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Title: Days near Paris
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Hare, Augustus J. C. (Augustus John Cuthbert), 1834-1903
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Publisher: New York, London and Glasgow, G. Routledge and sons
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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deposited at Juilly in 1555. Probably the courier will go on to Nantouillet, but it isonly I k. further. Here there are vast remains of the mag-nificent chateau built by the unpopular minister Duprat,who was chancellor under Francois I. After the death ofhis wife, ambition induced him to take orders, and in timehe became cardinal-legate. On the death of Clement VH.he hoped to succeed to the papal throne through the in-fluence of his patron, Francois I., and laid aside 400,000 fr.to spend in bribery for the purpose. A stately renaissance gateway, near a huge brick tower,forms the approach to the chateau, which had a deep moat,formerly crossed by a drawbridge. Over the entrance is a 238 ^A YS NEAR PARIS Storm-beaten statue, said to represent Jupiter, whom thefounder—for a cardinal-legate—held in strange admira-tion, as is attested by the still legible inscription, Jovigenitori et protectori. The interior of the castle is nowoccupied as a farm, but has many renaissance details of ex-
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PORTAL, NANTOUILLET. quisite beauty. Especially deserving of attention are thewide gate on the left of the court, the door represented inthe woodcut, and a graceful staircase, with open windowstowards the court. Amongst the ornaments, the salaman-der of Frangois I., and the trefoils of Duprat are frequently DA MM A R TIN 239 repeated. The chimney-piece of the Salle des Gardesbears the arms of Duprat, and medallions with mytholog-ical subjects. The omnibus from Juilly will take tourists back to thestation, where they may find another omnibus, which alsocomes to meet the train, to (4 k. from station) Dainmartin(Hotel du Chernin de Per, a good country inn—excellentluncheon), a small town prettily situated on the ridge of alow hill. It was burnt down in 1230, according to therhyming chronicle— Lan mil deux cents vingt et dix,Fut Dammartin en flamme mis. It has two churches, the more important of which,founded 1480, has a good flamboyant entrance. In itsbeautiful choir, divided by two

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