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714 R KY^s and Skippon^j travels Book II. 
^vas formerly kept here % which is fince carried to the 
Place where he was born, called Archant, a Village in 
Gajiinois. In the Cloyfter here is a Tomb-ftone with 
a Sphere on it, and round about it this Infcription. 
De Sacrohofco qui compuftita J pannes 
Tempera diferevit jacet hie a tempore raptus 
Tempore qui fequeris, memor ejio quod morieris^ 
Si mifer es plora, miferans pro me precor ora. 
Clermont College is a fquare and high Building, that 
belongs to thejefuits who teach here, in feveral Schools^ 
about two thoufand Boys, many of v^hom are Gentle- 
men’s Sons boarded here, having feveral Halls to dine 
in, and long Chambers to lodge in. They fay about 
400 Boys live here in this Manner, and are not fuf- 
fered to go out of the Gate without Leave. Many of 
the Scholars wear colour’d Gowns, fafhion’d like the 
Sophifters in Cambridge, and have large Velvet round 
Caps when they learn Logick, and fquare Caps when 
they read Philofophy. At a Difpute, we faw the Duke 
of Guife, a young Lad. Le Palais is in the fame He 
with Notre Dame, where the Courts of Judicature fit 5 
the Lawyers wear black Gowns and fquare Caps. In the 
Hall are many Shops and Galleries. One Varennes is 
the only Proteftant Bookfcller here, who, to fignify 
whether Mafs is faid or not, hangs out a Pafteboard, 
having on one Side the Letter N. and on the other the 
L,etter O. for Non and Ouy. This is taken Notice of 
by the Proteftants that come to the Hall, that they may 
avoid the Elevation of the Holt. Efchelle du Temple is 
a great Ladder that Hands in the Corner of a Street 
not far from the Place where the Templars formerly 
lived. The chief Streets are, i. Rue St.Jaques. 2. Rue 
St. Martin. 3. Rue Montmartye. 4. Rue St. Denis. 
5. Rue St. Honor e. There are ten Fauxbourgs or Sub- 
urbs, twenty Gates, eleven Bridges, fix hundred Streets 
in the City and Suburbs, more than thirty-two thou- 
fand Houfes, and above one hundred Religious Houfes 
or Convents. At the Gobelins is a Houfe where Ta- 
pellry is made. Nigh Port St. Honore, the Lord Hollis, 
the EngliJIo Ambalfador, dwelt. 
The Fair of St. Germain begins the 3d of February, 
and holds all the Lent *, the Place the Fair is kept in, 
is a large fquare Houfe with fix or feven Rows of 
Shops, where Cuftomers play at Dice, when they come 
to buy Things ; the Commodity is firft bought, and 
then they play who lhall pay for it. After Candle- 
lighting is the greateft Gaming *, fometimes the King 
comes and plays. Here we faw the Pidture of our Sa- 
viour’s Afcenfion, St. Peter, St. Paul and two Angels •, 
it was made bv Antonio Moro, who lived in Charles the 
Vth Time j it is valued at 200 Piftoles. The Frame is 
curioully carved, and very richly gilt. The Theatins 
have a fair Church and Cloifter, a Building by the 
River Side, fome Diftance below the College of Four 
Nations. Cardinal Mazarin gave a Legacy for the 
Eredling this Convent, i. Pont St. Michel, 2. Pont 
aux Change, 3. Pont Notre Dame, and 4. Petit Pont, have 
Shops on each Side. The Pont Notre Dame is a very 
uniform Street. 5. Pont Marie, fome Years ago had 
many of its Houfes, at one End, tumbled down in the 
Night, by a violent Stream of the River. Every one 
without a Sword pays two Livres that paffes over. 
6. Pont de Bois, which joins the He Notre Dame 
Church Hands in, to He Notre Dame, where are new 
and handfome Streets. An Englijh Boat rowed by 
twelve Men, two of them Englijh, in this River, and 
belongs to the Dutchefs of Orleans. The King hath 
one or two Pleafure-boats. Crofs feveral Streets of 
Paris hang little Bells and Chains, which are rung 
when Thieves break into Houfes in the Night-time. 
The Chajielet is a Prifon not far from Pont aux Change, 
where Men are clapt up for Debt, and fometimes cri- 
minal Matters. Such as are found murdered in the 
Streets are brought hither, and expofed to View, that 
they may be known. Fade in Pace is a clofe Prifon in 
Convents,, where they keep fuch as have been pro- 
feffed of their Order, and are turned ProteHants. 
