prior of 
 France, and who built fome years before his 
 Death, that fine Houfe at the Temple. While 
 he was only Commander of St. tfohn de Latrart^ 
 he caufed this Tomb to be raifed in the Church* 
 It is all of Marble, his Effigies lying upon a great 
 Urne of the fame, accompanied with t\^o T erms 
 rifing out of their Guenes, which are Channelled! 
 and very well wrought. All this Monument is 
 exaftly Beautiful, and of a very lingular Defign* 
 It is the Work of Monfieur Anguerre, one of the 
 ableft Sculptors that Frame ever produced. 
 The Body of Monfieur de Souvre, is not interr'd 
 in this place, but only his Heart. There is no- 
 thing elfe remarkable. The Church in which this 
 Monument isErected,is very antient and ill built- 
 As you leave this place and go on in the Rye 
 Saint tfacques, you come to 
 
 The Colledge du Pleftit, which was former- 
 ly call'd, the Colledge of St. Martin, by rea- 
 fonthat its firft Founder Geoffrey duPlejfo, Secre- 
 tary to Pope $ohn XXII. had a very great 
 Devotion to that Saint But the Cardinal 4c 
 J{ickeHeu, to Eternize the Founder's Memory, 
 reftored it to his Name j and after he had Re- 
 built it magnificently ,he caufed it to be called The 
 Colledge duPlefa de E^chelteu. This Colledge 
 hath the beft contrived and handfomeft liodgings 
 of all the Univer fity, and is alfo the fulieft of 
 Penfioners and Scholars. The Doctors of the 
 Sorbonne have the Direction of this Colledge, and 
 place the Principal and Regents. A little higher 
 in the Street is The 
 
40 A New Defcriftkn 
 
 The Jefuits Colledge. 
 
 |Ver the Gate you read this fair Infcrip- 
 ' tion, 
 
 COLLEGIUM LUDOVICI MAGNL 
 
 The CoUedge of Lewis the Grett. 
 
 It was formerly called the Colledge of Clermont, 
 being built for the Scholars of that Town,in imita- 
 tion of fome other Colledges of the Uni vcrfity. In 
 thelaftAge, MeffireGuillaumeVuprat, Bifliopof 
 CUrmont, being at the Council of Trent, on be- 
 half of this Kingdom of France, contra&ed there 
 a particular Friendfhip with certain Fathers Je- 
 fuits,whom he met with at that Aifembly; he con- 
 ceived fo high an efteem of their Learning,and Pi- 
 ety, that at his return he brought them with him 
 into France, to inftrutt our Youth in humane 
 Learning ; but more efpecially in the Purity of the 
 Romifh Religion,which at that time was difturb'd 
 with the Herefie of Luther and Calvin. This Pre- 
 late brought in hisCompany to Paris, Father Pa* 
 quierBroUety with feveral others of that Society, 
 whom fo long as he lived, he entertained in 
 his own Houfe; but at his Death left them 
 by his Teftament Three thoufand Livres of 
 Rent, and a very confiderable Summ of Mo- 
 ney 5 with which they purchafed a void piece 
 of Ground, then called the Court de Langres 
 in the Hue St. Jacques, being the place where 
 they now are. This they named the Colledge 
 
of PAR IS. 4t 
 
 of Clermont their great Benefa&or, having 
 been Bifhop of that City. Henrylll. was pleas'd 
 to lay the firft Stone, on which this Jnfcription was 
 then graved 
 
 RELIGTONIS AMPLIFICANDS 
 STUDIO, HENRICUS III. CHRISTI- 
 ANISS. REX FRANCIS AT QUE 
 POLONI^ INAUGUSTISS. JE- 
 
 su nomhn pietatis syue mo. 
 
 NUMENTUM HUNC PRIMUM LA- 
 P IDEM, IN EJUS TEMPLI FUNDA- 
 MENTUM CONJECIT. 
 
 ANNO DOMINI i«$82. DIE 20. A- 
 PRILIS 
 
 With a dsfire of enlarging Religion, Henry IIP 
 the moft Chriftian ^ing of France and Poland, to the 
 honour of the moft Glorious $ESVS, as a Monu- 
 ment of his Piety, laid this firft Stone in the Founda- 
 tion o f hps Temple. 
 
 In the 'Tear of our Lord 1*582. the 20. Day of 
 
 April 
 
 There is nothing of Angular Remark in the 
 Building belonging to this Colledge 5 yet there 
 are here many Obfervable things, which you can 
 hardly meet with elfewhere. As firft, the great 
 quantity of Chambers and Lodgings, fill'd to 
 theleaft Corner, contriv'd with very great In- 
 
 of 
 
42 A Nero Defcription 
 
 duftry. The great number of Penfionaries, moft 
 of which are of confiderable Quality ; befides the 
 multitude of Scholars that come from abroad, 
 which fometimes amount to Two or Three thou- 
 fand. Thefe ftudy together in the moft regular 
 Order and Difcipline of the World. The Schools 
 are Six in number, befides thofe f^t apart for 
 the Study of Philofophy, Divinity and the Ma- 
 thematics : Which laft are not ufed, but only by 
 Young Jefuits, who ftill purfue their Courfe of 
 Studies, or at leaft by fome Penfionaries, who de- 
 fign not to take any Degrees in the Univerfity ; 
 for thofe who propofe to themfelves to be Mafters 
 of Arts, orDoftors, are obliged to ftudy Philo- 
 fophy in fome of the Colledges of the Univerfity. 
 One thing extream laudable among thefe Fathers 
 is, that all their" Scholars are obliged to go to 
 Confeflion every Month ; fo that at the fame 
 time the Parents are freed from the Care, both 
 of their Childrens Confciences, as well as Studies* 
 The Chappel of this Colledge is fmall and ob- 
 fcure t It ftands on the Right Hand as you en- 
 ter : There is nothing to be feen there but upon 
 Feaft days, and at fuch time the Altar is one of 
 the richeft and beft furniflit. They have there an 
 Antipendium all of Silver, and another of a rich 
 Embroidery of Gold, very high railed upon a 
 Ground of Silver. The Apartments in the hinder 
 part of the Houfe,are more convenient than thofe 
 in the fore part 5 the Armes of Monfieur Fouquet 
 in their Front,fpeak him to be the Builder of that 
 part ; as alfo of the main Body of the Edifice, 
 which is at thefurtfeer part of the Garden, near 
 the little Colledge de Marmoutkr, which has been 
 annext to this to augment it. In this apartment 
 they have placed their Library, which, beyond 
 
of PAR IS. 43 
 
 all contradi£tion,is one of the faireft and moft nu- 
 merous of all Paris, as well for the Quality, a# 
 Quantity of Books, there to be feen. There Is 
 alfo a good number of antient Manufcripts, and 
 of Heretical Books, chiefly of the Sorinians, which 
 fill almoft a little Room themfelves. Befides 
 this a very excellent Collection of the Spanijb 
 Hiftory, as well general as particular Hiftories 
 of the feveral Provinces of that Kingdom, and 
 of die Famous perfons who have therein inhabit- 
 ed ; thefe Authors are either in Spanijb or Latin* 
 There is alfo a great quantity of Mathematicians 
 and Humanifts, which take up a little Gallery, 
 which they have contrived into feveral Preffes : 
 for altho this Library does confift of two long 
 Wings of building 3 yet it is all too little, and 
 they are forced to employ this Gallery, for the 
 receit of the lefler Volumes. At one end of this 
 Gallery hangs a piece of Btjfan^ reprefenting the 
 Combat of the Cenuures and the Lapitbites, this 
 Monfieur Foiquet gave, haying firft built the 
 Library where it hangs, and endowed it with a 
 Thonfand Livresof Rent,for its Maintenance and 
 Augmentation. Theyprefervfc here an excel-* 
 lent Sett of Antient Medals, but being notdifpo* 
 fed into order, they feldom are willing tofhevv 
 them. Jn this Colledge are many able Perfons, 
 among whom may be reckoned a confiderable 
 number of Authors; fuch as are now living, are 
 lather Bouhours, Author of The Entretkns d Arifte 
 Eugene, in which you find fo much Sweet* 
 nefs and fuch Purity of Language, that it feems a 
 Man that would fpeak as an accomplifht Perfon, 
 mull be fure to imitate his ftile 5 his other Works 
 are The Doubts ani Hemarks on the French Tongue ; 
 The Hijloryof Peter d'Alibuffon, Grand Mafler 
 
44 & New Defcription 
 
 of Rhodes ; The Life of Saint Ignatius, and 
 the Life of St. Francis Xavier, Apoftle of the In- 
 dies ; and certain Books of Devotion. Fa- 
 ther P^pin, he hath writ The Spirit of Cbri- 
 ftianity ; The Importance of Salvation • The Belief of 
 the laft Ages.; and Curiom Inflrnttions relating to 
 Hiftory , with fo me Latin Poems. Father^ la, 
 he hath Commented upon certain Antient 
 Authors for the ufe of Monfeigneur the Dauphin; 
 ana the Tragedies wliich ufe to be represented 
 on the Theater at this Colledge, are very often 
 Writ by him: one may fay that he isalike able 
 in many things, for the French Verfes which have 
 come from his Pen, have been much efteem'd. 
 Father X Army , before he went into Britany, 
 where he now is, was much admired for the Ma- 
 thematical Inftruments which he invented ; he 
 invented one not long fince, which (hew'd us the 
 Motions of the Stars in fuch a method, as is wor- 
 thy the Curiofity of the moft skilful in that Sci 
 ence. They fometimes makePublick A&ions in 
 this Colledge, which draw a prodigious number 
 of People . At the Carnaval they reprefent fome 
 little Latin Tragedy. After E after they expofe 
 Enigmatical Queftions to be explained, for which 
 they have certain Prizes. They have alfo cer? 
 tzmThefes to be maintained, to which Perfons 
 of Quality refort; but their greateft Bravery of 
 all is, the Grand Tragedy which they reprefent 
 yearly in the Month o?Auguft y on a Theater raif- 
 ed on purpofe, which takes up all the bottom of 
 the Court. The Aftors are always Penfionaries* 
 and Sons of Perfons of Quality. The fineft ob- 
 jects of this Tragedy are the Balets of the Sieur 
 de Beauchamp's Compofition, which are danced: 
 between the Afts. When all is done they make a 
 
 diftribu- 
 
«/ PARIS. 4j 
 
 cHftribution of Prizes to thofe that merit belt, 
 without any regard to the Quality of the Perfon ; 
 which occafions greatEmulation amongthe Youth, 
 and makes them ufe the utmoft of their endea- 
 vours to gain a Prize, which the King gives, in 
 the View of fuch an Affembly. 
 
 As you go from hence, a little higher in the 
 Street, you have 
 
 The Church of St. Eftienne des Grecs, the firft 
 and oldeft of Parti. St. Denis Bifhop of this 
 Town, as fome think, was the Founder. It is 
 not any way confiderable, but for its Antiquity, 
 Report fays, That St. Francis of Sales, Biihoji 
 and Prince of Geneva, made his Vows of Chaftity 
 and Poverty in this Church, before the Chappel 
 pf our Lady de bonne delivrance here,in which there 
 is a very great Devotion. Over againft this is 
 
 Hie Convent of Jacobins, formerly called Fru 
 m Treacher s of the Order of St. Dominick, whofe 
 firft Foundation isalledged to be in the life time 
 of that Saint, who lived in the Year 12 17. un- 
 der the Pontificate of Honorim the Third, and in 
 the Reign of Philip Auguftm. Hiftorians fay, that 
 St. Dominick took great pains, about the Extirpa- 
 tion of the-Herefie of the Albiginfes, who caus- 
 ed great diforders in Languedoc: and at the fame 
 time he fent tvx> of his Religious to Paris, who 
 were Lodged in a place called The Citizens Tar- 
 Jour, in the fame place where now this Convent 
 ftands. They were called Jacobins, from the 
 J{ui£ Saint Jacques. Their Church, as it now is, 
 was built by order of St. Lewis, If we may believe 
 Belief oreft, a faithful Hiftorian. Here are many 
 Tombs of great Lords, who for the moft part 
 were Princes of the Blood Roval of France. But 
 In regard I did not defign to fearch into Antiqui- 
 
4<? A New Defcription 
 
 ties, Ifhall not here exprefs their Names, which 
 may be found in Father du Bnnil. I will only ob- 
 ferve,that among thefe famous Monuments is that 
 of Humbert ,the laft Sovereign Prince of Dauphine 9 
 whofe Title ttas Dauphin of Viennois\ the Tomb 
 Hands before the great Altar. Hiftory fays, That 
 feeing himfelf Childlefs, he fold this Province to 
 Philip Auguftm for a fmall Summ of Money ,and him- 
 felf embraced a Religious Life at Lyons, and en- 
 tered into theOrder of St.Dominicb y where he liv'd 
 in very great Efteem with ail good Men, and was 
 chofen to be Prior of this Convent,and afterwards 
 Patriarch of Alexandria. This is his Epitaph ; 
 
 Hicjacet 2{. Pater CS> Dominm amplifiimus HUM- 
 BERTUS, prima Vienna Delphinm, deinde relitlo 
 Principatu, Frater noftri Ordinti, Trior in hoc Con* 
 ventu Parijienfi, ac demwn Patriarcha Alexandrine 
 & perpetuus Ecclefix Rhemenfis Adminiftrator, 
 prxcipuus hujus Conventus Benefattor. Obiit anng 
 Domini 1345. Maii 22. 
 
 Here lies the Reverend Father, and Mo ft Ho* 
 now able Lord HUMBERT, Fir ft Dauphin of 
 Vienna, after that leaving his Principality , he 
 became Brother of our Order , and Prior in this 
 Convent at Paris, and at laft Patriarch of Alex- 
 andria, perpetual Adminiftrator of the Church of 
 Rhemes, and chief Benefactor to this Convent. 
 He Dyed in the Tear of our Lord 1345. May 22. 
 
 This Church hath nothing but what is ordina- 
 ry, yet is the great Altar very handfomly con- 
 trived 5 
 
0/ PAR I S. 47 
 
 trived j it is adorn d with black Marble, and the 
 Armesofthe Cardinal of St. Cecily, Brother ]of 
 Cardinal Ma\arin, which you fee about it, fpeak 
 it to be built at his Cofts ; and this he did in re- 
 gard he was of this Order. Over the Door go* 
 ing into the Sacrifty, is a Pifture of Valentine* s % 
 reprefenting the Nativity of the Holy Virgin ; 
 which Tiece Cardinal Ma\arin gave, to be placed 
 over the great Altar ; but when he perceived it 
 to be too little, he left it to the Church, and it 
 iiatlj been placed here ever fince. It is one of the 
 moft Beautiful pieces in all France, and the -Cu- 
 rious efteem it highly. Felibien, in his Book which 
 ■he Compofed of the Lives and Works of the moft 
 Famous Painters, tells us, it is one of the beft Pi- 
 ilures that ever came out of Italy into France. 
 On one fide of the great Altar, Hands the Chap- 
 pel of our Lady of the Rofary. The Wainfcot 
 Work of which is very handfom. Here is a very 
 great Devotion, by reafon of the Indulgences, 
 which are here to be gain'd every firft Sunday of 
 the Month. In the Cloifter are feveral Paintings, 
 but they are of no great Note ; fo alfo is their Li- 
 brary, which is not very numerous, yet it hath 
 been made ufe of by very Famous Doftors. They 
 preferve here one thing of great Curiofity, and 
 that is the Pulpit of Great St. Thomas of Aquin f 
 the Angel of the Schools. It is made of Wood, 
 and inclofed in another of the fame material, 
 that it may not be injured by time. A General of 
 this Order was at the charge of making that 
 in which it is inclofed ; and not along ago thefe 
 Fathers have caufed a fmall Room to be made, at 
 the end of the Library, where this Pulpit is con- 
 veniently expofed to fight. 'Tis well known that 
 St. Thomas of Aquin formerly profeft Divinity m 
 
48 A New Defcrtption 
 
 this Convent, and in the great School, which we 
 fee at this day, he made his Leftures. It hath 
 been Rebuilt at the beginning of this-prefent Age, 
 through the Alms which thefe Fathers colle&ed in 
 „ .a Jubilee. Several Preachers of this Houfe have 
 acquired great Reputation in the World. Among 
 others Father Chaufiemer, who is efteemed one of 
 the moft Profound and Eloquent that we have at 
 prefent - y he Preached this Lent at Nojlre-Dame, 
 after he had perform'd the like at the Louvre. 
 The deceafed Monfieur Cceffeteau, who hath com- 
 pofed a very Curious Roman Hiftory, paft here 
 the greateft part of his Life j with many others, 
 whofe names would be too long to infert here. 
 
 Before you leave the JQie Saint Jacques, you 
 ought to know, that here inhabit many Book- 
 fellers, who fell almoft all of them, the Works of 
 the Mefieurs du Port-Hpyal, all the Works of Mon- 
 fieur Arnault , generally efteemed by all Learned 
 Men : Here you will find the feveral pieces of the 
 French Academicians ; many Foreign Books 5 the 
 feveral pieces that concern the Gauicane Church ; 
 all Monfieur MaMourgs Writings ; here alfo are 
 fold Father Bouhour's Books •> thofe of Father i^- 
 pin ; of theBifliopof Meaux 5 of the Abbot Hi- 
 chier, Almoner to Madam the Dauphinefs, who 
 Tranflatedthe Life of Cardinal Commendon, and 
 compofed for Monfeigneur the Dauphin, the 
 Hiftory ofrheodofius the Great, and four Funeral 
 Orations. Many other Books proper for the 
 perufal of curious Perfons, are here alfo to be 
 met with. In this Street alfo are many Gravers 
 and Sellers of Prints, who have in their Shops 
 great ftore of Maps, and Printed Piftures. Of 
 which I fhall fay no more int his place. At the 
 end of this Volume I may ( perhaps ) fet down 
 
 i 
 
of PARIS. 49 
 
 a Catalogue of fuch Books as are beft Writ in 
 our Language, fortheufeof Strangers, who of- 
 tentimes for want of better information, buy ve- 
 ry fcurvy Books, infteadoffuch as maybe of n(e 
 and advantage to them in their ftudy of the 
 French Tongue. 
 
 Withoift the Parte St. $acques> in the Faux* 
 bourg of that name, you may obferve many fine 
 things, and in a greater number than in any other 
 Faux-bourg about the Town. 
 
 On the left Hand, as you enter," is the Con- 
 vent of the NUnsofthe Fifttmon, which makes 
 no great fliew. Tte Church it felf is no bigger 
 than an ordinary Hall. Yet is their Altar one of the 
 richeftthat can befeen on the Feaft Days, thefe 
 Nuns fparing no Cofts to adorn it with Candle- 
 flicks, Lamps, Veffels, Figures, and a Thou- 
 land fuch like things, which are all of Silver, and 
 moft of them very weighty. But the place being 
 none of the beft contrived, thefe rich things ap- 
 pear not fo well as they might do elfewhere. 
 Going ftill forward, you pafs before 
 
 ThePariih Church of St- -fames, from which 
 all this Quarter takes its name. It hath been re- 
 pa ird in fuch manner as we now fee it by the 
 late Dutchefs of Longuevilk Sifter of Monfieur 
 the Prince, who was one of the moft pious and 
 Charitable Princeffes of this Age. The Portal is 
 of the Dorick Order, very well perform'd \ and 
 had that Virtuous Princels lived, (he had doubt- 
 lefs given wherewithal to finilh the Work : But 
 {he dyed about four years ago in the Convent of 
 Carmelite Nuns, to the regret of abundance of 
 moor People, who fubfifted by her Alities. 
 
 The Seminary of St. Magloire, is near the laft 
 mentioned place. This was formerly an Abby of 
 C St. 
 
5 p A New JDefcription 
 
 St. Bennett Order, which was firft Founded in the 
 fame place, where at prefcnt ftands St. Bartholo- 
 mew's Church, near the Pallace. But thofe good 
 Religious Men, being troubled with the noife and 
 Clutter of that place, changed their habitation in 
 the Year 1138. and came to dwell here, which 
 was at that tim6 a good way out of the Town, 
 where there was already a Chapel built and de- 
 dicated . to St. George. After that in the Year 
 1549. The Monks of St. Bennet did altogether 
 quit this Houfe, and transfer'd themfelves to 0- 
 ther Houfes of v. the fame Order, the Revenue 
 of this being given to the Arch-Bilhop of Paris. 
 And in the Room of the Monks they placed here 
 certain Penitent Nuns, but they continued not \ 
 long. In fine, the Priefts of the Oratory were 
 introduced here in the beginning of this prefent 
 Age, whofe Inftitution is to inftruft the Young j 
 £cclefiafticks in the Fun&ions of their Mini- - 
 ftry. 
 
 Further in this Street are the vrfuUne Nuns $ 
 whofe Church is but fmall, yet is their Altar of a 
 very hancjfom defign, and adorn d with Pillars j 
 of black Marble. Thefe Nuns teach freely young j 
 Girlesnot only to Read and Write, but alfo feve- j 
 ral forts of Works proper for them, which is of j 
 
 treat advantage to the publick. They were \ 
 rft Founded here in the Year 1607. by Made- 
 WQifel de Saint Beuve, a Lady of extraordinary ! 
 Piety, and Queen Anne of Auftria laid the firft j 
 Stone of their Church, in the Year 1620. June 
 22. 
 
 The Fenihntines are on the fame fide of thej 
 way, they are Nuns oS St. Bernard's Order, re-l 
 form'd by the bleffed $obn de h Barriere, and were j 
 firft eftablilhed in Paris 1622. through the SoU 
 
 licita- 
 
of PARIS. 51. 
 
 limitation of Queen Anne of Aujlria. Their 
 Church hath been fome Years ago rebuilt anew> 
 with confiderable Expence. It is very lightfom, 
 and the Portal is not ill eontriv'd ; It was defign- 
 ed by the Sieur Merot. One of their Bene- 
 faftreifes hath contributed largely to the 
 Charges. Over the great Altar is a very good 
 Copy from Raphael, or the Holy Family, the ori- 
 ginal of which is in the King's Cabinet. The 
 Grate of their Quire is adorn'd with Copper 
 gilt. 
 
 Nor far from thence are the Englijf) Bene- 
 dittines, who have alfo built a new Church, 
 which is really fomething of theleaft, but in re- 
 compenceof that, it is very well adorn'd. It is 
 fet off with Pilafters, and the Altar is accom- 
 | pany'd with Pillars and Figures, which (hew ve- 
 ry handfomly 3 the Wainfcot Work of the Stalls 
 for the Monks, is very pretty, and the little Cha- 
 pel of the Holy Virgin, which ftands over againft 
 the Door, is very neat. The Religious who inha- 
 bit this Houfe are originally EngHJb&nd are come 
 for refuge into France, on the account of Reli- 
 gion. The late Queen-Mother gave them great 
 i Alms, as did alfo many other perfons of Piety, 
 andfome E?ig!ijh. There is a Perfon of Quality 
 inter'd with them, who hath been a Benefa&or, 
 as may be feen by his Epitaph. On the other fide 
 jsfthewayare 
 
 I C 2 The 
 
f 2 A New Defcriftion 
 
 The Carmelite Nuns. 
 
 THis was fometirnes calfd Koflre-Dame des 
 Champs. The Church belonging to thefe 
 Nuns is one of the oldeft in Pari; moft Anti- 
 quaries believe it to be one of thofe which St. 
 Deni* Founded. Some modern Authors write that 
 it was formerly a Temple of the Goddefs Ceres, i 
 or elfe of Mars ; but for this opinion they have j 
 no very good Foundation : For we find nothing 
 in the antient Hiftorians to warrant fuch a Con- 
 jefture. It is much more certain, that it apper- j 
 tain d a long time to the Order of St. Bennet, and 
 that it was a Priory depending on the great j 
 Abby of Marmoutier, near the City of Tours, j 
 Whofeantient Title to this place is ftill in being 5 
 and the Bifhop of Orleans, who is Abbot there, 
 receives from -hence Four or Five thoufand Li- 
 tres per annum. In the Year 1604. were placed ; 
 here certain Carmelite Nuns of St. Terefa's re* \ 
 form, whom the Cardinal deBerulla fetched him- I 
 felf pat of Spain, at fuch time when this Reform i 
 began to be fo famous in Chriftendom, for its ■ 
 great aufterity. This Houfe was the firft in all 
 the Kingdom., that took the Rule of St. Terefa, 
 and from hence it is that all the other Convents 
 of Pari*, and in the other parts of France, took 
 their original. At prefent this Nunnery is very 
 numerous, and there are in it many perfons of 
 the greateft Quality, who quitting the World J 
 come to end their days here. 
 
 Their Church is one of the faireft, and moft! I; r 
 magnificent that can bejeen, the main Body of! 
 
 th€ 
 
of PARIS. 53 
 
 the Building is, in truth, very antient, but the 
 modern Ornaments within it make fufficient 
 amends for that. Asyrra-go in you may obferve, 
 that it is ail painted in imitation of black Mar- 
 ble vein'd with White 5 and that the Baluftrades 
 or Partitions of the Chapels are of a Wainfcot, 
 extraordinary finely gilt : But the moft 
 curious things of all are the great Piftures placed 
 under every W indow, in Frames richly Carved 
 and gilt. There are fix of thefe Pictures on 
 each lide, each reprefenting fome principal Paf- 
 fage of the New Teftament. They are the 
 Work of the famoufeft Painters of this Age. 
 The Firft, on the left hand as you enter, repre- 
 fenting the Miracle of the five Loaves, was done 
 by Stella. The Second reprefents the Feaft at 
 the Houfe of Simon the Leper, where the Mag? 
 dalen perfum'd our Lord's Feet, and this was 
 done by Monfieur k Brun. The Third reprefents 
 ing the triumphal entry of our Lord into Jfcra- 
 falon, is the Work of de h hire. The Fourth 
 is the Story of the Samaritan Woman, and is 
 alfo done by Stella; the Colours and the Dra- 
 pery of this Pifture" is excellent. The Fifth is 
 Monfieur k Brim's - y and the Sixth reprefenting 
 the Transfiguration, is de la Hire's. Thofeon 
 the other fide were all done by Champaign, and 
 that able Mafter never made any better Pieces 
 than thefe, as one may eafily obferve. The Al- 
 tar of this Church Hands very high, and is all of 
 Marble, as well the body of the Work as the Pil- 
 larsAvhichare of the Corinthian Ordertheir Ca- 
 pitals of Brafs gilt. The Tabernacle is all of Sil- 
 ver, and reprefents the Ark of the Covenant ; 
 on the forepart of which there is a great Bak 
 relief very well Carved. On Feaft Davs 
 C 1 - this 
 
54 ^ New Defcrtption 
 
 this Altar is adorn'd with Vafes, Candlefticks, 
 and divers things of that fort, which make a very 
 handfom fhew without Confufion. Over againft 
 the Grate of the Quire, where the Nuns fing, is 
 a great Pifture reprefenting the Angelick Salu- 
 tation. It is the Work of Guido, and ought to 
 beefteem'd as one of the beft pieces that can be 
 feen, even in Italy \tk\f. The feveral Chapels 
 correfpond to the magnificence of the Church, 
 efpecially that which is dedicated to the Magda- 
 len, in which there hangs an excellent Pifture of 
 that Saint, done by Monfieur one of the 
 
 beft, perhaps, that ever he made. The Saint 
 is reprefented weeping under a Rock, tearing 
 her Hair and Ornaments, and trampling them 
 ■under Foot, her Eyes are all drown'd in Tears, 
 through which her Comple&ion but faintly ap- 
 pears 5 briefly, one cannot imagine a piece of 
 Painting more feelingly ex preft,and none can feeit 
 without morecompaffion for fuch a Penitent.Over 
 againft the Altar in this fmall Chapel is placed, 
 in a kneeling pofture, the Statue of Cardinal i<? 
 BentUe, Inftitutor of the Priefts of the Oratory, to 
 whom thefe Nuns are much obliged, as hath been 
 already faid. His Statue is of white Marble, 
 and made by $a¥a$n % in the Year i6<j. It is 
 raifedonaPedeftal of four fides, on which are 
 feveral very good Baf-reliefs, wrought by an able 
 Sculptor named Tocart, the fame who made the 
 curious Pulpit at St. Eftienne^ of which I have 
 already fpoken in this Second Part p. , On 
 each fide are two Pillars of black Marble, on the 
 top of which are certain Flames of Brafs gilt, fo 
 alfo are the Capitals, which are of the ionick Or- 
 der, and very well wrought. The reft of the Cha* 
 pel is adorn'd with Piflures of Monfieur k Bru?? y s 
 
 Painting* 
 
of PARIS. $5 
 
 Painting, reprefenting the Life of the M&gitf* 
 len. The following Infcription is on a Grave- 
 ftone of white Marble, in the middle of this 
 Chapel, under which lyeth buryed the Abbot 
 7c Camus, at whofe fole Charges this Church was 
 adorned and beautified. 
 
 _ IN SPEM 
 RESURK ECTIONI3 
 
 Hie Jacet 
 Edvardus Le Camus. 
 Sacerdos Christi Et Dei. 
 
 QBl IT ANNO SALUT2S 
 
 i ^74- 
 Die 24 Feb 
 
 Sit in pace 
 
 In hope of the fyfurreftion. 
 Here lyes 
 Edward le Camus 
 Trieft ofCfaift and of God. 
 He dyed in the Tear ef Salvation 
 1674. 
 24 of February. 
 
 let bis place be in peace. 
 
 The other Chapels want but little of the fame 
 Beauty. The further part of the Church ter- 
 minates in a great Tribune (or Gallery ) the 
 Windows of which are grated, into this Gallery 
 C 4 the 
 
5 6 A New Defer if t Ion 
 
 the Religious Women come to hear the Sermoir, 
 when the Preachers preach in the Nave of the 
 Church. In the fore part of this Gallery are 
 placed two Statues, one of St. Peter and the other 
 of S$. T'tuL and on the top, the reprefentation 
 *)f St. Michael overcoming the Devil, which is 
 of a very curious Invention : It was the Work of 
 Stella, before mentioned. All the Roof is very 
 well Painted after the manner of Cartouches ; 
 Between the Cordons you ought to take notice 
 of a Crucifix, accompanied with the Holy Vir- 
 gin and St. $ohn y which are wrought with fo 
 much Art, that the Figures feem to ftand upon 
 a real bottom. This is a pleafing fallacy ta 
 thofe that mind it. Finally, thelaft remarkable 
 rhing to be obferved in this Church, is the 
 Crucifix of Brafs over the Baluftrade,that divides 
 the Quire from the Nave. The Curious efteem 
 it highly ; it was made by Sara^in, who had 
 the reputation of one of the ableft Men of his 
 time. 
 
 As you go from hence through the Court, 
 you may obferve a fmall Houfe, built after the 
 Italian manner, compofed of two Pavillions, 
 very handfom , with a Garden before the 
 Houfe, through which you pafs as you go 
 in. This Houfe alfo was built at the Charges 
 of the before mention'd Monlieur the Abbot le 
 Camus. 
 
 From this place yon go to fee the famous 
 
 VAL 
 
of PA R I S, 
 
 57 
 
 V AL de GRACE. 
 
 HEre it is that all Strangers are forced te 
 grant, that we can raife in France as fine 
 Buildings and as regular, as thofe in Italy fo 
 much admired by Travellers. We may alfo af* 
 firm, without vanity, that this magnificent 
 Houfe, if confider'd in all its parts, is one of the 
 moft beautiful Works of all this Age. 
 
 It ought to be obferved that the Nuns of Fal 
 de Grace were formerly Founded near the Village 
 of Bierre, about Three Leagues from Parity in 
 a very incommodious place by reafon of the Ma- 
 rifh Grounds, called there U Vol profond f or the 
 deep Vale 5 being very Sickly in this place, they 
 Petition d Lewis XIII. for his permiflion to come 
 and inhabit in Pari*. Queen Anne of Auftrix, his 
 llluftrious Wife, being acquainted with their 
 merit chiefly from one of their Company,, 
 named Margaret d 9 Arbovfe, by whofe means fhe 
 took a particular affection to them, declared her 
 felf their Foundrefs. She caufed them in the Year 
 162 1. to be lodged in the Faux-bourg St. $ac*> 
 ques, in an old Houfe then called the Hotel de 
 ValoUy which was pull'd down-to make way for 
 thofe Buildings, which have been lince erefted. 
 Some Years after, that illuftrious Queen, by way 
 of thankfgiving for the happy Birth of the now 
 King, whom God gave to France after Twenty 
 Years expectation, caufed the Foundation to be 
 laid of that glorious Edifice which we now fee. 
 Monfieur Manfard, fo often already mentioned, 
 C 5 wha 
 
A New Defcripihn 
 
 who was at that time the nioft efteemed Architect 
 of France, was made choice of for this Work, and 
 the defigns which he drew were admired by all 
 Men. He carryed up the work as high as the firft 
 Floor,but then for fome Reafons he was changed, 
 and other Architefts employed in his place, to 
 wit, le Due, leMuet, mdduFaJ, whoperform'd 
 their parts fo well, that Manfard was not mift, 
 tho* fo great a Mafter. In difguft to be thus ufed 
 he undertook to build the Chapel at Chateau de 
 Frefne, feven Leagues from Varis, for Monfieur 
 de Guenegaud, Secretary of State ; where he per- 
 formed in little that magnificent defign, which he 
 drew out at firft for Val de Grace, and thereby 
 made that Chapel one of the fineft Struftures 
 in the Kingdom, as all who have feen it unani- 
 moufly agree. Butthough the building at Val 
 de Grace, i^ admirable in its prefent condition, 
 yet it hath been effefted with abundance of pains, 
 and with exceflive Charges, chiefly in laying the 
 Foundation, by reafon of the Quarries which 
 they met with in digging. The prefent condition 
 of this place is as follows : 
 
 Firft you enter into a great Court, which lies 
 before the principal Door ; this Court is fepara- 
 ted from the Street by a Pallifadeof Iron, at the 
 extremities of which are two fquare Pavillions ; 
 on the right Hand and on the left it is bounded 
 with certain Stone Works, adorn'd with ruftick 
 Pillars, which make a very handfom Shew. Ac 
 the further part of this Court is the great Portal, 
 raifed upon Six fteps. But that which makes it 
 moft remarkable; is, that it is after the manner 
 of a Portico compofed of Four great Corinthian 
 Pillars, with Niches on each fide, in which are 
 placed St. Sennet, and St. Schohftm, of white 
 
 Marble. 
 
of PAR IS. 59 
 
 Marble. On the Frife is this Infcription in Let- 
 ters of Gold ; 
 
 Jesu Nascenti, Virginique Matri. 
 
 To the Child JESVS, and bit Virgin Mo* 
 ther. 
 
