Chap. IV. through 733 
M. Perron (afterwards Cardinal) pretending to fliew at they tell you that it was built by .ICing Francis^ I, whd 
lead five hundred falfe Quotations, a Conference was ap- having promis’d to pay his Ranfom at Madrid^ gave 
pointed to be held in this Room on May 14, 1600, in it this Name, and carrying the whole Surri thither^ 
the Prefence of King Henry IV. the Prefident de Fhou^ paid the Spaniards with this Equivocation inftead of 
and the famous Ifaac Cafaubon ; the firft for the Roma- Money. 
fiifts, and the laft for the Protefiants : The firft Day was Hard by it, Fix. at Fuel., a fmall Towoj ftands a 
fpent in examining only nine, and each Party challeng- pretty little Palace built by Cardinal Richlieu it is neither 
ing the Vidlory, the Conferences were diftontinued ^ ftately nor magnificent^ but has very neat Gardens and 
Jdu Plejffts afterwards publifhing a Treatife upon thefe curious Waterworks. 
Debates, the fame was anfwered by Perron. About two Leagues from Paris^ on the Afcent of the 
The Palace of St. Germain., feated on a rifing Ground Hill of Sc. Cloud, is another of the King^s Houfes^ 
near the River Sein, about tour or five Hours from Pa~ where the Duke of Orleans fometimes refides for his Di- 
m, and one from Ver failles., is built in the Nature of a verfion ; the Gardens are very pleafant, the Galleries very 
Caftle, furrounded with a dry Ditch ; a noble Stone beautiful, and fome of the Paintings very good t It was 
Gallery runs round the Middle of the whole Strudlure, here that King Henry the Illd was ftabb’dj by one Clement 
which is of an oval Figure : The Covering of this Pile a Monk. 
is of flat Free-ftone, each Stone being three Foot long, 12, In our Tour io Roan, Diep, and the Sea-toaft^ 
two broad, and three Inches thick : On one Side of the v/e pafled through St. Dennis, about a League from Pa- 
Garden is a moft delicious Terras- walk, with the River ris, famous for the Sepulchres of the FrenehRoy^X Race,’ 
running under it, ■ 3350 Paces long; and on the ocher 
Side it is flank’d by a moft delightful Wood. I found 
hereabouts the wild Genifta Hifpanica, or Spartmn 
Hifp. Cluf. Chab. or the Spanijh Broom, and the 
Onobrychis Spicata, commonly call’d by us Saintfoin, 
brought from France firft, where it grows wild. In the 
. Garden I obferv’d, among other curious Plants, the 
Jgrifol. Odoratum, a fmooth Holly with fweet-fcented 
Flowers. 
The Chateau Neuf was built by Henry IV, upon the 
Brow of the Hill near the other, its Gardens defending 
by Degrees down to the River ; here are to be feen the 
noble Ruins of Grottoes, Cafcades, and Waterworks. About 
an Hour from hence is Marli, a moft delightful Sum- 
mer-feat, built by the prefent King (rather gay than 
magnificent) at the Head of a Canal, with feveral Houfes 
along the Side of the Water for the Courtiers ; they were 
then bufy in cutting a Way to it through an adjacent 
Wood. Near this Palace, on the Sein, is that fo much 
oFFQtzXtdiWaterwQrk of Marli, by which the Current 
of the River is, by the Help of an Engine-mill built 
upon it, forced over two or three vaft Hills, by Iron 
Pipes of half a Foot Diameter, jointed into one another, 
and feveral laid by the Side of one another, every Stroke 
of the Mill throwing a vaft Quantity of Water into 
the Bafons on the Hill, which from thefe Bafons is con- 
vey’d by fuch another Mill higher, over all the Emi- 
nencies, when gathering into a fmall Lake, the fame 
by Aquaducls furnifiies with fufficient Quantity of Water 
both Marli and Verfailles. 
I I. Verfailles, the moft beautiful Palace in Europe, is 
feated in a dirty defart Ground ; that Side which faces 
the Scabies is not fuitable in Magnificence to the reft, as 
that which fronts the Garden furpalTes all that can be 
imagin’d fumptuous ; its Roof glittering with Gold, 
affords a glorious Profpedt at a Diftance ; and the Gar- 
den for Statues, Canals, Groves, Grotto''^, Fountains, Wa- 
terworks, or what elfe may be thought delightful, far 
furpafles any Thing to be feen of this kind in Italy ; and 
its Riches and Beauty within are altogether anfwerable 
to its Outfide. The Royal Cabinet for Medals, Coins, 
Painting, and fuchlike Curiofities, has the Choice of 
all Italy could afford. The King’s Lodgings are en- 
rich’d with Utenfils of maffy Plate, even to the Bed- 
fteds, Balufters and Rails-: The Gallery towards the 
Side of the Garden is the nobleft that ever I beheld in 
my Life, for its moft delicious Profpeff, Statues and 
Looking-glaffes plac’d between the Pannels. The mo- 
dern Paintings in this Palace are for the moft part of 
Mignard, Pouffm and le Brun, among which the Battles 
or Alexander are highly efteem’d. At one End of the 
Garden is the Place where they breed all the foreign 
Beafts and Birds the Eaft and Weft- Indies afford : And 
what they call the Trianon is a cool Retreating- Place 
for the King after his Walks, fuitable in all Refpedls 
to the reft. 
