AN EXCURSION FROM ORLEANS

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Orleans, much of which is now converted into manured land.
This tyme was the first adventure I made of speaking the
language, wheir they ware pleased all to give me applause
testifieng that I spake much for my tyme. I took coach
tymously in the morning before halfe 6 and returned the day
after about 8 at night. By the way we saw places wery
weill worth the sieng, Shynaille and Chasteau neuf.: Shynaille 1
for its garden and the other both for its house and garden. At
Synaille a great number of waterworks creatures of aIl shapes
most artificially casting furth water heir ye may sy a frog
sputing to a great hieght, their a Serpent and a man of marble
treading on bis neck, the water gliding pleasantly partly out
at his meickle too, partly out at the Serpents mouth in a 3
part a dog, in a 4, Lions and all done most livelylie. We
regrated that the prettiest machine of all was broken wheir
was to be sein wtin a little bounds above 300 spouts sending
furth water and that in sundry formes. In one place it would
arise uprightly as a spear in another as a feather in a trid it
sould rise sydelings and so furth, and when it had left of ye
sould not be able to discern whence the water ishued. The
main thing in the house of Chasteau neuf was the rich fur-
niture and hingings yet the richest Tapistry that used to be
in that house was at that tyme in Paris the master of the
house being one of the Kings Counsellers yet these we saw
ware wery rich some of them ware of leather stamped mar-
velously weill wt gold others in silver others wrought but
wondrous livelylie. From the house we saw the extent of the
yard, which was a monster to sy, being like a little country for
bigness, and yet in marvelous good order in all things, but
especially in the regularity of its walks, each corresponding so
weill to the other having also a pretty forrest of tries on
every syd of it the circuit of this yard will be nothing under
3 miles. I never saw a wcman worse glid S then she was (tho
otherwise a weelfawored women) that took us thorow the
house. At night we lay at their country village.
On the morning we went and hard the curé say ~Iass, wheir saw

1 1 cannot find this namc in the maps.
3 ,Glc)'ed, squint-eyed.

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