 ' The Front of the Portal is of two Orders of 
 Pillars, the Corinthian and the Compofite, with 
 all their proper Ornaments.If the outfide appears 
 great, the infide is Hill infinitly more magnificent. 
 All the Church is paved with Marble of divers 
 Colours . And the compartments are cor refpon- 
 dent to the Cartouches of Sculpture, and to the 
 GuillochU ( orFlourifhings) in the Roof, where 
 there are feveral Baf-tailles of admirable Work- 
 manfhip. This Roof is of Stone as white as Mar- 
 ble, and it is throughout enriched with Orna- 
 ments of the beft fort, in which Monfieur An- 
 guerre lias furpaft all. On each fide of the Nave 
 are Three Chapels, divided afunder by Two 
 great Pilafters, which fupport the Cornifh that 
 runs round the Church, and fupports the 
 Arches of the Roof. The Quire is direftly un- 
 der the Dome at the further end of the Nave, 
 from which it is parted only by a grate of Iron 
 gilt. Four great Arches fupport the Borne, 
 and the great Altar is placed under the futher- 
 moft Arch. It is of a very fingular defign, com- 
 pofed of Six great twifted Pillars of theCompofite 
 Order. They are of black Marble vein'd with 
 
 white | 
 
60 A New Defeription 
 
 white j of which fort there are hardly any others 
 to be found in Europe $ they are raifed upon Pe- 
 deftais of Marble alfo, and they are all over en- 
 riched with Palms and Feuilkges of Brafs gilt, 
 which make a wondrous beautiful Show, one 
 may truly fay that the contrivance of thefe Pillars 
 is, in fome refpe&s, more magnificent, than 
 thofeof the great Altar at St. Feter's in J^me r 
 which were defigned by the Cavalier Bernin.. 
 Thefe excel in number and in the beauty of the 
 Workmanfhip. They ftand in a great Circle, 
 raifed about two Foot, and make a kind of Pa- 
 villion open on all fides, forming Six Conformed 
 at the feet of which are Angels holding Cenfing- 
 pots. Thefe Pillars are joined together by great 
 Yeftons of Palms, about which little ^ Angels 
 Bold certain Scrowles, in which are writ feve- 
 ral Verfesofthe 
 
 Gloria in JExcclJis Deo. 
 
 Glory be to God on high. 
 
 The whole is of thebeftfortof gilding without 
 any Colours- Upon the Altar, which is placed 
 in the middle of thefe Pillars, the Infant $ESvS 
 is reprefented lying in his Cradle, all of white I 
 Marble, accompanied by the Holy Virgin and 
 St fofepb : thefe are all of Monfieur Anguerre's 
 Work, and reckoned among the beft things that 
 ever he did. Behind the great Altar you fee a 
 Grate in a kind of Tavillon, of Marble alfo. 
 ^To this place the Nuns come to make their Pray- 
 ers, when the Holy Sacrament is expofed. The 
 infide of this place is very beautiful, but in re- 
 gard it is difficult to be feen, I fliall not here fay 
 
 any 
 
of PAR IS. 61 
 
 anything of that fubjeft. Eetween the Arches 
 which fupport the Dome, in the Corners ftand 
 the Four Evangeiifts in Sculpture, well worth 
 your exaft Obfervation ; and a little lower are 
 as many gilt Balconies placed over the like num- 
 ber of little Chapels, which are contrived out 
 of the thicknefs of the Work. But tho' all thefe 
 things are admirable, yet thefe are not the chief 
 Rarities, the Painting on the infide of the Dome 
 will give much more pleafure to the lovers of 
 Art j it reprefents the Glories of the Bleffed far 
 Heaven, who are placed infeveral Groupes, the 
 Apoftles, the Prophets, the Martyrs, the Vir- 
 gins, and the Confeffors, each of which are di~ 
 ftinguifht and known by fome particular remarks, 
 the Kings, the Patriarchs, the Heads of Orders, 
 the Fathers of the Church, St. Bennet and St. 
 Schokfticx ; in the lower parts are placed the 
 Altar, and the Candleftick of Seven Branches, 
 and in a word, all that the Scripture difcovers 
 to us of Paradife. In the upper part the fight 
 lofes it felf in an infinite fpace, which appears 
 full of confufed and faint Objefts, byreafon of a 
 vaft diftance, and a great light that ftrikes out 
 from the higheft of all. All this delicate 
 Painting is in Frefco, and the Work of M. Mig- 
 mr A, who did the Hall and Gallery at St. Cloud, 
 In the Frife at the bottom you may read this In- 
 fcription ; 
 
 ANNA AUSTRIA D. G. FRANCO 
 RUM REGINA, REGNIQ. REC- 
 TRIX, CUI SUBJECIT DEUS 
 OMNES HOSTES, UT CONDE- 
 RET DO MUM IN NOMINE 
 SUO, Ecc, A. M. D. C L. 
 
 ANNE 
 
61 A New Defcription 
 
 ANNE of AUSTRIA, by the Grace of God 
 Queen of France, and Regent of the Kingdom, 
 to whom God fubdued all her Enemies, that Jbc 
 might build a Houje in his Name. 
 
 On the right Hand and on the left of the great 
 Altar, are the two Grates which take up all the 
 void fpace between the fide Arches. They are 
 of an extraordinary greatnefs, and the like were 
 never made of the bignefs, befides they are 
 wrought with fuch delicate Art, as if the Iron 
 had been as foft and eafie to form as Lead. That 
 on the right fide enclofes the Nuns Quire from 
 the Church, which is large and well Wainfcot- 
 ted. They have in it a final! Organ which 
 they ufe onFeftivals, at fuch time as they fing 
 their Service Mufically, which they perform to 
 the great pleafure of their hearers, they having 
 among them fome very excellent Voices. On the 
 other fide is a great Chapel, all hung with 
 Mourning, in the middle of which is erefted a 
 Hearfe of black Velvet upon Four or Five Steps ; 
 here are repofited the Hearts of the Queen-Mo- 
 ther their IlluftriousBenefa£trefs,the Queen'whom 
 we have fo lately loft, with others of feveral Prki- 
 ceffes of the Blood Royal, among the reft that of 
 Madam the T>\xtohtkoi Orleans. 
 
 Before we leave this place we ought to obferve 
 the Cyfer, which is at the bottom of the fteps of 
 the Altar, compofed only of two Letters L. and 
 A. encompaffed about with Palms, and other 
 Fenillages of white Marble. There are here ma- 
 ny 
 
of P A R I S. 6) 
 
 ny other things worth obfervation, which would 
 be painful to fet down in writing, but the Curi- 
 ous when they come hither will eafily find 'em- 
 out. The infide of the Convent correfponds ex- 
 actly well to the magnificence of the Church. 
 The feveral Cells and the Offices are regularly 
 difpofed, and built with folidity, particularly 
 the Apartment of the Queen-Mother, difpofed 
 in fuch manner as may befit a Capuchin Nun. 
 The Nuns are very auftere, for they obferve 
 the reformed Rule of St. Bennet. They choofe 
 their Abbefs from among their own Community, 
 Wnofe Authority is only Triennial. Their 
 chief Revenues a rife from the Abby of St. 
 Corneille in Compkgne, which is annext to this 
 Houfe. 
 
 As you go from hence you muft not forget to 
 obferve the outfide of the Church, and the Or- 
 naments about the Dome,which appears of a very 
 great height : it is cover'd with Lead, with 
 great Bands gilt ; and on the top a Baluftrade 
 of Iron, round about the little Lanthorn open on 
 allfides ; over that is the great Ball, and there- 
 upon the Crofs. All thefe things are fet off glo- 
 rioufly with Gildings, and which way foever 
 you enter into Paris, this Dome is fo big and fo 
 high, that it may be eafily difcover'd a great 
 way off. 
 
 After you have feen de Grace, you ought 
 next to go to 
 
 The Convent of the Capuchins, behind which 
 there lies a very great enclofed piece of Ground, 
 which extends a great way into the Fields, and 
 - ferves in Summer for a very delightfom Walk, 
 their Cloifter is but fmall, according to the 
 manner of building ufed by thofe good Friers. 
 
 Within 
 
64 \ANew Defcription 
 
 Within it on the Walls they have fet up feverat 
 Infcriptions in French Verfe, to excite the Devo- 
 tion of fuch as walk there. 
 
 In the Street over againft the Capuchins going, 
 into the Qed'Enfer, ftands 
 
 The Convent of the Bemardin-Niins, according 
 to the Reform of Port Royal. Their Church is 
 very neat ; it was defigned by the Steur k Pau~ 
 tre$ tho'itbebut fmall, yet it hathfome Beau- 
 ties which are not found in greater. The late 
 Queen-Mother brought theie Nuns from the 
 Famous Abby of Port Royal des Champs near /^r- - 
 failles, in the Year 1625, in which place they 
 were very numerous and of great Reputation, 
 and placed them here $ this Houfe being then 
 called the Hotel de Clagnt. They have in this 
 Church a great Devotion, by reafon of one of 
 the Holy thorns of our Lords Crown, in favour 
 of which fome great Miracles have been done. 
 Their Altar-piece reprefenting the laft Supper,, 
 was painted by Monfieur Champagne. They have 
 alfo here an antique Amphora or Waterpot, whicfc 
 as fome pretend, was one of thofe which were 
 made ufe of at the Marriage of Ca?ia. 
 
 There remains nothing more that is remarka- 
 ble in this Faux-bourg, but 
 
 The Ob fervatory ROYAL. 
 
 TH E King who takes no lefs care to make the 
 Arts flouriih, than to extend the Limits 
 of his Kingdom, caufed this Structure to be 
 erefted in the Year 1667. for the Habitation of 
 
 Mathe- 
 
o/PARIS. 6% 
 
 Mathematicians. Itconfiftsof a great Body of 
 Stone-work two Stories high ; the Windows of 
 which are round at the top, and about fourteen 
 Toifes high ( a Toife is Six Foot. ) The forepart 
 of the Building is made with Towers Eight An- 
 gular of the fame height, with a great Efplanade 
 in manner of a Tarrafs, with fronts about the 
 whole Building. The Tower on the Eaft fide is 
 open at the top, and without any Roof, thatfo 
 one may fee the better from the bottom. Between 
 thefe two Towers are feveral great Rooms, which 
 are not yet furniftit with fuch things as are to be 
 there. But that which is moft remarkable in 
 this Building, is, that there is not ufed about it 
 either Iron or Wood, and yet the Roof of it 
 is extreamly folid. The Stair-cafe is the finefl: 
 that can be imagined j it is all of Stone laid after 
 a way extraordinary, hardy and bold from the 
 bottom to the top 5 and the Iron Rail that winds 
 the whole length of thefe Stairs is very well 
 wrought. It is 156 Steps high and leads to the 
 Tarrafs. In regard this Building confifts of feve- 
 ral ftories, it hath (everal vaulted Roofs one 
 ever the other, theuppermoft of which confifts 
 of an Arch of a large extent, flat on the outfide, 
 and paved with Hint-ftones , cut exaftly and 
 bound together with Cement , that the Rain 
 may not penetrate and damnifie the Vaults be- 
 neath. The Curious may if they pleafe go down 
 into the Caves or Grotto's which are extream 
 deep, fince the Stair-cafe that leads down con* 
 tains One hundred threefcore and eleven Steps ; 
 in the middle of which they have contrived a void 
 hollow fpace in manner of a Well, which pierces 
 through all the Rooms,and extends up to the top 
 of the Tarrafs, fo that through this hole you 
 
 may 
 
66 A Nero Defcription 
 
 may fee the light to the very bottom of the Care. 
 It is faid that this was made on purpofe to fee 
 the Stars at Noon-day. Butitfeems it fails of 
 effeft, for no body has yet feen them, tho' it hath 
 been often endeavour'd. This place which they 
 call le Putts ( the Well ) contains 28 Toifes ( 
 yards"), from the bottom of it to the vent at the 
 top. 
 
 In the feveral Apartments , efpecially in 
 thofe belonging to M. Cafiini, are feveral curi- 
 ous Mathematical Inftruments, as Globes, Pen- 
 dulums, and chiefly Glalfes of very great' DK 
 menfions, with which thefe Learned Men ob- 
 ferve the courfe of -the Stars. Thfere are onty 
 Four Mathematicians who lodge in the Obferva^ 
 tory, part of thofe who compofe the Academy 
 of Sciences, eftablifhed at the King's Cabinet, 
 as we have formerly noted ; and they are M. 
 Cafiini, originally an Italian, and formerly one of 
 the greatDukes Academy at Florence ,where he had 
 attain'd great Reputation. He takes here a great 
 deal of pains in Aftronomy, and hath made many 
 difcoveries in that Art, for which the King gives 
 him a confiderable PtntionM.de la HiteJA.C outlet 
 who teach the Mathematicks to the Pages belong- 
 to the great Stable ; the Deceafed M. the Abbot 
 Picard was one of thofe, but his place is not yet 
 ftipply'd, and JVL Hugens, a Hollander, hath 
 here alfo an Apartment, tho' he doth not com- 
 monly abide in it. Thefe Gentlemen meet to- 
 gether upon certain days, and communicate the 
 Obfervations which they have feverally made, 
 and fometimes they Print them alfo for publick 
 fatisfeftion. Every Year M. Cafiini publiihes 
 about isrewyearstide a fmall Volume, called Lx 
 Connoijfance des temps, by which one may know 
 
tfPAKlS. 6j 
 
 the Courfe of the Planets ? and other Curiofities of 
 that nature,much more exact and regular than any 
 thing hitherto feen on the fubjeft.They have here 
 a fmall fquare Chamber over the forepart of the 
 Tarrafs, in which thofe who fpeak at the oppo- 
 fite Corners may eafily underftand one another, 
 and yet thofe in the middle not perceive it. This 
 is occafion'dby reafon the Roof is Vaulted hol- 
 low, and' the Angles are continued along the 
 Roof from one fide to the other, without any ob- 
 ftru&ion. After you have feen the Obfervatcry, 
 as you go out you ought to take notice of 
 
 TheWater-Eoufe, which itands near the Gate 
 as you go out next the Hue £ Enfer. This Houfe 
 was built to receive the Water that comes from 
 the Village of HongU in that Curious Aquedu£i\ 
 which Queen Mary of ikfei/V# caufed to be built 
 ktArtiieft, which the Curious ought to vifit as 
 one of the fineft in all France. You ought to 
 know that moft of the Fountains in Paris come 
 from this Receiver or Conduit, ^&ich makes its 
 firftdifchargeatZwx^(?«^-i7(?w/^, from whence 
 afterwards the Waters divide themfelves to all 
 parts of the City. 
 
 As you return back to the Town again, 
 through the Hue £ Enfer, you firft come to The 
 Houfe of the Fathers of the Oratory, which they 
 callrfc Irtflhwion, and ferves them as a Noviti- 
 ate. The Church is well built, but there is no- 
 thing here of Angular Note. From hence you 
 goto 
 
 The 
 
68 A New Defcriptlon 
 
 The Convent of the Carthufians. 
 
 THis Monaftery was built by the King St. 
 LevoU, who gave to the Religious of St. 
 Bruno's Order , the old Houfe or Chateau of 
 fauvcrt) whereat that time, as Hiftorians fay, 
 Devils did inhabit , and caufed there fo many 
 d iforders, that by Arreft of Parliament the Town 
 Gate which led into that Street was wall'd up. 
 The Street which lies before the Houfe does ftill 
 retain the old name, and it is for this reafon that 
 it was firftj called the Jfye X Enfer ( or Hell 
 Street. ) But fince thefe good Fathers became 
 poffeft of the place, they quickly expell'd the 
 evil Spirits ; and St. Lewis having a great efteem 
 of theAuftereand Holy Life that they led, made 
 themaVifit vcth his whole Court, and confer'd 
 .upon them fufficient Lands and Demefnes for 
 their Subfiftence. Many perfons did contribute 
 to the building of their Houfe, which takes up 
 more Ground than any other Religious Houfe 
 does at prefent in all the Town and Suburbs of 
 Paw. Befides that the Cells are large, and that 
 they have each a feparate Garden 5 they have 
 alfo a great Clofe containing many Arpens of 
 Land, which encompaffes the whole Houfe. The 
 Church hath nothing in it extraordinary, except 
 the Seats of the Religious, which were made 
 about two Years ago, and are the fineft wrought 
 that were ever yet Teen. The Wainfcot is per- 
 feftly handfome, and adorn'd with Sculpture 
 that makes a delicate appearance : Thefe are 
 
 com- 
 
of PAR I S. 69 
 
 competed of fmall Corinthian Pilafters which 
 fupport the Cornifh ; one of the Fathers of the 
 Houfe defigned them and managed the Work. 
 They now begin to place fcme Piftures between 
 the Croiftes. The firft which hath been placed 
 here is done by M. Audran, the fecond by Monli- 
 eur Coipel, and in time the whole Quire may be 
 furnifht in this manner, which will confiderably 
 beautifie the Church. 
 
 The little Cloifter which lies on one fide of this 
 Church, is the only thing that is rare and Angu- 
 lar belonging to thefe Fathers. It is adonui 
 withaDorick Architecture of Pilafter fafhion. 
 Between the Arches are feveral Piftures repre- 
 fentingthe Life of St. Bruno their Founder, and 
 in certain Cartouches adjoyning to each Pifture, 
 the Life of that Saint in Latin Verfes. The 
 Tiftures which hang at the Corners of the Cloi- 
 fter, reprefent the views of feveral remarkable 
 places, among others of the City of Upme, of 
 the Grand Chartreuse near Grenoble, of Varu on 
 the Louvre fide as it fbew'd before the old Tow- 
 er was taken down, and the Poruneuve, which 
 flood not far from the Pont+rouge 5 the reft are 
 only fancies of the Painter. All the Painting of 
 this Cloifter was done by Le Sueur, who never did 
 any thing finer than thefe Pieces here. Of late 
 days they have contrived Wooden Shuts in which 
 they flint them up, that they may not be inju- 
 red, as certain perfons who envy the Merit and 
 Reputation of that incomparable Man, have at- 
 tempted to do. They do not open thefe Piftures 
 but upon certain Days, or when Curious Peo- 
 ple defire to fee them. It is apparent that bet- 
 ter Paintings than thefe cannot be; yet had he 
 lived we mould have 'had from him things in* 
 
 finitely 
 
70 A New Definition 
 
 finitely more perfeft'; but his fate was likethatof 
 fyphael, who dyed in an Age when his admirable 
 Genius began to make him known. That which 
 remains to be feen in this Houfe is the Refe&ory, 
 which is very lightfom. Here the Religious never 
 Eat but upon Feftivals, Sundays and Thurf- 
 day$5 upon other days they take their repafts 
 in their feveral Cells, which are difpofed in a 
 fquare place round about their Church- Yard or 
 Cemetery. Thefe Cells are compofed of Four 
 or Five fmall Rooms all on a Hoor, Boarded 
 throughout, and very fimply furnifht. Some of 
 thefe Fathers have by them very curious Libra- 
 ries, the Father Vicar hath one which is much 
 efteemed. Some of them employ themfelves in- 
 duftrioufly in divers Works , thereby to pais 
 more eafily their time of Solitude, which is very 
 rigorous in regard they are. never permitted -to 
 go out of the Houfe, nor to receive any Vifits 
 but at certain hours. And it is well and judici- 
 qufly obferved by oneofour Hiftorians, that the 
 -principalreafon why thefe Fathers have preferved 
 the purity of their firft Inftitute better than the 
 other Orders, is becaufe they have always Ihun'd 
 with extream care the great Commerce of the 
 VVorld,and the Vifits of Women : TwoDangerous 
 Rocks for the Monaftick Life. 
 
 Near the Carthufians ftands the little Convent 
 of the Feiiillans, in which is nothing extraordina- 
 ry. But not far from this Convent dwells 
 
 M. who hath a very neat Garden of the 
 
 delign of M. k ISfofire. 
 
 From hence you defcend to the Forte St. Mu 
 ehiel, which was taken down two Years fince, to 
 enlarge the Paffage, which before that was very 
 ftra it and inconvenient. In the fame place where 
 
of PARIS. 7 i. 
 
 fteGate flood, is built a Fountain under a great 
 Arch in manner of a Niche, with a fmall Porti- 
 co of the Dorick Order beneath 5 but the Or- 
 naments are not yet quite finifhed. Here you 
 come into the Rite de la Ifarpe, and fo you may 
 go on to the Colledge of 
 
 The SO R BONNE. 
 
 T His beautiful Houfe requires to be treated 
 of with a particular application, in regard 
 it is one of the principal Ornaments of Pari*, as 
 well for the great reputation of thofe Learn- 
 ed Men which come from hence, as for the beau- 
 ty of the Archite&ure in its buildings. Cardi- 
 nal^ Richelieu beautified it as we fee it at prefent. 
 Before , that it was but , an old Colledge confiflv 
 ing of very mean building, yet was it however 
 a place of mighty great Reputation. It was firft 
 Founded by Robert de S or bonne, Almoner to St. 
 LevoU) who furnifht him with means wherewith.to 
 perform the Work, as apears by the following 
 Infcription in the Church, graved on a Brafs plate. 
 
 LUDOVICUS HEX FRANCO RUM, 
 S U£ Q^U O FUN DATA F U I T 
 DOMUS SORBON£ CIKCA 
 ANNUM DOMINI. 
 
 M CCLII. 
 
 Lewis Kvig of Prance, by rvhofe Favour this 
 Houfe of the Sorbonne was Founded about the 
 Tear of our lord M CCLIt 
 
 The 
 
72 A New Defer iptiw 
 
 The Cardinal de Richelieu , who took all 
 cccafions to Immortalize his Name, caufed 
 this Colledge to be Rebuilt, and fpared no 
 Cofts to make it truly magnificent. For this 
 purpofe he employed the Sieur Merrier an 
 ^ble Architeft ; who after fome Years time 
 brought the work almoft to the point of per- 
 fection as we fee it ; however it was not quite 
 finifht by him, for he dyed before he could give 
 it his laft Hand. That which we are firlt to 
 obferve is the fquare place before the Church 
 Door, and hath a Paffage into the Rue de Ix 
 Uarpe. This place is , in truth , not large , 
 by reafon of fome Houfes built before it, belong- 
 ing to the Colledge des Treforiers, however this 
 hinders not but that it is very handfom. On 
 both hands it is fronted with very fair Houfes. 
 On one hand is a great Body of Lodgings ftone 
 built of Two Stories high, in Boffage Ruftick; 
 and here is the Divinity School for thofe Scholars 
 who come from abroad to hear the Le&ures 
 which are made here by Six Doftors, Three in 
 the Morning and Three in the Afternoon, who 
 change from hour to hour. This School is great 
 and high, and it is fometimes made ufe of when 
 a Thetis is maintain'd by fome Perfbn of Qua- 
 lity. On the Right Hand in this Court is the 
 Chapel belonging to the Colledge of Clugnu 
 It takes up almoft one fide of this Court, and 
 makes no unhandfom Show, although it be of Go- 
 thick building ; but gives the Beholder occafion 
 to obferve with pleafure, the difference between 
 that grofs and Ruftick fort of building in the 
 Agespaft, and the regular and ftudied manner 
 now ufed in this. As you enter into this 
 open place or Court, and caft your Eyes upon 
 
 the 
 
of PARIS. 7* 
 
 the Portal of the Church, you cannot defir-e a 
 finer objett. The proportions are fo true, and 
 the points of the view fo well contrived, that 
 the diftant parts of this Edifice feem to ftand 
 over the Portal, and to be placed in the Hand- 
 ing where they are, to ferve for a greater Or- 
 nament to the Front. The Dome is none of the 
 hrgheft. It is accompanied like that of Vol de 
 Grace, with Four little ones, with Statues, with 
 bands of Lead gilt, and u ith a Balufrrade of Iron 
 about the little Lanthorn which is on the top of 
 all the work. All thefe different things do 
 agree fo well one with another, that one can* 
 not wifh to fee a more beautiful piece of Ar- 
 chitecture. The Portal of the Church confiils 
 of Two orders of Pillars, Corinthian, and Com- 
 pofite. The fecond Story are only Pilafters. Both 
 i above and below, between the Pillars, are 
 Niches, in which are placed Statues of very good 
 Workmanfhip ; as aifo are thofe on the outiide, 
 and thofe within, between the Corinthian Pila- 
 fters that fupport the Roof. The infide of the 
 Church is but fmall, and is not altogether fo 
 light as it might have been ; however, all 
 things there are well difpofed : The Pavement is 
 of Marble : The Dome is very well painted, * and 
 fo are the Four Fathers of the Church which 
 are between the Arcades that fuftain it ; thefe 
 are in Frefquo , and t>f colours very fhining. 
 The great Altar is not yet begun 5 but doubt- 
 lefs it will be magnificent, if they follow the de- 
 I figns which are fhewn: It is to be all of Mar- 
 ble , compqfed of Six great Pillars of Jafper, 
 with their Capitals and other Ornaments gilt. 
 The leiTer Altars, which are already finilned, 
 do promife, that if the great Altar be of the 
 * //• D fame 
 
$4 A New Defcription 
 
 ame guft, one cannot fee any thing more deli- 
 cate. The Altar of the Virgin was finifh'd not 
 long ago ; it is of white Marble, with Orna- 
 ments of Brafs gilt , which (hew admirably, 
 from hence we ought to go irito the inward 
 parts of the Houfe, in the mid ft of which is a 
 fquare Court encompaft about with Buildings, 
 -■^part of Which are higher ' than the reft, which 
 jgives an air of Grandeur and Majefty to the 
 Portico of the Church. As you fee it on this fide, 
 hardly can any thing appear better : At the^bot- 
 torn of this Court it appears raifed upon Fifteen 
 fteps, and confifts of ten grtfat Corinthian Pillars, 
 diftant from the building rjiore than Six Foot: 
 Thefe Pillars fupport a Fronton in which are the 
 Armes of Cardinal de Jqehelieu, with] two Statues 
 6n each fide. On theTreefeyou read this In- 
 fcription : 
 
 ARM AND US JOANNES CARD. 
 DUX DE RICHELIEU, SORBO- 
 N^E PRO VIS OR, &DIFICAVIT 
 DOMUM ET EX ALTAVIT TEM- 
 TLUM SANCTUM DOMINO. ! 
 M. DC. XLIL 
 
 Armand John, Cardinal and Duke of Richelieu,; 
 Curator of the S 'or 'bonne , built this Hwfa 
 and ereBed a Holy Temple to the Lord. 
 M. DC. XL II. 
 
 — < 
 
 Under this beautiful Portico you fee the Door 
 kto the Church, which is of the famedifpofitior 
 
 witl 
 
of PARIS. 75 
 
 with that of the Rotunda, \nRome\ The Archi- 
 teft has imitated it as near as he could. All the 
 ' Apartments about this Court are inhabited by 
 the Doftors of this Houfe, who have a particular 
 right to dwell here. Some of thefe Do&ors have 
 very pretty Libraries of their own, but thefe 
 are not fo eafie to be feenas the great Library 
 which is common to all the Houfe, where all the 
 Doftors ftudy. It is very long and very high, 
 and runs over the head of two great ground 
 Rooms, in which the Sorbonnifts maintain 
 their Thefes and Dictations. M. k Majle y 
 Prior des Roches , and Secretary to Cardinal 
 de Richelieu, gave the greateft part of the 
 Books you fee here, which are very good ones. 
 Monfieur the Cardinal gave his alfo, among 
 which are fome very rare Manufcripts, diftin- 
 guiTht from others by his Armes on the Covers ; 
 among the reft, thereisoneofrteZzwwin two 
 great Folio Volumes, written in Parchment, it is 
 '\ of an old Tranflation into French about the Reign 
 of Charles the Fifth, adorn'd with Mineatures 
 at the beginning of every Chapter, and with 
 Flourilhes in the Margin, which are curioufly 
 Painted with that delicate Gold colour, the 
 fecret of which has been loft for thefe two laft 
 i Ages, it having been formerly ufed as an'ordina* 
 ry Colour, and is of fuch an admirable brightnefs 
 ' that it never fullies. Befides this there are ma- 
 ^ ny other very rare Manufcripts in one of the 
 Preffesatthe end, on that fide next the Chim- 
 ney, moft of them bound in red Turkey Lea- 
 ther. In this Library are a greater number of 
 " Divinity Books than of any other fort. Befides 
 ^you may may fee here a great quantity of Bi- 
 bles of different forts, which have been Collect- 
 
 D 2 ed 
 
<j6 A New Defeription 
 
 ed together with great care. At each end there | 
 is a Chimney, over which are placed the Pi- 
 ctures, of Monfieur the Cardinal in his Ceremo- 
 nious habit, and of Monfieur k Mafle, both in 
 their full length ; over that next the door is a j 
 Buft. of the Cardinal, inBrafs, wrought by the; 
 Sieur Kariiiy which came from among the Good 
 of the Dutchefsof Aiguillon, who after her death 
 bequeath'd this, with other Goods, to this Houfe, 
 fhe having had the ufe of them during her Life, ( 
 .by the Will of the Cardinal de Hicbdku her Un- 
 cle. There is alfo another leifer Library in a \ 
 .private place of the Houfe, but it contains only 
 thofe Books of which there has happen'd to he 
 two of a fort in the great Library, or fuch asi 
 the other Library cannot hold, in regard the; 
 jiumber does increafe daily, becaufe moft Au-j 
 thors prefent their Works here. The King! 
 jhimfclf hath prefented to this place all the curr- 
 ,©us Prints which he has caufed to be graved,! 
 of which there are.four.or fi ve great Volumes % 
 Iolio, neatly bound, which are the Caroufel 3 ; 
 the Tapiftries, the curious Diffe&ions whict 
 have bc;en made at the Academy of Sciences.; 
 and feme others j in fuch fort as this Library! 
 ought to be efteem'd as one of the beft and mofj 
 numerous that .can be feen, tho' it be not ye; 
 quite perfefted. But it is with this as with otherj 
 which are in greater efteem, it being .almoft iml 
 ,poffible to render any one Library compleat, be 1 I 
 caufe of the difficulty of .recovering fome fcarcj i 
 Books, which oftentimes make the chief beaut 4 
 of a Library, and which cannot be met wit 
 without mighty pains. Befides fince Printing 
 .the number of Rooks is fo increaft, and ther! | 
 are fo many p^blilht iu all parts of the Work! 
 dthat all cannot be had, O v< 
 
of PARIS. 77 
 
 Over the Church r v >r, on that fide next the 
 Place is the following lnfcription : 
 
 DEO OPT. MAX. 
 ARMANDITS CAR. DI NA LIS D E 
 RICHELIEU. 
 
 To Almighty God, 
 Armand Cardinatvf Richelieu. 
 
 After you have feen the moft Remarkable 
 things in the S 'or bonne , you pafs forward in the 
 K$e de U Harpe ; turning back again through the? 
 open place before the Church, you come next to 
 
 The CoIJedge d' Barcour, pee of the beft of 
 the Univerfity, in which they keep Exercife for 
 the lower School.% which are full of Penfioners, 
 and fuch as come from abroad. The Gate is fair 
 and of a very regular defign, it is Vault fafhioni 
 adorn'd with Boffages, with a great Cornifh, 
 and an Attique over that. If they had contrived 
 a Court before it, it would have appeared with 
 more advantage. 
 
 As you defcend lower you paft by the Cof- 
 ledges 0/ $uftice y of Ba'ieux, oiNarbonn'e, and that 
 of Sce%> in which the Schools have been laid 
 tj down for feme yeaFS paft. 
 
 Lower is the" Church of St. Cofmm y in whfch 
 there is nothing remarkable imleS it be the 
 Epitaph of Monlteur Dupuy, fo well known to all 
 Men of Learning. The Houfe of St. Cofmus 
 ftands near this* Church, in' which Houfe the 
 Ghirurgions do ordinarily meet to make their 
 D % D& 
 
 it 
 
 Id 
 
78 A New Defcription 
 
 DiiTe&ions in relation to the Anatomy of humane 
 Bodies, upon which fomedmes they make Learn- 
 ed Leftures. 
 
 Over againftthe Ityede Sorbonne, in the %ue 
 de Matkurins> ftandsthe Hltel de Chwi, belong- 
 ing to the Abbot of that name. This Hotel was 
 formerly calfd the rdUU desTermes, becaufeof 
 fame old Ruines here remaining of the Thermx or 
 Baths, as fome thought, of the Emperor Julian 
 the Apoftate. And you ought not to negleft 
 going for this purpofe to a Neighbouring Houfe 
 in the I\je de li Harpe % at the fign of theJron- 
 Crofs, where the Meffenger of Charires lodges ; 
 von will fcj there feveral old Arches, which ar- 
 gue great Antiquity, and within them a kind 
 orHallwhofe Roof -is very high, and contrived 
 without Cordons-, this is very likely to have 
 been ufed for foirse profane Temple. The three 
 Niches in the South Wall ferve to fupport this 
 Conje&ure, in regard they might have been fo 
 contrived for Statues, but we cannot determin 
 anything, and the filence of Hifiorians in this 
 matter leaves People at Liberty to make what 
 Conjectures they pleafe. The other parts are 
 very well built, and affure us it was hereto* 
 fore fome great Houfe. The Roof is fo ftrong 
 that they have laid upon it fo much Earth as toi 
 make a little Garden, in which are Flowers and 
 fmall Trees growing ; and thofe who dwell in 
 the Hbtd de Chini, come and walk here as on 
 Tarrafs made on purpofe. 
 
 This is all that is to be feen in this Streets 
 •Further on, and at the end of the %de de U vielki 
 ^7cr/V,which determines at the little open place: 
 before the Pont St. Michaei riear to a Houfe 
 which almoft makes the very Corner of the 
 
 Street,] 
 
of PARIS. 79 
 
 Street, you may obfervc a great ftone, which 
 ferves for a Boundary, upon which is cut after 
 an ugly fafhion the Figure of a Man ; but as ill 
 as it is one may eatily diftinguifh the Head. 
 Hiftorians tell us, That this is the reprefenta- 
 tion of one call'd $obn k Clerc, a Lockfmith by 
 trade, and Porter of the Gate de Bufi- y who 
 in the time of thofe Troubles which happened in 
 the Reign of Chirks the Sixth, after the P^zri- 
 Jians hadexpel'd the Burgundmns out of this City, 
 where they had committed a thoufand Difor- 
 ders, had the Treachery to open to them that 
 Gate in the night time, which put the Burgejfes 
 into an Alarm. After all thefe troubles were 
 over, the Pirifwis intending a revenge upon 
 the Author of them, and not able to apprehend 
 his perron, he being fled, they caufed his Effigies 
 to be made in ftone, and by Sentence of the 
 Provoft of PdrF, t all the Inhabitants were order- 
 ed to caft fomething in his Pace, in deteftation of 
 his Treafpn, and this was accordingly executed. 
 Since that time this Statue has been removed to 
 this place to keep oiF the Wheels of Coaches 
 and Carts, from injuring the Houfe where it 
 ftands. Turning oil the left Hand you enter 
 into 
 
 The Street of St. Andrew des Arcs. The Parifli 
 Church which gives name to this Street is confi- 
 dcrable for feveral things, which the Curious 
 will meet with in it. It was formerly but a fmall 
 Chapel, and flood in the middle of a Field, 
 planted with Vines or Fruit-Trees, belonging 
 to the Monks of St. Germain des Fre\. But ail 
 thefe things have been alter'd a long time. Some 
 think that this Church is called St. Andrew des 
 Arcs, by reafon of Tome old Arches that were 
 D 4 here- 
 
So A New Defcriprion 
 
 hereabouts. The building it felf hath nothing 
 lingular, but you ought not to negleft to go 
 into this Church to fee the Tombs of feveral ta- 
 flfoas perfons; fuch were Mefieurs de Thou, 
 whofe Monuments are in the Chapel of St.Chrij}G~ 
 pker, which they built from the Ground. The 
 name of thefe great Men hath attaint! fo great 
 veneration among the Learned, that moft of 
 them make no difficulty to fay, That France ne- 
 ver produced more Muftrious Perfons. And the 
 Hiftory which was writ by one of them, is 
 look'd upon as the very Model and beft thing 
 of the kind in thefe la ft Ages. It is writ in 
 Latin, which has occafion'd Strangers not only 
 to read it, but to have fo great an efteem for it, 
 that they apply themfelves to this Hiftorian more 
 than any. In this Chapel you may fee a Buft of 
 Monfieur de Thou in Marble, with his Epitaph, 
 which recites at large the great Imployments 
 whichheenjpy'd. 
 
