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the queen^* at the king's hostel near St. Pol/^ where she was 

 staving, 'et y list Ten tres grant feste.' After dinner, when 



in which it was enclosed in 1367. . . . The Louvre was greatly enlarged 

 by Charles V, who added many towers, and surrounded it with a moat 

 which was supplied from the Seine. He made the palace into a complete 

 rectangle, always preserving the great central dungeon tower. In spite, 

 however, of his additions, space was wanting in the labyrinthine apart- 

 ments of the Louvre for his splendid receptions, ... so he only 



Jeanne de Bourbon, Wife of Charles V. 

 (From Racinet, Le Costume Historique, Vol. 4.) 



inhabited the fortress for a short time, and devoted himself principally 

 to building the Hotel St. Paul.' 



^* Whom Delachenal (i. 44) calls one of the most gracious figures of the 

 14th century. As to her picture, her cote-hardie has the color and the 

 arms of France; only on ceremonial occasions was it cut so low in the 

 neck. The crown is of gold, set with precious stones. See also p. ^o. 



" Cf. Hare, Walks in Paris, pp. 201-2 : 'Every preceding king had held 

 his Court either in the Cite or at the Louvre, but Charles now bought, near 

 the Port de St. Paul, the hotel of the Conte d'Etampes. ... In 

 1363 he added to his purchase the hotel of the Archbishop of Sens, with 

 gardens which reached to the Port. . . . By an edict of July, 1364, 

 Charles V, after coming to the throne, declared the Hotel de St. Paul 



