splendor upon that of the Lover of Diana--"qui fut plus magnifique que
toutes celles qu'on avoit vu jusqu'alors:" see _Farin's Hist. de la
Ville de Rouen_, vol. i. p. 121, where there is a singularly minute
and gay account of all the orders and degrees of citizens--(with their
gorgeous accoutrements of white plumes, velvet hats, rich brocades,
and curiously wrought taffetas) of whom the processions were composed.
It must have been a perfectly dramatic sight, upon the largest
possible scale. It was from respect to the character or the memory of
DIANA, that so many plaster-representations of her were erected on the
exteriors of buildings: especially of those within small squares or
quadrangles. In wandering about Rouen, I stumbled upon several old
mansions of this kind.

[53] The inscription is this:

_Si quem sancta tenet meditandi in lege voluntas,
Hic poterit residens, sacris intendere libris_.

Pommeraye has rather an interesting gossiping chapter [Chap. xxii.]
"De la Bibliothêque de la Cathédrale;" p. 163: to which FRANÇOIS DE
HARLAY, about the year 1630, was one of the most munificent
benefactors.

[54] _Christian interment_.]--"Les Religieux de Saint Ouen touchez de
compassion envers ce malheureux artisan, obtinrent son corps de la
justice, et pour reconnoissance des bons services qu'il leur avoit
rendus dans la construction de leur église, nonobstant sa fin
tragique, ne laissèrent pas de luy fair l'honneur de l'inhumer dans la
chapelle de sainte Agnes, ou sa tombe se voit encore auec cet
Epitaphe: