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Paris. 8 Feb., 1644. I took coach and went to see 

 the famous Jardine Royale, which is an enclosure walled 

 in, consisting of all varieties of ground for planting and 

 culture of medical simples. It is well chosen, having 

 in it hills, meadows, wood and upland, naturall and 

 artificial, and is richly stor'd with exotic plants. In 

 the middle of the Parterre is a faire fountaine. There 

 is a very fine house, chapel, laboratory, orangery, & 

 other accommodations for the President, who is allways 

 one of the King's cheife Physitians. 



From hence we went to the other side of the towne, 

 and to some distance from it, to the Bois de Vincennes, 

 going by the Bastille, which is the Fortresse Tower 

 and Magazine of this great Citty. It is very spacious 

 within, and there the Grand Master of the Artillery 

 has his house, with faire gardens and walkes. 



In another more privat garden (in the Louvre) 

 towards the Queene's apartment is a walke or cloyster 

 under arches, whose terrace is paved with stones of a 

 greate breadth ; it looks towards the river, and has a 

 pleasant aviary, fountaine, stately cypresses, &c. On 

 the river are seene a prodigious number of barges and 

 boates of great length, full of haye, come, wood, wine, 



