however add that M. COTMAN has published a view of the _staircase_ in
the church of which I am speaking.

[58] Ordericus Vitalis says, that the dying monarch requested to be
conveyed thither, to avoid the noise and bustle of a populous town.
Rouen is described to be, in _his_ time, "populosa civitas."
Consult Duchesne's _Historiæ Normannor. Scrip. Antiq._ p.656.

[59] A view of it is published by M. Cotman.

[60] _St. Sever_. This church is situated in the southern fauxbourgs,
by the side of the Seine, and was once surrounded by gardens, &c. As
you cross the bridge of boats, and go to the race-ground, you leave it
to the right; but it is not so old as _St. Paul_--where, Farin says,
the worship of ADONIS was once performed!



LETTER VI.

HALLES DE COMMERCE. PLACE DE LA PUCELLE D'ORLEANS (JEANNE D'ARC.)
BASSO-RILIEVO OF THE CHAMP DE DRAP D'OR. PALACE AND COURTS OF JUSTICE.


You must make up your mind to see a few more sights in the city of Rouen,
before I conduct you to the environs, or to the summit of _Mont St.
Catherine_. We must visit some relics of antiquity, and take a yet more
familiar survey of the town, ere we strive

... superas evadere ad auras.