They feed them with Bread and Water, and there let 
them lie fometimes all their Days. It is like a Dun- 
geon, having only fome Light from the Top, whence 
their Meat is let down. 
16. A Frenchman, at the firH Sight, is very civil and 
familiar, and will as fuddenly forget his Acquaintance 
with you; they will ask you, whether you are of the 
Religion, i. e. ProteHant or of the Eglife, i. e. Roman 
Catholick Religion, the firH Time you fall into their 
Company, and enquire who made your Cloaths, what 
they coH, and twenty fuch QueHions. If you employ 
a Porter, Wc. and not agree with him before Hand 
what he fhall have, he will go away grumbling, though 
you give him more than he could have expedfed if a 
Bargain had been firH made. None but Gentlemen, or 
fuch as have been Officers in the Army, can wear 
Swords, lAc. when they travel. The French Women 
are generally bad Houfewives, minding their Cloaths, 
and dreffing moH, which they will have in the Fafhion ; 
and the Humour of obferving Modes muH be fatisfied 
in both Sexes, though their Bellies pinch for it ; for 
in moH Families their Diet is both coarfe and (lender. 
The Women drink ufually Water, and fometimes a 
little Wine ; they have a Breeding fo free, that in E}ig^ 
land we fhould eHeem it immodeH, the Hugonet as 
well as popiffi Ladies, fpot and paint their Faces, 
which, however, fome of their Miniflers do not ap- 
prove ; and, in a Word, Women of both Religions, 
agree but too much in their Morals. 
Swearing and Curfing, with the Addition of obfeene 
Words, are cuHomary in both Sexes. Yet there are 
fome Men and Women among the Hugonots that are 
truly religious. Look on a hrench Woman, and you 
fhall fee her Hare you in the Face, which is a Confidence 
that better becomes the Men, who feldom or never are 
put out of Countenance. The French are Hrangely im- 
patient at all Games, elpecially at Cards, which tranf- 
port fome that lofe into a Rage, and they make a dread- 
ful Noife, with Blafphemies, Curfing and Swearing in 
a horrid Manner. At this Time moH People complain- 
ed of their King’s impofing Taxes, &c. yet they feemed 
to boaH of him, and were proud to think themfelves 
Subjects to an abfolute Monarchy. Shirking or Sharp- 
ing is as natural to a Frenchman as his Oaths ; and tho* 
his Carriage be free, yet he is Hingy enough of his 
Purfe, and will fooner lofe a Friend than a Penny, 
and fmall IntereHs will govern his Alfedions ; Exceptis 
Excipiendis. 
Malefactors receive their Sentences on their Knees, 
which pronounced, the Hangman prefently ties a Rope 
about their Necks, and conveys them to the Prifon ; 
whence after Confeffion, they are immediately hauled 
to the Gallows, fo that fometimes they are condemned 
in the Morning, and hanged before Night. If one 
hath endeavoured to kill another, and the affaulted Per- 
fon lives, yet the JuHice of France will condemn the 
ocher to die, taking the Will for the Deed. The Mar- 
quis de BAnge, a ProteHant, and reputed a Hout Man, 
was divorc’d not long fince from his Wife, a very hand- 
fome and virtuous Woman. She after fome Years 
complained to her Friends, that the Marquis was not 
able to get her with Child : This made fome DiHur- 
bance among the Relations, but at laH, when Phyficians, 
iAc. had given in their TeHimonies, they could per- 
ceive no external Fault in either ; it was agreed by both 
Parties they fhould prepare themfelves, and a Day was 
appointed by the Phyficians to be not far off ; but not- 
withHanding all the Endeavours of the Marquis, it was 
concluded by a Decree of Parliament, that they might 
be divorced. The Lady is fince married to another, 
and hath Children by him, and the Marquis hath ano- 
ther Wife, and hath got her often with Child. 
April 7. After Dinner, and juH as Mr. Hewlett, Dr. 
Ward, Mr. Ray, Dr. Moulins, Mr. Lijier and myfelf, 
were going out of our Lodging towards the Chajfe 
Maree, a kind of a Cart, that fetches Fifh from Calais, 
one of the French King’s Officers, a Captain de Guet, 
asked for Monfieur Moulins ; and while he exchanged 
two or three Words with him, he fet his BaHon, which 
he had under his Cloak in two or three Pieces, together; 
and prefently came in eight or ten Mufqueteers, who 
feized 