 D. O. M- 
 
 Chrijlophoro Thuano Auguf F. $ac. Equiti, qui 
 cmnib. Toga munerib. fumma cum erudition^ 
 integritatUy prudentia lauds perfunftus, amplify 
 fimofque honores fub Franc. I. Hcnrlc. 11 J^-j 
 gib. confecutus, Senaim Par if. Prafes deinde 
 ^Frinceps facti Confiftorii Confiliarw, mox Henr. 
 tunc Aurcl. ac dermim Franc. Andeg. D. Can* 
 cellurw ? Tandem cum de Judiciario ordine 
 emendando queftura Regno fraudib. ac rapinit 
 vindicandoy Scholar, difciplina reftituenda 
 cvgitaret, nulla inclinaxx atatu incommoda an* 
 tea expertut, eximprovifafebri decefit. 
 
 UXOR 
 
of P A R I S, 
 
 a x O R LI BERIQU E MOER. P. 
 VIXIT ANN. LXXIV. D. £ 
 OBITT ANNO SALUTIS 1582 CALENDw 
 NOVEMB, 
 
 Sacred* to Almighty God. 
 
 To the Memory of Chrlftopher de Thou, 
 
 the Brother of fames, who having pa fed through 
 all the Offices of the Long-^pbe; with the com^ 
 mentation oj 'his Learning, Honefty and Prudence y 
 and having arrived to very great Honours under 
 Francis the Firft, and Henry the Second Xjngs 
 of France : Being Prefident of the Parliament 
 at Parte 5 after that chief Counfellor of rheHcty 
 
 - Confiftory,' andthen Chancellor to Henry Duke of 
 Orleans, and zt hft to -Francis Duke of Anj©& 
 At length when he defigned to corretJ the Courts* 
 of faftice, to deliver the Revenue of the king- 
 dom from Cheats and Defalcations^ , and to re* 
 ft ore the Discipline of the Vniverfities, having per^ 
 cfi&SQ himfelf none of the tnronveniencies of 
 old Age, he died Suddenly of a J ever ^ 
 
 Hit Wife and Children y with much Sorrow , ettj&r 
 ed this. 
 
 If e lived y 4.. Tears and 5 . Days. 
 He died in the Tear of Salvation 1*582. on the 
 Calends of November. 
 
 You mr v alio 'read in the &mfe Chapdb the 
 Epitaph 0? his Ildeft Son, .and of ffevenl^ther 
 D 5 per- 
 
%% A New Defcriptkn 
 
 perfons of this Family who are here interred. 
 
 In St. Anthonys Chapel, near this, are the 
 Tombs of feverai Anceftors of the Chancellor |, 
 Seguier y to whom France owes a great part of | 
 her Renown in Learning. Thefe Uluftrious Fa- 
 thers of a Son no way degenerating, were of 9 
 the fame name with him, Peter Seguier, and did | 
 execute in their times the principal Charges in I 
 Parliament, as may be feen by the Infcriptions in 
 this Chapel. 
 
 On the fame Church you may read the Epi- 
 taph of the Princefs of Conti, whodeceafed in \ 
 the Year 1668. and whofe Piety is ftill Reve- \ 
 rend in the Eyes of the whole World. This is I 
 in the Quire on one fide of the high Altar. Up- I 
 on the Monument is placed a handlbm Figure I 
 of White Marble reprefenting Hope Affli&ed : 1 
 it was wrought by M. Girardon. Below the Fi- 
 gure is this Infcription : 
 
 A LA QlOIRE DE DIEU, 
 
 ET A LA MEMOIRE ETERNELLE 
 
 ANNE-MARIE MARTINOIZY, 
 
 PRINCESSE DE CONTY. 
 
 Qui detrompee du monde des VUgt de xix, ans 9 ! 
 vendit fes pierr cries pour nourrir pendant la famine i 
 de i662. lespauvresde Berry, de Campagne, & 
 de Picardie, pratiqua tomes ies aufterite^ que fa 
 [ante put fouffrir , demeura veuve a Tage de 
 xxi x. am, confacra le refte de fa vie a ety 
 vet en Princes Chretiens les Princes fes En- 
 fans , £5? a maintenir les Loix temporelles 
 ec:Ufixftiqiies dans fes Terres , fe . reduifit & \ 
 
 wis. 
 
o/\PARIS. 3 3 
 
 me defence tns-modejle, reflitua tons lesbiens 
 dont Vaoauifition lui fut fufyette jufaii <J U 
 fomme dt p. CCC, mille livres, diftribm 
 tome fori epargne aux Pauvres y dans fes Ter- 
 restf dar.s toutes les parties dn Monde, pa fa 
 foudainement i I s cternite apres XVL ans de 
 per [ever ance y le iv. Fevrkr M. DC. L X X 1 1, 
 Sgie de xxxvi. ans. 
 
 Priez Dieu pour elle. 
 
 LOUIS ARM AND DE BOURBON, 
 PRINCE DE CONTI, ET FANCOIS- 
 LOUIS DE BOURBON, PRINCE DE 
 LA ROCHE-SUR-YON, fes Enfans one 
 pose ce Monument. 
 
 To the Glory of God, 
 And the Eternal Memory of 
 ANNA-MARIA MARTINOZZY, 
 Princefsof CONTT; 
 
 fVbo being undeceived and weaned from the World it 
 the Age of Nineteen Tears, fold her jewels in 
 the Famine 1662. for the relief of the Poor 
 in JBerry, Champagne and PIcardy, praftifed 
 all the Auflerhies rvhkh a Rgligiom and Holy Life 
 can endure ; became a Widoxo at the Age of 29. 
 Tears , and confecrated there]} of her life, to the 
 Education of far Sons like true Chriftian Prin- 
 ces-, and to the maintaining the Laros Temporal 
 
 • and Ecckfiafiid in her Lands , reduced her [elf to 
 &m:an expence> xejlored all the Goods fhe had, 
 
 rohUh 
 
#4 A New Dejcrrption 
 
 which were any ways fufpetledby her to be unjuftfy 
 gotten jo the Summ of Eight hundred thousand Li- 
 vres, diflributed all' the- Overplus of her Revenue to 
 the Poor in her Lands, and indeed in all parts of the 
 World, and after Sixteen Tears of per [ever ance r 
 pajlfuddainlyto Eternity on the Fourth of Febru- 
 ary, M.DCLXXII. 4gcd Thirty fix Years. 
 
 Pray to God for her. 
 
 Lewis A*maud de Bourbon, Trince of Conti , 
 and Francois-Louis de Eourbon, Trince de la 
 Roche-Sur-Yon, her Sons raifed this Monument. 
 
 In all this Quarter there is nothing confidera- 
 ble but only the Hotel de Thou, where formerly 
 lived the Famous perfons of that Name, who- 
 alfo built k. The Famous Library, of which we 
 formerly made mention, and which Monfieur de- 
 Menars purchafed fome Years age, did for a long 
 time remain in this Houfe. 
 
 The hotel de Megrigni is not far off; this is 
 alfo in. the $ge des^Toitevins. This laft is. built 
 with much regularity #nd though theApartments 
 are not very fpacious, yet are they convenient. 
 
 In the fye Hame-T entile, at the further end 
 , next the Cordeliers, ftands the Colledge of the 
 Tremonfirantes. In this Colledge the Religious of 
 that Order ftudy in the way, to attain their 
 degrees in the Univerfity. The Church hath 
 been confiderably repaired of late Years by the 
 care of Monfieur Colbert, Abbot, and General of 
 this Order, who hath caufed it to be adttnd; 
 vitbin-, throughout, with a hatidfom Wainfcot. 
 
of PARIS. 
 
 . 1 — _ 
 
 -3 I ' 3 ::• c 'icq < r$i n •• ; ' - 
 The Convent of Gordeliers^ 
 
 THi» Monaftery was built about the Yeas 
 1217. in the Pontificate of Pope Honoriu*- 
 the III. while St. Francti was yet living at Afifium 
 in Italy. Some of the Religious Men of tte 
 new Order, which that great Saint did inftitute, 
 came into France ; the firft who arrived at Pdr# 
 were Lodged in the Houfes-of certain Burgejfes} 
 but afterwards at the Solicitation of the fore- 
 mentioned Po»pe, who writ to William thenBi- 
 ftop of tftfo City in theis behalf, they were taken* 
 notice of; and' in the Yearj^o. Eudo, Abbot 
 of St Germain des> rre%, gave them the place 
 where they now inhabit at this day. The' Kings 
 of Fr^re did after this become great Benefaftor^ 
 to them, St « LewU gave more than all ; he cau- 
 fed their Church to be built, not as we fee it at 
 prefent, but as it was before the Fire which hap- 
 pened here in the Year 1580. and reduced all 
 into Aflies, and part alPo* of the Convent, ruin- 
 ing many Marble Tombs of feveral Princes and 
 Princeffesofthe Blood-Royal which then flood 
 in the Qu're, but can hardly now be remem- 
 bered. However- according to the report of 
 Giles Coro\zt, thefe were the Principal • namely, 
 that of Mary Queen of France, Wife of Philip 
 the hardv, Son of St. Levok\ of Jane Queen of 
 Franctand Navarre, Wife of Philip the Fair, and 
 Found refs of the Colled ge of Navarre-, as we 
 have already fa id; the Heart of Philip the 
 Long, and others- whom it would be to no pur- 
 pofe to- mention. The£ody of the Cordeliers is 
 
 one 
 
$6 A Nep pefcriftion 
 
 one of the moft numerous of all Paru. There are 
 always here refident a great mttnberof Students, 
 who come hither from clivers parts of the King- 
 dom in order to take their Degrees, of Doctor 
 in Divinity, which makes them confiderabie 
 among themfelves. We have feea very great 
 Men come from this Houfe $ among others Ku 
 Mm de lira, efteemed the moft knowing of his 
 Age in the Tongues, but more efpecially in 
 Divinity; and $ahn Scot\ furnatped JDottor 
 Sukilu, who through his profound Science hath 
 raifed a Singular Tenent taught and read in 
 their Schools, which notwithftanding is founded 
 on the Principles of Ariftotk. The only Curiofity 
 to be obferved in the Convent of thefe Fathers, 
 is their new Cloifter which contains near a 
 hundred Chambers all very neat and very light- 
 fome, it is Square, and in the middle is a fmall 
 Garden adorn'd with a Parterre and a Foun- 
 tain. The Four Coridors or Walks, which com- 
 pofe this Cloifter, are vaulted and adorn'd with 
 the Armes of thofe pious Perfons,. who did con- 
 tribute to the Charges of the Building, which 
 were not fmall. The Refeftory, the Chapter- 
 Houfe and the Library are worth feeing 3 as for 
 the Church it hath nothing Curious. There 
 are in it two famous Brotherhoods, one of the 
 Pilgrims of tferufalem, and the other of the third 
 Order of St. Francis, who have here their feveral 
 Chapels. As you go forth you ought to ob- 
 ferve the Statue or St. lewis , over the Door, 
 which Antiquaries think to be one of the likeft 
 to that great King that we have. 
 
 This Quarter hath been of late time much 
 improved and beautified: they have made two 
 new Streets that go into the Etfy ofthcBotel 
 
of PARIS. 87 
 
 de Conde. In that next the Convent of the O- 
 deliers is contrived a little place ( or open 
 Court ) before the Church door, which is not 
 inconvenient : this Street is called Hue de VQb~ 
 fervance, and the other Hue de Touram, becaufe 
 of the adjoyning Hotel de Tours. 
 
 Near this place did formerly ftand the Porte 
 Saint Germain, which fome years ago was pulled 
 down. In the place of which is erefted a Foun- 
 tain, -with (this Infcription : 
 
 HRNAM NYMPHA GERENS DO- 
 MINAM TEN DEB AT IN URBEM, 
 
 HIC STETIT, ETLARGASL^TA 
 
 PROFUDiT AQUAS. 1675. 
 
 ■ jo! m : " !: ' 0 pi f»m :::>v t& /. \. z 
 1 — — — 1 — ' — ■ 
 
 The Nymph root ha fining with her Urn to Town : 
 tiereyie flood flill, and joyful pwr'd it down. 167$, 
 
 THE FAUX-BOURG 
 SAINT GERMAIN. 
 
 Since the taking down of the four Gates which 
 divided this Fdux-bourg from the reft of la- 
 fit> it bath been call'd 
 
 The Quarter of St. Germain*? y 
 
 And doubtlels this is the faireft and largeft 
 of all the other Quarters, on the account of 
 
 its 
 
83 ANcxo Defcription 
 
 its extent , the number of its fair .Houfes^. 
 and the quantity of its Inhabitants : on the-fe 
 accounts this one Faux-bourg may be compa- 
 red with fome great* Towns in Europe, which 
 aire much talk'd of, according to the Opinion 
 of Strangers themfelves ; to whom the dwellings 
 here appear fo pleafin^, that they prefer this 
 part of the Town to ail the reft of Paru : and 
 they have reafon for fo doing, fince all things a- 
 bound here, and the Air is very pure, the 
 Houfes being divided from one another by fe<- 
 veral Gardens. Betides other advantages, alt 
 forts of Exercifes are taught here ; and perhaps 
 there is not in the whole World any one Town in 
 which one may reckon no lefs than Six Acade- 
 mies, as you may in this Quarter ; filled, for the 
 moll part, with all the illuftrious Youth of 
 France and Germany -, who come hither to learn, 
 ail things that on make a Gentleman acconv 
 plifhed and capable of gaining Reputation in 
 the World. Sometimes in one Winter there 
 has been reckoned here Twelve Foreign Princes,*, 
 and more than Three hundred Earls and Ba- 
 rons, not counting a much greater number of 
 ordinary Gentlemen, whom the reputation of 
 France- draws hither with a mighty defire to 
 learn our Language, and thofe Exercifes which 
 are no where taught in their parts with equal 
 perfection. The fchc Academies bearing the 
 names of the Six principal Riding-Ma fters who 
 Teach atthen% are, 
 
 "Monfieur Coulcn, near Saint Sulpice: 
 
 M Bernard?, near the Hotel deCond\ 
 
 M.de Lofr^prell^ at thcend of the %i St. M4r<~ 
 
 gumtz.- 
 
 MLrfer 
 
of PAR IS. $9 
 
 M- de fiocfort, in the Rue de f Vniverfity. 
 
 M- ^ Fande'iiU, in the <te Seine. 
 
 jyj. Q n the Fofe% de Monfieur le Prince. 
 
 This Quarter takes its Name from the Abby 
 Royal of ^t.Ger/naindes Pre$ in the midft of it, 
 which is one of the Ancienteft and Richeft of the 
 Kingdom. Of which we muft fpeak in a parti- 
 cular manner. 
 
 The A>by of St. Germain des Prez. 
 
 King Ckildderty Son of the Great ClouU was 
 the Pounder. Monfieur de Me^eray re- 
 ports the particulars of the Foundation, and tells 
 us,Thatthat King being in Spain in the year 543. 
 in a War againft the Vifigoxhs, he laid Siege to 
 the Town of Sarragojfa in which they were refu- 
 ged: the Inhabitants finding themfelves fevere- 
 ty preftby the French, and thinking in imitation 
 of the ancient Romans, to move their Enemies by 
 fome furprizing Aftion, they concluded to make 
 a Proceifion about their Walls, in which they 
 carried the Coat and other Reliques of St. Vin- 
 cent. At this fight Cbtldebert was fo effe&ive- 
 Iy concern'd, that he yeilded To far, that he was 
 contented to depart with certain Prefents which 
 the Bifhop made him, among other things that 
 Coat, and thofe Reliques of St.Fincent, which 
 he brought with him to- P<*r#, and to the honour 
 of them built the Church, of which we are now 
 about to fpeak 
 
 This Abby hath had 1 feveral Names; it wa* 
 fometime called St. Croix % becaufe of a piece of 
 
 that 
 
pO <A New Defcription 
 
 that Holy Wood placed here among the other 
 Reliques which he brought with him : at prefent 
 it bears the name of St. Germain, who was Abbot 
 here, and Bifhopof Parti, and is here interr'd. 
 On hisFeftival day, which is the 2 8th of May, 
 they expofe to publick view his Shrine, which is 
 of Silver gilt, adorn'd with a great quantity of 
 Precious Stones: It is of a Gothick kind of 
 Work, but as curious and handfome as one can 
 fee. All that remains of Childeberis Building is 
 the principal Gate at the end of the. Church, 
 and the great Steeple over it, which appear ve- 
 ry ajicient. The Statues of the Kings and Queens 
 •which are on the fides of this Gate, are of Rich 
 3 defign as difcovers that in that Age the Guft 
 of good Sculpture was not known > for we can 
 hardly diftinguifh whether the Statues re. 
 prefent Men or Women. The Tomb of the 
 aforementioned King is in the middle of the 
 Quire, raifed about two foot and an half, with 
 fome Infcriptions added to it when they removed 
 it hither from St. Germain's Chapel, where it for- 
 merly was behind the Quire. This translation 
 hapned about thirty or forty years ago, when the 
 Church was Repair'd and Beautified as it now 
 is. At the fame time they made over it a Vault 
 of Stone inftead of one of Wainfcot as was be^ 
 fore, and adorned the Pillars that fupported it 
 with Corinthian Capitais.This Church is not lookt 
 upon at prefent, as any Curiofity, yet is the 
 Difpofition of its parts well enough. The Great 
 Altar is in the middle of the Croifee, ; and fo con- 
 trived, that one may go round it : In the fore- 
 part of this Altar is a Table of Silver gilt, 
 ^hich is 3 great Ornament, and is Ihewed oply 
 on Feftiyal Days. It is adorn d with the Figures 
 
 of 
 
of PARIS. £1 
 
 of the Apoftles, and a Crucifix In the middle, 
 of an ancient fort of Work, not unhandfom. This 
 was the Gift of William, Abbot of this Houfe, 
 whofe Body was found intire not long ago, tho > 
 he had been buried feveral Ages. The Quire 
 where the Religious firig is behind, in which 
 their Stalls or Seats are of a very handfom 
 VVorkmanfhip. At the Feet ofChildehert's Tomb 
 you may read the following Epitaph of Monfieur 
 the Duke of Fernniil, natural Son of Henry the 
 Fourth , who before he marryed with the 
 Dutchefs of Sally, was Bifhop of Mm and 
 Abbot of St Germains. The Epitaph was made 
 by the Learned Dora. $e an Mabillon, 
 
 SERENISSIMOPRINCIPI 
 HENRICO BORBONIO, 
 DUCI VERNOLIENST, 
 Cuius C OR HOG LOCO POSITUM EST, 
 OPTIMO (QUONDAM P AT RONO SUO 
 B RNEDKTINA RELIGIO, 
 QUAM VIVFNS SF.MPJER INCQRDE HABUIT, 
 CUI MORIENS COR SUUM COMMENDAViT. 
 HUNCTITULUMP, 
 A N NO CI 3. I a 3. LXXX II. . 
 
 To the lUuftrioM Prince 
 Henry of Bourbon, Duke of Verneuil, 
 Whofe Heart U here placed, 
 To their excellent Patron, 
 The ReUgiom of St. Benedift, 
 Whom living he had always in hit heart, 
 To whom dying he bequeathe hit hearty 
 
 placed thU Epitaph, 
 In the Year, Cl3- 133. LXXXIL 
 
 Some 
 
p2 A Nero Defcriptiort 
 
 Some time fince, here hath alfo been interred 
 near this Monument , Monfieur the Comte de 
 Fexin, naturalized Sm of France, over whole Co- 
 dy is this other Infcription, 
 
 D. O. M. 
 
 EXPECTAT RESURRECTIONEM, 
 QUAM FIKMA SUPRA AETA^TEM FIDE- 
 SPERAVIT, 
 
 SERENISSIMUS PRINCEPS 
 LUDOVICUS C/ESAR 
 BORBONIUS, 
 COMES VELIOCASSIUM, 
 LUDOVICI MAGNI FILIUS. 
 
 QUI CONSUMMATUS IN BREVI 
 EXPtEVIT TEMPORA MULTA. 
 VjXIT 
 
 ANN OS X* MENSES VI, DIES XXII. 
 OBIIT 
 
 DIEX. Januarii anniM.dclxxxiii. 
 
 RAPTtfS EST 
 NE MALITIA MUTARET INTELLECT UM 
 
 Ejus y 
 
 CJT VERO AMANTISSIMI FILII PERENNET 
 MENiORIA, 
 
 LUDOVICUS MAGNUS 
 
 ANNIVERSARIUM SOLEMNE 
 CUM PRIVATIS MISSIS DECEM 
 INSTITUIT. 
 
 Sacred 
 
o/PARIS 
 
 93 
 
 Sacred to Almighty God. 
 
 Here lies expe&ing the J{efurre£tion t 
 Which he hoped for with a Faith beyond his Age, 
 The lUuftriom Prince 
 Lewis Caefar of Bourbon, 
 Count X>f Vexin, Son of Lewis the Great, 
 Who being quickly accomplijhed, finijh'd a great Age 
 in a very jbort time. He lived X. years, 
 
 VL months, and XXII days. 
 He dyed the Tenth of January, in the Tear 
 M. DC. LXXXJ1L 
 He wx taken away that he might not he injur d by 
 the iniquity of the times; but that his 
 memory might be immortal. 
 Lewis the Great 
 Appointed a folemn Anniversary for him, with ten 
 private Ma§es. 
 
 On each fide of the great Altar are three 
 Tombs, which belong to certain Kings of the 
 firft Race, namely that of Chilperic, with this 
 Jnfcription on the edges in ancient Letters : 
 
 REX CHILPER1CL1S HOC TEGI- 
 TUR LAPIDL 
 
 Vnder tl>is Stone K^ing Chilperic lies intend. 
 
 That 
 
-A N erv Defiription 
 
 That of Queen Fredegonde y which is eompofed 
 of a kind of Mofaick, of pieces laid in with Veins 
 of Brafs couched in the Stone. This Queen is re- 
 prefented holding in her hand a Scepter with a 
 double Flower de Lis at the end of it, which 
 makes one believe that in thofe ancient times 
 the Flowers de Lis were in ufe; the Crown on her 
 Head may further authorife this Opinion. She 
 deceafed at TarU in the year 601. Clotaire fe- 
 cond Son of Childeric the Second, and of his Wife 
 Fredtgonde, with his Wife Bertrude are alfo here 
 interr'd : fo likewife are Childeric the Second, 
 and his Wife. This King was Son of CJouis the 
 Second , who was murder Vi in hunting in the 
 Woods of Bondu, by a Gentleman of liege called 
 tiodile, whom he had caus'd difhonourably to be 
 whipt, not refpefting his quality. 
 
 Before the Normans and Danes ruin'd this 
 Church, here were many other Monuments of 
 famous perfons whofe memory now is loft. The 
 Kings of the Firft Race did affeft to be buryed 
 here, in like manner as thofe of the fecondand 
 third Races made choice of St. DenU for the 
 fame purpofe. They have lately built here two 
 very handfom Chapels of the fame Symmetry, in 
 the t wo Wings of the Church : they are adorn'd 
 with "Compoiite Pillars of Marble veind, with 
 Pedeftals of the fame, fo-alfo the Frife. That 
 on the right hand is dedicated to St. Margaret, 
 whofe Girdle thefe Fathers keep here 5 and 
 Women with Child, who have a very great de- 
 votion to this Chapel, are ufually girded with 
 it. The Tomb belonging to fome of the fami- 
 ly of Caftehn is over againft this Chapel, and 
 Is of the defign of 1M. Girardon. 
 The other Chapel is dedicated to St. Cafimir, 
 
 King 
 
of PARIS. 95 
 
 King of Poland , Patron of King Cafunir, who 
 dyed here in France, Abbot of this Abby, and 
 w'hofe heart is under the Monument, which 
 Hands on one fide of this Chapel. This King is 
 reprefented kneeling, in white Marble, apparel- 
 led in his Royal Robes, and offering his Crown 
 and Scepter to God, on a Tomb of black Marble, 
 fupported with a great Pedeftal • in the fore 
 part of which is placed a Bat-relief in Brafs, 
 prefenting a viftory by him gain'd over the 
 Turks. This Monument is one of the fineft 
 that can be feen, and one can hardly meet with 
 the like. A Lay Brother of this Houfe named 
 Brother tfean Thibaut, who paffes for: one of the 
 moft able men that are in thefe Works, did ereft 
 it. On each fide are reprefented CaptiVe Turks 
 in Chains, fitting on heaps of Arms, in manner 
 of Trophies. The Epitaph was written by Fa- 
 ther Delfau, one of the Monks of this Abby, and 
 is as follows: 
 
 ts£TERNts£ MEMORIoB 
 REGIS ORTHODOX!. 
 
 HEIC 
 
 POST EMENSOS VIRTU-ITS 
 AC GLORIAE GRADUS OMNES 
 qillESCIT NOBILI SKI PARTE 
 
 JOHANNES 
 C ASIMIRUS 
 POLONI7E 
 
 Ac SuEciiE Rex; 
 
 A J. TO 
 
A Nero Defcripxion 
 
 ALTO E JAGELLONIDUM SANGUINE* 
 FAW1LIA VASATENSI 
 
 POSTREMUS, 
 
 Q^JIA SUMMUS 
 
 LITTER IS, ARMIS, PIETATE. 
 
 JAU LT ARUM GENTIUM LINGUAS 
 ADDIDI.T, QJJO ILL As PROPENSIUS S1BI 
 DEVI N C IRE T» 
 SEPTEMDECIM PROELIIS COLLATIS 
 CUM HOSTE SIGNIS 
 TOT IDEM UNO MINUS VICIT> 
 
 SEMPER INVICTUS. 
 
 MOSCOV^TAS, SUECOS, BRANDEBURGENSE> 
 TARTAROS, GERMANOS 
 
 ARMlSj 
 
 COSACOS, ALIOSQJUE REBELLES 
 GRATIA, ACBENEF1CUS 
 
 EXPUGNAVIT, 
 
 VICTORIA REGEM EIS SE PRAEBENS 
 - CLEMENTIA PATREM. 
 DENIQJJE TOT IS VIGIN I I 
 IMPERII ANN I S , 
 FORTUNAM V1RTUTE VINCENS, 
 
 AULAMHABUIT IN CASTRIS, 
 PAL ATI A 
 IN TENTORIIS, 
 SPECX ACULA 
 IN TRIUMPHIS. 
 
 LI- 
 
of PAR IS. 97 
 
 LIB EROS EX LEGITIMO CONNUBIO 
 SUSCEPIT, QUEJS P O S T EA ORBATUS 
 EST, NE SI SE M AJOREM RELIQUIS- 
 SET , NON ESSET IPSE MAXIMUS, 
 SIN MINOREM, STIRPS DEGENERA- 
 RET, PAR EI AD FORTITUDINEM 
 RELIGIO FUIT, 
 NEC SEGNIUS CCELO MILITAVIT ? 
 
 QUAM SOLO. 
 
 HINC EXTRUCTA MONASTERIA ET 
 NOSOCOMIA VARSAVI./E, 
 
 CALV INIANORUM FAN A IN LITHUANIA 
 
 EXCISA, \ 
 SOCINIANI REGNO PULSI, NE 
 
 Casimirum Haberent regem/ 
 qui Christum Deum non 
 haberent. 
 
 SEN AT y*S A VARUS SECTIS AD 
 CATHOL1CAE F ID EI COMMUNIONEM 
 ADDUClUS, 
 UT ECCLESIAE LEGI8US 
 CONTINERENTUR, 
 QJUI JURA POPULIS DICERENT 
 UNDE ILLI PRAECLARUM 
 
 ORTHODOXI NOMEN. 
 ab Alexandro VII. 
 
 INDITVM. 
 
 HUM AN AE DENIQ_UE GLORIAS 
 FASTIGIUM PRAETERGRESSUS. 
 jCV'M NIHIL PRAECLARIUS AGERE 
 POSSET, 
 
 :u. E im- 
 
5$ A New Defer if tion 
 
 IMPERIUM SPONTE ABDI- 
 CAVIT ANNO M. DC 
 LXVIII. 
 
 1UM PORRO L A C R Y M AE » QV AS NUL1I 
 REG NAN'S EXCUSSERAT, 
 OMNIUM OCULIS MANARUNT, 
 ' QJJ I ABEUNTEM REG EM, NON SSCUS 
 ATQ.UEOBEUNTEM PAT REM, 
 
 LUXE&E. 
 
 VI T AE R E L I Qjl U M IN PIE TAT IS 
 
 OFFICIIS CUM EXKGISSET, 
 TANDRM All ptT A KAMENKCIl 1 
 EXPUGNATIONE, NE TANTJE CLA- 
 
 DI superJesset, 
 
 C ARITATE P ATRI IE 
 V U LNERATU^ OCCUBUIT 
 XVII. KAL. JAN. M. DC. LXXII.i 
 
 REGIUM COR ^ONACHIS Hums 
 COENOBII, CV1 /bBAS PRAEFUERAT, 
 
 AMORISPIGNUS R E L TQ^II I T : QJIOD} 
 ILLI ISTKOq TUMULO M OE- 
 RENTES C6NDIDERUNT. 
 
 To the Eternal Memory 
 of the Orthodox Xing* 
 
 Here 
 
 #fter having p aft through aU the degrees 
 ofvirmeaniofGhrh 
 
of PARIS. 99 
 
 Hefts in a noble part ofhimfelf. 
 
 John Cafimire 
 J^ing of Poland and Sweedland ; 
 Of the llluftrioui Blood of the lagellonides, 
 And of the Vafatenfian Family 
 The Ufti 
 Becaufe the greateft 
 In Learnings Arms and f iety. 
 He learnt the Languages of many Nations, 
 That he might the more readily oblige them, 
 Having fought Seventeen fet Battels , 
 He Conquer d in all but one, 
 Always invincible. 
 TfeMufcovites, Sweedes, Brandeburgers, 
 Tartars, Germains 
 He Conquer d by Arms ; 
 The Coffacks, and other Rebels 
 By Favour and Benefits : 
 By his Victory , fhevcing himfelf their f^ing. 
 And by his Clemency their Father, 
 He had his Court in his Camp, 
 Bis Palaces 
 In his Tents, 
 And his Shows 
 In his Triumphs. 
 He had Children in lawf ul Wedlock, 
 Of which he was afterwards deprived, 
 Left, if he flmild leave behind him a greater thm 
 Himself, 
 
 He himfelf Jhould not be the greateft ; 
 But if a left, his race ftoould degenerate, 
 h is Religion wm equal to his Falour, 
 Hor did he fight lei} for the next World 
 
 Than for this. 
 Hence were Monafteries and Hofpitah 
 Bwk M Warfaw. 
 
 E 2 The 
 
ioo A NewDefcrtpmn 
 
 The Temples of the Calvinifts 
 Deftroyed in Lithuania ; , 
 TheSociniansdrn/e;/ out of the Kingdom, 
 That none might have Cafimir 
 
 For their f\jng, 
 Who would not have Chrift 
 
 For their God. 
 The Senate from Various Setts 
 Was reduced to the Communion 
 Of the Catholick Faith, 
 That they might obey the Laws of the Church, 
 Who made Laws for the People. 
 Hence was the famous Title of 
 ORTHODOX, 
 Given him by Alexander the Seventh 
 
 Finally , having out-gone 
 The higheft pitch of Humane Glory \ 
 When he <ould do nothing more iUuflriovA, 
 He willingly laid down his Crown 
 In the Tear M. DC. LXV1U. 
 And then thofe Tears 
 Which his Reign had never extorted from any, 
 
 Flovod from the Eyes of all, 
 Who Bewailed the Departure of their Xjng, 
 As it were the Death of their Father. 
 Whenbehadfpemtherefidueofhis Life in the 
 Offices of Piety 
 At length hearing of the Caminiec, 
 That he might not out-live fo great a Calamity, 
 Being wounded with the Love of his Country • 
 He dyed 
 
 The XTJI of the Calends of January, 
 M.DC. LXX1I. 
 HU K^oyal Heart he left to the Monks of 
 ThU Monaftery, 
 Cf which he had been Abbot, 
 
of PARIS. \ci 
 
 As a Pledge of bit Love ; 
 Which they lamenting inchfed 
 In this Tomb. 
 
 In one of the Chapels behind the Quire, you 
 may further obferve two Tombs of Marble be- 
 longing to two of the Houfe of Duglw, one of 
 the principal Families in Scotland, 
 
 Having feen thefe things, there remains no* 
 thing more of Angular note in the Church. On 
 Feftival Days the divine Office is here Celebra* 
 ted with great Pomp and Majefty, and there 
 is fcarce any Company of Regulars who per* 
 form better. The • Order of St. Benet hath 
 been in the Poffeffton of this Houfe, ever iince 
 it was firft Founded by King ChiUebert. And the 
 Church, according to the opinion of fome Hi- 
 ftorians, ftands in the fame place where was 
 formerly a Temple dedicated to the Goddefe 
 Jfis t whofe Statue remain d here till the laft 
 Age; at which time an old Worn m being feen 
 faying her Prayers before it, it was by order of 
 theSuperiours removed out of the Church, and 
 broken to pieces. 
 
 - In the inward parts of this Convent the Re- 
 feftory is worth feeing, which is great, and one 
 of the faireft of the Kingdom. It hath lights 
 on both (ides : The Glafs of which is very hind* 
 fome, tho' old. At the end of this Room is a 
 Stair-cafe that leads up to the great Dortor : 
 which Stair-cafe is a hardy piece of Building, 
 And you muft not negle& to vifit the Chapel of 
 our Lady ; behind which is fomething of the 
 fame defiga with the Holy Chapel at the Balati* 
 E 3 Re- 
 
Iqi A New Definition 
 
 Report fays, That both were built by the fame- 
 Architeft, who lies buryed here. 
 
