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A JOURNEY OVERLAND
(12 miles)1, where wee dined, and then to Chatres, where
wee lay att the three Blacke moores2. Halfe the way as
plaine as yesterdayes, but the other halfe a little Hillie,
though pleasant, fruitefull, and full of Townes3.
The 4th. September, 1620. Wee came to Longmewe
(6 miles)4, and then to Belarena (4 miles)5, and from
thence to the Cittie of Paris (4 miles). Halfe a mile
before wee came neere, were four men on wheeles8, two
whereof were gentlemen that had killed a Couzin of
Mounseir le Grande7. Hereabouts I had like to have
bene served a prettie trick with a Copper Chaine. From
Chatres hither all the way wonderfully peopled and In-
habited, whereof most walled Townes. I my selfe from
a little riseinge did tell neere IOO Townes small and
greate, all in sight att one tyme. Wee lodged att the
Iron Crosse in St. Martins streete8.
The $th. September, 1620. Mr Davis", Mr Wilson10 and
my selfe went to see the Cittie ; and first wee sawe one
of the Bridges over which we passed, not knoweinge then
but it was a streete, having shopps and dwellings on either
side from end to end, lyeing levill with the rest of the
1 Etampes.
2 The modern Arpajon. Chatres, on the river Orge, eight leagues
from Paris, was, a hundred years after Mundy's visit, adjudged to be
comprised within the Marquisate of Arpajon and thenceforth became
generally known under the latter designation. It, however, appears
as Chatres as late as 1770. See the map prefixed to 'The Gentleman's
Guide in his Tour through France.
3 See ante, p. 123, note 6. 4 Longjumeau.
5 Bourg-la-Reine. Coryat calls the place Chappel de la Royne,
Coryafs Crudities, vol. i. p. 195.
0 See Coryafs Crudities, vol. i. p. 196.
7 Gaston-Jean-Baptiste de France, Duke of Orleans (1608—1660),
brother of Louis XIII., known by the title of Monsieur.
8 " Paris...vous entrerez dans cette ville...pour y prendre tel logis
que vous aviserez...en la rue Saint Martin, ou autre qui ne manquera
non plus que celle-la de vous presenter logis commode." Du Verdier,
Le Voyage de France, p. 73.
9 See pp. 41 and 46. 10 See pp. 41, 44, 48 and 76.
A JOURNEY OVERLAND
(12 miles)1, where wee dined, and then to Chatres, where
wee lay att the three Blacke moores2. Halfe the way as
plaine as yesterdayes, but the other halfe a little Hillie,
though pleasant, fruitefull, and full of Townes3.
The 4th. September, 1620. Wee came to Longmewe
(6 miles)4, and then to Belarena (4 miles)5, and from
thence to the Cittie of Paris (4 miles). Halfe a mile
before wee came neere, were four men on wheeles8, two
whereof were gentlemen that had killed a Couzin of
Mounseir le Grande7. Hereabouts I had like to have
bene served a prettie trick with a Copper Chaine. From
Chatres hither all the way wonderfully peopled and In-
habited, whereof most walled Townes. I my selfe from
a little riseinge did tell neere IOO Townes small and
greate, all in sight att one tyme. Wee lodged att the
Iron Crosse in St. Martins streete8.
The $th. September, 1620. Mr Davis", Mr Wilson10 and
my selfe went to see the Cittie ; and first wee sawe one
of the Bridges over which we passed, not knoweinge then
but it was a streete, having shopps and dwellings on either
side from end to end, lyeing levill with the rest of the
1 Etampes.
2 The modern Arpajon. Chatres, on the river Orge, eight leagues
from Paris, was, a hundred years after Mundy's visit, adjudged to be
comprised within the Marquisate of Arpajon and thenceforth became
generally known under the latter designation. It, however, appears
as Chatres as late as 1770. See the map prefixed to 'The Gentleman's
Guide in his Tour through France.
3 See ante, p. 123, note 6. 4 Longjumeau.
5 Bourg-la-Reine. Coryat calls the place Chappel de la Royne,
Coryafs Crudities, vol. i. p. 195.
0 See Coryafs Crudities, vol. i. p. 196.
7 Gaston-Jean-Baptiste de France, Duke of Orleans (1608—1660),
brother of Louis XIII., known by the title of Monsieur.
8 " Paris...vous entrerez dans cette ville...pour y prendre tel logis
que vous aviserez...en la rue Saint Martin, ou autre qui ne manquera
non plus que celle-la de vous presenter logis commode." Du Verdier,
Le Voyage de France, p. 73.
9 See pp. 41 and 46. 10 See pp. 41, 44, 48 and 76.