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the Streets whereof dre more fpacious and regular than 
thofe of Roan \ they are very ingenious here at work- 
ing in Ivory. The little Harbour lies betwixt two Cliffs, 
and the River Arquo runs into it ; anciently it was 
known by the Names of Julia Iona and Deppa^ and 
then ftrongly fortified ; it has ftill a good Caftle and 
Wall, From Diep we continued our Journey through a 
little Place called Eu^ feated upon the River Brejfe, 
which being the common Boundary on that Side bt~ 
tw]xt' Normandy znd Picardy, difcharges itfelf into the 
Sea about a League below it. 
Near the River’s Mouth we faw on the Cliffs another 
fmall Town call’d Criel-port, and fo palTing through 
Francheville, came fafely to Abbeville, a poor old Town, 
meanly built and extremely dirty, in that Part of Pi- 
cardy they call Ponthieu. They are noted here for ma- 
king Guns and Piflols, but they are rather fine than 
ferviceable. It is feated upon the River Somme, which 
falls into the Sea near St. Valery, from whence Barks 
Oan come up to this City. BTore the French had made 
themfelves Makers of the Province of Artois, this was 
a Frontier Tov/n of a confiderable Strength, and inac- 
ceffible in fome Parts, being al.mofl: furrounded by the 
Fen ns. It is alio a Bifliop’s See. 
From hence we travel’d by the Way of Hefdin to 
Calais, from whence we could difcover the chalky Cliffs 
of Dover ; it is of no great Compafs, but regularly for- 
tified, and ftrengthened with a good Cittadel the 
Town-houfe is but fmall, but the Market-place fpa- 
cious. Some Antiquaries would have it to be the fame 
mention’d by Cafar in his Commentaries, under the 
Name of Portus Iccius, which fome again explain of 
Boulogn, others of Doway. The Lois of it by the 
EngUJh is alledg’d to have been the chief Caufc of our 
Queen Mary*s> Death. 
The DodloPs Second Journey. 
14, As you travel from Paris, in a Kind of Dutch 
Freck-fchuyt along the River Sein, you pafs by Charenton, 
a curious little Place, feated on the Banks of the Marn 
and Sein, and once famous for the Privileges the Pro~ 
tejiants enjoy’d there. Above it is a neat Houfe be- 
longing to Madamoifelle . In the next Place is Corbeil, 
of no great Confequence, the Cajirum Corbolium of the 
Latins, call’d by C<£far Jofedum or Metrofedum on the 
Sein, where its Waters are mix’d with thofe of the Juin 
or the Eftampes. 
Higher up, on the River, you fee another little Place, 
about four or five Leagues from Corbeil, call’d Melun, 
(the Melodunum of the ancient Romans) which gives 
Title to the Vifcounts of a very ancient Family. Here 
the River Sein dividing into two Branches, makes a 
little Hand, which you pafs by two good Bridges. The 
Barge, which carries you from Fountainbleau down the 
River to Paris, being drawn by three or four Horfes, 
runs in ten or twelve Hours, fixteen of their Leagues, 
or about forty eight EngUJh Miles. In the Woods 
thereabouts I took Notice of the Milyjfophillum, Oro- 
lanchre, Rapum Geni/lce, Ger. Park. Cariophillum olens, 
C. B. our Broom-rape, Polygonatum, LatifoL vulg. C. B. 
the Solomon^ s Seal, befides all Sorts of Spurges of the 
EJfula and Fythimalus kind. 
The next Place we came to from Fountainbleau was 
Nemours, having nothing remarkable, except that it 
o-ave Title to the ancient Dukes of that Name. Near 
u is the Abbey of Surcajfon, of the Order of St. Ber- 
nard. Here we obferved the Women of the Town 
'(even fuch as were in very good Habit) to come to the 
Inns to colled Alms from Travellers for the Poor. 
From hence we travel’d on to Montargis, an old 
walled Town, but of no great Note, except that being 
Part of the Demefnes belonging to the Crown ; it gives 
Title to the King’s Brother, who is Duke of Orleans and 
Montargis j it has, however, a very ancient Church, 
with curious Pillars, and an antique Caftle built in the 
Midft of Ruins : The prefent King’s only Brother has 
laid the Foundation of a Church here •, but it remains 
unfiniftied, there being nothing compleated but a fmall 
Portico, in which, on a black Tablet of Marble, is a 
French Infcription with Golden Letters, intimating, that 
I G H ’ J T ravels Book II, 
he laid the firft Stone of this Church in 1677, in Mg, 
mory of his Vidories obtain’d in the Battles Qb Mon^- 
cajjel, St. Omer and Buchar. 