 But without tarrying long in viewing thefe 
 things, you ought to go to the Library, which 
 takes up all the upper Room of that Arm of the 
 Cloifter next the Church. It is, in truth, none of 
 the fulleftjbut in recompence of that,al! the Books 
 are the choiceft and of the beft Editions that can 
 he met with. Inthe laft Age, when there was 
 not fuch plenty of Libraries as at prefent, this 
 here, was efteemed the principal Library of 
 Pari*. And at this day, if it doth not continue 
 all out of the fame reputation for Printed 
 Books, yet for Manufcripts none will difputc 
 the precedency, of which we can no where meet 
 with fo great a Quantity nor fuch Choice ones, 
 unlefs it be in the King's Library. Thefe Ma* 
 nufcripts are kept at the further end, in a little 
 Chamber by themfelvesj which Room is full of 
 them from the top to the bottom. Here are 
 feme of all Subjefts, but chiefly of Religion; 
 by means of which great Lights, federal faults 
 of Printers and ill Copiers have been difcover- 
 ed and amended. In a little Prefs in the great 
 Library, they prefcrve feveral Volumes more 
 choice and rare than the reft ; amongft which is 
 one called The Pfaher of St. Germain; it be- 
 ing fuppofed to have been ufed by that Saint \ 
 who lived about the Year 560. in the Reign of 
 Children, King of France , and fuftinun, Em- 
 peror in the Eaft. Formerly this Book was 
 kept in the Sacrifty, among the Reliques 3 but 
 in regard it was fo often defired to be feen by 
 curious perfons> it was removed hither: It is 
 written in Letters of Gold and Silver, upon a 
 Purple coloured Veloin; and contains all the 
 
 r pfatais 
 
of PARI 103 
 
 Plain* of David. There is alfa in the fame 
 place a very ancient Milfal, which according tO 
 all appearance, is more than 900. Yeaisold: 
 Certain Tablets of the Antients madeoffmall 
 Boards of Cedar, with a kind of Wax or Varnifli 
 finely fpread over them, upon which they writ 
 with their Stile (or Steel Bodkin) $ and feveral 
 other Angularities of fuch fort, which deferve 
 tobeconiidered 5 above all, one great Volume, 
 full of Atteftations of the Belief of feveral 
 Greek Biihops, touching Tranfubftantiation : 
 Which Atteftations the Learned M. Arnauld,- 
 with much pains, procured from Confiantinople, 
 by the means of Moniieur de Nointel, Ambaffador 
 from France to the Port, for Authorities againft 
 thofe of the pretended Reformed Religion , 
 who maintained that the Greek Church was of 
 their Opinion. 
 
 Having fa id thus n^uch of the Library, the 
 Reader will not be difpleas'd if I give fome ac- 
 count of thofe Excellent Works, which the 
 Learned Monks of this Houfe have lately pub- 
 lifht 1 of which the molt ufeful and moft confi* 
 derableisSt- Auguftin\ Works, which they have 
 interpreted and corre&ed according to the moft 
 antient and authentique Manufcripts in all the 
 Libraries in Eurepe y of which they have had an 
 account. We have already received five great 
 Volumes, to which the publick have given an 
 univerfal applaufe , and they are continually 
 employ'd about publifliing the reft with the 
 fame-Purity. One may juftly fay, That there 
 has not been any thing undertaken in this Age, 
 of greater importance and advantage to Reli* 
 gion ; in regard all the Difputes that of late 
 Years have happend among Divines on the fub- 
 E 4 jeft 
 
1 04 A New Defcription 
 
 jeft of Grace, have t ifen from the different 
 interpretation of that Father. The Church is 
 obl ; ged to thefe Learned Monks, who defcrve no 
 lefs Glory for their Pains, than they have had 
 Trouble in the undertaking, before they could 
 bring the Work to this Condition. Father Vom 
 Luc d'Achery, a Monk of this Houfe, hath pub- 
 lifht the Spicilegium, and hath continued it to 
 the Thirteenth Volume in QuartOy in which he 
 hath collefted together feveral antient Pieces, 
 hitherto hid in the Libraries of his Order, and 
 which had been loft in oblivion, without his care 
 in thus fhewing them to the light ; to thefe Vo- 
 lumes he hath added learned Prefaces, which arc 
 a great help to the Curious. 
 
 But after the incomparable Book, wfych Fa- 
 ther Dom Jean Mabillon has publifhttwo Years 
 2go, nothing further can be wifht for; it is 
 Fntituled, De J{e Diplomatica, in Folio, with k 
 great number of Figures of antient Charters, 
 which this Learned Author has decifer'd after 
 the happieft way that can be 5 and thereupon he 
 hath made moft learned Remarques, to teach us 
 fiow to know if they be Counterfeits, which will 
 appearan eafie thingtohim who has read thisBook. 
 Thofe who have perufed it can never fufficiently 
 admire the Pains and Patience of the Author, in 
 making fuch Learned Difcoveries as are in It ; and 
 there is hardly any Work in which there appears 
 more folid Judgment than in this 5 which is the 
 caufe that of the finall number of Authors 
 which we can reckon among the Learned, he is 
 one of thofe who is moft efteem'd and hath the 
 greateft Reputation. We have alfo from his 
 hand feveral Volumes of Anaktts (ojf Fragments) 
 in Ollavo, which he continues daily, with much 
 care. . There 
 
of P A R I S. 10$ 
 
 There are alfo in this Society, many other 
 Learned Men who are continually employed upon 
 divers fubjefts, from whofe hands we lhall have 
 in a little time the Works of St. Awbrofe. One 
 may fay further, to their Commendation, that 
 there is not any Religious Houfe where Idlenefs 
 is more ftriftly avoided than in this. 
 
 Wemuft know, that this Abby hath been in 
 former times often Ruin'd, at the Tncurfions of 
 Foreigners, it then ftanding out of the Town. 
 The Normans and the Dams have Pillaged and 
 Burnt it three or four times, and it hath flood 
 out fome Sieges like a Tortified Town. It was 
 at that time enclofed about with deep Ditches 
 and ftrong Walls, which from one fpace to ano- 
 ther were defended with round Towers, moft of 
 which, of later time, have been pulled down 
 tobnild theHoufes round about it 3 and there 
 remain but two which are at the Gate, on that 
 fide next the Xjie St. Btnoift. 
 
 In regard it is difficult to obferve the courle 
 of the Streets in St. Germdns Quarter, as we 
 have done in other parts of the lown y becaufe 
 things are not here in a Row as elfewhere : We 
 frail therefore fpeak of the obfervable places 
 feverally, endeavouring, however, as near as we 
 can, to defer ibe them to the Curious in the fame 
 courfe, and thereby to fpare their pains as much 
 as may be. 
 
 The 
 
i 06 \A New Defection 
 
 The Palace of ORLEANS, 
 
 OTherwife call'd The Palace of Luxembourg, 
 becaufe it ftands in the fame place where 
 formerly ftood a Hotel of that name. 
 
 Of all the Houfes in Fork, and even in the 
 whole Kingdom ; there is none more regular, 
 better defign'd for Archite&ure, or more mag- 
 nificent than this Palace. Mary de Medici*, Wi- 
 dow of Henry IV. caufed it to be built, and for 
 that purpofe made ufe of the ableft Artift of 
 Iiertime, named Jacques de Brojse, the fame per- 
 fon who defigned the Portal of St. Gervai*; of 
 which I have already fpoken. That great 
 Queen fpared no Cofts to leave Pofterity a Mo- 
 nument of her magnificence. All Foreign Tra- 
 vellers do agree, that in all Italy, there is no- 
 thing to be feen, where Art hath been obferved 
 with more exa&nefs, and where more Grandeur 
 and Ma jefty appears, than in this building. It i<r 
 compofed of a great Square Court, at the fur- 
 ther end of which is the main Body of the Build- 
 ing, accompanied at the ends with four PaviUi- 
 ons, and in the middle the Avant-corps, which 
 makes a fifth, fet off with Pillars. On each fide 
 of the forefaid Court are two long Galleries a 
 little lower than the reft of the Building, each 
 fupported with 9 Arches, under which one may 
 walk dry round about the Court. The Tront of 
 m this Palace is after the manner of an open 
 Gallery , with a kind of Dome in the middle 
 fupported with Pillars, under which is the great 
 
 Door 
 
of P A R I S. 107 
 
 Door butting upon the J^u'e dd Totirnon-, at the 
 ■ upper part of which Street this Palace is fitua- 
 ted, which adds much to the beauty of its Ave- 
 nue. At each end of the Galleries, and alfo of the 
 two Tarralfes, which run along the fore-part of 
 the Court, are two other great Pavillions, which 
 ftand in the fame Line with the Face of the Build- 
 ing. The Archite&ure of this Palace confifts 
 of Pilafters, except about the great Portal, 
 and on the Garden fide before a little Dome, 
 which ferves for a Chapel, where are fome 
 Pillars which ftand off from the Work. The 
 I Orders obferved in this Work are the Tuf- 
 can, and the Dorick,. with an Attique above; 
 and on the Garden fide over the Tufcan and 
 Dorick, is an Ionick, which makes a third Or- 
 der compleat, with Baluftrades round about the 
 top ; as alfo Rontons and Faces, on which are 
 great Statues in cumbent poftures, fupporting 
 Crowns. This excellent Architecture is ftill 
 jn©re beautiful y by reafon of the Bofiage. that 
 runs all over the Work, no otlier Ornaments 
 being neceflary. All that you fee here is ac- 
 cording to the plain and true Rules of Art, which 
 is the caufe thai all thofe who are any thing 
 knowing in Archite&ure, take more delight in 
 confideringthis Palace, and obferve more beau- 
 ties in it, than thofe who regard only the things 
 without knowing the true value. This Palace is 
 at prefent inhabited by two illuiirious Princeffes, 
 Daughters of the late Duke of Orleans, only 
 Brother of LtwU the XIII. On the left hand as 
 you come in are the Apa rtments of Mademeifell 
 £ Orleans, and on the right thofe of Madam the 
 Dutchefs of Guile, her lifter. In the firfE me:> 
 tioned are feveral excellent. Phi+'ons, and very 
 
I of A New Dcfcriftion 
 
 rich Furniture ; in the laft among other things, j 
 you ought to fee the Gallery painted by ths; 
 Tamous Rubens of Antwerp, who was invited from j 
 Flanders on purpofe to paint it. Thefe Paint- 
 ings are great Pi&ures on the Pannels between j 
 the Divilions, in which are repreferited the prin* 1 
 cipal aftions of Henry the IV his Life, more espe- 
 cially thofe in which Mary of Medicis had any 
 concern. No Man can defire to fee any thing, 
 more exaitly defigned or better performed : but 
 fchat which is moft to be admired is the excellent j 
 Colouring which this famous Matter ufed in his j 
 Works , in which thing he furpaft all others. 
 Often do the Young Painters come and ftudy in 
 this Gallery, and in regard it is all throughout of : 
 his manner, they may ealily here learn the Ideas i 
 of Excellent Peinture. The Garden was formerly 
 very beautiful, and full of little Groves and co-; 
 verM Walks $ butfeveral hard Winters having! 
 killed many of the Trees, it hath been thought! 
 necelfary to cut up the reft to make room for 
 others, which they have already begun to plant I 
 at the end of the great Walk, before the Parterre, 
 they defigned to make a Fountain ; fo much! 
 of it as is already made, is of a very good kind' 
 of A»chitefture. It is a kind of Niche, adorn'd 
 in the fore-part with four great Tufcan Pillars,; 
 charg'd with Congelations, on which are Sea- 
 Gods holding Vafes, with a great Cartouche, in 
 which are the Armesof France, and thofe of Me*\ 
 dicU impaled. 
 
 There is nothing more, very remarkable, uni' 
 lefsitbethe Baluftrade of white Marble in the| 
 forepart of the Tarraffes, which inclofe the 
 Parterre j but it is not yet finiiht. From hence 
 you ought to go and vifit 
 
 The 
 
of PAR IS. 
 
 The Hotel deCONDE'. 
 
 T TFre lives Monfieur the Prince, firft Prince 
 X 1 of the Blood, with all his llluftrious Fami- 
 ly. The building of this Houfe is not extraor- 
 dinary. It was formerly the Hotel de J{et^> and 
 being built at divers times by fnatches, as 
 conveniency would allow, the Symmetry wa£ 
 not Over carefully obferved ; but as to the 
 Furniture it is difficult to fee any elfewhere 
 more magnificent or more numerous. There 
 are Pi&ures done by all the excellent Mafters, 
 extraordinary Tapiftries, which did formerly 
 belong to the illuftrious Houfe of Montmorency, 
 and Jewels fairer than in any Houfe of Europe. 
 Here isalfo a Library very numerous, in which 
 you may meet with fome very curious Books 
 and Writings extream rare. But that which 
 you ought moft to endeavour to fee is the Gar- 
 den, which in a fpace of Ground fmall enough, 
 fhews all the beauties and Angularities which 
 Art and Nature joyned together can produce. 
 There are here certain Rooms or Arbours, made 
 by Hollanders, with abundance of Induftry : At 
 the end of each walk ftands a fmall Triumphal 
 Arch of the fame work. In Summer this Gar- 
 den is full cf Oranges and ' Jafmins , which 
 makes the Walk here in the Evening moft de- 
 licious. 
 
 In the I{ue Faugirad, which runs along be- 
 fore Luxembourg Houfe, ftands the Little Hotel 
 de Bourbon, otherwife called the Little Luxem- 
 
 bourgy 
 
\io A New Jbe/cription 
 
 bourg, which Cardinal de XicheJieu caufed to be 
 beautified for his Niece the Dutchefs of At- 
 guillon y with great Expence, as one mayeaiily 
 perceive by the. Excellent Pfofons? and more e- 
 fpecially that in the great Hail, which coft a 
 great price : Here was in thofe days very mag- 
 nificent Furniture, and all forts of Curiofities 
 extreamly rare ; but they have been fince di- 
 fperfed into feverai hands upon the Death of 
 that Dutchefs. 
 
 Hard by, and on the fame fide of the way, 
 are the Nuns tfa Calvaire, of Saint Benet's 
 Order , here Founded in the Year 1020. by 
 Queen Mary of MecUcps. Their Church and 
 Convent hath nothing of extraordinary, no more 
 than 
 
 The Convent of the Nuns du Precieiix Sang, 
 which Hands in the fame Street. A little high- 
 er is 
 
 The Convent of the Cannes Dechauflez, 
 or difcaked Carmelite Friers. 
 
 THis Monaitery was Pounded about the 
 beginning of the la ft Age, by the L ibe- 
 ralities of certain Burgeffes of Paris j who be- 
 ftowed a fmail Houfe, Situated in this place, 
 on the Carmelite Friers, who came from Spain, 
 and brought into France the Reform which St. 
 Terefa had made in the Order of Mount Car* 
 ml In the Year- 1613' they began the Foun- 
 dation; and Mary de Medtcu laid the nrft 
 Stone of their Church, as we may perceive by 
 
of PAR IS. cjffl 
 this Jnfcription, which was fet over the place: 
 
 MARIA MEDIC/E A MATER FUNDA- 
 MEN TIT M HUJUS ECCLESI& 
 POSUIT* 16-13. 
 
 Mary de Med ids the Mother, laid the Foun* 
 dation of this Church, 1613. 
 
 Chancellor Segirier declared himfelf their Pro- 
 testor, and became a great Eenefaftor ; among 
 other things he gave them wherewithal to build 
 their great Altar 5 which is of a very handfome 
 defign, adorned with Corinthian Pillars of black 
 Marble, and feveral Figures reprefenting the 
 principal Saints of this Order. All the Church 
 is of the Tufcan order of building > yet, in 
 truth, it is none of the moft regular. In the 
 middle there is a Dome, painted in the top 
 by a Chanon of the Church of Leige, named 
 Bemlet, who was no bad Painter, as one may well, 
 judge by this Work ; which reprefents theAfc 
 fumption of Elm, in a Chariot of Fire, and 
 his Mantle falling on his Difciple Elifoa , who; 
 receives it with open Arms. 
 
 There are in this Church two Chapels that 
 deferve a particular confideration. 1 he firffe of 
 which is on the left hand, under the Dome, 
 and Dedicated to the Holy Virgin; in which* 
 there is a Statue of white Marble, the fineft 
 that can be feen : It was made at ^ome y by a 
 Difciple of the ¥ amous Cavalier Bernin, and coil 
 a great expence to bring it from thence. It is 
 
 not 
 
1 12 A New Defcriftlon 
 
 not eafieever to meet with a better figure than 
 this. Tt reprefents the Holy Virgin fitting 
 and holding her Infant on her Knee, who 
 fmiles and extends his little Arms to embrace 
 her. All that one can wifh to fee in a compleat 
 and finifht Statue, is to be found in this ; and all 
 Men ought to confider it as the belt Piece in the 
 Kingdom. The Niche in which it ftands over 
 the Altar is of the Defign of Cavalier Bernin, it 
 is adorn d with four Corinthian Pillars of a 
 veitvd Marble. The other Chapel is over againft . 
 this, and dedicated to St. Terefa, as appears 
 by the Pifture in the middle. This Chapel is 
 adorn'd with Marble Pillars, of a compofite 
 Order, but very Angular, with Feftons on the 
 Freefe 5 but this is the Architefts own fancy, and 
 there are but few examples of fuch Work. How- 
 ever the whole is very handfom and pleafing 
 to the view. The Baluftrades of thefe two Al- 
 tars, and that alfo of the great Altar which 
 ftands between 'em, are of a choice fort of 
 Marble. The reft of the Church hath nothing 
 at all extraordinary, unlefs it be the white 
 painting, with which it is all over painted, 
 which has a Glofs, and Ihines like Marble. It 
 is faid that thefe Fathers have a Secret to make 
 it thus, and that they are not willing to difcover 
 the myftery to any. 
 
 In the inner part of the Houfe there is no- 
 thing remarkable but the Library, which tho' it 
 be but little, and the number of Books very final], 
 yet it ought to be feen if it were only for the - 
 delicate profpeft which it hath over the Neigh- 
 bouring Fields. Thefe Fathers have the hand- 
 fbmeft Gardens and the beft kept in all Parity 
 which is not to their fmall advantage, for in re- 
 gard 
 
of PAR IS. 113 
 
 gard they eat no Flefti, they have from their 
 own Gardens fufficient of Roots andPulfe, and 
 the like, whereon to fubfift without buying. 
 
 In a Street at the end of this, which is calfd 
 the Huedu Regard, is a fmall Houfe lately built, 
 whofe profpelts are all upon the Neighbour- 
 ing Gardens, and is extream neat and hand* 
 fom. 
 
 TheFortrefs where the Academifts of M. Ber- 
 variy exercife is not far off. It ftands near the 
 Walls of the Palais d* Orleans, inclofed in a little 
 piece of Ground, and ferves foe this ufe only. 
 Here they make their attaques as regular, as 
 if at the taking of a place of the greateft impor- 
 tance. 
 
 In the fye Cafette near the Carmes of which I 
 have been fpeaking, is, The Monaflery of the 
 Nuns of the Holy Sacrament , who owe their 
 Foundation to the late Dutchefs of Orleans, 
 Second Wife of Monfieur Gafton of France, Duke 
 of Orleans, Son of Htnry the IV. and Brother of 
 JLevcu the XIII. This Illuftrious Princefs who 
 was of a moft exemplary Piety, was their great 
 Benefa&refs, and gave them wherewithal to 
 build their Church , and their great Altar ; 
 which laft is of a very handfbm W ainfcot work, 
 Marble painted, and the Ornaments gilt, all 
 which (hows very handfomly , but this is all that 
 is here to be feen. Every Tburfday they fing 
 here a Salutation of the Holy Sacrament, at 
 which a great number of Devout Terfons allift, 
 and offer up their Prayers. 
 
 In the Street calfd J^u'eduFotde fer, which aU 
 fo butts againft the %u'e raugirard, is 
 
 The 
 
114 'A New Defcription 
 
 The Noviciate/ the Jefuites. 
 
 TH E Church of thefe fathers is bat fmall, 
 but in recompence of that, it is one of the 
 handfomeft and beft defigned for Archite&ure 
 in Paris, It is faid that one of the Fathers of 
 this Society named Father Marhnge, drew the 
 defign, and having well obferved the faults of 
 that in the Hue St. Anthovk, of Father de Bgnfs 
 defigning, he altered many things. Thb Fa- 
 ther being confuited with about the work of this 
 Church, would not meddle till the General had 
 given him permiflion to do what he thought 
 proper, without being obliged to obferve the 
 orders of any one whatfoever of the Society. 
 After this he undertook the building, which is 
 not fo big as the other, but it infinitely fur* 
 paffes it in Regularity. The Portal is of Pila- 
 fters of the Dorick Order, and over them the 
 Ionick Order. Theinfide isalfoof Dorick Pi- 
 laftersfupporting a Cornifk, between the Trig- 
 lifes, of which are feveral Ornaments repre* 
 fenting the Inftruments of our Lord's Paffion. 
 Hie great Altar is but very plain of Joyners 
 Work , adorn'd with two Corinthian Pillars. 
 But that which "fets off this Altar infinitely be- 
 yond the faireft of the Kingdom, is the great 
 Picture which you fee thereof the famous Pouffin, 
 one of the beft which that abfle Mafter ever did. 
 All the Curious efteem this piece extreamly, 
 and look upon it as the beft in France for ex- 
 a&ncfs of defign : Notwithftanding the objeftion 
 
of P A R I S. 1 1 y 
 
 of fome Crlticks, who fay the Ear of St. Francis 
 Xnvkf, who is here reprefented on his Knees, 
 working a Miracle, is bigger than it oughfc 
 to be. " 
 
 After you have feen the- Church, you ought 
 to ask to fee the Chapel of the Congregation, 
 which lies on the left Hand of the Door, as you 
 come in. It is adorned with a gilt Wainfcpt, 
 and Pictures from fpace to fpace \ and in the 
 Ceeling a Plafon well Painted. On the Feftivals 
 the Altar is adorned with a rich Furniture of 
 Silver, which the Members of this Society have 
 given. 
 
 The whole Houfe is very Commodious, tho 7 it 
 be of no great extent, by reafon it is all enclofed 
 by four Streets on every fide. The following 
 Infcription is cut on the fir ft Stone of the Church, 
 which, was laid by the late Duke of Ferneuil. 
 
 T>. O. M. 
 
 $. FRANCISCO XAVERIO 
 
 I NDI ARUM APOSTOLCX 
 ANNO CHRISTI M. DC. XXX. 
 
 PONTIFKATUS URBANI OCTAVI AN- 
 NO SHPTIMO. 
 REGNI LUDOVICI DECIMI TERTII AN- 
 NO VIGESIMO. 
 GENERAL ATU5 R. P MUTII VI TELES-' 
 CHI ANNO DECIMO QUARTO. 
 
 &T)X$ FACIEND/E PRIMUM LAPIDEM 
 POSUIT S. P. HENRICUS DE BOURBON, 
 EPISCOPttS METBNSIS, & R. I. 
 
 PRIN- 
 
i 1 5 A New Defer iptwn 
 
 PRTNCEPS, ABBAS S. GERMANI, DECI- 
 MO APRILS. 
 
 Tv Almighty God. 
 
 To St. Francis Xavier Ap0ieof the Indies, 
 In the Tear of our Lord M, DC XXX. 
 
 In the Seventh Tear of the Pontificate of Urban 
 the Eighth. 
 
 In the Twentieth Tear of the %cign of Lewis the 
 Thirteenth. 
 
 In the Fourteenth Tear of the Generalate of the 
 Reverend Father Mutius Vitelefco. 
 
 Henry of Bourbon, Bijhop of Mets, Prince of 
 the Empire, and Abbot of St. Germains, laid 
 the fir fi Stone of this Churchy on the Tenth of 
 April. 
 
 Pofterity ought to know that Monfieur Def- 
 no'iers, Secretary of State built this Church at his 
 own Expence. 
 
 The next thing of Note is The Church of 
 S. Sulpice, the only Par ifh Church in all the 
 Quarter of St. Germains, and upon this account 
 k is the greateft of Paris. This was former- 
 ly but a fmall piece of building as is eafily 
 to be obferved, by the remaining part of the 
 Nave, which as yet is not quite pull'd down, 
 which was To fmall that it could not contain the 
 tenth part of the Parifllioners. On this account 
 
 about 
 
o/PARIS. 117 
 
 about 2<. or 30. Years ago, they begun the 
 new Edince which we fee at prefent, an under- 
 taking fo large, and the expence fo great, that 
 the Quire is hardly yet finifhed, with all the 
 Liberalities the Parifhioners can raife. So much 
 as is done is the whole Quire, which is of a no- 
 ble defign. The infide is fupported with high 
 Arches, and between Arch and Arch Corinthian 
 Pilallers, over which a Cornifh that fupports 
 the Vault, whjch is pcrfe&ly well made and very 
 folid, tho' very high. Round about between the 
 Quire and the Chapels is a long Corridor, which 
 k capable of holding a great number of 
 People, who may from thence behold all that 
 is done at the great Altar, where divine Offices 
 are performed with great edification, efpecially 
 on the Feftival days. 
 
 At one of the Pilafters Handing between 
 two Chapels, you may read the Epitaph of the 
 famous Monfieur de MayolIes t Abbot of FiUe- 
 Mn^ the greateft Tr^nflater into our Language 
 we ever had, and who enriched it with abun- 
 dance of Authors which were never before in 
 French. Monfieur the Abbot de U Chambre 7 
 his intimate Friend and Executor of his Will, 
 caufed it to be fet up in this place to his Memo- 
 ry. ; It is a MedriUe of white Marble, and in it 
 his Pifture, on which a weeping Cupid leans, 
 holding in his Hand a Torch reverfed. This is 
 the Infcription. 
 
 MICHAELIIXE MAROLIES, 
 ABB A T I DE VILLELOIN, 
 GENERIS NOBILITATE, 
 
 MORUM candore, 
 RELIGIONE SINCERA, 
 
 V ART A 
 
1 1 8 A Nero Befcripion 
 
 V ARIA ERUDITIONS 
 CLARISSIMO, 
 QUI OBIT OCTOGENARIO MAJOR, 
 PRID. NON. MAR. AN. 1681. 
 
 3PETRUS DELA CHAMBRE MARINI 
 
 HLIUS TESTAMENTI CURATOR, 
 AM I CO OPTIMO MONUMENTUM 
 POSUIT. 
 
 To Michael DeMarolles, Abbot of Villeloin, Fa- 
 mous for hit nobk Birth , the fv?eet?iefi of hit 
 Difyofition, the fincerityof hit Religion, and the 
 Variety of his Learning, voho dyed being above 
 Four [core Tears old, the day before the Nones of 
 March, 1681. 
 
 J?eter de la Chatnbre the Son of Marirtns, hit 
 Executor, erected this Monument to his beft 
 Friend. 
 
 He was, perhaps, theableft perfon of his Age 
 in the knowledge of Prints. He had Colle&ed 
 a very great number which are now to be feen 
 in the King's Cabinet. Amian MarceUin was the 
 laft Author which he Tranflated, at the end of 
 which Book you may fee a Catalogue of all the 
 pieces that have been publifhed in his name.- 1 
 
 In the reft of this Church there is nothing ex- 
 traordinary, unlefs it be a little Stair-cafe of one 
 dire&Line, winding like a :>nail fticlh from the 
 bottom to the top. It is all of Free ftone and 
 
 very 
 
c/PARIS. 119 
 
 -very high, it reaching to the Roof of the 
 Church. 
 
 The seminary Houfe of St. Sulphites is near 
 the Church; the building is great and fpacious, 
 and was raifed at the expences of Moufieur de 
 .Bretoirvilliers^ho alfo hath furni(hed it at his own 
 Cofts. Obfervc here, efpecially the Chapel, the 
 Plafon of which was Painted by M. le Brun, in 
 which he hath reprefented the Affumption : This 
 is one of the fineft things that he ever did. 
 
 St. Germain's Fair is kept near St. Sujpice at 
 the end of the J{ue de Teurnon; it4*egii1s at the 
 Feaft of the Purification. 2 Feb, and lafts to the 
 firft Day of Lent, nay it continues often to 
 .Softer. The place is not extraordinary 5 it 
 is compofed of feveral cover'd Walks, difpofed 
 in a fquare form, and eroding one another. Here 
 the Shop-keepers and Merchants keep their Sta- 
 tions, and fell here generally all kind of Mer- 
 chandize whatfoever. Tradefmen are privi- 
 ledged to come to this Fair from all parts. There 
 are fome Shops here full of very rieh Commo- 
 dities and very curious things. -And in that of 
 M. Herat, you may meet with fome Pi&ures of 
 very great price. 
 
 Monfleur the Abbot Bourdelat dwells in the 
 f^ue de Tournon, whofe profound Learning has 
 gain'd him mighty reputation. Every Wed- 
 nefday he holds Conferences in his Houfe, 
 and the principal Difcourfes are in the Phy- 
 ficks. 
 
 In the %ue Gerance behind St. Sulpice, is the 
 Bttel da Leon, belonging to the Marquefs of 
 Sourdiae y who built it after the Defigns of the 
 Sieur Xobellini : but it being unfinifhed, we fee 
 but a finall part of tkofe Beauties, which would 
 
 hav e 
 
1 20 A New Defcription 
 
 have appeared in cafe the Work had been con* 
 tinued. 
 
 From hence we go to the Tremomre^ whofe 
 Houfe ftands in a (quare place as you enter into 
 the Qju de Seve, at the meeting of Six Streets. 
 Their Church is fmall, thePortal is of the Sieur 
 Dorbays Work. The Queen-Mother gave where- 
 withal to raife it. And thefe Fathers owe the'.r 
 Eftablifhmenttothak pious Princefs. 
 
 Further on is the Ubba'ie aux BoU, of the Ci- 
 fiercinn Order. They were removed hither from 
 Tkardy about -Sixty years fince. Near this is 
 
 TheHpfpitaiforDiftrafted people, call'd Les 
 Petites-jtiaifQns, here you may fee a Crucifix of 
 grea^ efteem, and done by an excellent Ma- 
 ite/. 
 
 In the fame Street alfo is the Hofpital cali'd 
 les Incurables, the lower Rooms of which Hofpi- 
 tal are curioufly vaulted, and the Difeafed peo- 
 ple lookt after very carefully. The Church 
 hath nothing in it extraordinary. It is con- 
 trived in the middle of the Apartments, equal- 
 ly diftant from the Men and Women. They re- 
 ceive none into this Houfe, but fuch as are af- 
 fli£bd with incurable Difeafes. 
 
 From the J^u'e de Seve you pafs into the %ue de 
 Crenelle, which begins at the Carrefour or open 
 place of the Hed Croft, near the Premontre^. 
 The firft thing you take notice of in this Street 
 is the Httel diAiivergne, in which dwells Monfi- 
 eur the Count d y Auvergne Colonel General of 
 the Light Horfe of France, Brother of the Duke 
 of Bouillon, and Nephew of the famous Monfieur 
 de Turenne. This Hotel is not extraordinary 
 well built, but the Garden is large and very 
 pleafant. Fvurther on at the Comer of the Mpe 
 
 du 
 
of PAR I S. 121 
 iu Baq, ftands a large Houfe, and very conre- 
 nient habitation, in which the Spanifti Embaffador 
 ufedtolive. 
 
 Near this place dwells a Sculptor, at whole 
 Houfe you may fee feveral Bas-reliefs, not ill 
 defigned, they are of the manner of one named 
 Fanobftal, originally of Bruxelks, who was the 
 firft that brought the guft of Bas-relieft into 
 France, out or Italy. There are fome things 
 of his at Ferfailles, which are very much 
 efteemM, more efpecially thofe over the Doors 
 of the Grotto. 
 
 Beyond this is the Httel de Navailles, a well 
 built Houfe ; it confifts of one great fquare Pa- 
 villion, high raifed, and overlooking all the ad- 
 jacent Gardens, which renders the aboad very 
 pleafant. Here formerly dwelt Monfieur de 
 Cogneux, who built it. From hence you <:ome 
 to 
 
 I The Houfe of the Sieur l{ghnd, one of the 
 moft knowing and Curious Men of all Parkin 
 Buildings. This Houfe, as alfo the Gardens, 
 i which have all the delights one can defire, are 
 worth feeing. Here are Fountains, Arbours, 
 ■ Perfpeftives; and Parterres of the beft fort. 
 The Apartments are neatly furnifti'd, and all 
 I things handfom, efpecially the Stair-cafe, which 
 | is of a Angular defign, and well approved by the 
 . Curious. At the end of this Street, in the ad- 
 joyning Fields, you difcover 
 
 F The 
 
I 22 A New Defcription 
 
 The Hotel Royal, called Les Inva- 
 lides. 
 
 OF all the King's Buildings, there is not 
 any in which there appears more of mag- . 
 nificence and piety together than in this, fince all 
 that prodigious expence which hath been be* 
 ftow'd on this Work is folely intended for the 
 maintenance of crippled Souldiers ; who being j 
 difabledto ferveany longer in the Army, would i 
 be forced to lead a Languifhing and Miferable [ 
 life, were it not for the fupport which they findi 
 in this Houfe, where they are fupply'd with all ! 
 things, and may end the courfe of their Lives! 
 In the Exercife of Chriftian Piety. But that | 
 which is not a little furprifing is, that all this* 
 vaft Edifice was compleated, as it now is, in 
 lefs than Eight Years, and in the height of the 
 War. 
 
 About the Year 16**. they began to lay thej 
 firft Foundations of this curious Structure,! 
 which at prefent makes one of the Chief Orna- 
 ments of V&rti. It is exaftly fquare, and con-j 
 tains in its Circumference five Courts of the! 
 fame Figure, one great one in the middle, and! 
 two leffer on each fide, all which are compaft 
 about with Apartments, in which the Souldiers' 
 ha ve their feveral Lodgings. That in the mid- 
 dle is much greater than the reft, and the build-; 
 mgs about it are of a handfom Symmetry. They! 
 are compofed of two rows of Arches, otie above' 
 the other, which makes fo many Corridors or| 
 
 Galleries.; 
 
o/ PARIS. 123 
 
 'Galleries, by means of which you may walk dry 
 round the Court. The top of the Buildings are 
 adorn d with Ornaments , reprefenting Tro- 
 phies of Armes, and fuch like things, which make 
 a very handfom Show. At the end of the Court, 
 ! juft oppofite to the principal Entry, is the Por- 
 1 tal of the Church, compofed of two ranks of 
 Pillars, the firft or lowermoft of the Compo- 
 fite order, and the fecond of the Corinthian. 
 Here you may enter into that part of the Churcft 
 \ which is appointed for thofe of the Houfe : as 
 I for thofe who come from abroad they are- 
 building another part already fomewhat advan- 
 ced, and this will be incomparably more mag- 
 nificent. The Model in little may be feen in a 
 Pavillion raifedon purpofe ; if it be performed 
 according to this Model,nothing can be feen more 
 .glorious or of a greater defign. It will be a 
 Dome very high raifed, under which the great 
 Altar isto be placed, which will beenricht with 
 all the moft beautiful Ornaments, \yhich the rnoft 
 ftudied Architecture can produce. The Cove- 
 ring isto be gilt like that at Fal de Grace, but 
 they intend this to be more regular, and better 
 |perfbrm'd, both for the difpotitionand the Or- 
 naments. You ought to fee the Infirmaries, 
 which are divided from the reft of the Houfe, 
 but not far off. The Beds are neat, and the Sick 
 jreceive there all the help and affiftance that is 
 ineceffary^ they are ferved by the Sifters of the 
 Charity of St. La\a.r\ who make it their parti- 
 cular profeffion to wait upon the Sick in all parts 
 [of the Town, as well as in this Houfe. But that 
 which Strangers ought to obferve more efpeci- 
 ally, are the four great Refeftories which are 
 ion each fide of the middle Court, where you will 
 F 2 fee 
 
124 *<A New Defcriplon 
 
 fee .painted in Frefauo, the principal Sieges and 
 Battels which France has gain'd againft her Ene- 
 mks. Few Pi&ures are more exaftly defign d, 
 or can fhew more variety and life than thefe 3 the 
 fight of which things cannot choofe but give 
 a very great pleafure, to thofe who were con- 
 cern'd in the A&ions reprefented. There is in 
 this Houfe. a certain Souldier works in Tapiftry, 
 whom you ought not to forget to vifit. As you 
 go out you may obferve the Front of the build* 
 Ing, with the great Court before it, compaft 
 about with a dry Ditch, and a Wall of Freeftone, 
 from whicjxyou have a delicate Profpeft. They 
 keep Guard at the Gates here in the fame man- 
 ner as in a Citadel, thereby to preferve the 
 Souldiers in Health, and free from Idlenefs. 
 The Difcipline which they obferve in this Houfe. 
 is admirably exaft ; and the Fathers of the JWif- 
 fion, who have the Care and Condud x)f the 
 place, acquit themfelves very worthily. 
 
