Chap. IV. through F 
put in Writing, tosj. Every Wednefday there is a Horfe- 
market in Fauxhoiirg S. Victor^ and every Saturday at Port 
Richlieu. At Mount Martre is made the Plaifter called 
Plaifter of Paris^ and they have this Saying about it. Ply 
a plus de M. Martre d Paris que de Paris d M. Martre. Cax- 
d\x\2i\ Mazarine left a great Legacy to build the College 
of four Nations, Italian^ French^ Spanifro and German ; a 
good Part of it was now finilhed ; the Front is (lately 
made, like a Theatre, and it looks upon the Louvre, be- 
ing placed on the oppofite Side of the River Seine. The 
Sorbonne College is a magnificent Struflure. The Doc- 
tors wear black Gowns ; and when Exerdfes are per- 
form’d, they wear a white Furr, which hangs athwart 
the Breafl. UHdtel de Ville en la Place de Grave is an 
old and fair Building. Pont Neuf in the Middle is 
joined to the Ifland Dame Church (lands in. The 
Brafs Statue of Henry IV. on Horfeback, made by Bo- 
logna (who is buried at the Annunciata in Florence) (lands 
in the Middle of the Bridge, having Infcriptions and 
Bafft relievi, defcribing his Vidories, &c. Place Dau- 
phine is a triangular Piazza built very uniform, and Juft 
in Sight of Henry IVth’s Statue. Rue de Harlay is be- 
hind that Piazza, where all the Houfes are of the fame 
Building. Place Royale is an uniform Square, very 
near, having a green Court railed about, and a fmall 
Portico under ail the Houfes. Notre Dame is a fair 
Church with a handfome Front, adorned with Statues, 
and two flat Steeples, from which is a good Prolpefl; of 
the City. Several Colours hang up in this Church, tv.?o 
of them were taken by the Englifto. The Bajiile is like 
the Tower of London, for Prifoners of State, where the 
King gives them Allowance. It is near Port St. An- 
tonine. The Arfenal confifts of many Courts, and has 
fair Walks in a Garden nigh the City Wall. St. Ger- 
main Auxerrois is a pretty Church nigh the Louvre, and 
is called the King’s Parifli Church. The Fhuilleries is 
the Garden belonging to the Louvre, which they would 
not permit Strangers to fee at this Time. The Louvre 
Gallery is 900 Feet long •, under half the Length of it 
are Stables. 
Before the Louvre Gallery, not far from Pont des 
L’huillerks, flood an old Tower called la Four desAnglois, 
which was thrown dowm the lad Year. Some fay, the 
preceding Kings durft not throw it down, becaufe of a 
Prophecy that France fhould be then conquered. The 
Louvre will be a vaft Place when it is finifhed ; that 
Side towards the River, and the End towards the Fhuil- 
leries is already built. Donee totum impleat orbem, and 
Virtuti Regis inviPiJfmi, inferibed on feveral Parts of the 
Chejleau de Louvre. In the Jefuits Church Rue St. An- 
thoine, is Lewis the Thirteenth’s Heart kept in a Gol- 
den Cafe, held tip by two Silver Angels. In the fame 
Church is a fair Altar, with about four Brals Figures or 
Statues, being the Monuments of this Prince of Conde’s 
Father. I rode out of the City tw^o Leagues to St. 
Clou, where Madame Flenrietta, Dutchefs of Orleans om 
King Charles the Second’s Sifter, hath a Palace and 
Gardens. In the Parifh Church of Sr. Clou is a fpiral 
Marble Pillar, and Infcriptions to Henry III. whofe Heart 
is kept here. In a Chapel under the Choir is the old 
Monument of St. Clou \ two Leagues thence we came to 
.Verjailles, a pretty Pleafure-houfe built by M. Foucquet. 
Here rare Birds and other Animals are kept, but the 
Conceirge would not let us fee them, or the Rooms of 
the Houfe, becaufe we had no Ticket from M. . 
In the Room, they fay, are Cabinets, are Looking- 
Glalfes, curioufly adorned with Silver Fillegree- 
work. Here I faw Lewis XIV. and his Queen, attended 
by a Foot Company of Swifs, armed with Back, Bread, 
and Head-pieces, a Company of Swifs with Halberds, 
and a Company of French Foot, befides his Guard in 
Livery on Horfeback, armed with Carbines. The King 
has alfo a Guard of Younger Brothers, who (erve him 
voluntarily, and wear whitifh Coats with Silver Lace ; 
they carry Muskets. Out of thefe the King oftentimes 
choofes his Officers. The Lord Douglas was formerly 
the French King’s Page, who at this Time commanded 
a Regiment of Scots, which the King of England fent 
for over upon the Declaration of War between France 
and England. 