From Montargis we continued our Journey to Briare 
whither Cardinal Richlieu caufed a Canal to be brouo-hc 
from Blefneau, a Trad of twenty Miles, and thereby 
made a Communication betwixt the Doing (which falls 
into the Sein) and the River Loir, fo that by the Help 
of Sluices, Boats can pafs through all three j the Banks 
of the Loir lying all along on the Flats, as you fee 
near the Sea-fhore, make it a very pleafant River. Near 
it we found the Cariophillus marinus, Ger. Hob. Jun- 
cus C. B. or the Sea-Gillijlo'wer, which is rarely found 
in Inland Countries, but commonly in Salt Marftaes 
near the Sea-fide. 
15. From hence we pafs’d through Cofne, a little 
Place noted for the making of Knives, and fome 
Mills for poliftiing Iron and Steel, and fo in Sight 
of la Charite, an inconfiderable Place, to Nevers, feat- 
ed near the Conflux of the Loir and the Nihatre, the 
Capital of the Territory oiNivernios, though the Houfes 
are but meanly built, reprefenting more of Antiquity 
than Beauty. It is a Bifliop’s See, Sulfragan to that of 
Sens, and gives Title to the Dukes of Nevers, (now in 
the Family of Cardinal Mazarin) Cafar mentions it un- 
der the Name of Nipernum ox Novio dunum. 
The next Place we came to was Moulins, near which 
are the fo much celebrated Waters of Bourbon, even in 
the Time of the Romans ; they are of the Nature of 
our Baths and thofe of Aix la Chapelle, compofed of a bi- 
tumenous Subftance, impregnated with an Alcalifate Salt 5 
which being mix’d with an Acid, caufes a Fermentation 
and produces the fame Effed on Syrup of Violets as 
the Salt of Tartar, turning it green. Of late they have 
been much ufed inwardly againft the Gout and other 
nervous Diftempers. The above-mentioned Town of 
Moulins is of no great Extent, though once the Refi- 
dence of the Family of Bourbon, who built a handfome 
Caftle here ; the Inhabitants are reputed excellent Work- 
men in Steel and Iron, Knives and Sciflars, 
Among their Churches and Convents (of which they 
have feveral) thofe of the Carthufians and of the Vifita- 
tion are moft remarkable, the laft containing the Mo- 
nument of the Great Duke of Montmorency, who was 
facrificed to the Power of the Cardinal Richlieu. The 
whole Chapel confifts only of a fmall Cupola to cover 
him ; his Canopy and Armour is fupported by Angels, 
with his own Effigies and that of his difconfolate Lady 
lying by him, in an elevated Tomb, with the Statues 
of Pallas, Hercules, Charity and Religion, all of the 
choiceft Marble, much beyond iheir natural Grandeur, 
with this Infcription to his Memory. 
Henrico 11 . Montmorenciaei Ducum ultimo, optima G? 
maximo, Francia Pari, Fhalajjiarcho, Polemarco, 1 ‘er- 
rori hojiium. Amort fuorum. 
Maria felix Urfina, ex Romana Stirpe Conjux unica, cut 
ex mmenjis viri Divitiis, una amor viventis, Gf de- 
funbli Cineres, fcelicijjmo poji exaSios Conjugis An- 
nas XVIII. Marito incomparabili, de quo dolere ni- 
hil unquam poterat, nifi mortem bene merenti pofuit. 
Ann Sal. MIDLII. Sui lublus XX. 
It is remarkable, that they were forced to behead him 
in the Town-houfe for Fear of the Populace, whole 
Darling he was ; his Dutchefs was fo highly afflided 
at his Death, that fhe forfook the World and retired 
into this Monaftery, where flie ended her Days in Tears 
for the Lofs of a Husband Ihe loved more than her 
own Life. I was credibly inform’d, by a Perfon who 
was well acquainted in that Family, that her Fondnefs 
to the Duke was fuch, that (he would not flick to aflift 
him in his Amours. 
We had hitherto travel’d for the moft part through 
fertile Plains ; but coming near to St. Sophorin and 
Brejle, two fmall Places, we pafs’d through Mountains 
cover’d with Pines and Firrs, which afforded great Va- 
riety of Plants : Thofe I took Notice of en pajfent were, 
the Polygala Lutea, call’d by Chabre, Polygala vulg. maj. 