 All that remains of Note in this Quarter,, 
 after you have feen the Invalids , is 
 
 The B6u% in which dwells Monfieur the Com- 
 znandeur de Hame-FeniUe^ Embaffador from Mal- 
 ta, in a Street behind the Peutes-Maifons. Here 
 you may fee very Curious Pictures, with many 
 other great Rarities, which can hardly be met 
 with eJfewhere. 
 
 Near this, in the J^jje du Bac 9 is the Seminary 
 cfthe Foreign-Miffwns, where of late they have 
 built ,a Church, the Roof whereof is very fur- 
 prizing, it is indeed but low, becaufe they defign 
 toraife a feeond Church upon this. Jt is the 
 Invention x)f the Sieur du Buifon , an able Ar- 
 chiteft. From this Houfe are fent Miflionaries 
 fcjo the, Mies to Preach the Gofpel there to Infi- 
 
of PARIS. ftf 
 
 dels, in wfnch office they acquit themfelves with a 
 very great Zeal, and their endeavours are bleft 
 with marvellous Succefs, as we perceive by the 
 Relations of Monfieur the Bifhop of Heliopolif, 
 and all the other Travellers that come from 
 thofe parts, who relate moft furprizing things. 
 
 In the Que St. Dominique is the Noviciat oft fie 
 Informed jacobins, whofe Church is now build- 
 ing, and will be none of the Ieafi: handfom of 
 Paris. The Sienr Bukt, who is the City Ar- 
 chitect, hath undertaken the building- of this 
 Church , as alio of the Houfes round about,- 
 which bring thefe Fathers a confiderable Reve- 
 nue, and are well built. On the other fide of 
 the way is 
 
 The Hotel de Luines, heretofore calfd the Ho- 
 tel de Ckevreufe^hok name has beien changed fmce 
 the death of the Dutchefs ofCbevreufe, on whofe 
 account it was firft built. The Apartments are 
 very handfom and convenient, and the Sieur h 
 Mwe* made thedefign. 
 
 In the fame Jfye Saint Dominique, you may 
 perceive a new Houfe built by order of the H otel- 
 Dieu, whofe Porch is very pretty, it ftandsat 
 the further part of the Court, and is fnpported 
 by Dorick Pillars, which lhew curioufly as you 
 enter. The whole Houfe is of the defign of the 
 Sieur le Due. 
 
 In the Petite fine GuiUaume, ftands a large 
 Houfe in which dwells Monfieur Talon, Advocat 
 General $ the Strufture is extream handfom, 
 the Apartments very pleafant, having all their 
 profpefts upon the adjoining Gardens, the 
 Court is great, and, in fine, it appears that 
 there were no cofts fpared in the building ; but 
 tftat which gives it the beft Ornament is tha 
 F 3 ex- 
 
i 26 Nero Definition 
 
 excellent Library in it, compofed of the rareft 
 and fcarceft things, both for Manufcripts and 
 Printed Books. 
 
 The Hojpkal calPd La Charite 
 
 :> *T" ? His Hofpital is fituated in the outermoft 
 j[ part of the Town, in which the Curious 
 mult not expect to find any pleafing Sights •> but 
 Poor Sick People, who are ferved very neatly by 
 the Brothers of the Order of St. $ohn of God, who 
 mind no other bufinefs but to aflift and comfort 
 thefe poor People, and to procure for them 
 freely all fuch things as they need. Here are 
 three or four great Rooms full of Beds on each 
 fide. In their Church you may fee the Tomb, 
 of P. Bernard, who dyed in the Reputation of 
 Sanftity, his Statue here reprefents him to the 
 Life, kneeling. 
 
 Near the Door of this Church, on that fide 
 next the J(ua Tarane, is a new built Fountain of a 
 very handfbm defign, on which thefe Verfes of 
 Monfieur Sa?iuiiil are graven i 
 
 QU EM PIETAS APERIT MISERO. 
 RUM IN COMMODA FONT EM, 
 
 INST AR AQUiE LARG AS FUNDERB 
 MONSTRAT OPES. 
 
 U DGLXXV, 
 
 Thif 
 
of PARIS. 
 
 127 
 
 This Fountain for the needy built, doth Jhew, 
 Tour Charity Jhould fiiU like Water floiv> 
 
 m. dc. zxxr. 
 
 In theHjje des Saints Peres, adjoining is the 
 Hotel deBrifac, whofe building is very regular : 
 Here is a Gallery with feveral Apartments very 
 delightfom. 
 
 The Hotel de S. Simon is in the fame Street. 
 This is very well placed, having the great Street 
 call'd the J{ne Tarane over againft it, which gi?es 
 k an advantagious View. It was built by M. 
 Sahois y who made ufe of the Sieur Cittar's de* 
 figns. 
 
 The Houfe where now dwells the Princefs of 
 Wmemberg, is not far from hence. The Garden- 
 behind which hath a delicate air. 
 
 Almoft over againft the laft mention'd Houfe, 
 ftands another, which tho' it makes outwardly 
 no great ftiow ; yet at the further part of the 
 Court there you may fee a piece of Perfpeftive 
 very well Painted, wherein at a diftance you di£ 
 cover a Triumphal Arch a f antique, which Ihows 
 well afar off. 
 
 F 4 Tht 
 
128 
 
 A Nero Befcripion 
 
 THE RUE DE l/tlNI- 
 
 VERSITE'. 
 
 ■I JL long by the Garden Walls of StGeman's 
 Abby, it is called the I(ne du Cohimbier • fur- 
 ther about the middle it is calfd the Rjie $acob, 
 and at the end, the %ue de V Vniverfite. It is full 
 of handfom Houfes, and moft new built. But 
 the moft remarkable and the greateft Cunofity 
 to fee, is 
 
 The Cabinet of Monfleur BIondeL 
 
 Before we fpeak any thing of the Rarities in 
 this rich Cabinet, it is convenient to fay fome- 
 what of thofe excellent Works which Monfieur 
 Blondel hath written. This learned perfon is fo 
 well known among all Scholars, that it would 
 be difficult to fay any thing in his commendation 
 which is not known already. It is fufficient to 
 give the Reader an Idea of his merit and pro- 
 found Knowledge, to fay only that the King 
 made choice of him to teach the Mathematicks 
 to Monfeigneur the Dauphin, and appointed 
 him Direftor of the Royal Academy of Archi- 
 te&ure, eftablifh'd in the Palais Brion, and com- 
 pefetfasallmenknowofthe ableft Men of the 
 
 OU muft obferve that this Street 
 changes its name in three places, ail a- 
 
 King- 
 
PAR IS. 129 
 
 Kingdom In this Science. The names of the pre* 
 fent Members are, 
 
 «*ote yisr/ 'ci rib in h i io'wd ''*}i'>~'s\'\ 31 * i r Yffrviifc;A 
 
 M. Blondel, Dire&or, Manchai de Camp to 
 the King's Armies, and Mathernatick-mafter to 
 Monfeigneur the Dauphin. 
 
 Mi Ferault. 
 
 M. h VaU) the Elder. 
 
 M- UT autre. 
 
 M. Ghtard. 
 
 M. D' Orbay. 
 M. Mdnfard. 
 
 M* Filibien, whols the Secretary,and has pub- 
 lifh'd Teveral excellent Works,as we have al- 
 ready rnention'd in the firft part of this 
 Book P. 38. where we treated of the Kings 
 Antique Statues at the FalaU Brian. 
 
 MonfieurPeffWt of this Academy, hath puW 
 lifh'd a Learned Tranilationof Vhruvim^ enrich- 
 ed with a great number of Figures ; and but a 
 while ago another Book of Archite&ure Entitu- 
 led, £ Ordonnanee deseinq efpeces de Colonnes de$ 
 Anciens, highly efteeiiied by the Curious, 
 
 But to return to Monfieur Blondel, we are ob- 
 liged to him for the new Plan of Varti^ it being 
 performed by his direftions, according to the ex- 
 prefs Order which the King gave to the Bur^ 
 gejfesy not to fuffer any one to undertake this 
 Work but him, fince it is well known, none could 
 perform it fo well as himfelf. It is to be feen at 
 hisHoufe only, and contains 12 Sheets, The 
 new Embellishments, as alfo the Town Gates 
 lately raifed, and all defigned by him. are in- 
 graved in the Edges. The fame Author hath 
 F 5 alto" 
 
1 30 J$ Nevo Defcription 
 
 alfo publiflul A Treatise of Architecture in three 
 Volumes, which were read as Le&ures in the 
 Academy, the Preface before which is very elo- 
 quent and full of Inftruftion: ATreatifeof Geo- 
 metry Speculative and Practical, in two Volumes in 
 Quarto ; and another Of Arithmetic^ in the fame - 
 manner as he taught them to Monfeigneur the 
 Dauphin : Alfo The manner of Fortifying Places, 
 wherein are ingraved very curious Plans of the 
 beft Fortifications that are in the World : The 
 Comparifon of Pindar and. Horace, Dedicated to 
 M- le Premier, Prefident de Lamoignon : The Soluti- 
 on of the four principal Problemes of Architecture, in 
 Polio : Of the J{pyal Imprejfion in the 'Louvre ^adorn'd 
 with Figures : The Artofcafting Bombesin Quarto; 
 and laftly, another which came forth but the be- 
 ginning of the laft year, Entituled, TheHiftory of 
 theRoraan Calendar, ,in which you may fee not only 
 all the feveral Manners which the antients made 
 life of to count their Time, but alfo all that has 
 paft in reducing the Computation of time to the 
 form that is now ufed, and the difficulties which 
 have been met with before it was brought to the 
 prefent regulation. This Book is fo full of cu- 
 rious Learning, that there is hardly any fort of 
 People to whom it is not profitable : He hath 
 alfo given us hopes of feveral other Books, which 
 may be publifh'd in time, they being ready for the 
 Prefs 5 and they are thefe : 
 
 GalileuspromotvAde refiflentia folidorum. 
 
 Geometrick Elements of Medieties. 
 
 A Treatife of Algebra. 
 
 A Treatife of the Motion of Celejlial Bodies* 
 
 A Treatife of Dialling, 
 
 *A Treatife of ' Mecbmcl Arts.. 
 
of PARIS. ifr 
 
 A fteatife of the Proprieties of Putties. 
 A Treatise of Attaching and Defending of 
 Places. 
 
 Miscellanies of divers pieces of the Mathematicks 
 
 and Phyfecks.^ 
 A T ran flat ion of SermotfiV %d. and 6th. Booh 
 
 of Architecture. 
 A Second Edition of Francis Savot'* French At* 
 
 chitetlure, augmented with a great number of 
 
 Notes. 
 
 But Books are not the only things that have 
 made M. Blondel famous, the great Exploits 
 which he hath perform'd in the Wars as well by 
 Sea as Land : The Negotiations in which he 
 has been employed with Foreign Princes 5 and in 
 fine, the long Voyages which he has performed 
 in the four parts of the World, wherein he has 
 feen all that isobfervable, and thereby attained 
 fo perfeft a Knowledge in all things, that the 
 reputation of his Experience and Abilities hath 
 jnftly acquired him the quality of a Counfellor 
 of State. 
 
 He hath here one of the nioft curious Cabinets 
 that is at prefent in Parti, in which are feveral 
 Rarities of all the beft and choiceft kinds, and 
 no lefs choicely preferved. Among other things, 
 he hath here feveral original Piftures of Palma, 
 of Paul Veronese, of Guido, and of the famous 
 Poutfin, feveral Land-fkips of Paul Bril, of Cor- 
 neille, of Breugle, of Foii(]uiere y of Lucas, and of 
 divers others. Pieces of Fruit of Labrador, of 
 <Sow/ies; and of Flowers of Picard, of Mario VeU 
 fori, and of others : Alfo a great number of 
 Limnings and Miniatures after the beft Pa in- 
 ters 5 as Raphael, Car ache, and P outfit*. Here are 
 
132 A New De fcriftion 
 
 alfo 200. Leaves of the fame- Work reprefenting 
 Birds, befidesthofe of Animals, which they made 
 at Limoges in thelaft Age upon Gold and Silver ; 
 the fecret of which work is at prefent loft^ and 
 which things are now fold at exceffive Rates. 
 Here are fome Pi&ures of inlaid Wood, wfeofe 
 Colours are as beautiful as if they had been 
 wrought with a Pencil. 
 
 But that which is infinitely more curious than 
 all the reft, is the great number of Agates, a- 
 mong which there are 40 greater than the reft, 
 moft of them are antique, and reprefent Deities, 
 Emperors Heads, and Sacrifices,, and are admi- 
 rably well cut : Thofe which are modern are 
 graved by Coldore, a famous Lapidary, and by 
 feveral others as great Artifts -> with thefe a 
 fmall Chain of fix great grains of Agate alfo. 
 
 Still thefe are not the moft precious things of 
 this Cabinet, there are fame things of greater 
 efteem, as 12 Bracelets compofed of Agates, 
 Cornelians, Onyx, Jafper, and of prime Eme- 
 ralds adorn'd with Gold, which altogether make 
 1 50. antique Gravings, reprefenting fyman Dei- 
 ties, and all the Emperors from tfulm Cxfar to 
 JUbienmToftbumm^ with 36. Empreffes 5 among 
 the Emperors the Heads of Pefienm Niger, and 
 the 2 Africans are very curioufly cut in Onyx. 
 This Suit is lookt upon as one of the moft Angular 
 Rarities that is at prefent, and it is without dif- 
 pute the only thing of this kind in the whole 
 World. For we never .yet knew of any Man 
 whocolle&ed a Suit of antique graved Stones 
 as has been ufually done of Medals 5 and this 
 litre hath been the Work of four of the moft 
 famous Venmfi that ever were in France, who 
 have above 50 Years ufed their endeavours to 
 
 render 
 
 X 
 
of PAR IS- 133 
 
 render this Colle&ion compleat as It now is. Be- 
 fides thefe there are four other Agates graved 
 hollow reprefenting the Hiftory of the Triumvi- 
 rate, the Heads of Cxfar, Mark Anthony, and 
 lepidus, are upon the three principal, and that of 
 Cleopatra, on the other. On a green Oriental 
 Jafper of an Oval Figare which is placed in the 
 "middle, is reprefented a Pillar, at the Foot of 
 which a Souldier holds up the point of his Dag- 
 ger : This Pillar was call'd by the Antients C0- 
 ■iwnna execrata, in regard the Senate and M. 
 Anthony caufed it to be raifed to the me- 
 mory of Julius C afar, and that all the Souldiers 
 might come before this Pillar, and here fwear 
 to Revenge the death of that great Emperor. 
 This Pillar was taken down by Dolabella. The 
 Infcription graven about this curious Agate ex- 
 plains the Hiftory, and is this, 
 
 Mart vl. Aux. D. Jul. Lacri. 
 
 Which fignifies, Marti, ultori, auxiliatori , Vi- 
 vo Julio Lacrirna. 
 
 To Mars, the Bgvenger, the Helper, to Divus 
 Julius Tears. 
 
 Upon this Pillar ftands an Urn, and the Sidus 
 Julhm on one fide, which, as Hiftorians fay, ap- 
 pear'd after the Death of Cxfar. 
 
 The other things are feveral Rings of Gold, 
 adorn'd with precious Stones, as Rubies, Eme- 
 ralds, and Oriential Topazes, a great Diamond 
 
 in 
 
134 'j4 New Defcriptton 
 
 in manner of a Button, very perfeft ; another 
 YelJowifti but very lively ; an Aigue of the Sea, 
 oriental - y a great Violet-colour Ruby of 28. 
 grains 3 an Opal of the Eaft in the form of a little 
 Lion 5 three great Boxes full of Stones graved of 
 the antique, fome hollow'd, and fome in relief ; 
 feveral rare Shells of ftrange fafhions ; a Suit of 
 one hundred Imperial Medals of Silver, and one 
 hundred others of Greek and B^mxn^ the beft 
 diofen of Padoiian. 
 
 As there want no Rarities in this rich Cabi- 
 net, you may fee here alfo leveral Perfian and 
 Turkijh Armes, as Cimeters, Daggers, and 
 Knives of Damask't Steel,whofe hilts and handles 
 are of Stone inlaid with Gold, and enricht with 
 Jewels. There are alfo Japan Works, and the 
 beft fort of Porcelains 5 curious Books; fome pie- 
 ces of Ivory wrought in Sculpture, with a good 
 quantity of Rofary-Beads of Agate ; and a thou- 
 fand other things of fuch fort, which would re- 
 quire a long description, if we ihould mention 
 all in particular. 
 
 All that you fee in this Cabinet is of unufual 
 Beauty, the Colleftion having been made by one 
 who was perfectly knowing in thefe matters, and 
 who fpared no Cofts to attain the thing which 
 pleafed him. On this account you will find in 
 this Houfe fufficient to fatisfieany Mans Curio- 
 fity. And the Civility with which they are 
 fliewn gives no lefs fatisfaftion to the Beholders, 
 than the Rarities themfelves occafion Admira- 
 tion. 
 
 Beyond this on the fame fide of the way in the 
 Iftte de Tvniverfite, ftands the Hotel Tmbon- 
 new, perfectly well built, and defigned by the 
 Sieur kFcau. 
 
 The 
 
o/P AR IS. 135 
 
 The reft of this Street, deferves not much 
 pains to examine it, tho* there be feveral good 
 Capacious Houfes in it, among others that of 
 Monfieur the Grand Provoft. 
 
 Alfo the Sieur LogeoU otherwife calf d the Mar- 
 quefs of Jmbercour, one of the Farmers General 
 of the five great Farms, hath built here a great 
 and convenient Houfe, which will coft him a- 
 bove 24000. Crowns before it be quite fi- 
 nifh'd. 
 
 You muft not negleft to vifitM. Telhot, over 
 againftthe Hotel Tambonneau 3 he is one of the 
 ableft Enamellers in Europe, and makes thofe 
 curious Piftures in Enamel, which are fet about 
 with Diamonds, and prefented to Embaffadors ; 
 and fometimes they are fet in Bracelets, being 
 commonly no bigger than a Shilling, and often 
 much lefs : One may confidently affirm that no 
 Man did ever better underftand this Art, nor 
 has made his Piftures more like. 
 
 At the end of this Street in a Houfe near 
 the Hotel de les Moiifaitetairs, you may fee a 
 Burning Glafs which does wondrous things 
 when expofed to the Sun, fo far as todiffolve 
 the hardeft and the moft incombuftible Bodies 
 that are. It is greater than any we have yet 
 feen 5 and the Foot on which it ftands is no lefs An- 
 gular, it being alfo of Steel, and wrought with 
 much Art and Patience. 
 
 The 
 
r yS r u4JSferv Defcriptfon 
 
 _ . . . . ■ 
 
 Little AUGUS TINS. 
 
 TH E Convent of thefe Fathers is in the 
 Street which bears their Name, leads 
 from the J^ie Columbier to the Edge of the 
 Seine. Their Houfe hath nothing extraordi- 
 nary no more than their Church. The great 
 Altar is of Joyners Work, well enough wrought. 
 Marble Painted, and adorn'd with Statues of 
 great efteem, efpecially that of the Dying Fi- 
 gure. They are made, Clay baked, by one call'd 
 Biardeau of Anjou, and fo are all the reft, which 
 are of a very good manner. M. Farm efteem'd 
 the Head of this dying Figure worth its weight 
 in Gold. Margaret of ValoU^ Wife of Henry 
 IV. and Sifter of Henry III. was one of their 
 principal Benefaftors , and by her Teftament 
 left them part of her Plate, which they ufe in 
 adorning their Altar with that rich Furniture, 
 which they expofe on Feftival Days. This- 
 Queen built entirely of her own Coft the Cha- 
 pel on the right hand of the great Altar, which 
 is in manner of a Dome, and the firft which has 
 been raifed at Pari* of this fort. The follow- 
 ing Infcription is there ingraved on black Mar- 
 ble. 
 
 LE 21. MARS MIL SIX CENS HUIT, 
 LA REINE MARGUERITE DUCHES- 
 SE DE VALOIS, PETITE F1LLE DU 
 GRAND ROI FRANCOIS, SOEUR 
 DE TROIS ROIS, ET SEULE RESTE'E 
 
of PAR IS. 137 
 
 DE LA RACE DES VALOIS; A IANT 
 ETE* VISITE'E ET SECOURUE DE 
 DIEU, COMME JOB ET JACOB; ET 
 LORS LUI AIANT VOUE' LE VOEU 
 DE JACOB, ET DIEU L' AIANT 
 EXAUCE'E, ELLEA BATI ET 
 FONDE' CE MONASTERE, POUR 
 TENIR LIEU DE L'AUTEL DE 
 JACOB; ouELLE VEUT <^U E 
 PERPETUELLEMENT -SOI E. NT 
 RENDUES ACTIONS DE GRACES, 
 EN RECONNOl SS AN CE DE CEL- 
 LES QIFELLE A RECEUES DE 
 SA DIVINE BONTE. ELLE A 
 NOMME' CE MONASTERE DE 
 LA SAINT E TRINITE', ET CET- 
 TE CHAPELLE DES LOUANGES, 
 ou ELLE A LOGE' LES PERES AU- 
 GUSTINS DECHAUSEZ. 
 
 On the 21. of March, One thoufiand fix hundred' an A 
 eight 9 Queen Margaret Dutchefi of Valois, 
 Grand Daughter of the great King Francis, Si- 
 fter of three Icings, and the only remainder of 
 the I{ace of Valois, having been vifited and re- 
 lieved by God, like Job and Jacob ; arid having 
 at that time vowed the Vow of Jacob, and God 
 
 . having heard her, fie built and eftablififi thU 
 Monaftery, inftead of JacobV Mar, in which 
 Jhe defres that perpetual thanks be. given to 
 God, in return of thofie Favours which jhe hath 
 received from his divine bounty, She hath named 
 this Monaftery from the Holy. Trinity, and this Cha- 
 pel the Chapel of Praifes, and Jhe hath here placed 
 
 the 
 
1 3 S A New Defcription 
 
 the barefooted Fathers of Saint Auguftine\j Order. 
 
 One may perceive by this Infcription that 
 thefe Fathers were formerly more auftere than 
 they are at prefent, in regard they were then Dc- 
 chaujfe\ or barefooted. That Queen built this 
 Monaftery in favour of her Confeflbr who was of 
 this Order - y his name was Francis Amet, origina- 
 ry of the Town of Montargis. You ought to 
 fee their Library, which is very neat. Among 
 thefe Fathers is Father Lubin, who is efteem'd 
 one of the moft fkilful Geographers that we 
 lnve. This is he who Tranllated the Relation 
 of Lapland, which is fold at the Widow Farenne\ 
 at the Palais. r . 
 
 In the %ue de Seine, behind the Colledge of the 
 four Nations, is the Hotel de la I(oche-foucault y 
 which was formerly known by the name of Hc~ 
 tel de Liancourt, whofe building is very regular, 
 and of a beautiful Ordinance. Here were for- 
 merly very excellent Piftures, but they have 
 beendifperfed fince the Death of the Duke of 
 liancourt who made the Colleftion. 
 
 Parallel to this Street lies the l{ue Ma\arin, fo 
 calfd, fince the building of the Colledge of the 
 four Nations which takes up part of the Street, 
 of which Colledge Cardinal Ma\arin was the 
 Founder. In the middle of this Street is the 
 Theater of French Comedies over againft the "end 
 of the %ne Guenegaud ; this is the only place 
 where at prefent they aft French Tlays. Former, 
 ly there were three places in Paris, where you 
 had fuch Speftacles, at the Palais J{pyal y at the 
 MaraU du Temple, and'at the Hotel deBourgogne ; 
 but fince the Invention of Opera's, thefe things 
 
 have 
 
©/PARIS. 139 
 
 have been changed, and thefe here are the only 
 Company of French Comedians that remain at 
 prefent. They often Aft here new Pieces that 
 are very pleafant, but are not of equal Beauty 
 with thofe of M. CorneiUe, nor of M. Racine for 
 ferious Matters, no more tfcin they are equal 
 to thofe of the famous Moliere for Cornicle. 
 All Strangers agree however that the French 
 Scene is the handfomeft and moft magnificent of 
 Europe, as well for the decoration of the Thea- 
 ^r, as for the Beauty of the Pieces there repre- 
 fented ; the Comedians moreover fpare no Cofts 
 to fatisfie the Spectators in the richnefs of their 
 habits. There arefbme among them who eom- 
 pofe Plays themfelves, which makes them more 
 expert, and enables them more thorowly to 
 underftand the Chara&er which they repre- 
 fent. 
 
 From the %ue Ma^arin you may turn into the 
 %iie de Guenegtud, in which dwells Moniieur the 
 Abbot de h Jtyque, Author of the Journal d&sr 
 S^avans, which he publifhesevery Fifteen days : 
 The Curious receive this piece with extream 
 fatisfaftion, fince he fhews fo great care to en- 
 rich it with all the fine things he can colleft. M* 
 de Salo, Counfellor in the Parliament, was the 
 firftwho began this Journal in the Year 1665. 
 and gave the Idea to Strangers, who found the 
 invention fo profitable and* fo pleafant, that 
 they have imitated the fame thing in divers 
 parts of Europe. M. the Abbot GaBoti continued 
 the Journal for fome years after, from 1666. to 
 1674. at which time M. the Abbot de U Hpque 
 undertook the Work, in which he hath always 
 labour d fince then, with fuch fuccefs as has ac- 
 quired him a very great Reputation in the 
 
 World. 
 
1 40 A New Defcription 
 
 World . He holds at his Houfe every Thurfday 
 Conferences, at which many Learned Terfons 
 meet, and propofe to him the Bifcoveries they 
 have made in the Arts and Sciences* 
 
 From this Street you go upon the Key of the 
 AUguftines, which begins at the Pont Saint Mi- 
 chael, and runs all along the River as far as- the 
 Pont-Neuf. 
 
 The Convent of the Grand Auguftines^ 
 
 TH E Houfe of thefe Fathers is of no greater 
 Antiquity than that of the other Mendi* 
 earns, of which I have already fpoken. Htfto^ 
 rians fay, that they came to Paris about the Year 
 1 270. and that they were then call'd the Hermites 
 of St. Auguftine. Their firft Habitation was near 
 the Gate of Mont-manre, in the Street call'd 
 j^ne desFieux Auguftines, which ftill keeps that 
 Kame , and while they dwelt in that Quarter 
 they made ufe of the Church of St. MaryJEgyptian, 
 which is ftill remaining. They changed their 
 abode fome years after, and came into the Hue 
 des Bemardins, where there is at prefent St Nicho- 
 las duChardonnet: but finding that place no more 
 Commodious than the former, they fhifted once 
 again, and came atlafttothis place, intending 
 to affociate with the Penitents called Sachets, 
 who wereapparefd in a kind of Sackcloth, and 
 were placed by St. Lewis on the Bank of the Seine, 
 in the fame place where the Convent ftands at 
 this day. This habitation the Sachets left en- 
 tirely to them, and became themfelves difperfed 
 
o/PAJUS. i 4 f 
 
 into divers places. The 'Church belonging to 
 thefe "Fathers was not built till the time of C harks 
 the Fifth, called the Wife, as one may obferve 
 from the Infcription placed at the Foot of his Sta- 
 tue, placed at the entrance of the great Door on 
 the Right Hand. 
 
 Trhnm Francovum J^ex Delphinm fuit ifte, 
 .Exemplar morum, Carolus ditlus, boneChrifte, 
 .Merces juftorum dilexit farther ifte, 
 Hie patet exemplum, tibinam complevit honor e f 
 .Hoc preens Templum Deo ditetur honor e. 
 
 This JQng of France, firfi Dauphin was in 
 Fame, 
 
 Example of good manners, Charles by narw P 
 Be loved full ftrongly the reward o*th y )uft, 
 The reafotfs plain, and grant it me you muft, 
 For he this Church C Almighty God did frame. 
 
 The Church was dedicated by William Char tier, 
 BifhopofPrfw, in the year 1453: aflifted.by a 
 great number of Prelates,who performed this Ce- 
 remony with much Solemnity. The Great Altar 
 is a modern Work ; it is but two years fince it was 
 finifht. M. le Brun made the Defign, which is 
 not much different from that of St. Severin : 
 you may obferve that the Joyners Work of the 
 Quire, is of the beft fort in Paw, as is alfo the 
 Tribune between tbeQuire and the Nave adorn'd 
 with black Marble Pillars of the Corinthian Or- 
 der. On each fide of the Door under this Tri- 
 bune,are two Chapels,one dedicated to the Holy 
 
 Virgin, 
 
142 A Nt w JDe fcriphn 
 
 Virgin, and the other to St. Nichols of Tolentin. 
 The Pulpit is alfo adornM with certain Carvings 
 gilt, and the Bas-reliefs which are round about, 
 are carefully preferved, they being wrought by 
 Germain Fikn, yet thefe fathers have been not 
 long fince perfwaded to gild them. 
 
 In this Church are feveral Tombs of illuftri- 
 ous Perfons, among which Philip de Comines is 
 the moft famous 5 he lived under Lewi* the 
 Eleventh, and was his principal Secretary. The 
 Memoires which he hath left us are fo excellent 
 and fo profitable, that they have been tranflated 
 into Latin, with Commentaries and Notes upon 
 them : And M. Godefroy, Hiftoriographer of 
 France, hath printed a French Edition • of them 
 at the Louvre, according to the Original, in the 
 Language of the time, which he hath illuftra- 
 ted with many curious Remarks. That learned 
 Man is buried with his Wife in a little low Cha- 
 pel behind the Altar belonging to the Knights 
 of the Holy Ghoft, and one cannot fee his Tomb 
 unlefs the Sacriftan open the Door of the place 
 in which it is, it not appearing outwards. You 
 muft not forget to obferve the great Pifture 
 in this Chapel, reprefenting the Defcent of 
 the Holy Ghoft upon the Holy Virgin, and the 
 
 Apoftles y it is the Work of a Famous 
 
 Painter. There is another Pifture on the fide 
 of the fame bignefs, reprefenting Lewis the 
 Thirteenth in his Ceremonial Robes giving the 
 Collar of the Holy Ghoft to a Lord, affifted with 
 the principal Officers of the Order, in their pro- 
 per Habits alfo. In this Chapel are perfbrm'd 
 the Ceremonies of the great promotions, and 
 Llenry the Third made choice of this place when 
 he firft Inftituted the Order of the Holy Ghoft 
 
 on 
 
of PARIS. 143 
 
 on the laft day of December, 1 5 79. as did appear 
 by an Jnfcription which was not long fince takea 
 away, but this is a Copy : 
 
 Fcrtifimis& prudentiJfimU utriufque militia Eqiii- 
 tib. Prifctf nobilitatU beUo C£ pace optime de I(ep. 
 meritis HENRICUS III. Gallia Polonix 
 J{ex auguftm, divini Spiritm apud Chriftianos 
 Symbolum pro epeftri Stemmate ejfe voluit, piffit, 
 decrevit, plaudente, venerante populous votapro. 
 falitte Trincipis nuncupante ob fmgularem ipfm 
 pietatem. 
 
 LUTETI& PARISIORUM. 
 
 KAL. JANUAR. cid. id. LXXIX. 
 
 To the moft Valiant and moft Wife ^nights, both 
 of the Sword and the Gown, of Noble Birth >, voho 
 have deserved -well of the Common-Wealth both in 
 War and Peace, Henry the Third, the auguft 
 Kl n & °f France and Poland, hat Willed, Conu* 
 manded *and Decreed, That the Symbol of the 
 ■Holy Ghoft among Chriftians, jhould be the mark 
 of his new Order of ^jiighthood, the people ap- 
 plauding , reverencing , and praying for the 
 Health of their moft pious Prince. 
 
 Paris, the Pirft of January, 
 
 C10. io. LXXIX. 
 
 You ought not to negleft to read the Epitaph 
 
 of 
 
144 New Decription 
 
 of the Learned M. de Sainte-Beuve, a Parifian 
 Do&orof the S or bonne, and a perfon moft fa- 
 mous for his profound Knowledge, and extraor- 
 dinary Probity, both which did acquire him 
 the efteem and confidence of the moft illuftrious 
 Prelates of his time: The Epitaph was made by 
 his Brother, and is placed on one fide of the great 
 Altar, ona Table of black Marble, of which this 
 is a Copy : 
 
 HIC fituseft tfACOBVS D E S AIN'T E- 
 BEVVB, Presbyter Doclor ac Soeius Sorboni- 
 cus , Regius S. Theologize Frofefor. 
 Qui vixdum XXFI1L tranfgrejfm annum, a Clero 
 Ecckfia Gallicana anno M. DC. XLL Meduntx 
 congregate 
 
 Cum aliquot viris eruditis ad componendum Theologize 
 
 Moralis corpus eft deleBus : 
 Et bienniopoft in Schola Sorbonx Theologian docuit 
 
 magna fama, ftudioforumfrequentii. 
 Dotlrinam ejm eximiam cum fingulari pietate fa- 
 
 pientiaque conjunftaw, 
 Teftantur nonnullarum Gallia Ecclefiarum Brevia* 
 
 ria ac Ritualia diligentijfimc emendata ; 
 Thrimi heretic i ad Catholic am Religionemfelicifim) 
 adduBi; 
 
 Multctcontroverfi&pxivatorum, quiipfum ultro ar- 
 
 bittvmelegerant compofita ; 
 Complures omnium ordinum ad emendationem morum 
 prudentiffimk admonitionibus confiliif^ue com- 
 pulfi. 
 
 Cum idem widique non a Civibus Popuhribus 
 
 modo, fed etiam ab Exteris 
 De rebus dd difciplinam Ecclefiafticam E£ ad mores , 
 pminentibus quotidie confuleretur, cunSifque 
 indejejjus fatisfaceret : 
 
 Ami- 
 
of PAR I S. J+S 
 
 Antiftites, qui ex omnibus Regni Franetci Frovin- 
 ciis anno Domini M. DC.LXX. apud Fontem 
 Jfara Conventum habebant, 
 Virum optime de Ecclefia meritum honorario dona* 
 vere. 
 
 Vixit annos Jxiv. Obiit xviiu Xjflendvs fanuarias 
 unnoM. DC. LXXV1I. 
 