About two Leagues thence M. Louvois, the late prime 
Minifter, had eredted a noble Palace with vaft Coft, the 
Ground rifing into a pleafant Terras, with fine Gardens 
behind it. Near Paris there is another of the King’s 
Houfes, call’d Madrid, both unfurnifti’d and unfin ifh’d ; 
V o L. II. N® 1 19. 
and the Abbey built by King Dagobert, formerly call’d 
Catullia, but fince dedicated to St. Dennis, the Areopa- 
gite, whofe Body lies inter’d here 5 though the Monks 
of the Convent of St. Emeran, near Ratishon in Germany^ 
difpute that Point with them, and pofitively affirm^ that 
they have the whole Body, and thofe of St. Dennis only 
a Finger. They boaft here of the Sepulchres of feveral 
other Saints, as of their King St. Lewis, St. Hilary Bi- 
fhop of PoidUers, St. Hypolito one of the fandfified Mar- 
tyrs of the Thehaan Legion, and one of the Innocents 
murther’d by Herod’s, Command. The moft remarka- 
ble among the Tombs of the Royal Family are thofe 
ot Francis I. and Lewis XI. Here you fee alfo the 
Tomb of the Great Marfhal de Turenne, placed by the 
the King’s Order (but at the Charge of his Nephew) in 
a Marble Chapel built for that Purpofe ; he lies at full 
Length, furrounded with Laurels and Trophies in Re- 
lievo, with a Roman Eagle at his Feet retreating as ic 
were backwards, with difplay’d Wings at the Sight of 
his formidable Enemy : For though this Abbey is chiefly 
defign’d for the Sepulchres of the Royal Family, yeE 
by the King’s Favour, fuch of his Subjedls as have 
fignaliz’d themfelves in his Service are alfo fometimes 
interred here. There is a Crofs of maffy Gold on the 
Altar feven Foot high, fet with Diamonds and the beft 
Pearls, and a Table of Gold, the Altar itfelf being alfo 
plated over with Silver. 
13. From hence we pafs’d on to St. Pontoyfe, an in- 
confiderable Place, feated upon the River Oyfe, which 
vFmgm Picardy, runs a little below it into Sein. 
The Country of Normandy betwixt this Place and Roan 
is champaign and extremely fertile, efpecially in Apples, 
of which they make excellent Cyder. 
Roan is the Metropolis of Normandy, and one of the 
Cities of the fecond Rank in France ; its Situation is 
upon the Banks of the River Sein, at the Foot of a Flill, 
and to the oppofite Bank you pafs by a handfom Bridge 
of Boats, two hundred and feventy Paces long, which 
being pav’d, rifes and falls with the Tide ; below it 
you fee the Pillars of an ancient Stone Bridge, beaten 
down fome Years ago by the Violence of the Current 5 
fomething lower Ships of about two hundred Tun can ride 
with Safety : Near the River-fidc ftands a very ancient 
Caftle with Turrets, now the Refidence of the Gover- 
nor. Two other Rivers {yix. the Robhee and Reinelle) 
run alfo through this City, which has two Churches re- 
markable ; the Cathedral, dedicated to our Lady, ex- 
ceeds in Beauty and Regularity that of Paris ; here 
you fee the Tomb of John Duke of Bedford, Regent of 
France in King Henry the IVth’s Time, but the Mo- 
nument is not anfwerable to the Grandeur of fo high a 
Perfon. The Church of St. Toin is alfo a lofty Struc- 
ture, but chiefly famous for its great Bell. The Streets 
of Roan are narrow, and their Houfes for the moft part 
of Wood and Plaifter-work ; here it was the Englifh 
burnt the Maid of Orleans ; this Place was the Roto-^ 
magus of the Romans, and the Refidence of the Dukes 
of Normandy ; it is at prefent a Bifhop’s See, and was 
lately a Place of very good Traffick. 
From hence we travePd through a very good Country 
and bad Road to Diep, a pretty little Sea-porE Town,) 
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