732. Northlei 
The fecond is the Pdnt PJoHredame^ charg’d with 
Houfes fomething like our London Bt^idge, but not near 
fo big. The next to this is the Ponl Neuf or New- 
Bridge, a curious Fabrick, (though not near fo large as 
that of London) firft begun by King Henry III. but fi- 
nifli’d by his Succeffor Henry IV. whofe Statue on 
Horfeback Hands upon it much beyond the natural Size 
it is a moft excellent Piece of Workmanfhip of John 
of Bologn, an Italian Artift, but defcended from French 
Parentage ; it has feveral Infcriptions about it,’ relating 
to fome memorable A6lions, and the Battles of Tvry 
and Arque are reprefented in baffo relievo upon the 
Pedeftal, on each Angle of which lie four Slaves of 
maffy Brafs. 
8. That noble Monument, eredled in the Place of 
St. Vidtoire, to the Memory of their prefent King, by 
the Care (if not at the Coft) of the Duke de la Femllade, 
is certainly the moil excellent Piece of Statuary that can 
be beheld either in Italy or any where elfe, and the 
French boaft, that it exceeds all that ever were made 
of this Kind, not excepting even thofe erefted to the 
Greek and Roman Emperors. The King’s Statue is of 
maffy Brafs, thirteen Foot high, in his Robes, with a 
Vidlory (landing behind him, of the fame Bulk and 
Metal, crowning him, poifed with his Foot on a Globe; 
under his Feet is a three-headed Cerberus, to denote the 
triple Alliance over which he triumphed, at the Foot 
whereof you fee thefe Words, Viro Immortali, the laft 
of which they explain of the Immortality of his Fame. 
The whole was call all at once, and weighs above 
thirty thoufand Pound. The Pedeftal is twenty two 
Foot high, which, with that Part of the maffy Mould 
the Statue Hands on, bang three Foot, and the Siatue 
Itfelf thirteen, makes this fuperb Piece about thirty 
eight or near forty Foot high. Upon the Pedeftal reft 
four Slaves of Brafs, much beyond the natural Large- 
nefs, with Baffo relievo's, of his Battles and Conquefts. 
It (lands in a very fpacious Square, and to render it the 
more uniform, they demoliflaed many Houfes, and the 
Duke pull’d down Parr of his Palace. The S.atue it- 
felf is enclofed by (lately Iron Grates that environ a 
Floor of Marble ; and a Centinel is always placed near 
it. The grand Infcription upon it runs thus ; 
Ludovico .Magno 
Patri Exercituum 
G? Ludiori 
femper felici, 
Homitis hodiibus, prdtcdlis fociis, 
Adjedlis Imperio fortiffimis populis, 
Extrudiis ad Futelam Finium firmijfimis Arcibus. 
Oceano Mediterraneo inter fe jundiis, pra- 
dari vetitis toto mari Piratis : Emendatis 
Legibus. Leletd Calviniand impietate ; 
Compulfis ad Reverentiam Nominis 
Centibus remotijfimis, cundlifq-, fummd 
providentid, ^ virtute domi forifq-, 
compojitis. 
Francifcus Vicecomes d'Aubuffon, Dux de la Fueillade 
ex Francia Paribus, Cd Trihunis Equitum unus in 
Allobrogibus Prorex (A pratorianorum peditum 
Prafedius. 
Ad memoriam poiferitatis fempiternam. 
P. D. C. 
Befides this, there are feveral Verfes, fome for the Sta- 
tue, fome relating to the hiftorical Part reprefented 
in the Baffo relievo*s ; as for Inftance, that relating to 
the Statue. 
Tali de ore ferens, orbi Cf fibi, jura modumq', 
Dat Lodoix, famamq-, afediat vine ere fadiis. 
There are divers others upon his Paflage of the 
Rhine, the Peace of Nimeghen, the Dutch and the Ger- 
mans, but that on the Genoefe for Haughtinefs exceeds 
all the reft. 