 HIERONYMUS DE SAINTE 
 
 BEUVE, PRIOR MONTIS Ail- 
 REOLIFRATRI OPTIMO 
 A T QU E CARISSIMO MOE- 
 RENS POSUIT. 
 
 Here lies James de Sainte-Beuve, Friefi, Dotlor 
 and Fellow of the Sorbonne, and Regius Frofeffor 
 of Divinity. 
 
 Who being fcarte XXrill. years old, was chofe by 
 the Clergy of France, which was ajfembled at 
 Mante, in t he year M. DC. XL I. that Ik with 
 fome other learned Men Jheuld compofe a body of 
 Moral Divinity ; and two years pfter he taught 
 Divinity in the School of the Sorbonne, with 
 great reputation, and concourse of learned Men. 
 The Breviaries and J{ituals y of fome Churches of 
 France, diligently Corretled, many Heretick hap- 
 pily brought bad to the Catholich Religion ; many 
 Controversies of private Men, who had chofe n 
 him for Umpire wifely compofed • very many of 
 all Orders and Eftates perfwaded to mend their 
 Manners by hit prudent admonitions and counfels 9 
 do fbew his extraordinary Learning, Fiety and 
 Wifdom. He being daily confulted not only by 
 , his own Citi^nsand Countrymen , but alfo by Fo- 
 ?AJ. G reignm $ 
 
1 46 -A New Defeription 
 
 reigners, concerning nutters pertaining to Beck* 
 fiaftical Discipline and good Manners, andfatis- 
 fyingy all with an unwearied diligence ; The 
 Bijhopsroho were afembled out of all the Provinces 
 c\ France, in the year M. DC. LXX. at 
 Tontoife y confidering him m a person who had done \ 
 very good fervid to the Churchy gave him an ho- 
 nourable Penfion. 
 Jfe lived LXir years, and dyed the xviii. of the 
 Calends of January, in the year 
 M.DC ixxru. 
 
 Jlicrom de Sainte-Beuve, Trior of Montaureoli,! 
 has fet up this, mourning, to the memory tfhit bejl 
 and dearejl Brother. 
 
 1 
 
 1* 1 ' • 
 
 In their Cloifter is a Statue of St. France 
 kneeling, it reprefents him in the pofture he! 
 might be in when he received the Stigmatal 
 Thjs Statue is much efteemed, it being made b)\ 
 G/main Pilon y and by him prefented to thef<| 
 .fathers in the year 
 
 The Aflemblies of the Clergy are ufually helc| 
 in this Convent, of which we have feen fom 
 'ihefe laft years. 
 
 • Not far from this Monaftery is the Hue Dam 
 f\ine y focall'd, becaufe built atfuchtime whe; 
 Jj&pu xyh. came into the World. Before thaj 
 heke were only certain old Gardens full of Ruin! 
 acr^fs over which they cut this Street, at th 
 -end 6f the Pont-Neuf. It had at the end of it fa 
 Gatebftheftme name, which about 10 or 1 
 years ago was taken down, for the better un 1 
 £ing the Suburbs and the Town together. Mu it 
 
 yo 
 
o/PARIS. 147 
 you have paft this Street, as you follow the courfe 
 of the River you come to 
 
 The Httel de Conn. This was formerly calfd 
 the Hkel de Never but that name being de* 
 termined after the Marriage of thetwoPrinceifes 
 who were the laft of the Family, one of which 
 was Married to Cafimir King of Poland, and the 
 other to Prince Edward of the Palatine Family,the 
 Mitel de Severs patted into other hands 5 Monfieur 
 deGuenegaud, Secretary of State, bought it, and 
 made here very canfiderable augmentations. 
 Who, being one of the Richeft and moft Magnifi- 
 cent perfons of his time, fpared no Cofts to adorn 
 it without and within, and raifed alfo feveral 
 Houfes in the Street behind the Walls of the 
 Garden, which Street is call'd after his name to 
 this day. The Entrance into this Httel appears 
 great , and the infide is very futable. You 
 ! ought to endeavour to fee the Chapel which is 
 ; ieally very handfom, adorn'd with Corinthian 
 I Pillars, and other Ornaments of a very good 
 »guft. Jt is the Work of Manfard, as is alfo the 
 ■great Stair-cafe which is highly efteem'd. Tlie 
 Garden is very pleafant, planted with an Ally of 
 1 Trees, and has a great Parterre. The Apart- 
 iinents iiave their feveral Profpe&s, which ren- 
 ders them very pleafant in Summer. The late 
 Princefs of Conti, one of the Wifeft and moft 
 Virtuous Ladies of this Age, changed away to 
 M. de Guenegaud for this Houfe, her fair Houfe 
 m Bouchet, together with the old Httel deConti, 
 where lives at prefent Monfieur. the Duke of 
 t Crequi. In one Corner of this Httel ftands a 
 j ;reat Houfe, which makes no diftinft appearance 
 L rmtwardly, but depends upon this Hbtel. One 
 \ ian hardly defire a better contrived building 
 i G 2 or 
 
i 48 A New Defcripion 
 
 or neater than this. Monfieur the Trince de 
 U %oche-fur-Ton dwells in it at prefent, that fo ;| 
 jhe may be near his Brother the Prince of 
 £onti. 
 
 Between this Hotel and the Colledge de Quatre 
 Kations 9 Monfieur the Abbot de U Charnbre, one 9 
 of the French Academy, hath his Lodgings, I 
 where you may fee many fine Curiofities. He I 
 hath a very great number of all forts of excellent I 
 Jtooks, among which ai;e many Prints and pieces | 
 of Architecture. But the greateft' Rarity of all j 
 is a Marble Baft of the famous Cavalier Bernin, 
 made at %ome a little before his Death ; and | 
 .another Buft of Chrift,made by the fame Mafter 5 
 with another of M. de k Chambre, his Father, I 
 ,whofe name is fo famous among all Men of j 
 Learning, for thofe many excellent Works which j 
 he hath publilh'd, and for that particular Cha- 1 
 rafter which he hath,of treating of the moft pro- j 
 found Matters, with a ftile fo neat and polite. I 
 Befide this you may fee at M. the Abbot de U ! 
 £hambre J s feveral Copies of Poufiin s belt pieces, I [ 
 and fome Models in Wax of fome of Bmiin's $ta* j ' 
 £ues. Near this is >|j 
 
 P J 1 
 
 "The CoUedge des Quatre-Nations, | { 
 
 HEre flood formerly the old Gate call'd Portc\l 
 de Nefle, with a very high Tower, which! 
 did much incommode this Quarter. The Heirf;; 
 of Cardinal M&^arin, who by his Teftament ap< 
 pointed the Foundation of this Colledge, boughi 
 this pl^ce for that purpofe, and caufed thofi 
 
 Building 
 
of PARIS- r$i 
 
 Buildings to be pull'd down, which obftru&ed 
 the form of that Plan which the Cardinal himfelf 
 had drawn out. The Key, which was broken 
 offin this place, was continued as far as the Vonu 
 J{ouge,and at laft they raifed the Buildings in fuch 
 manner as we no w fee them, of a moft curious 
 Ordinance without. They confift of two great 
 Pavillions, fquare and very high, adorn'd with 
 Corinthian Pilafters, which ftanding in a Demi- 
 circle, enclofe a fmall Place or open Court ; at 
 the further part of which is the Portal of ther 
 Chapel raifed upon fome fteps, and adorn'd with 
 fix Corinthian Pillars, which make a kind of* 
 Portico. Over all the Work, which ftands fome- 
 thing higher than the Wings, are placed twelve 
 Statues, reprefenting the four Evangelifts, the 
 Fathers of the Greek Church, and the Fathers of 
 the Latin Church ; thefe ferve for an Ornament 
 to the Dome which rifes above them, and is en- 
 rich'd without with all the Ornaments one canr 
 defire, as gildings upon the Lead in manner of 
 Feftoons, and Faiillages over the Slates, which 
 are cut and placed like the Scales of Fifhes. The 
 infide of the Church is not in the fplendor at pre- 
 fent which it is like to have in time. And the 
 Tomb of Cardinal Ma^arin, which is to be 
 placed here, is not yet begun. On the Frife 
 over the Portal you may read this Infcription : 
 
 JUL. MAZARTN. S. R. E. CARD. B A SI- 
 LICA M ET GYMNAS. F. C. A. 
 M. DC LXI. 
 
 C 3 Julius 
 
1 5$ <A New Defcriftion 
 
 Julius Mazarin, Cardinal of the holy Roman 
 Church, caufed this Church and School to 
 be built , in the Tear 
 M. DC LXI. 
 
 The inner part of this Colledge is very fpa- 
 cious ; it is compofed of two Courts, the firft 
 of which and alio the leaft, is adorn d with two 
 Portico's, one of which leads to the Church, in 
 the other is the Stair-cafe that ^oes up to the 
 Apartments of the foremoft buildings. The other 
 Court is very great and all the buildings run. 
 along one fide only, in which are convenient 
 Lodgings for a very great number of People. 
 The Schools are below in the Ground Rooms, 
 level with the Court But thefe things ought 
 not to detain you long, you ought to fee the 
 Library which is compofed of Thirty five thou* 
 ftnd Volumes, collefted together by Cardinal 
 Ma%arin, with great Care and Charges. They 
 are placed in excellent order, and the Preffes are 
 wrought of Wainfcot adorn'd with Pillars and 
 Sculpture. This Library is of great lengthy 
 and it takes up one of the Pavillions that runs out 
 upon the Key. Monfieur de la Potrie one of the 
 moft intelligent men of the Kingdom in Books, 
 hath the care of this Library, and fhews it to the 
 Curious very obligingly. It is faid that it will be 
 made publick,and that people will have allowance 
 to ftudy there on certain days every Week, as 
 is done in that of St. Fittor\ but no body knows 
 when this will be. The Revenue which is ap- 
 pro- 
 
©/PARIS. 151 
 
 propria ted for the maintenance of thlsColledge is 
 conliderable : For befidc the Abby of St. Michael 
 en Heme, which is of a great Rent ; there are 
 feveral Houfes in the Xji* Ma\arin % from which 
 arifes a very great Summ of Money. TheDe- 
 fign of Cardinal Ma\arin was to entertain here 
 theGentlemen of thofe four feveral Nations,whofe 
 Country hath been fo long time the Theater of 
 War, and that they might be here Inftru&ed in 
 all thofe Exercifes that are proper for Perfons 
 of Quality. Here are to be Sixty in all 5 Fifteen 
 from the parts about Vignerol, for Italy ; as* many 
 out of Alfatia for Germany • Twenty out of the 
 Catholick Low Countrys ; and Ten from Kouf- 
 fiUon, that fo thefe people being acquainted 
 with the French manners, may have an affe&ion 
 for that Nation from whom they have received 
 fuch Benefits. The Doftors of the Sorbonne are 
 to have the Government of the Colled ge, and to 
 teach here Humanity.Here is alfo to be taught the 
 Riding the great Horfe, ^nd there is already a 
 place fet out for a Manege ( or Rideing School. ) 
 They are alfato be taught to Dance, to handle 
 their Armes, to Vault ; the Mathematicks, and 
 all belles Lettres y (or Polite Learning.) And thefe 
 Gentlemen have all this and all fort of Enter- 
 ; tainment^rat^, without cofting them one Far- 
 j thing, which makes this Foundation efteemM a& 
 one of the beft, and moft ufeful that could be in- 
 vented. 
 
 On the Key that runs along the River fide, 
 is placed this Infcription, in black Marble, front- 
 ing towards the louvre, compofed by M. Blon* 
 dek 
 
 G 4. LUDO- 
 
i $2 -A New Defcriprion 
 
 LUDOVICO MAGNO. 
 
 RIP AM HANC UT RIP/E ALTERIUS 
 DIGNIT AT I R E S P O N D E R E T 
 QUADRO SA?CO CC PR/EF. ET 
 iEDIL. 
 
 ANN. M. DC. LXIX. & M. DC. LXX. 
 
 To L E W I S the Great.. 
 
 Thdt this Bank might anfrver the Grandeur of the 
 other, the Trxf etl and JEiiles caufed it all to be 
 built of fyuare Stone, in the Tears M. DC. LXIX 
 and M. DC. LXX. 
 
 On the fame fide is the Hotel de Crequi In 
 which Monfieur the Duke of Crequi, Governor of 
 Ta wand one of the four principal Gentlemen of 
 the Chamber, makes his abode. You may fee 
 here very Curious Pictures, and very rich Furni- 
 ture. 
 
 ' The Hkel de Bouillon is next, whofe Apart- 
 ments are magnificent, adorn'd with Plafons. 
 Here is no fparing in furnifliing the Houfe with 
 * the beft fort of Ornaments. 
 
 The Houfe which makes the Corner of the 
 JQe des Saint Teres, at prefent poffeft by Monfi- 
 eur the Marechxl d J Humieres, Governor of Tlan- 
 dezs. It is a very regular building, and wants 
 
 nothing 
 
*/ PARIS. if}> 
 
 nothing but a little more Room, to make it 
 lighter. 
 
 Further on is the Houfe of the late Prefident 
 Ferauh; Tntendant of Monfieur the Prince, which 
 has been built with much Coft. You ought 
 above-all to fee the Gallery which fronts the Ri- 
 ver, open on both fides correfpondently, and 
 adorn'd with feveral Piftures reprefenting the* 
 principal Perfons of the Royal Family of France, 
 with a long Genealogick Chart in Vellom or 
 the Houfe of Bourbon, in which- are the* Por- 
 traits of all t'hofe Princes from St. Lewti, dowrr 
 to the prefent Reign, in miniature. In the* 
 Garden are fbme very good Statues, two Gladia- 
 tors, colour'd like Brafs, the KenuA MedicU y 
 and a young Bacc hm of the fame kind, with fome 
 others, very well caft off from the Antiques at 
 Rgme. The great Iron Arbour is remarkable 
 for its heighth, and for its being the firft that 
 ever was made of this fort. We ought not to 
 forget the Chapel, in which is a Picture done by 
 Albert Duret, and highly efteemed, with fome 
 Copies of the Sacraments from the Famous PttjjjZ 
 fin. This is a general account of what is here 
 remarkable , not mentioning the Furniture, 
 which was very neat during the Mailer's Life, 
 who paft for one of the Curioufeft and belt 
 Judging men of the Kingdom. % 
 
 We come next to the Tbemns. Cardinal 
 Ma^arin was their principal Founder, haying 
 left them at his death a great Summ of Money 
 for the building of their Church, which was be- 
 gun with much Coft, but is fince left off imper- 
 feft, the enterpr ze being much' greater than the 
 Legacy, which was left 'em. Thefe Fathers are 
 the only Men of this Order in France, and Car- 
 G s drat 
 
1 54 *A New Defer iftion 
 
 dinal Motrin was the firft that brought them 
 out of Italy. 
 
 The laft houfe that you fee in this Row, on 
 the fide of the River, is the Hotel de Mailly, 
 now building. It will ftand very convenient and 
 pleafant, in regard its profpe&s are extended 
 over the Tuilleries, and over the Corns de U 
 J^eine, the two moft beautiful Walks of Paris. 
 
 The Coursde la Heine, is on the other fide of 
 the River, at the end of the TuiUeries ; it was 
 planted with four rows of Trees, as we fee it, by 
 the care of Mary of Medici* ,who gave the publick 
 this agreeable Walk; TheMareehal de Batfompierre 
 has been at the charge to enclofe it on that fide 
 next the River,all along with a Wall of Preeftone. 
 It is in length a Roman Stadium, and at each 
 end hath a Door of Iron, fupported with certain 
 Stone Works of a Ruftick Order, which make a 
 very handfom effe£i. This Walk is the pleafanter 
 in regard it is upon the Banks of the River, 
 from whence it hath fuch a frefh Air, as in Sum- 
 mer draws hither all the Gentry, and perfons of 
 Fafhion in Pari*. You may count here often 
 times no lefs than feven or eight hundred Coaches, 
 which drive about in the exafteft order that can 
 be, and without the leaft embarrafs imagina- 
 ble. 
 
 Thefe are the principal things that are to be 
 feen in the Quarter of the Faux-bourg St. Germain. 
 There may be here other Rarities no lefs Angular 
 than thefe, but in regard they are in particular 
 hands, whofe owners do not care to have them 
 known, I think it beft to make no mention of N 
 them, as well to oblige the owners, as to 
 fave the Labour of the Curious that they may 
 not ask to fee what they are in great hazard to 
 be denyU Z'J/fe 
 
V paris; ijx 
 
 L' ISLE 
 D U PALAIS, 
 
 ( Or JJland of the Palace. ) 
 
 THIS is the laft Quarter that remains 
 to write of, tho* according to Hi- 
 ftory and Antiquity, it ftiould have 
 been firft mentioned ; but we did not think that 
 proper for fome reafons, mention'd in the begin- 
 ning of this Book. Formerly the whole Town 
 of Paris contain'd no more than that fpace of 
 Ground which lies between the two Armes of the 
 Sei?ie, which place ftill retains its ancient name of 
 the City. This is the fulleft of People of any Quar- 
 ter of Paris ; but withal the moft incommodious, 
 by reafon of that great confufion of Houfes, very 
 high for the moft part, which make the Streets 
 narrow and obfcure. 
 
 The moft remarkable things in this Quarter, 
 are fome Churches and the Palais, or place where 
 the Parliament fib 
 
 77* 
 
i $6 A New Defcripwft 
 
 TheChwch of Notre-Dame. 
 
 THis Church is the Cathedral of Pam % and 
 the Seat of an Arch-Bifhoprick, which was 
 erefted in the Pontificate of Pope urban the VIII. 
 in the Year 1622. It was before that only a 
 Bifhoprick, but that very ancient ; finceSt."2>ew 
 who lived but a little time after the Apoftles, 
 was the Founder. This Church, in the firft Ca- 
 tholick Ages, wascalfd by the Chriftians of thofe 
 times, by the name of that Saint its Founder ; 
 but it being rebuilt in the Reign of Cbildebert, 
 eldeft Son of ClovU, abouttheyear «J22. it was 
 then dedicated to the Holy Virgin, whole name 
 it has ever fince retain'd. King Robert one of 
 the moft pious and wifeft Princes that France 
 ever hacf, perceiving the antient Building not 
 to have all that Beauty and Magnificence, which 
 it might have ; begun another, but the defigti 
 being a vaft undertaking, it was not brought 
 to perfeftion til? many Years after. Henry the 
 Firft his Son, Philip the Firft, Lewis the Grofs, 
 £ervti the Young, and Philip AnguftvA his Succef- 
 Fors, did all affift in the Work, and it was finilht 
 under the glorious Reign of thelaft, as we may 
 prefume, becaufe he is the laft of thofe 24. 
 whofe Statues are fet up on the great FrontiC- 
 piece. 
 
 TheStrufture of this Church is of the Gothick 
 teanner, but the handfomeft and beft perform'd 
 in Prance. It is very remarkable for its Gran- 
 deur and Solidity. The Vaults are very high 
 
 raifed : r 
 
of PAR I S. 157 
 
 raifed, and contain 17. Toifes ( a Torfe is fis 
 Foot)in height, the breadth is 24 and the length 
 65. The 2. great fquate Towers in the Fronts 
 are 34 rwjW high, flat on the top, fo that from 
 this place one may eaiily and conveniently dif- 
 cover all Parti. The Bells that hang, in the 
 Towers are very fair ones, the biggeft of them 
 was caft but a while ago, for which purpofe the 
 Chapter hath been at a very confiderable es» 
 pence, and yet it hath no very pleafing. Sound. 
 AW the Body of the Church is cover d with Lead, 
 and it is eafie to judge what a prodigious 
 quantity tliere goes to cover fo great a Roof. 
 
 As for the inhde of the Church, the Curious 
 who are Lovers of Painting, will here find fuffi- 
 dent fatisfaftion in viewing thofe great Pi&ures 
 which all the Pillars are adorn'd with. Thofe in 
 the Quire are much better than the reft. Hers 
 are two of M- Le Bruris hand, one reprefenting 
 the Crucifying of St. Peter, the other the Mar*- 
 tyrdom of St. Steven. Here is alfo one piecg of 
 le Sueur s, reprefenting St Paul in the midft of 
 a Publick Affembly, cafting' into a Fire the 
 Books of Magick, before the Gate of the Temple, 
 whofe Portico is fupported with Pillars : This 
 Pifture ought to be efteem'd as one of the 
 choiceft that can be feen y it being of the beft 
 manner of that excellent Mafter , who in the 
 Judgment of fome able Men, is efreem'd the Se- 
 cond Prench Painter of this Age, and next to the 
 famous Poufiin. In former Years on every fir ft 
 day of May, the Company of Goldfmuhs did ufe 
 to prefent a Picture to this Church, for the ma- 
 king of which they employed fome renowned 
 Fainter, who had made himfelf known and 
 gain'da Reputation 5 but this Year the Cuftoni 
 
 hath 
 
158 \ANewDefcriftlon 
 
 hath been intermitted, tho' we hope it will be 
 continued again hereafter. There are few Cathe- 
 dral Churches in Europe, wherein the Divine 
 Service is perform'd with more exa&nefs and 
 Reverence. The Chapter is compofed of $0. 
 Canons, among whom there are fome very fa- 
 mous and of great Merit. 
 
 Among the reft, Monfieur foli, the Chanter, 
 and one of the Canons, is known to be a perfbn 
 of extraordinary Probity and Diligence in his 
 Office, and who to his Angular Merit hath ad- 
 ded a profound Learning. He hath made pub- 
 lick feveral Works, fome of which are already 
 very fcarce to be met with. The principal are 
 
 An Hiftorical Treatife of the Epifcopal Schools^ 
 1678. 
 
 Chriftian propofitions for relief of the Poor , i6<)2. 
 
 A Voyage to Munfter in the Tear 1646. 
 
 AJTranflation of two Booh of the State of Mar- 
 riage, compofed by Francis Barbaro, a Noble 
 Venetian. 
 
 A Chriftian Jnftrutlion for the Financiers, 1 66 j. 
 Chriflian and Moral Advice for the Education of 
 Children. 
 
 The Chriftian Widow, Dedicated to the late Queen- 
 Mother. 
 
 Divers [mall Trails eolle&ed from the Memoir es of 
 M- Antoine LoifeL Advocate in Parliament, hit 
 maternal Grandfather. 
 
 De Verbis vfuardi qua in Martyrologio Ecclefia Pari, 
 fienfis referuntur in fefto AffumptionU B. Marine 
 VirginU, in 12. 1662. 
 
 Traditio antiqua Ecclefiarum FrancU feu totius 
 Imperii Occidentals, qua in tpfiu* Martyrologio 
 adfeftum Affiimptionti B Maria Pirginis referun- 
 tur, Findicata ) 1672. There 
 
of PARIS. 
 
 There are alfo fome other Books afcribed to 
 him, Entituled 
 
 J{ecUeil de Maximes veritable* 8> importantes pour 
 f inftitution du %oi. 
 
 CodiciUe £ Or, ou petit Xeciieil tire de V Inftution du 
 Trince Chretien, compofe par Erafme , mis en 
 IrancoU fous k J{oi Francois I. & a prefent pour 
 la deuxieme fois, avec £ autres petites pieces, 
 1665. in 12. 
 
 Traite de h reftitution des Grands, precede d'une 
 
 Lettretouchant quelques points de la Morale Cbre* 
 
 tienne, 166*5. I2 - 
 De Heformandis horis Canonicis rit? conftitu* 
 
 endis Clericorum muneribus, Confultatio, 1643. 
 
 in 12. 
 
 This laft mention'd Book is a moft curious 
 piece. He hath alfo compiled together the 
 Works of Montieur Guy Coquille, containing many 
 Curious Trafts relating to the Liberties of the 
 Gallican Church, in two Volumes in Folio. He 
 had a numerous Library, but gave it away to the 
 Chapter about two years fince,on Condition that 
 it be publick, and that all forts of People may 
 have liberty to come and ftudy in it freely. It is 
 at prefent in a houfe in the Cloifter, behind the 
 Draw-wells, on that fide next the Church; and 
 we may e're long fee it confiderably augmented, 
 fome other of the Canons having promifed to 
 add their Books to it. 
 
 It ought to be obferved that the Canons of 
 this Church rife at midnight to go to Matines, 
 which they ftill fay at that hour, according to the 
 ancient ufage of the Church. There are fome 
 
 ancient 
 
1 66 A New Defcnptfon 
 
 antient Men among thefe hanons, who for . 30. 
 or 40. Years together, have not omitted one 
 fingletime : and this is almoftthe only Church 
 in the Kingdom, that hath Religioufly conti- 
 nued this piotfs Cuftom, tho' fo painful and 
 troublefom, efpecially in Winter. The Ca- 
 nons places are of no great Revenue, yet they 
 are much efteem'd, becaufe they are very honou- 
 rable. 
 
 On Feftival days you may fee here very rich 
 Ornaments. Their Silver Velfels, or Altar 
 Plate, is of the beft Workmanfhip. It confifts- 
 of fix great Candlefticks, and a Crofsmadeby 
 Monfieur Bajlin. Over the Copper Pillars, be- 
 hind the great Altar, is the Shrine of st. Marcel, 
 one of the firft Biftiopsof Part*. It is of Silver 
 gilt, adorn'd with precious Stones, and Enamel 
 of a delicate Colour. On Whitsunday they ex* 
 pofehere a Suit of Ornaitlents^of Crimfon Sat- 
 tin, Embroidered with Pearls, fome of which are 
 very large This was the gift of (^ueen Ifabel 
 of Bavaria, Wife of Charles VL V Inch Prefent 
 (he made in order to obtain of God her Husbands 
 Cure, being affiifted with a troublefom Diftem- 
 per. The fair Stiit of Tapiftry, which they dis- 
 play here on the great Eeftivals, representing 1 
 the Life of the Holy Virgin 5 is the gift of M. 
 Ie Ma fie Prior of Baches, Chanter of this Church, 
 and Secretary to the Cardinal de Richelieu, the 
 fame who gave his Library to the Scrbonne. 
 The Statue which we fee on a Pillar on the left" 
 hand of the great A ltar, reprefents Philip Augu- 
 fim, whofe Wife is interred here in the Quire ; 
 as is alfoaSon of Lewi* the Grofr who refu(ed' : 
 tobeBifhopof this Church, becaufe he would' 
 not by his own promotion, hinder that of the fa- 
 mous 
 
'of PAR IS/ \6t 
 mous Peter Lombard, who was chofen in his ftead. 
 The Tomb of Copper raifed about one Foot from 
 the Ground, near the Quire Door, belongs to> 
 a Bifliop of Tar is, named Odo de Sulli, in whofer 
 Pontificate this Church was finifh'd 5 he lived in 
 the Reign of Philip Auguftv^ and died in the year 
 1208. 
 
 In the Chapels behind the Quire there are more 
 Tombs, the moft conftderable of which are thofe 
 of theHoufeof Gondii originally of Italy, who 
 came into Prance with Catharine de Medic U , the 
 Cardinal A? who died about 3. years lince 
 Abbot of St. Denis, and had been Arch-Bifhop of 
 Paris, was the fecond Cardinal of this Family, 
 The Chapel of the Virgin, which is on one fide 
 of the Door that leads into the Quire, is adorn'd 
 with many Silver Lamps, and abundance of 
 other curious Offerings that haie been made 
 here. Some years ago they placed before the 
 great Altar, that, huge Lamp of Sifver, given by 
 the late Queen-Mother, which weighs 120. 
 Marks, ( a Mark is 8 Ounces ) and is fix Foot in 
 diameter. This Chapel of the Virgin, hasbeen 
 fometimes called the Sluggards Chapel, becaufe 
 of the very late Maffes which were faid here for 
 fuch as lay long a bed : It was the only place in 
 Parti that enjoyed this priviledge, contrary tor 
 the Cuftom of the pa ft Ages, when it was forbid 
 to fay Mafs after 10. a Clock. Over againft 
 this is the Statue of Philip de Valoti, on Horfe- 
 back Armed, and Caparifon'd as the fafhion was 
 in his time. He is reprefented in fuch manner, 
 as when he came into this Church, to return his 
 Thanks for a Battel gain'd over the Flemings 
 near Cafel 5 a Battle fo Bloody that he faw 
 22000. of his Enemies dead upon the placeu 
 
 Near 
 
161 <d New Defcription 
 
 Near this Is a great Pi&ure, reprefenting Lerofc 
 XIII. in his Royal Robes, kneeling at the Feet 
 of Chrift taken down from the Crofs ; it is the 
 Vow of that King made in a dangerous fit of Sick* 
 nefs. I ftiall fay nothing of the feveral Chapels 
 round the Nave, all well Wainfcotted and Pain- 
 ted ; nor of the Galleries over the fides capable 
 of holding a vaft number of People ; for this 
 would be to engage too far into particulars. I 
 (hall only fay that Vaulm Mmi\m y that famous 
 Hiftorian, is interr'd in this Church on the 
 North fide, but the precife place is not known. 
 However you might have read this Epitaph not 
 long fince. 
 
 PAULUS &MILIUS VEUONENSIS, 
 bujus Ecclefi* CanonicuA, qui prater eximiam 
 Vita fanftitatem, quanta quoque Do&rina pr#- 
 ftiterity judex atque teftis erit Hiftoria dt rebus 
 geftis Francorum, pojleris ab eodem edit a. 
 
 OBIIT A. P. i*2d. DIE MENSI3 MAU. 
 
 Paulus /Em'lius of Verona, Canon of this Churchy 
 of rvbofe great Learning, befides his extraordinary 
 San&ity, his Hiftory of France will be a fuffcient 
 teftimony to Pojlerity. 
 
 He died in the Year 1526. the*;, of May. 
 
 Tn the Sacrifty, you may fee an excellent Buft 
 of Cardinal it Hicbelieu, made by Cavalier 
 
 Bemin^ 
 
of PARIS. 163 
 
 Bernin, which the Dutchefs of AigmUon gave 
 to this Church by her Teftament. 
 
 On the South fide of this Church, ftands the 
 Archiepifcopal Palace, on the bank of the River 
 S eine. The Houfe makes no very handfom (how 
 on the outfide, but is within very commodious 
 and neat. Here is very handfom Furniture, 
 and a Cabinet of choice Books. The Garden is 
 but little, andconfifts only of one or two Alleys 
 along the River. 
 
 Behind the Church of Noftre-Dam, ftands 
 another little one very ancient, call'd St. Denis 
 duPas, becaufethe firft Torment that they in- 
 flifted upon that Saint was in this place, where 
 they put him into a hot Oven, from which he 
 was delivered by a Miracle. 
 
 The Cloifter where the Canons live is in- 
 clofed with ancient Walls, within which they 
 have their feverai Apartments. Formerly when 
 they lived in Community like the Religious, 
 Women were not fuffercd to dwell here ; but 
 fince they have been Secularized, they have had 
 diftinft Lodgings, and it hath been permitted 
 to thofe who have room to fpare, to let out their 
 Apartments, which has been the occafion to in- 
 troduce here all forts of People. 
 
 M. Menage, fo well known among the Learn- 
 ed for all his excellent Works, dwells in this 
 Cloifter. Every Wednesday he hath in his Houfe 
 a Meeting for the improvement of the Sciences, 
 to which all Men who make any profeffion of 
 Learning are freely admitted. 
 
 Thefe are the moft remarkable matters in this 
 Cloifter, which is joinM to the Ifle of Noftre-Dame y 
 by a Bridge of Wood, over which lies a Commu- 
 nication. 
 
 From 
 
164 Nero Defcrtption 
 
 Fronv hence, youpafs before the Hbtd-Dieu. 
 This Hofpital is the principal and greateft of all 
 Paris - they receive here indifferently all poor 
 Sick People, and you may fometimes reckon 
 here to the number of 4000. who are all enter- 
 tained and nourilhed with exceeding great Gare... 
 They are ferved by Nuns of St Auguftine s Order, 
 whofe Rule is the more fevere, in regard they 
 are to fpend" their whole Life in this £xercife, 
 which they could never undergo without admi- 
 rable Virtue and Patience, by reafonofall thofe 
 incommodities which they pafs through, near 
 fo many poor Sick People, whofe Miferies and 
 Difeafes render them equally froward and infup- 
 portable. This Hofpital hath very great Re- 
 venues, and they encreafedaily more and more, 
 by reason of the gifts that are continually given 
 to it. The building is not handfom, nay it is 
 very incommodious^ becaufe it is ftraitned for 
 Room •> the Ground on -which it ftands being (hut 
 tip on all fides. They have been therefore con- 
 ftrained to extend their buildings upon the very 
 River, and to ereft a great Room upon a longj^ 
 Vault, under which the Stream runs. Tho' there 
 be here a very great number of Beds, they are 
 not fufficient for that greater quantity of Sick 
 which are brought hither everyday ; and fome- 
 times they are conftrained to put 3. or 4. in the 
 fame Bed. They have feveral and diftinft 
 Rooms, where they lodge thofe who are afflifted I 
 with like DIftempers, that fo the Difeafe may 
 not^ fpread. The Hall on that fide next the 
 Petit-Pom, whofe outfide is adorn'd with Figures, 
 was built by Cardinal Anthony du Prat, Chancel- 
 lor of France, and Legate of the Holy See, about 
 thQ year 153 5. It is thought that the firft 1 
 
 Foun- I 
 
of PARIS- 16$ 
 
 Foundation of this great Hofpital was laid by St, 
 Zandri, the 2%th. Bifhop of Paris, who lived under 
 Clovis the 2d. in the Year 660. In the firft Ages 
 of Chriftianity, Bilhops were, by a laudible Cu- 
 ftom, obliged to Nourifh and Lodge the Poof, 
 as being the Difpenfators and Truftees of .the 
 Poors t ftate. For this reafon they built Hofpitals 
 near their Cathedral Churches, to the end that 
 fo they might be the principal Adminiftrators 
 themfelves ; as at this Day the Arch-Bi(hop.hath 
 the chief direftion here, with the Primier Prefi* 
 dent, and the Procurer General ; the Canons 
 of JSToftre^Dame have the Dire&ion of the Spiri- 
 tuals. 
 
 St. Lewis, as William deNangis, who hath cora- 
 pos'd a Hiftory of France much efteemed, tells 
 us, was a great Benefa&or'to this Hofpital; and 
 did confiderably augment its revenue, JJewy 
 the 4th. did the like, giving wherewithal to 
 build one of the faireft Halls, which is that of St. 
 Thomas, raifed upon a Stone Bridge, very folid, 
 and finiflht 1602. It is a very Edifying Curiofity 
 to fee in what manner the Poor are ferved in this 
 Hofpital. Princeffes have fometimes performed 
 here the vileft Offices of Ser- * n , ^ 
 vants 5 and even in our days we *™ vm Pf 
 have known * one dye of a Dif- % Ne J e ^> f 0 ' 
 eafe which (he caught here in J* °f ™ff 
 giving fome BrothtoaToor ^le^oftbe 
 Creature fick of the Small Q*«* 0/ Portu- 
 p ox gal deceafed. 
 
