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FROM CONSTANTINOPLE TO LONDON
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Cittie1: likewise the new bridge", beinge very stronge
large and faire, on the which is an Ingenious howse for
conveyance of water, curiously built and beautified with
Turretts, fine devices, etts.. a Clock and dyall; also the
Statue of a maide cast in brasse with a buckett in her
hand, wherewith shee seemeth to powre out the water,
which indeed runneth with a very full streame:! out of
the said Buckett and by Pipes is conveyed to the Loure4
or Kings howse. Att one end of the said bridge is the
Statue of king Henry 4th. mounted on horseback of
exceedinge greatnes, and workemanshipp of brasse also,
sent him by the Duke of Florence5.
1 This bridge was either the Pont Notre-Dame or the Pont Saint
Michel. Compare Du Verdier, Le Voyage de France, p. 228, " Le Pont
Nostre-Dame, et celuy de saint Michel ont este bastis de pierre, le
premier depuis l'an 1507, sous le Roy Louis XII. Avec six arches
et 68 maisons de mesme hauteur et largeur aux deux costez : Aux
quatre coins sont des tourelles, et au milieu des Images de Nostre-
Dame et de saint Denys, avec les armes de Paris au dessous, il a este"
tres-bien pavd de nouveau. Le Pont Saint Michel ayant este" basty
sous Charles VI. s'abbatit l'an 1546, et fut depuis refait avec des
maisons basties aux deux costez de hauteur dgale." See also Coryafs
Crudities, vol. i. p. 171, Heylyn, A Full Relation of Two Journeys,
p. 90, and Coulon, Le Fidele Conducteur, p. 28.
2 The Pont Neuf was not quite finished when Coryat visited Paris
in 1608. See Coryafs Crudities, vol. i. p. 171.
3 In the British Museum copy, Harl. MS. 2286, the words "out of
the said Buckett and by Pipes is conveyed ' are omitted.
4 The Louvre.
6 Compare Rami. MS. D. 197, Travels (in 1648), "The river Senne
crosses the new brige of Paris of a greate bredthe and Lengthe, on
both sides are Large high walks paved with frie stone for people tow
walke ovre. Their is the pictur of Hennery the 4 of France on
horsback upon a greatt breson horse with 4 sclaves chained tow his
horse all of brass. The horse stands upon a high mount of white
and black marble. Round itt are Iron bars soe that noe man can
tutch itt." Compare also Sloane MS. 2142, Journal of a Voyage (in
1658), fol. 2 f. :—"The Pont Neufe which is between the Louvre and
the Convent of Augustins was begun to be built under Henry the
third, 1578. It contains twelve Arches. At the 12th. Arch of that
Bridge on the side of the Louvre is erected a Pomp which mounts
the water from the River and represents the Samaratine pouring out
water to Christ. Upon it is a Clocke which markes the houres in
the forenoone in ascending, and after dinner in descending. In the
middle of the Arch is a statue of Brasse representing Henry the
125
Cittie1: likewise the new bridge", beinge very stronge
large and faire, on the which is an Ingenious howse for
conveyance of water, curiously built and beautified with
Turretts, fine devices, etts.. a Clock and dyall; also the
Statue of a maide cast in brasse with a buckett in her
hand, wherewith shee seemeth to powre out the water,
which indeed runneth with a very full streame:! out of
the said Buckett and by Pipes is conveyed to the Loure4
or Kings howse. Att one end of the said bridge is the
Statue of king Henry 4th. mounted on horseback of
exceedinge greatnes, and workemanshipp of brasse also,
sent him by the Duke of Florence5.
1 This bridge was either the Pont Notre-Dame or the Pont Saint
Michel. Compare Du Verdier, Le Voyage de France, p. 228, " Le Pont
Nostre-Dame, et celuy de saint Michel ont este bastis de pierre, le
premier depuis l'an 1507, sous le Roy Louis XII. Avec six arches
et 68 maisons de mesme hauteur et largeur aux deux costez : Aux
quatre coins sont des tourelles, et au milieu des Images de Nostre-
Dame et de saint Denys, avec les armes de Paris au dessous, il a este"
tres-bien pavd de nouveau. Le Pont Saint Michel ayant este" basty
sous Charles VI. s'abbatit l'an 1546, et fut depuis refait avec des
maisons basties aux deux costez de hauteur dgale." See also Coryafs
Crudities, vol. i. p. 171, Heylyn, A Full Relation of Two Journeys,
p. 90, and Coulon, Le Fidele Conducteur, p. 28.
2 The Pont Neuf was not quite finished when Coryat visited Paris
in 1608. See Coryafs Crudities, vol. i. p. 171.
3 In the British Museum copy, Harl. MS. 2286, the words "out of
the said Buckett and by Pipes is conveyed ' are omitted.
4 The Louvre.
6 Compare Rami. MS. D. 197, Travels (in 1648), "The river Senne
crosses the new brige of Paris of a greate bredthe and Lengthe, on
both sides are Large high walks paved with frie stone for people tow
walke ovre. Their is the pictur of Hennery the 4 of France on
horsback upon a greatt breson horse with 4 sclaves chained tow his
horse all of brass. The horse stands upon a high mount of white
and black marble. Round itt are Iron bars soe that noe man can
tutch itt." Compare also Sloane MS. 2142, Journal of a Voyage (in
1658), fol. 2 f. :—"The Pont Neufe which is between the Louvre and
the Convent of Augustins was begun to be built under Henry the
third, 1578. It contains twelve Arches. At the 12th. Arch of that
Bridge on the side of the Louvre is erected a Pomp which mounts
the water from the River and represents the Samaratine pouring out
water to Christ. Upon it is a Clocke which markes the houres in
the forenoone in ascending, and after dinner in descending. In the
middle of the Arch is a statue of Brasse representing Henry the