RANCfi. 72,3 
Every Monday comes out the Journal des Spavans, ai 
Pamphlet written by one Mr. Galloyer a Parifian, and 
but a young Man. M. jonequet is Profelfor in the 
King’s Garden, which is a handfome large Place *, buc 
that at Montpellier is bigger and more pleafant. M. 
Marchnnd, formerly an Apothecary, hath travelled fome 
Parts oi xhtMevant, and is very skilful in Herbs ; he 
hath the bed Hortus Siccus that we ever faw, the Plants 
being neatly faften’d on with a Glew, which he freely 
told us was made thus : Take o\' Idihyocolla and 
ana', cut thefe final], and then, boil them with Cblo- 
cynth, and afterwards diflblve all in Vinegar. Among 
the dried Plants, Medica Ciliaris and Ferrum equinmn^ 
Siliqua multiplici, are moft remarkable. Vv^e met acci-^ 
dentally v;ith one M, Crock, a Phyfician in Amiens, v/ho 
feemed to be a very ingenious Perfon. In a dirty nar- 
row Street, called Rue de la Ferranerie^i we faw the 
Well, which Ravillac (load againft, when he dabbed. 
Henry lY. the King’s Footmen, going through St. Jn~ 
nocenPs Church-yard, which is juft by. Si. FnnocenPi 
Church-yard hath many Charnai Houfes round about, 
and it is obfervable, that none of the Graves there are 
digged much above one Foot and an half deep, and 
yet the Fiefli of the dead Bodies is fuddenly confumed 
by the Earth, wdiich is of a chalky Nature. When 
they make new Graves, they fometimes met with 
whole Coffins, but the Fiefli quite confumed within 
them. In Lent-iimQ no Butchers can fell Fiefli, the 
Hofpital having the Gain of all the Fiefli that is eaten 
at Paris in this Seafon ; which mud be a confiderabk 
Profit, it they always, as they did this Lent, fell Beef 
at eight Sols per Pound. 
St. Eudace is a fair and large Church. Valdegrace is 
a new Church building, at the Expence of the late 
Queen Mother od France \ it hath a handfome Afcent 
up to it, by leverai Stone Steps, which lead into a Por-* 
tico in the Front ot the Church : It is made after the 
Italian Fafliion, and hath a Cupola between the Choir 
and the Nave. The Queen’s Heart is buried here. 
The Carthufians have a great Cloifler in the Fauxhourgb 
St. Germains, and have large Walks. Luxembourg is a 
(lately Palace, and very uniformly built % it hath fair 
and large Walks, like thofe of the Roman VilU, where 
all Perlons may walk with Freedom. Madamoifelle the 
Prince of Sifter lives here. Every Hour of the 
Day there paffes a Hackney-coach from the Place Royal 
to LuxemhourgAoufe ; and another Coach goes from 
Rue St. Honor e to Rue St. Jaques, where the Book fellers 
live. Every one pays five Sols for his Place, but goes 
w^ith other Company, and for that Reafon it is not 
ulual for Perfons of any Quality to go in them. Pa- 
lais Cardinal is a fair Palace with handfome Walks, 
Here Madame Henrietta, Dutchels of Orleans, lives. At 
one Side of this Houfe is a publick Stage, where the 
Italian and French Comedians aft by Turns. 1 (aw 
here 11 Maritaggio dluna Statua •, a merry Plav, where 
the famous Buffoon Scaramuccio afted ; three antick 
Dances pleafed the Speftators. The Ffuattre Scaramuccie 
was another pleafant Italian Comedy. We flood in the 
Parterre or Pit, and paid thirty Sols for feeing the 
firfl, and but fifteen Sols for feeing the lad. We (aw 
a French Comedy, entitled, VEJiourdie which was bet- 
ter afted than we expefted. We paid for feeing this, 
and (landing in the Pit, fifteen Sols a Man. In the 
Marais du Femple are another Company of French 
Aftors, who have Machines to move their Scenes. 
M. le Dauphin hath his Company of Boys, who, they 
fay, aft very well. The Sale des Machines, in the 
Louvre, is made like that at Mod.ena, and by the fame 
Workman Gafpar Vigarini ; this is larger, and the 
Roof of the Theatre richer gilt ; they fay it will hold 
5000 People, and that at Modena but 3000 ; one of 
the Machines moves a Hall with the King and 
Courtiers. The Sea is well reprefented in one Ma- 
chine. Noblemen’s Houfes are called Hofiels, and over 
their Gates are -always written the Names of them ; as, 
Hojlel des Ambajfadeurs near the Luxembourg. Hoftel de 
Sully is in Rue St. Antoine ; Hoflel de Vendofme in Rue 
St. Honor e. The Mathurins are the Padri k Rifehaito, 
and are thus called in Paris, becaufe St. Maihurinh Body 
was 