 Over againft the principal Gate that goes 
 into the Parvis de Noftre-Dame, you may fee a 
 great Stone Statue, very high, which reprefents 
 a Man holding a Box in his hand, and a Serpent 
 by his fide. It is fuppofed to be the Statue of 
 
 Sfctt* 
 
I $6 A New Defcriptiott 
 
 JEfculapm 9 God of the Phyficians, who is prefu- 
 med to have had fome Temple in this place. On 
 the Fountain behind this Statue, thefeVerfesare 
 ingraved. 
 
 QUI SITIS, HUC TENDAS DESUNT SI 
 
 FORTE LIQUORES, 
 PROGREDERE, &TERNAS DIVA 
 
 PARAVIT AQUAS. 
 
 Couie hither you that Thirfl, and Water want, 
 Go, and take living Water from the Saint. 
 
 All this Quarter is full of Churches, which in 
 truth are but fmall but very ancient. Their 
 names are 
 
 St. $ohn le fynd, ftanding on one fide of the 
 Church of Nbftre-Dame, and is the Parifh Church 
 of the Cloifter. 
 
 St. Chrijlophers , over agninft the fame 
 Church. 
 
 St. Genevieve des Ardens, which has been fb 
 named, by reafon of a famous Miracle, which 
 happen'd through the Interceffion of that Saint, 
 when her Shrine was carried in proceflion to Noftrc- 
 Dame, in order to the obtaining a Cure for an 
 Epidemical Difeafe, call'd Les Ardens, becaufe 
 thofe who were afflifted with thisDiftemper were 
 inflamed with fucha Thirft, that no Remedy 
 could abate. This Miracle happen'd in the Reign 
 of Lewis VI. in the year 1130. under the Ponti- 
 ficate of Pope Jnnoct nt the 2d. And for a perpe- 
 tual Memorial, this Church was built, it being 
 
 before 
 
of PARIS. itf 7 
 
 before that but a fmall Chapel ; but in procers 
 of Time it is become a Parifli Church, tho'the 
 Parifh be but of fmall extent. 
 
 St. Peter aux Bceufs, where they touch Cat- 
 tie with a hot Key, to keep 'em from running 
 Mad. 
 
 St. Marine, the Parifli Church of the Arch- 
 Bifliop's Houfe, to the Curate of which Church 
 are fent all Marriages,that are gain d by Sentence 
 n the Officialty. 
 
 Sp Landri. 
 St. Sympborian. 
 
 St. Denti it la Char tre, where according to (bme 
 Mens Opinions, that great Apoftle of France, 
 was put into Chains, and for fome time caft into 
 an obfcure Prifon, when he came to bring the 
 Faith and Light of the Gofpel into France. The 
 late Queen-Mother, whofe piety extended into 
 many places, repair d the Altar, and placed 
 there all the Figures which you fee, repre- 
 senting a Miracle which happen'd to the Saint, 
 when he was ihut up in this place 5 they are the 
 Work of M. Anguerre. This Church is a Priory 
 of the Order of bt.Benet, enjoyed by M. i Abbl 
 TeftUy one of the French Academy. Near to this 
 is the Church of 
 
 Saint Magdelain. Some hold that this is one 
 of the oldeft in Paris, and that for this reafon it 
 is exempted from making Proceffions as others 
 do. Here is a Fraternity that was formerly of 
 To great Reputation, that the greateft Lords 
 entered themfelves of it, after the Examples of 
 the King, and the Princes of the Blood. The 
 other Churches are 
 
 Saint 
 
K58 A New Defcriftion 
 
 S 'dint e Croix. 
 St. Peter des Arcis. 
 St. Martial. 
 
 St. Germain le Vieux. Whofe great Altar is of 
 a very handfom VYainfcot Work, adorned with 
 Corinthian Pillars of black Marble, with a Pi- 
 cture reprefenting the Baptifm of our Lord, 
 Painted by Stella, an excellent Matter. This 
 Church was formerly dedicated to St. John 
 Baptift, before they brought hither the Reliques 
 of St. Germain, in the Reign of King Pepin, for 
 fear they Should be plundered by the Barbarians, 
 -if they remained in the Abby of his name, which 
 at that time ftood without the Town. That 
 King himfelf affrfting in carrying the Shrine upon 
 his own Shoulders from the Abby to this place. 
 In memory of the Miracle which then happened 
 as they paft by the little Chltelet, he gave to St. 
 Cermains the Eftate at Palaifeau, pfBjj Leagues 
 from Paris. 
 
 Lower in the Street near the Palais ^rt the Bar- 
 mbites. Thefe Religious have been in the Poffeffi- 
 on of this Priory, butfince the beginning of this 
 Age before that.time it belonged to the Order of 
 St. Bern, under the name of St. Eloy. And the Re- 
 venues are re-united to the Arch-Bifhoprick of 
 Paris. Their Church is unfiniflit.The Houfe which 
 they have erefted here, about four or five years 
 fince, hath coft them more than ^cooo. Crowns; 
 but it was a very neceffary building, for before 
 that they had hardly any Lodgings to lye in. 
 
 St. Bartholomew is alfo over againft the Palais^ 
 to which and to all this Quarter it belongs as the 
 proper Pariih Church. This was formerly alfo 
 a Priory of the Order of StJenet 4 dedicated to 
 
 St.- 
 
of P ARIS. 1*7 
 
 St.Magloire, but the Monks left it, to avoid the 
 Tumult andNoifcof the place, and removed 
 to the Faux>bourg Saint Jacques, near the little 
 Chapel of St. George, belonging to them at that 
 time. This Tranflation was made, as hath been 
 already (aid, in the Reign of Lewti the Young, 
 in the Year 113 8. This Benefice was fince re- 
 united to the Arch-Biflioprick, and the Church 
 made Parochial, the Extent of which Parifh, 
 
 ' reaches to the tye St. Denis, St. Lue St. Gifts 
 was once annext to this ; and we have known a 
 Curate who was poffeft of both thefe Benefices, 
 but they have been fince divided becaufe of the 
 great diftance. 
 
 The Church is obfeure and ill built. The 
 
 j great Altar is of Wainfcot Work, and of a hand- 
 Torn defign. There is a Chapel on the right 
 hand, in which you may fee two Pi&ures of M- 
 Herault\ Work, one reprefents St. William, and 
 the other St. Charles Boromeia. That over the 
 Altar is of M. Loir's hand, and reprefents St. Ca+ 
 tharine kneeling, and receiving on her Finger a 
 Ring, which is put on by the Infant tfefus. The 
 reft is not much remarkable. 
 
 Miffire lewis Servin, Advocate General in the 
 Parliament of Paris, is interr'd in St. Bartkott- 
 
 \ mew's. He was a perfon who had gain'd by his 
 extraordinary Merit, the Refpeft and Love of 
 all thofe who knew him ; and his Reputation was 
 fo great throughout all Europe, that the moft 
 Famous Men of Learning of his time, made it 
 their glory to hold a Commerce by Letters 
 jwith him, as we fee in their Printed Works, 
 .where are "feme Letters of his, of wonderful 
 Wit and Genius. His inviolable Fidelity for the 
 Right fide,gain d him the Confidence of Henry III. 
 ft JL H who 
 
1 68 A Ntxv Vefcription 
 
 who made him his Advocate-General, after the 
 difmiffionof Meffire tfaques Faye Vefiejfes, which 
 Office he perform'd with a moft exemplary Inte- 
 grity, until the Year 1626. in which he died, 
 as he was making an Oration to Levoti XIII. 
 then fitting on his Throne of Juftice in the Par- 
 liament. The Univerfity, to whom he had 
 done great Service, made him a folemn Fune- 
 ral at the Mathurins, where his Elogium was pro* 
 . n<Shnced in Latin. Thefe two Verfes may ferve 
 for his Epitaph; 
 
 Eft fatis in titulo Servintss, proh ? jacet ingens., 
 Jnmundo fcivit fcibile quidqtiiderat. 
 
 Servins enough for Epitaph, here lies, 
 Who knew whatever Science did comprise. 
 
 THE PALAIS. 
 
 IF I had obliged my felf in this Colleftion, to 
 fpeak of the Antiquities of thofe things 
 which I -treat of in Paris, Ifhouldhave had 
 occafion hereto mention many particulars • but 
 after all it had been only a repetition of what 
 many Authors have already faid. Thofe who 
 have the curiofity to be informed in thefe Affairs, 
 let them confultdw Tillet, Giles Correct, Father 
 duBrciil, in his Theater of Antiquities at Paris, 
 M- duChefne in his Antiquities of Towns, and 
 . feveral others who have writ on the French Hifto- 
 
of PAR IS. itfj 
 
 ry, I will only fay to the honour of thofe who 
 compofe this great Body, that Pepin Father of 
 Charlemagne did firft Inftitute it 5 and that it was 
 ambulator} 7 till the Re : gn of Philip the Fair, who, 
 as Belforefi reports, was the firft who made it 
 Sedentary, in quitting his own proper Palace to 
 the Officers of Juftice. To make it the more 
 fpacious, he caufed to be built the greateft part 
 of the Chambers, and the whole work was ft- 
 nifht in the year 13 13. Notwithftanding it is 
 certain that there were in this place feveral great 
 Buildings before that time, in regard feveral 
 Kings made this place their ufual abode. ClovU 
 himfelf kept his Court here 5 but St. Zewv 
 dwelt here longer than any, for finding the 
 Situation commodious in the middle of Part*, 
 he made here feveral great Works, cfpecially the 
 Holy Chapel, of which more by and by. 
 
 The chief remarks in this great building is, 
 firft, the great Hall, admired by the Cavalier 
 Bemin, as one of the handfomeft things in France. 
 It is built upon the fame Plan^ with another very 
 old which was burnt down in the beginning of this 
 Age, in which the Statues of all our Kings were 
 placed round about the Walls, as big as the Life. 
 In this Hall the Kings did ufe to receive Embafla- 
 dors, and made publick Feafts oh certain days in 
 the year, and alfo here they celebrated the Nup- 
 tials of the Sons and Daughters of France. At 
 the Marriage of Jfabel of France with Richard the 
 Second, King of England ,there was in this place fo 
 great a Croud of People, that many perfons were 
 ftifled. Charles the Sixth who Reign'd at that 
 time, was himfelf in danger of his Life. 
 
 This Hall is all Vaulted with Freeftone, with 
 a row of Arches in the middle, fupported with 
 H 2 great 
 
170 v A New Defcriptim 
 
 great rillars, round which are feveral Shops 
 employed by divers Tradefmen 5 the Dorick Or- 
 der of Pilafters run round the Hall. At one end 
 is a Chapel where Mafs is faid every day 5 the 
 frocureurs ( or Attorneys ) to whom this Chapel 
 belongs, have about a year fince laid out 40000. 
 francs to beautifie it as we now fee. 
 
 Above this is the Clock, according to which 
 the Hearings or Audiences in the feveral Courts 
 are regulated. At the bottom of the Dial, you 
 may read this neat Verfe made by M.de Montmort, 
 one of the French Academicians. 
 
 SACRA THEMIS MORESUT PENDULA 
 DIRIG1T HORAS. 
 
 $uftice does guide us 9 asthe.Bal!ance this. 
 
 The infide round about this Chapel is adorn'd 
 with Gilding, and painted like Marble of vari- 
 ous Colours, which makes the place very hand- 
 fom. 
 
 You muft not negleft to fee the feveral Cham- 
 bers where they plead. The great Chamber is on 
 .one-fide of thegreat Hall ; it was built in the time 
 jof St.Zt?w,who ufed here to give his Publick Au- 
 diences,in which,wkh the kindnefs of a Father,and 
 theMajefty of a great King, he endeavoured to 
 pacifie the diforders that rife among hisSubjefts, 
 or received the Embaifadors fent from the Neigh- 
 bouring Princes, lewit the XII. repair'd it as it is 
 at prefent. The PJafan compofed oi.Culs de Larnpe 
 ( Work in the Ceiling fwelling down with knobs) 
 was heret fore efteemed as an excellent piece 
 •of Work ; but time has decayed a great part of 
 that which made it efteem'd, This is the Room 
 
 where 
 
of PARIS. ijx 
 
 where all the Parliament affemble when 1 the 
 King comes hither to fit on his Tribunal of Ju- 
 ilice, or at fuch times when there is any great 
 Affair for them to deliberate upon. In this place 
 alfo the Dukes and Peers of France come and 
 demand to have their Patents Regifter'd, which 
 they obtain'd of the King, for the Erection of 
 their Dignities; The other Chambers are- much 
 handfomer than this, and in fome of them the Pla- 
 fW(orCeilings)are gilt and painted very richly. 
 The id. and 3d. Chambers of Inquefts, and the 
 - Chambers of Requefts are the beft adorn'd. 
 
 The Court of Aids. 
 
 THis is a feparate Jurisdiftion from the Par- 
 liament, which fits in three diftinft Cham- 
 bers, that are beautified with coftly Plajcns. 
 The face of the building, on that fide next the 
 Perron dit May, is of Stone enricht with Sculpture 
 of a good defign. 
 
 The Chancery, whofe coming in is in the 
 Gallery of Prifoners, has been repaired of late 
 years. 
 
 The next day after St. Martin, being the day 
 on which the Parliament opens, there is here a 
 Ceremony which ftrangers muft not neglect to 
 fee. All the Members of that great Court are 
 prefenfc, apparelled in Scarlet Robes on that day, 
 and aflift at a folemn Mafs in the great Hall. The 
 principal Prefidents calld Prefidens a mortier, 
 are diftinguifhed from the reft, byftheir la:ings 
 of Minever, or a kind of fpotted~Fur. Whetf 
 H- 3 thefe 
 
1 72 A New Definition 
 
 fhefe laft go up to Offer, they make a kind of 
 Reverence which was ufed in old time, and is 
 never pra&ifed now adays but upon this occafi- 
 on. After the Mafs is ended, they go to hear 
 the Speeches, which are ufually made by the 
 firftPrefident,by the Procureur General, and by 
 the Advocates General, who are no lefs remark- 
 able by their Eloquence, than by their Dignities. 
 
 The Sakte Chapel. 
 
 OF all the Monuments of Piety which St. Lew* 
 U raifed, there is none more beautiful or 
 more magnificent than this. Who making his ufu- 
 al aboad in this Palace, caufed this Chapel to be 
 erefted for the conveniency of his own Devotion, 
 in the fame place where it now ftands there was- 
 formerly a fmall Church Founded by Kiagfft^ 
 Cupet, under the title of The Adoration of three 
 K} n &h in which Church Robert his Son did infti- 
 tute an Order of Knights, called tonights of the 
 Stir. This Order was of great Reputation in 
 the beginning of its Inftitution, and the greateft 
 Lords accepted of the Collar. But in procefs 
 of time it became fo vilified, that it came to 
 be conferVl on the Town Watch, who go about 
 in the Night time to prevent diforders, that 
 might happen in the Streets from Thieves and 
 Robbers. From whence it comes, that at this 
 day, the Captain who commands that Watch is 
 called the Chevalier duGuet (the Knight of the 
 Watch ) . This little Chapel remain'd in fuch 
 Eftate till the time of St. Zewu 7 who built the 
 
 Stru&ure 
 
of PARIS. i73r 
 
 Strufture which we now fee, a building of fur- - 
 prifing Delicacy. The Vaults are very high, 
 and the Windows of it pafs for the handfomeft 
 that can befeen, by reafon of their bignefs and 
 almoft infinite Variety of Colours, reprefenting 
 fome particular Hiftory of the Old and New Te- 
 ftaments, the Glafs of which is of fuch thicknefs, 
 that it hath refilled the injuries of time down to 
 this day. This beautiful \\ ork w as but five years 
 in doingand was finifht in the year 1247. In a lit- 
 tle time after which,they brought hither the Re- 
 liques which are kept here. Thefe were redeem'd 
 by that holy King out of the hands of the Veneti- 
 ans, to whom Baldwin Emperor of Conftantinopky 
 had engaged them for a very confiderable Summ 
 of Money, which they lent him to carry on his 
 War againft the Bulgarians. This Redemption of 
 thefe precious Pawns by St. Lewis, was not done 
 without the Emperors knowledge and confent 
 to take them, upon paying to the Venetians the 
 Moneys for which they were engaged. They 
 were as follows, A great piece of Wood, part of 
 the true Crofs 5 our Lord's Crown of Thorns, 
 and certain drops of his precious Blood $ fome 
 of the Cloths which belonged to his Infancy $ 
 another piece of the true Crofs, fome Blood 
 "which bled Miraculoufly from an Image of our 
 Lord ftruck by an Infidel $ one link of Iron, part 
 of the Chain wherewith he was bound ; the 
 Napkin or Towel with which he wafhed his A- 
 poftles Feet ; a piece of the Stone of his Sepuk- 
 cher; fome of the Holy Virgins Milk 5 the Iron 
 head of the Lance that pierced our Lord's fide; 
 the Purple Robe with which they Clothed him; 
 the Spunge which they ufed in giving him 
 Vinegar and Gall to Drink 5 a piece of the 
 H 4 Shroud - 
 
174 A New Defcription 
 
 Shroud in which he was wrapped : Together with 
 thefe things there is kept in the fame Treafury, 
 aCrofswhich our Anceftors ufedto carry with 
 the Oriflame, which is at St. £knu 9 when they 
 marched out to any Wars of Confequence, which 
 Crofs was calfd on that account The Croft of Tri- 
 umph 5 and many other things befide, as Mofes's 
 Rod ; the upper part of St. John Baptift's 
 Head : all which things areenclofed in the great 
 Shrine of Copper gilt, which you fee raifed upon 
 four Pillars, fupporting a little Vault behind 
 the great Altar: But with the fight of thefe 
 things one muft not expeft to fatisfie his curio- 
 fity , for thefe precious Reliques hardly ever are 
 expofed, but when fome Queen defires to fee 
 them, which happens very rarely. Upon the 
 great Altar, in a kind of Tabernacle or Box of 
 Wood, gilt and powder'd with Flowers-de-Lis, 
 Is the model of the Holy Chapel in little of Silver 
 gilt, and of mod excellent Workmanihip, en- 
 richt with Stones of confiderable value. It is 
 ffiew'S only on Feftival Days. There are alfo rn 
 the Sacrifty other things to be feen that are very 
 rare, efpeciallya great number of Reliquaries 
 of Gold and Silver ; a great Crofs all of Gold, in 
 which is enclofed a piece of the Wood of the 
 true Crofs, which is expofed every Friday in Lent, 
 You may here alfo fee the Chanters Staff, on the 
 top of which is placed a great Agate, reprefent- 
 irig St. Lewis to the Waft, holding in one hand 
 a little Crofs, and in the other our Lord's Crown 
 of Tiiorns. Here are alfo feveral Books whofe Co- 
 vers are enricht with great Pearls and precious 
 Stones. 
 
 But that which is extraordinary rare is a great 
 antique Oriental Agate, very fine, of Figure 
 
 alirioft 
 
of PARIS. 175 
 
 almoft Oval, a little bigger than an ordinary 
 Trencher-Plate; it is cut in Bas-relief, and re- 
 prefents the Apotheofis of Augufiut, the Work- 
 manfhip is really moft admirable, by reafon that 
 the defign is fo contrived, that the Natural Co- 
 lours of the Stone ferve for Shadows in their 
 proper places, where they fhould be according 
 to Art, and make the fame effeft as if the Work 
 of the Pencil. Monfieur de St. Avant, a Famous 
 Antiquary, hath explain'd all the Figures in this 
 Piece, and difcovered to us very curious things, 
 which may be read in his great Treat ife of Me- 
 dals. This fair Agate, was a Prefent made by an 
 Emperor of Constantinople to Charles VLin order to 
 obtain fome Succors from him againft the Turks- 
 but this he could not have, by reafon of thofe 
 Troubles which the Englijb and the Duke of 
 Burgundy then caufed in this Kingdom. 
 
 The Ornaments of the Altar in this Church 
 are magnificent, efpecially thofe which are ex- 
 pofed on the Feaft of St. Lewis, whofe Head you 
 fee of Silver gilt fupported by two Angels of the 
 lame materials formerly kept in the Treafury of 
 St. Denis. As you go out you ought to obferve 
 a handfom Figure of our Lady of Pity, placed 
 under the Organs on the left hand as you enter ; 
 "tis the Work of the famous Germain Vilon, who 
 lies buried in the lower Holy Chapel : this is 
 cfteemed as one of his beft pieces. The Chapter 
 of this Church is not numerous, yet are the Ca- 
 nons places of a good Revenue and enjoy fair Pri~ 
 viledges. They have for' their Superiour a 
 Treafurer, whofe place is double the Revenue 
 of the other Canons. The Abby of St.Kficaife at 
 F K eins, worth 3000. Crowns per annum, is ap- 
 propriated to this Chapter, with many Haufes 
 H 5 be* 
 
i j6 A New Defcripion 
 
 befides round about the Palais. In the fame 
 Court over againft the Holy Chapel, is 
 
 The Chamber of Accouuts. 
 
 *T T\ 7Tthrn the inclofure of the Palais, is 
 V r a lf° this Sovereign Jurisdiction fe- 
 parate form the Parliament. Here all the Re- 
 ceivers of the Finances make up their Accounts. 
 And all thofe who have had the management of 
 any of the King's Money, ought here to juftifie 
 their proceedings. Here alfo they keep the Ar« 
 chives, and antient Charters of the Crown, 
 among which there are a great many which our 
 Hiftorians have made ufe of. The famous Mon* 
 fieur du Cangg, among others, hath colle&ed 
 from hence a great number of Memoires, to ferve 
 him in Commenting upon thofe antient Hifto- 
 rians. which he hath publifht. The reading of 
 which Pieces will give us a fufficient Idea of his 
 profound Knowledge. The principal are 
 
 TheHiftory of Conft&ntinople under the French 
 Emperors, Writ by Geoffry de ViUt-Harddmn^ 
 and by Philip de Mousies, in the Language of 
 their time, in Folio, 
 
 The Hifiory of St. Lewis, by the Sire de Join- 
 ville. 
 
 Eefide thefe, this Learned Author hath Pub* 
 lifted 
 
 Hiflorh Byfantina duplici commenutio iUuJlrata * 
 Trior sontinens familiM ac fiemmm Imp- Con- 
 
 Jtann 
 
of PARI S. 177 
 
 flam. &c. (titer defcriptionem urbis Conftant. 
 qualis extitit fub lmperatorib. Chriflianis, in 
 Folio. 
 
 Ghjf irium media atque infim* LatinimU, 3 . Vol. 
 Fol 
 
 This laft Book hath gained him a greater repu- 
 tation than all, and that as well in foreign Parts 
 as in France. And it ftands with reafon, fince 
 this is efteemed one of the greateft Works that 
 has been undertaken in this Age, for which the 
 Author had need of all the time he had, even for 
 many years, to treat of all thofe various Sub- 
 jects therein contained, with fo much Learning - 
 as he hath done. 
 
 I might here name many other Learned Men, 
 who have drawn great Light for Hiftory out of 
 the Chamber of Accounts ; among others the Me£ 
 fieurs Godefroy, who have made publick a great 
 many of our old Hiftorians, now lately Printed 
 at the Royal Prefs in the Louvre, with excellent 
 Commentaries at the end. . Monlieur d y herouval p 
 Auditor of the Accounts, hathaffifted them, in 
 •procuring for their fight all the helps that lay in 
 his power, as we may perceive in their Works y 
 they acknowledging in exprefs terms, how ob- 
 liging he hath been in fearching out for them 
 thofe things, that might be ufeful for their occa- 
 fions; and one may jultly fay, that without him 
 the greateft part of the beft Monuments of our 
 Hiftory had been unknown and remained buried 
 induft. 
 
 The buildings of the Chamber of Accounts, hatfr 
 been in its time efteemed as a handfom piece of 
 Work, It was at firft raifed by Lewis XII. 
 
 whofe 
 
1 78 A Neve Definition 
 
 whofe Device is to befeen in feveral places of. it, 
 which is a Porcupine with thefe words, 
 
 COMINUS ET EMINUS. 
 
 Near and far off. 
 
 In one of the Chambers are feveral very curious 
 antient Pi&ures, reprefenting , according to 
 the Life, feveral Princes and-Princelfes of the 
 Blood Royal, in the Court of Charles the V. and 
 of fome other Kings, whofe Pifrures we cannot 
 elfewhere meet with. Father Menetrier thought 
 them fo curious andfo Angular, that hecaufed 
 them to be graved, and we may meet with the 
 Prints in fome places, with Hiftorical explicati- 
 ons of the Perfons and Blazons reprefented, which 
 are writ by the faid Father. 
 
 La Cour des Monnoys, or Court belonging to- 
 the Mint and Coinage, is over the Chamber of 
 Accounts, in which there is nothing Angular to 
 beobferved. Monfieur Crouffin is one of the 
 Prefidents, to the praife of whom it may be faid, 
 that no Man hath laboured with more Succefs 
 for the improvement of the French Tongue. He 
 has Tranflated out of Greek all the Authors that 
 have writ of the ConftantinopoHtan Hiftory ; in 
 the beginning of which he hath adjoinM very 
 Learned Prefaces, for the better underftanding 
 ofthofe Hiftorians, who for the moft part are 
 foobfeurean^ intricate, that, without his helps, 
 we fhould hardly be able to undeiftand any 
 thing in them. Never did any body before un- 
 dertake this Work, becaufe fo very difficult ; 
 thofe Hiftorians being lookt upon as half Barba* 
 rous. But now by the a(R ft arx eof this Learned 
 
 Man j 
 
o/PAR IS. 179 
 
 Man, they may be read in French, Tranflated 
 with all the Elegancy and Fidelity that can be 
 expefted, in a piece writ on purpofe for the v 
 Language only. They begin with the antient 
 $uftitt 9 and continue to Conftantine Paleologw, un- 
 der whom the Eaftern Empire ended. They all 
 make Nine Volumes in Quarto. Hehathalfo 
 Tranflated the B^man Hiftory of Xiphilinus, 
 of Zonaras, and of Zoftmm. The Ecclefiaftical 
 Hiftory of Eufebtm , of Socrates, Socmen, The- 
 cdoret, and Evagriv*, in Quarto. Certain pra- 
 ftical Books of Devotion of Cardinal Bona ; and 
 laftly the Hiftory of theEmpire of the E aft, mitten 
 by kgindtdj and other Authors, which was pufe- 
 lifh'd about the beginning of this year, 1684. 
 
 The Hotel of Monfieur the Premier Trefi&ent, 
 behind the Chamber of Accounts, has nothing 
 remarkable. 
 
 The Place Dauyhine. 
 
 THis Place is at the very end of the Me of 
 the Palais next the PonuNeuf. It is in 
 figure triangular 5 the Houfes that compofe it 
 are built of Brick, with Cordons of Freeftone, 
 and all of the fame fafhion, They were erecled 
 in the Year 1606. four or five years after the 
 birth of Lewis XIII. on which account they are 
 thus named. 
 
 Of late years they have opened a way on 
 this iide to the Palais, and have raifed feveral 
 great Houfes in the Garden belonging to the 
 ILtel of the Premier Preftdm, with a long Gal- 
 lery, 
 
i.8o 'A New Defcriptim 
 
 lery, in which many Tradefmen keep Shops, as 
 in the other Halls belonging to the Palais. This 
 way faves a great deal of going about, which 
 thofe who came from the Pont-Neuf were for* 
 merly forced to make. 
 
 The little Street that lyes behind is named 
 The Hue de Lamoignon, becaufe it was built in 
 the time of the famous Premier Prefident of that 
 name; who did himfelf contribute all his en- 
 deavors to procure the conveniency of this 
 Paffage for the good of the publick. 
 
 THE 
 
 BRIDGES of PARIS. 
 
 IN regard the Bridges of Paris make a con- 
 fiderable part of the beauties of this great 
 City, we have thought it proper to make 
 a particular Chapter of that fubjeft ; and there- 
 by to have the more liberty in explaining the 
 Angularities thereof. 
 
 The Bridge of Notre-Dame. 
 
 THis is the oldeft and the firft that was built 
 with Stone. It was finifh'd as we now fee 
 it, in the Year 1*507. A Cordelier, originally 
 oirerojia, undertook the work, at the Charges 
 
 of 
 
o/PARIS. 1S1 
 
 of the Hotel de fttte. Hiftorians fay his name 
 was Joannes $ucundm, and that he was in great 
 reputation for his wonderful knowledge in all 
 farts of Learning: They add alio, That the 
 famous $Ulii'A Scxliger was his Scholar.- On one 
 of the Arches you may read thefe Verfes gra- 
 ved in the Stone : 
 
 JUCUNDUS GEMTNOS POSUIT TIBI SE- 
 
 QUANA PONTES, 
 HL1NC TU JURE POTES DICERE PON* 
 
 TIFICEM. 
 
 Jucundus he re a double Bridge did frame, 
 Him Pontifex Pojkritymay name. 
 
 This Bridge is Ioaden with Houfes on both 
 fides, but they are not fo high built as thofe on 
 the other Bridges. Thefe Houfes are beauti- 
 fied in the front, with great 
 Termes * of Men and Women, * A Terme i* 
 fupporting on their Meads Baf- a fond of Pila- 
 kets of Fruit $ between every fter in the lower 
 two are certain Medals in half ', and to- 
 which are reprefented all the wards the top 
 Kings of France, with every one fajbion r d like a 
 a Verfe futableto him. Time Manor Woman 
 had much decay'd thefe things, without Jrmes. 
 but they were well repaired a- 
 gainft the late Queen made her Entry, fhe pa£ 
 ling over here as fhe went to the Louvre. And of a 
 long time it has been the Cuftom for the Queens 
 to pafs over this Bridge,when theymake their f ;firft 
 
 Entrys 
 
i 82 A New Befcrlpuon 
 
 Fntrys into Paru, at which time thefe Buildings 
 are adorned Magnificently. It is reported that 
 when Jfabel of Bavaria, made hers, it was cover'd 
 from one end to the other ,with a kind of Pavillion 
 of blue TafFaty,powder'd with Flowers-de-Lis of 
 Gold, they fay alfo that by means of a wonder- 
 ful and fuprifing Machin, an Angel flew down 
 from one of the Towers of Noftre-Dams Church, 
 and placed a Crown of Gold upon her Head. 
 But though this Deed is recorded by an Hiftorian 
 of that time, it feems to me that one may reafo- 
 nably doubt the truth of it. 
 
 In the middle of this Bridge are erefted two 
 Tvlachins, which draw up the River Water for 
 the ufe of thofe Quarters of the Town which are 
 far diftant The Gate belonging to this place 
 is of the Ionick Order, fet off with certain Orna- 
 ments which make no bad efFeft. The following 
 Verfesof Monfieur Same'tHl's, whom wehavefo 
 often mention'd, are ingraved upon black Mar- 
 ble in Letters of Gold : 
 
 SEQUANA CUM PRIMUM REGIN/E 
 
 ALLABITUR URBI, 
 TARDAT PR&CIPITES AMBITIOSUS 
 
 AQUAS. 
 
 CAPTUS AMORE LOCI, CURSUM OB LI- 
 VISCITUR ANCEPS, 
 
 QUO FLU AT, ET DULCES NECTIT IN 
 URBE MORAS. 
 
 HINC VARIOS IMPLENS -FLUCTU SUBE- 
 UNTE CANALES. 
 
 FONS FIERI GAUDET QUI MODO FLU- 
 MEN ERAT. 
 
 ANNO M- DC. LXXVL 
 
of PARIS. 
 
 As Sein does to the Queen of Cities glide, 
 Th r Ambitious Hjver flops his hafty Tide. 
 Enchanted with the place, forgets hti way, 
 And with the Beauteous Town, contrives hU ft ay. 
 Into her various Pipes he freely Flowes, 
 And from a River now a Fountain grows. 
 
 M.DC.LXXm. 
 
 One of thefe Machins raifes 24. Touces of 
 Water, and this is the Invention of Monfieur 
 Mancey the other which raifes but half fo much, 
 was invented by M. foli. On the fame Arm of 
 the River is 
 
 The Pont au Change; 
 
 THis is the next Bridge to the PonuNeuf 
 It has this name becaufe formerly there 
 were a great many Money-Changers , or 
 Banckers, who inhabited the Houfes on this 
 Bridge, and made a kind of Exchange or Bonne 
 in this place. It has been alfo formerly called the 
 Pont aux Oifeaux, or Bridge of Birds, becaufe 
 no doubt ofBirdfellers here dwelling. But be- 
 ing in the Year 1629, burnt down by an ex- 
 traordinary Fire, it being then of Wood, it 
 was afterwards rebuilt of Freeftone, as we now 
 fee it, with fo much folidity, that they have 
 ere&ed upon it two Rows of double Houfes 
 
1 84 A New Befcription 
 
 four Stories high, all of them arched with Free- 
 ftone. Thefe Houfes are inhabited by Traders, 
 who have their Warehoufes on the fide next the 
 Water, and their Shops in the forepart. This 
 Bridge has the moft Paffengers of all in Paris, 
 becaufe of the Palais which Hands at the end of 
 it. 
 
 At one end, over a houfe which fronts the 
 Bridge, you may fee the King's Statue about 
 the Age of 10. years old, Crown'd with Laurel 
 by the Figure of a Viftory. This Statue is raifed 
 on a little Pedeftal; and on each fide of it are 
 the Statues of Lewis the i ph. and Anne of Auftru 
 as big as the Life, inBrafs. Thefe Statues are 
 very well defign'd, and very like. 
 
 The Key or Wharf, called Qua de Gefvers, 
 leads from this Bridge, to the Bridge of Noftre- 
 Vanie, under cover all the way. It is fupported 
 by Vaults, whofe Foundation is in the River, 
 of a fort of Work extraordinary hardy , thofe 
 who affeft fuch things ought to go down and 
 obferveit. 
 
 At the other end of the Pont au Change, at 
 the Corner of the Quay de Morfondm^ is the 
 Clock belonging to the Falau -> the Dyal of 
 which is adorned with certain figures of one of 
 the moft famous Sculptors of the laft age. In 
 regard it was done in the Reign of Henry III. 
 the Arms of France and Poland ftand over it, 
 with this Verfe, ftill legible, which that King 
 ufed as his Deviie or Motto. 
 
 QUI DEDIT ANTE DUAS, TRIPLICEM 
 DABIT ILLE CORONAM. 
 
 Who 
 
of PARIS. 
 
 Who once give two, now gives a triple Crown. 
 
 This Clock guides the^fittings in the Parli- 
 ament; and as often as there are any ptiblick 
 rejoycings, they ring the great Bell for fome 
 hours together. ; 
 
 The Pont St. Michel is alfo near the Palais' 
 and oppofite to the Pont au Change. It takes 
 its name from the little Church of St. Michel, 
 which ftands within the Inclofure of the Palais; 
 or perhaps becaufe it leads to the Gate of that 
 name 3 which once flood at the upper end of the 
 j\ue de la Harpe, and was not long fince demo- 
 lii'h'd, as we have already fa id in the page 
 of this Second Part. This Bridge is alfo built 
 upon - y the Houfes are of Brick and Freeftone. 
 Formerly it was of Timber only, like thofe of 
 which we have already fpoken ; but it being 
 broke down by a high flood, in the beginning of 
 the Reign of lewis XIII. it was in a little time, 
 after re-built as we now fee it. 
 
