Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S; To Which Is Subjoined the Private Correspondence Between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas, and Between Sir Edward Hyde, Afterwards Earl of Clarendon, and Sir Richard Browne Volume 1 (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: wax, 'lite Ours'inWestminster, covered with their robes; with -a ''World of other -rarities. Having rewarded our courteous friar, -we took horse for Paris, where we arrived about five in .the afternoon. In the way were fair crosses of stone carved with fleur-de-lis at every furlong's end, where they affirm St. Denis rested and laid down his head after martyrdom, carrying it from the place where this monastery is builded. 'We lay at Paris at the Ville de Venice; where, after I had -something refreshed, I went to visit Sir Eichard .Browne, his Majesty's Resident with the French king. Mh December. The Earl of Norwich' came as Ambassador extraordinary: I went to meet him in a coach and six horses, -at the palace: of Monsieur de Bassompiere, where . I saw that gallant person, his gardens, terraces, and rare prospects. My lord was waited on by the master of the 'ceremonies, and a very-great cavalcade of men of quality, to the Palais Cardinal, where on the 23rd he had audience 'of the French king, and the queen Regent his mother, in the goldenchamber of'presence. From thence, I conducted him to -his lodgings in llue St. Denis, and so took my leave. 24M. I went with some company to see some remarkable places without: the city: as the Isle, and how it is encompassed by the rivers Seine and the Ouse. The city is 'divided into three parts, whereof the town is greatest. The city lies between it and the University in form of an island. Over the Seine is a stately bridge called Pont ' Neuf, begun by Henry III. in 1678, finished by Henry IV. his .successor. It is all -of hewn free-stone found under the streets, -but more plentifully at Moutmartre, and consists of twelve arches, in the midst of which ends the point of an island, on which are built handsome arti..