Vane Ligur, frudiraq-, animis elate fuperbis ; 
Jufiitiam monitus difee, non temnere DivoSr 
G H 's Irat'els Book IL 
triumphal Arch was, at the Time of my beino- 
there, not brought quite to Perfeclipn ; but if you will 
believe the French, it is to exceed all of that Nature in 
Europe, whether ancient or modern : It is true, the 
DeTign promifes fomething very noble ; the Models 
confift of two Faces of an extraordinary Height, with 
three Portals, after the Manner both of the ancient and 
modern Romans % the Orders of the Columns are finely 
defigned, and the Captives and Trophies moil exqui- 
fitely done, by the famous Perault, who tranflated Vi- 
truvius. The King’s Statue on Horfeback is defigned 
to be placed on this Arch. 
9. The other Gates of the Town (as many Trium- 
phal Arches) are all proud Pieces of Architecture ; that 
of St. Dennis (which leads to the Place of the fame 
Name) is above feventy Foot high, and as many over, 
adorn’d with Columns, Baffo relievo's, and Trophies, 
with fome Infcriptions relating to the Puffing of the 
French over the Rhine, and their taking of Maefirixht. 
The Gate of St. Martin is fifty Foot high, and as 
many wide, having on each Side an Infcription relating 
to this King’s AClions. The third Gate is that of Sc, 
Anthony, ereCled in King Henry the Second’s Time, but 
new embellilhed by the City, with fome Infcriptions 
likewife relating to the prefent King. The French 
boaft, that Cafar makes Mention of this City, and that 
he laid Siege to it, being then enclofed betwixt the two 
Branches of the Sein, the fame that is now called the 
Ifle. Some of their Hiftorians add, that Cafar, after 
the Conqueft of Gaul, had his Head-Quarters here, and 
built feveral Caftles on the Sein. They all agree in 
that Point, that the Name of Lutetia was given it by 
the Romans, from its Situation in a moill dirty Soil, be- 
twixt the two Branches of the River ; the modern 
Name of Paris, being deduced from Paris, one of the 
Kings of the Gaids. 
This City is much more gay and fplendid in outward 
Appearance than wealthy within, nothing being more 
frequent than to meet with B-ggars that appear in Fla- 
bit like Gentlemen. It has few or no Pumps, moft of 
their Waters being preferved in Cifterns. I took par- 
ticular Notice here of two Medals that went about at 
that Time, made in Spleen to Pope Innocent XI ; one 
reprefented our Sir Edmund-bury Godfrey (Irangling, with 
this Motto, Juffi Pontificis ; the other had his Holi- 
nefs’s Head or Baft on one Side, and an Altar, Pix and 
Chalice turn’d topfy-turvy on the other, with this In- 
fcription, Pontificis quis credat opus ? Another I met 
with at the fame Time no lefs odd than the two former, 
having the King’s Bud on one Side, and a broken Co- 
lumn on the Reverfe, on the upper Parc whereof hung 
a Scroll of Parchment with thefe Words written upon 
it, Edidlum Nandi reverfum, 
10. Mezeray fays, that Paris was firft paved and 
walled under the Reign of King Philip II. firnam’d the 
Auguji ; and near it the French King has many Palaces, 
where he refides at Pleafure : That called Fount ainbleau, 
feated in the Ifle of France among Woods, is of an 
irregular Struflure ; but its convenient Situation for 
Hunting makes the Court frequently retire thither in 
the Summer-time. Its Fountains and Canals are very 
good, and it has one noble fpacious Hall, the reft of 
the Apartments being neither large nor magnificent 
enough for a Royal Palace, though fome very good 
Paintings are to be feen in them ; in the Queen’s Gal- 
lery the Conquefts of Henry IV. are excellently well 
done in Frefco ; and in the Gallery de Cerfs underneath 
this, you fee all the Royal Palaces of France, with Land- 
Ikips of the Country round them curioufly painted ; not 
to mention the Paintings in the King’s and Queen’s Ca- 
binets. The Chapel Royal is alfo a very good Fabrick, 
and well adorn’d. 
In their Play-houfe is to be feen a curious Marble 
Chimney-piece, reprefenting the Battle of Ivry fought 
by King Henry IV. The Gardens are beautified alfo 
with Statues ; and formerly a good Library belonged 
to it, fince removed to Paris. The moft noted Apart- 
ment in this Palace, is what they call the Salle de Con- 
feil, famous for the Conference occafioned by M. du 
PlffiV^ Book againft the Mafs, in which the celebrated 
M. Perron 