 The Petit Pont, one of the oldefl: Bridges of 
 Paris, is on the fame arm of the River that 
 runs under the Pont St. Michel the Houfes otv 
 each fide of it and the Little Chatelet at the end 
 of it, hinders you from perceiving that you go 
 over Water when you pafs this way. 
 
 Within the limits of the Hotel Dieu, are two 
 other Bridges built : One of which is wholly 
 belonging to that Hofpital, the other is partly 
 ufeel for a conveniency of paflage on foot to the 
 Church of Notre-Dame, every one that goes o- 
 ver that way paying a Double for paffage. Both 
 thefe Bridges are or Stone, and very well built. 
 I Ihall fay nothing here of the Pont Marie, 
 
 nor 
 
ig^ A New Defer If Hon 
 
 nor of the Tout de h Tournelle ; I having defcribed 
 them in my difcourfe of the Ifle of KToftre-Dame, 
 as alfo of the little wooden Bridge that leads 
 from the Ifledu Palais £o that Quarter. 
 
 The Pont-Neuf, or New Bridge. 
 
 IN fine, we are now arrived at the laft Arti- 
 cle of this Defcription, which cannot be better 
 concluded than with the Vont-Neuf, from which 
 one may dlfcover part of the moft magnificent 
 Objeftsofall Paris. The Vont-Neuf vtzs begun 
 tinder Henry III. who laid the firft Foundation 
 in the Year 1^78. and gave the conduft of the 
 Work to a famous Architeft , named dn Cer- 
 ceau. That King being accompanied with Catha- 
 rinede MedicU> his Mother, (who as fome fay did 
 firft think of this great Work) the Queen his 
 Wife, and with all the illuftriops rerfons of his 
 Court, at that time laid the iir ft "Stone, with a 
 great Show and Ceremony, upon whfch Stone 
 this Infcription is graved : 
 
 HEN. Ill, F. ET POL. R. 
 PoTENTIS AUSP CaTH. Mat. LuD. 
 
 coniv. August, ob. c. util. pub, 
 eund. pon. j ac. s. et diver. 
 Urb. nobilis. Par. Mag. viat. 
 comp. m. rer. o m. q_. imp. et 
 ex com. per diu. or. &cx con.. 
 Prid. Calend. Jun. 1578. 
 
 They 
 
 V 
 
of PARIS, ify 
 
 They began the Work with much eagernefs 
 at that end next the Great Auguftins - y but the 
 Troubles of that King's Reign prevented this 
 great Enterprife from being finiftfd in hi* time. 
 It remained imperfeft from its firft undertaking 
 in .the Year i<578, as I have faid, till the Year 
 1604, when Henry the Great, of happy memo- 
 ry, compleated the Work, by the means of '-Wil- 
 liam Marcband. 
 
 It is obfervable that this Bridge is one of the 
 moft beautiful that can be feen for its length, 
 which extends over the two arms of the Settle, 
 which unite here into one Channel •> for its 
 breadth, which is divided into three ways, one 
 in the midft for Coaches and great Carriages, 
 and two on each fide raifed higher for thofe who 
 go on foot ; and laftly for its ftrufture, which 
 is of fuch folidity and of fuch an ordinance, that 
 has but few equals. 
 
 Among thefe advantages one may alfo add 
 the delicate Profpeft which the Paffenger has 
 from it : A view which paffes for one of the moft 
 pleating and fineftof the World 5 and if we may 
 believe thofe who have feen foreign parts, and 
 the report of one of the greateft Travellers in 
 this age, he tells us, That he never obferved 
 any Profpeft more magnificent , naming this 
 for the third of thofe which he hath obferved, 
 to wit, That of the Port at Conftantinople : that 
 of the Port at Goa in the Indies 5 and this of the 
 Font-Neuf in Paris, which extends on one fide 
 over the Louvre which runs along the Seine, w ith 
 a long row of magnificent buildings; and on 
 the.other fide the Betel de Conti, the Colled ge 
 of the Quatre-Nations, which is very remarkable 
 for its Dome, and for the two great iquare 
 
 • Xavil- 
 
1 88 A New Defcription 
 
 Pavillions which ftand before it ; and in fine, 
 for many other great Houfes which extend a 
 great way, with the Cours de la Heine, which de- 
 termines this Profpeft, and Mount Vakrkn 
 which appears over all ; which Views altogether 
 make a moft beautiful Profpeftive as they ex- 
 tend into a Landskip. I fay nothing of the 
 continual prefs of People pa (Ting over this Bridge, 
 by whichone may guefs at the infinite number of 
 Inhabitants in Pari*. 
 
 The Statue of HENRY IV. 
 
 THis Monument ftands at the middle of the 
 Tont-Neuf\ at the corner of the Jfle du 
 Palais: It was fet up in the Year 1635, by 
 Jjswis XIII. to the memory of Henry IV. who 
 is reprefented on Horfe-back, as big as the life, 
 all ofBrafs, and raifed upon a Pedeftalof White 
 Marble 5 where the principal Aftions of that 
 great King are reprefented in Bas-l{eliefs 
 of the fame Metal alfo , thefe are placed two 
 and two of every fide- At the four corners of 
 the Pedeftal are placed four Slaves of Brafsalfo, 
 treading upon certain Antique Arms, All thefe 
 pieces, except the Horfe, were defigned and 
 caft by one named FrancheviUe y originally of Cam* 
 bray - y who was efteemed as one of the beft Scul- 
 ptors of his time, of whofe hand you may- fee 
 feveral other Works, much efteemed: among 
 others, the Marble Statue reprefenting Truth, 
 in the TuiUmes. 
 
 But 
 
of PAR IS. 189 
 
 But the Curious will not be offended perhaps 
 if I fet down here the particular Hiftory of the 
 Horfe, which was made in Italy by the famous 
 ffohn de Bologne, or as the Painters commonly 
 call him, Bolognefi. Cofmm the Second, great 
 Duke of Tujcany 7 gave it as a Prefent to Mary de 
 MedicU 7 during her Regency, Lewis the 13th. 
 being then under Age. 
 
 The Chevalier Pefcholini, was appointed to 
 come into France to Prefent this Horfe, in the 
 name of the great Duke Cofmw the Second. 
 The care of Imbarking at Legem was committed 
 to him \ but it met with feveral accidents at 
 Sea : A horrible Tempeft forced the Veffel, in 
 which it was, with fo much impetuofity againft a 
 Bank of Sand, that it was Wrackt, and all its 
 Freight loft ; however this Statue was recovered 
 from the Sea, with much pains and coft, and 
 once again it was Shipt in another Veffel; this 
 3aft unhappily met with Pirates on the Coaft 
 of Spain 5 but in fine, after all thefe Troubles 
 and Labour, it arrived at Havre de Grace in the 
 beginning of May, 161$. And on the 2d. of 
 June following, King Lewis the lph. laid the 
 firft Stone of the Pedeftal, accompanied with 
 Monfienr de Liancoun Governor of Vari*, and 
 •fever al other Perfons of Quality. Notwithstand- 
 ing all the Ornaments and all the outward parts 
 of the Work were not quite finifht, till the Year 
 
 And laftly, that Pofterity may be fully in* 
 ftrufted of all that paft, the Infcriptions on the 
 four fides of the Pedeftal were not thought (iiffi- 
 cient alone ; they writ another upon Vellom, 
 which they inclofed in a Pipe of Lead, and put 
 that into the Belly of the Horfe, which they 
 
 filled 
 
t po A Nero Defcription 
 
 filled full of Coleduft, the better to preferve 
 it from Humidity, the Inscription is as fel- 
 lows : 
 
 A LA GLORIEUSE ET IMMORTELLE 
 MEMOIRE. 
 
 DU TRES-AUGUSTE ET TRES-I NV1NCIBLE 
 
 HENRI LE GRAND, 
 QUA TRIE ME DU NOM, 
 
 R o i d e France ex d e Na- 
 varre. 
 
 le Sereniffme grand Due de Tofcane FERDI- 
 NAND , men £ un bon \elepour la Pofterite, fit 
 faire & jetter en bronze par I excellent Sculpteur 
 JEAN DE -BOULOGNE, cette Statue repre- 
 fentant a cheval fa Majeftc tres-Chitienne, que 
 le Serenifiime grand Due CQSME SECOND 
 dunom, <2 fait elabourer par le Sieur PIETRO- 
 TOCA, fon Sculpteur, 2? I' envoyaentres-digne 
 prefentfousla conduite du CHEVALIER P E S- 
 CHOLINI, Agent de [on Altejfe Sereniffime, a 
 U tres-Chrhienne $5 tres augujte MARIE DE 
 MED1CIS, Heine Regente en Prance, apres k 
 deceds de ce grand Hoi, fous le Hegne du tres- 
 augufie LOUIS XIII. du nom, Hoi de France r d 
 de Navarre, perlecommandement tres-expres du 
 ■quel?*) de la dite Dame Hebie fa Mere, etant 
 MefiieurslDE VERDUN, Premier Prefident tn 
 labour de Parlement de Par U, NICOLAI Pre- 
 mier Pefident en la Chambre des Comptes, £>E 
 BELIEVRE, Procureur General de fa Majefle, 
 D E MESME, lieutenant Civil, L E FEVRB 
 Prvfident, DU MOULIN, DE GAUMONT, 
 GAUDErROY, VALLEE, HOTMAN, 
 
 ALMS- 
 
o/ PARIS. ipr 
 
 ALMERAS DE DONON 5* LE GRAS, 
 Treforiers Generaux de France audit Paris, MI- 
 RON, Vrefident aiix l{equetes, Yrevbt des Mar- 
 chands, DES NEAUX, CLAPISSON HUOT, 
 PASQUIER, Efchevins. PEROT, Vrocureur 
 du Jioi'de la ViUe ; tons Commijf aires ayant l 7k- 
 tendance de la conjlrullion duYonuNeufde Yaris 9 
 €nt an milieu d* icelui, prefent le Sieur de PIER- 
 RE DE FRANCHEVILLE, premier Sculpteur 
 deleurs Ma)ejle\, fait dreffcrlS pofer avec folem* 
 nite ladite Statue fur le pied 7 ejlail a cettefn 
 erige. Afiijlanshce MESSIEURS DE LIAN- 
 COURT, Gouverneur de Paris, DE SAINT 
 BRISSON SEGUIER,Pm>ot de Paris, lefdits, 
 DE MESME, Lieutenant Civil le Prevot de$ 
 Marcbands & Jes Efchevins de ladite Fille. 
 
 £ an mil fix cens quator\e 
 
 Jevint-troifieme jourcC Aouu 
 
 To the Glorious and Immortal Memory of the 
 moft Auguftandmoft Invincible HENRY 
 the Great, Fourth of the Name, 
 King of France and Navarre, 
 
 The mojl Serene great Diikeof Tufcany Ferdinand, 
 moved with a good Zeal for Pofterity, caufed the 
 excellent Sculptor John de Bologne, to make and 
 tafl in Br aft this Statue, reprtfenting his mojl 
 Chrijlian Majejly on Horfebael, which the mojl 
 Serene great Duke Cofmus the Second of that 
 name, caufed to he wrought by the Sieur Pietro 
 Toca, his Sculptor, and fent it as a mojl worthy 
 Prefent, under the ConduBof the Chivalier PeP 
 cholini, Agent of his mofl Serene IJighneS, to 
 
 J, IL I the 
 
Xp2 A New Defcription 
 
 the moftChriftian and moft Auguft Mary de Me- 
 diate, Queen Regent in France, after the deceafe 
 of that great King, in the I^eign of the moft Au- 
 guft Lewis XIII. of that Name, King of France 
 and Navarre ; by the moft Exprefi Command of 
 whom, and of the [aid Lady the Queen kis Mother, 
 Mejfieurs de Verdon, then firft Prefident in the 
 Court of the Parliament of Taris, Nicolai, firft 
 Prefident in the Chamber of Account s y de Eelievre, 
 Procureur General to kis Majefty, de Mefme, 
 Lieutenant Civil, leFevre, Prefident, du Mou- 
 lin, de Gaumont, Gaudefroy, Vallee, Hot- 
 man, Almeras, de Donon, and Le Gras, Trea~ 
 furers General of France, at Paris, Miron, Pre- 
 fident of %equefts, Provoft of Marchands, Ne-- 
 aux, Clapiffon, Huot, Pafquier, Efchevins, 
 Perot, Procureur to the King for the Town ; all 
 being Commiffioners, and having the Overfeeing 
 of the Building of the Pont-Neuf at Paris, have 
 in ihe prefence of the Sieur Peter deFranche- 
 ville, principal Sculptor to their Majefties, placed 
 tnd fixt the faid Statue, in a folemn manner, upon 
 aPedeftal, ereBed for that purpofe, in the middle 
 tf the [aid Bridge. Meffieurs de Liancourt, Go- 
 vernor of "Paris, de Saint Br iffon Seguier, Pro- 
 voft of Par is, theforefaiddeMeftne, Lieutenant 
 fivil, Provoft 0/ Marchands, and the Efchevins 
 $f the faid Town, afifting. 
 
 The Tear One thoufand fix hundred and 
 fourteen, the Three and Twentieth day of 
 Auguft. 
 
 This 
 
of PARIS. r 9 $ 
 
 This Tnfcription may fuffice to make known all 
 that paft about the Brafs Horfe, without faying 
 more. 
 
 The following Infcription3 are to be read 
 about the Pedeftal, they are of Letters of gold 
 raifed up upon Brafs Plates, and were compofed 
 by M-MMotet, Advocate General in the Parlia- 
 ment of Bourgogne 0 
 
 On the forefront thus, 
 
 ERRICO hit 
 G ALU ARUM IMPER ATORI 
 N AVAR. R. 
 LUDOVICUS XIII. FILIUS E- 
 JUS 
 
 OPUS INCHO. ET INTERMIS- 
 
 SUM PRO 
 digkitatepi^atiset Imperii 
 plenius ftamplius ab solvit. 
 EMIK. C. D. RICHELIUS 
 
 COMMUTE VOTUM POPVLI PROMOVIT 
 
 S^PER ILLUST. VIRI D E BULLION, 
 
 BOUTILLIER P. TERARII F. FACIEN- 
 DUM C UK AVE RUN I 
 
 M. IV. XXXV. 
 
 To Henry IV. 
 Empercr of France, 
 And JBsjm of Navarr. 
 Lewis XIII his Son, finified this Work ( which ms 
 begun but left irnperfett ) anfwerable to thegreau 
 nep of his duty to his Father , and largenefiofhis 
 Empire. I 2 The 
 
1 94 \A New Defcription 
 
 The moft Eminent Cardinal Richelieu fatisfied the 
 general defire of the People in promoting this 
 Worh 
 
 The mofi Illuftrious De Bullion, and Boutillier, 
 Treasurers, took care of it M. DC. XXXV. 
 
 Above that this other Infcription, 
 
 QU IsaUISHiEC LEGES, IT A LEGITO 
 Un OPTIMO REGI PRECABERIS 
 EXERCITUM FORTEM, POPULUM 
 FID EL EM, 
 
 Imperium SECURUM 
 ET ANNOS DE NOSTRIS 
 
 B. B. F. 
 
 Whofoever thou fat that readeft thu, f 0 read it, that 
 thou mayeft beg of God, for the extent Prince % 
 a Faliant Army, a Loyal People a ic w Em* 
 tire, and long Life out of ours ; 
 
 Bullion and Boutillier made it. 
 
 "The two following Infcriptions are under thef 
 Bar-reliefs, on that fide next the Colledge of the 
 Quatre-Mtions, one of which reprefents the Bat- 
 tel of Arques, and the other the Battel of Tvry, 
 both gain'd by Henry the Fourth. 
 
 For the Battel o? Argues. 
 
of PARIS. 
 
 Genio G all i arum S. etinvictis- 
 
 STMO R. 
 
 QUI QUEN si PR AELIO MAGNAS 
 
 C on J u^atorum Copias parva 
 
 MANU FUD1T. 
 
 Sacred to the Genius of France, and the invincible 
 J^ing, who in the Battel of Arques, routed great 
 Forces of the Confyimors with a, handful of 
 Men. 
 
 For the Victory at Tvry. 
 Vic T or i Truimphatori Feretrjo 
 
 PERDU ELL ES AD E v A R I A C UM C A ESI 
 MALIS VICINIS INDIGNAN TIBUS, 
 
 ET faventirus 
 Clementiss. Imper. 
 
 hlspano d^ci opima jieliquit. 
 
 To the Conqueror, and Triumpher, that has ma* 
 ftefd the General of the Enemies, the Rebels rouu 
 ed at Yvry ; Bis iU Neighbours being Angry and 
 favouring h'm y the merciful General left the 
 Spoils to the Spanifli leader. 
 
 His 
 
1 96 A New Defcription 
 
 His Triumphal Entry into Tariffs reprefcnted 
 on the fide next the River, and under the Sculp- 
 ture is placed this Infer iption. 
 
 N. M. Regis. 
 Rerum humanahum Optimi 
 Qui sine caede urbem ingressus 
 Vindicata REBELLIONS 
 EXTINCTIS FacTIONIBUS 
 
 Gall 1 as optata Pace composuit. 
 
 To the n ble memory o f the Kingfhe bejl of Mortals 9 
 voho entring the City without Blood, having pu 
 nijbed the Rebellion, and. laid the Fattions, com* 
 jw/ei France with a de fired Peace. 
 
 * » » - ■ " I » t\ m 
 
 For the taking of Amiens from the Spaniards. 
 
 Am bianum Hi spa norum F r a a o e 
 
 intercbpta Erici M. virtute 
 
 asserta 
 
 Ludovicus XIH. M. P. F. 
 
 IlSDEM AB HOSTIBUS SAEPIUS FRAUDS 
 ACSCELERE TENTA1US 
 
 Semper Justitia et FORTiiupiNil 
 Superior fuit 
 
 Amiens taken by Spanifh craft, and recover d by the 
 Falour of Henry the Great. Lewis XIII. fet 
 up this to the memory of his Father, being often 
 macVd by the fame Enemies with Fraud and Vih 
 
 toy, 
 
of? ARTS- 197 
 
 1any y he dlmys overcame \m voith fufiice *ni 
 Valour. 
 
 For the taking of Montmelian in Savoy. 
 MONS 
 
 Omnibus ante se DJcmis R egi* 
 
 BUSQUE FRUSTRA PETITUr, 
 
 ERRici M. felicitate sub Imperi- 
 
 um redactus, 
 Adjeternam securitatemac 
 Glori mm 
 
 Gallici nominis. 
 
 A Mountain, that was in vain attacVd by allformet 
 IQngs and. General^ U at laft reduced to Obedu 
 ence by the Fortune of Henry the Great, to the 
 eternal fecurity and Glory of France. 
 
 Thefe two laft are under the Baf-reliefs, oil 
 the fide next the Samaritaine. 
 
 On the Iron Gate, that inclofes all this Worfe, 
 is this following Infcription, to fhow that this 
 Monument was raifed by the care of lewis XII L 
 and that Cardinal de fiicklieu caufed it to be fi* 
 nilht. 
 
 Ludovicus XIII. P. F. F. 
 Imperii virtu tis, et fortun;ab 
 obs'equentiss. 
 
 HaeresLL a D. 
 
 Richeuus C. 
 
 VlRSUPR \TlTULQSET € O N 3 I L I A 
 OMNIUM 
 
1 98 r ANeivDefcnfHon 
 
 R a T RO PRINCIPUM OPUS £B50LVEN« 
 DOM CENSUIT 
 
 JNN. II. VV Dt Bullion et Bou. 
 
 THILL1ER» 
 S A. P. DtoNlTATl ET REGNO P A- 
 RES. 7ERE, IN GENIO, CUHA. 
 DlFFICILLIMlS TEMPORIBUS P. P. 
 
 LEWIS XI1L 
 EreBei this to the Memory of his Father, the mofi du- 
 tiful Heir of his Empire, Valour and Fortune. 
 Cardinal Richelieu 
 A Man above all Titles, and excelling the Coun- 
 cillors of all former Princes, ordered this Work to 
 befinijhed. 
 
 Tkefe Noble perfons De Bullion and Boutillier,rr^- 
 furers, Men that anfwer the honour of their places, 
 and the grandeur oj the %jngdom, employed their 
 Money, wit, and Care in the erefting this in trou- 
 blefom Times. 
 
 The SAM ARITAINE. 
 
 AT the fecond Arch of the Pont-Neuf, on 
 that fide next the Louvre, was erefted in 
 the Reign of Henry III. a little Houfe for a Pump 
 to raife the River Water for the ufe of the Louvre. 
 They have had here formerly certain handfom 
 Machins for that purpofe, but time has de- 
 ftroy'd them. This Water runs into a receiver 
 
 near 
 
o/PARIS. ip9 
 
 near the Cloifter of Saint Germain VAuxerrois, 
 where one may ftill fee the remains of certain . 
 Arches on the fide next the River, which are of 
 no ill defign ; but all thefe things are now no 
 longer in the Condition which they were once in, 
 no more than the Clock, whofe Chimes do not 
 now go as formerly. The Statues of our Lord 
 and the Samaritan Woman, which ftand on the 
 fide of the Ciftern, are but Copies of thofe 
 which flood here formerly, and were the work 
 of Germain Tillon. 
 
 The Pont-Hpuge, is over againft the Louvre, 
 which tho' at prefent, of Timber only, it is pre* 
 fumed that in regard to the Beauty and Majefty 
 of the place where it ftands $ it will not remain 
 long in this Condition, but that another will be 
 built of ^reeftone, to avoid the troubles and 
 inconveniencies to which this is expofed every 
 Winter by the Ice, which often breaks it down, 
 as it has happen d this prefent year, 1684- It- 
 iscall'd Vont-Rovge, becaufe it was painted for- 
 merly of a P.ed Colour. 
 
 The end of the Second Tart, 
 
THE 
 
 TABLE. 
 
 A. 
 
 THE French Academy, w Academy of Elo- 
 quence. Part Lpag. 10 
 
 * of Painting and Sculpture. I. 33 
 
 of Architecture. L 39, and II. 129 
 
 ■ of Sciences. I. 48 
 
 Academies for lading, &c. II. 88 
 
 St. Andrew des Arcs, Church. ibid. 79 
 
 J$e St. Anne. I. 53 
 
 Salle des Antiques. ibid. 19 
 
 St. Antoine, Street. ibid. 103 
 
 Gate. ibid. 122 
 
 ■ Fauxburg. ibid- 126 
 
 * ibid. 127 
 
 Little St. Antoine. ibid. 110 
 
 The Arch Triumphal, ibid. 128 
 
 Arfenal. ibid. 132 
 
 Affumption, Nuns. ibid. 30 
 
 Ave-Maria, Nuns. ibid 142 
 
 The Great Auguftines. II. 140 
 
 Link 
 
The TABLE 
 
 little Auguftines. 
 Jfje St. AYoye. 
 
 IT. 135 
 I 79 
 
 B. 
 
 St. Bartlemew, Ctercfr. If. 168 
 
 The Barnabites. ibid. 168 
 
 TkBaftille. L 122 
 
 St. Bernard^ Gate. ibid. 149 
 
 The Bernard ine * CoUedge. II. 6 
 
 The Bernardine Nuns. ibid. 64 
 
 Hotel de Beauvois. I. 109 
 
 St. Benoit, Church. II. 3«j 
 
 The Billetes. I. 83 
 
 H. de Bifueil. ibid. 87 
 
 B. de Bourgogne. ibid. 63 
 
 M. de Bretonyillier's Houfe. ibid. 146 
 
 The Bridges of Paris. II. 180, i83>i86, 199 
 ^/de Pont. 
 
 Palais Brion. I. 33 
 
 Cabinet Librdry of the Kjng. I. 43 
 
 His Cabinet of Piftures. ibid. 9 
 
 Cabinet 0/ Ftff&f du Molinet. IF. 22 
 
 of Monf Blondel. ibid. 128 
 
 of Monf leNoftre, I. 18 
 
 of the Chevallier de Loraine. ibid. 28 
 
 of Monf. du Vernay. ibid. 153 
 
 The Capuchins. II. 63 
 
 Capuchin Nuns. I. 32 
 
 Nuns 
 
The TABLE. 
 
 fTuns of Calvary. II. 
 TfeCarmes of the Placc-Maubert ibid. 8 
 
 Carmelite Friers. ibid, no 
 
 Carmelite Nuns. ibid. <>2- 
 
 St. Catherine's Church. , . I. 119 
 
 The Carthufians. II. 68 
 
 The Celeftines. I. 133 
 
 GTmtf Chateiet ibid. 65 
 
 ZzYrfc Chateiet. II. 26 
 
 LaCharite, NoftitaL ibid. 126 
 
 Churches in the ifle du Palais. ibid. 166 
 
 The Ceftercians. ibid. 120 
 
 H. deCluni. ibid. 78 
 
 77. de Colbert. I. 51 
 
 Cclledge %oyal. IT. 36 
 
 rfe Commandery of St. John. ibid. 3 8 
 
 H. deConde'* ibid. 109 
 
 H de Conti. ibid. 147 
 
 Cours de la Reine. ibid. 1$$ 
 
 Tfe Cordeliers. ibid. 8$ 
 
 Cordelier isr««j. I. 163 
 
 St. Cofmus Church. II. 77 
 
 H. de Crequi. I. 23 
 
 TfoCrofs du Tirouer. ibid. 24 
 
 D 
 
 l^eDauphine. II. 146 
 
 Pfo«? Dauphine. ibid. 179 
 
 St. Denis, Jtrfttt. I. 6<j 
 
 ■ — — Gate. ibid. 69 
 
 .ft. Denis du pas, Chunk II. 163 
 
 The Dominicans, ibid 45 
 
 E Nkns 
 
The TABLE. 
 
 Nuns of St. Elizabeth. I. S3 
 
 Englifh Benediftines. II. <; 1 
 
 Englifh Nuns. I. 166 
 Epitaphs of 
 
 -Jo. Fernelius. ibid. 73 
 
 Jo. Launoy. ibid. 101 
 
 ■ Alain Veau. ibid. 107 
 
 King Lewis XIII. ibid. 1 1 5 
 
 -Henry Prince of Condei ibid. 116 
 
 Anthony Perez. ibid. 135 
 
 r Peter Lombard. ibid. 163 
 
 — . Clov is the Great. II. 1 6 
 
 * — - — Renatus Defcartes. ibid. 18 
 
 Enno d'Hmbda. ibid. 29 
 
 — - — - Robert Gaguin. ibid. 32 
 
 * John de ^acro-Bofco. ibid . 3 3 
 
 * Francis Baldwin ibid, ibid 
 
 Humbert Dauphin ;fViertiK>is ibid. 46 
 
 Edward le Camus. ' ibid. $5 
 
 Chriftopher de Thou. ibid. 8 r 
 
 Frincefi of Conty. ibid. 82 
 
 1 uleof Verneuil. ibid. 9r 
 
 Count de Vexin. ibid. 92 
 
 Cafimir KJng 0/" Poland, ibid. 9$ 
 
 Michael de viarolles. ibid. 117 
 
 JacoDLisde .ainte-Beuve. ibid 144 
 
 Paulus /Emilius. ibid. 162 
 
 St. Efti "nne du Mont. ibid. 12 
 
 St. Eftienne des Grecs. ' ibid. 45 
 
 St. f-uftache, Church. T. 60 ' 
 Expofed Children, Hofyiul for futk ibid. 127^ 
 
 F The 
 
The TABLE. 
 
 TfcFeuiHans 29 
 
 Teuillantine Nkns. W» $0 
 
 Fieubet. * H« 
 
 Fountain of the H. Innocents. ibid. 66 
 
 M. Tolvilte's Uoufe. ibid. 132 
 
 G. 
 
 The lyings Garden. I. 153 
 
 Tfe? Gard-Meuble. ibid. 1 3 
 
 Genevieve du Mont. IT. 13 
 
 Des Ardens. ibid. 166 
 
 St. Germain T Auxerrois* I. 21 
 
 Jt. Germains Faux-bourg. II. 87 
 
 . ^4%. ibid. 89 
 
 — --Fair. ibid. 119 
 
 St. Gervais. I. 107 
 
 The Gobelins. ibid. 156 
 
 $ue de Grand Chantier. ibid. 83 
 
 Monf. deGrand-MaifonV/fta/e. ibid. 144 
 
 T^Greue. ibid. 104 
 
 Hn deGuife. ibid. 84 
 
 H. 
 
 The Halle. I 62 
 
 Barcour CoUedge. If. 77 
 
 Henry 
 
The TABLE. 
 
 Henry IV. hit Sutue and Inscriptions. II. 188 
 
 St. Hippolitus, Church. I. 164 
 
 Horfe Market. ibid. 1-55 
 
 Horpital Ce?ierah ibid. 1^4 
 
 Hotel Dieu. II. 164 
 
 Hotel deVille I, 104 
 
 The Jacobins. II. 45. and T. 29 
 
 Jaques. II. 27 
 
 •ft. Jaques, Church. ibid. 49 
 
 .ft. Jaques de/aBouchery; I. 72 
 
 dejarz. ibid. 40 
 
 St Jean, Church: I. 106 
 
 JeanleClerc. IT. 79 
 
 The great Jefuites.' T.iii 
 
 The Jefuites Coltedge. II. 40 
 
 — — -Their ISfoviciat- ibid. 114 
 
 Tfo Incurables Hoftitah ibid, 120 
 
 J*. Innocents. F. 24 
 
 rfc Invalides. II. 122 
 
 Journal des Scavans. ibid. 139 
 
 rklflede N6tre-Dame. I. 144 
 
 rfelfledu Palais. II- 15$ 
 
 -ft. Julian des Meneftriers, Church. h 74 
 
 Jft Julian le Pauvre. II. 30 
 
 L. 
 
 St. Laurence. I- 77 
 
 1 The Fair there* ibid. 78 
 
 J*. 
 
The TABLE. . 
 
 St. lAHte. I. 7T 
 
 St. Leu and St. Giles, Church. ibid. 66 
 
 Rue St. Lewis. ibid. 9 1 
 
 St. Lewis, Church. . ibid. 148 
 
 Hofthal. ibid. 78 
 
 Lewis. XIII. hi* Statue and Inscriptions, ibid. 94 
 
 Looking Gla^ Manufacture, ibid. 127 
 
 The Louvre. ibid. 6 
 
 H. de Longueville. ibid. 23 
 
 H. ^Louvois. k ibid. 40 
 
 Luxemburg PaRace. , II. io4 
 
 Libraries. 
 
 Tfe library. I. 43 
 
 2Tfo Library ^. Viftors. ibid. 151 
 
 ■ — #t the Sorbonne. II. 7$ 
 
 ■ at St. Genevieve's. ibid. 22 
 
 ■ — #ttfcQuatre-Nat; ibid. i$o 
 
 at the Jefuites Colledge. ibid. 4} 
 
 ofMonf. Colbert-. I. <ji 
 
 of Monf. de Thou. ibid. $fc 
 
 — vfChane. Seguir. ibid. 58 
 
 St. Magloire. II. 49 
 
 fne St. Martin. I. 72 
 
 Martin's Gate. ibid. 76 
 
 .ft. Martin des Champs. ibid. 7$ 
 
 Nuns of St. Mary. ibid. 121 
 
 •S*. Marcel, Church. ibid. 162 
 
 TTfo Mathurines. XI. 31 
 
 ■Ttffetf Mazarin, I. 52 
 
The TABLE. 
 
 St. Medard, Church. I*. 164. 
 
 St. Mcdcric, Church. ibid. 74 
 
 The Fathers de la Mercy. ibid. 8$ 
 
 The Minims. ibid. 100 
 
 H. de Montaufier. ibid. 25 
 
 H. de Montmerancy. ibid. 80 
 
 Mount-Faucon. ibid. 78 
 
 Navarre CoUedge. II. 9 
 
 St. Nicholas des Champs. I. 7$ 
 
 j — du Chardonner. II. 8 
 
 Noftre-Dame, Cathedral, ibid. 
 
 The Novelks Converges. L 5$ 
 
 O. 
 
 We Obrervatory A^/. II. 64 
 
 The Opera Theater. h 28 
 
 T/je Oratorians. ibid. 28. and II. 67 
 
 P. 
 
 Paris, Original and Increafe. I. r 
 
 7£e Fdzh.and Courts of Juftice there. II. i68,<£rc. 
 
 Palais Royal. I. 27 
 
 Paul's Church. ibid. 142. 
 
 jRii> Petit* Champs. ibid. 49 
 
 Petks-Maifons, Hofttat. II. 120 
 
 - Frefi- 
 
The TABLE. 
 
 Preftdent PeraultV Hwfe. II. i 
 
 Hofpital I of 'Pity* L 152 
 
 The Piquepuces. ibid. 131 
 
 Place Royal. ibid, 93 
 
 Place Dauphin. II. 179 
 
 Pleffis Colledge. ibid. 39 
 
 Pont-Neuf. ibid. i85 
 
 Pont-Mary. I, 145 
 
 Tht PremonftraraeSt II, 84. 120 
 
 Quatre-Nations, Colledge. II. 148 
 
 Quay Pellecier. I. 105 
 
 The Quinze-Vingts, Hojpitat. ibid. 28 
 
 H. de Ramboiiillet. I. 2 3 
 
 Tfce Recollets. ibid. 78 
 
 Reformed Jacobins. II. 125 
 
 .Rke de Richelieu. I. 39 
 
 de Richelieu. ibid. 99 
 
 t£r. Roch, Church. ibid. 28 
 
 S. 
 
 Nuns of the Holy Sacrament. II. 115 
 
 The Sainte-Chapd. ibid. 172 
 
 Salle des Antiques. I # 19 
 
The TABLE, 
 
 H. Seguir. I. $7 
 
 The Semaritain. II. 198 
 
 The Seminary rf Foreign Miffions. ibid. 1 24 
 
 R. Seneterre. I. $6 
 
 Sfc, Severin, Church, fl. 27 
 
 J7. Soifor.s. I. 
 
 Tfo Sorbonne. II. 71 
 
 Tfo King'* Afc*> Statue, I. 67 
 
 H. de St. Pol. ibid, no 
 
 St. Sulpice. Church. II. uj 
 
 T. 
 
 27;* Temple. i. 8r 
 
 Ifo Theatins. II. 153 
 
 The Theater at the Tuilleries. I. 17 
 
 — - — for the Opera. ibid. 28 
 
 for French Flays II. 138 
 
 for the Italian Comedians. I. £3 
 
 7/;e Tuilleries. ibid. 16 
 tie G/mfc/j f»crr* ibid. 18 
 
 U. 
 
 Val de Grace. II. $7 
 
 i/. de Vendftme. I. 32 
 
 Viftor V Abhy. ibid. 1 5 1 
 
 Gate. , • ibid. 165 
 
 Vincennes. ibid. 12 9 
 
 lUms of the Vifitation. II. 49 
 
 Rue Vivien. I. 43 
 
 The Uniyerfity Qgarttr. II. 1 
 
 Rue 
 
The TABLE. 
 
 Sue dcV Univerfity. II. 128 
 
 A dela Urillicre. I. 50 
 
 The Urfuline Num. II. 50 
 
 W. 
 
 X7# Waterhoufe. II. 67 
 
 Y. 
 
 Yres, Church. II. 31. 
 
 FINIS. 
 
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