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INTRODUCTION
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passing La Charite1. On the Loire, too, were "att least
one hundred and fifty floatinge Mills-."
On the 31st August, after passing several villages,
the boats reached Gien, " a stronge Towne. Here wee
lodged att a Protestants howse2." The party arrived at
Orleans late on the 1st September, 1620, and, as the
journey was continued early on the following morning
Mundy had no time to see "perticulers worth notice in this
famous place3,'' except the " very faire stone bridge with
shopps and buildings on it2."
The distance between Orleans and Paris was covered
by coach. Soon after they set out. the travellers came
upon the bodies of " two men executed, one hanged on a
Tree, and the other layd on a wheele2." The road led
through Artenay and thence to Toury, the route now
followed by the railway. Mundy, however, drove along
"a Cawsye " through " plaine and levell3" country. On
the 3rd September, the coaches passed through Angerville,
Etampes and Arpajon, the latter part of the way " a little
Hillie, though pleasant, fruitefull, and full of Townes4."
From the " three Black moores " at Arpajon, the cavalcade
went direct to Paris, by Longjumeau and Bourg-la-Reine,
" all the way wonderfully peopled and Inhabited4." Just
outside the city were the remains of four poor wretches
who had been broken on the wheel.
In Paris, Pindar's party lodged at the Iron Cross in the
Rue St Martin. Mundy made good use of the two days
he spent in the French capital '. With Messrs Davis and
Wilson he visited the Louvre, Notre Dame, the unfinished
Luxembourg palace, the Exchange, and St Innocents'
Church. The bridges over the Seine, especially the Pont
Neuf, with its clock and statues of Jean d'Arc and Henri
IV., excited his admiration. In the Louvre he noted the
most important sculptures and paintings, especially the
portrait of Marie de Medici by Pourbus. The " Store-
1 See p. 721.
4 See p. 124.
2 See p. 122. 3 See p. 123.
6 See pp. 124—130.
xlvii
passing La Charite1. On the Loire, too, were "att least
one hundred and fifty floatinge Mills-."
On the 31st August, after passing several villages,
the boats reached Gien, " a stronge Towne. Here wee
lodged att a Protestants howse2." The party arrived at
Orleans late on the 1st September, 1620, and, as the
journey was continued early on the following morning
Mundy had no time to see "perticulers worth notice in this
famous place3,'' except the " very faire stone bridge with
shopps and buildings on it2."
The distance between Orleans and Paris was covered
by coach. Soon after they set out. the travellers came
upon the bodies of " two men executed, one hanged on a
Tree, and the other layd on a wheele2." The road led
through Artenay and thence to Toury, the route now
followed by the railway. Mundy, however, drove along
"a Cawsye " through " plaine and levell3" country. On
the 3rd September, the coaches passed through Angerville,
Etampes and Arpajon, the latter part of the way " a little
Hillie, though pleasant, fruitefull, and full of Townes4."
From the " three Black moores " at Arpajon, the cavalcade
went direct to Paris, by Longjumeau and Bourg-la-Reine,
" all the way wonderfully peopled and Inhabited4." Just
outside the city were the remains of four poor wretches
who had been broken on the wheel.
In Paris, Pindar's party lodged at the Iron Cross in the
Rue St Martin. Mundy made good use of the two days
he spent in the French capital '. With Messrs Davis and
Wilson he visited the Louvre, Notre Dame, the unfinished
Luxembourg palace, the Exchange, and St Innocents'
Church. The bridges over the Seine, especially the Pont
Neuf, with its clock and statues of Jean d'Arc and Henri
IV., excited his admiration. In the Louvre he noted the
most important sculptures and paintings, especially the
portrait of Marie de Medici by Pourbus. The " Store-
1 See p. 721.
4 See p. 124.
2 See p. 122. 3 See p. 123.
6 See pp. 124—130.