A journey to Paris in the year 1698 / By Dr. Martin Lister.

  • Martin Lister
Date:
1699
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A journey to Paris in the year 1698 / By Dr. Martin Lister. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and that I took more pleafure to fee Monfieur Breman in his White Waftcoat digging in the Royal Phyfick Garden, and fowing his Couches, than Monfieur de Saintot making room for an Ambaflador ; and I found my felf better difpofed, and more apt to learn the Names and Phyfi- ognomy of a Hundred Plants, than of Five or Six Princes. After all, I had much ra- ther have walked a Hundred Paces under the meaneft Hedge in Languedoc, than any the fineft Alley at VerfazHes or St.Clou, fo much I prefer fair Nature and a warm Sun, before the moft exquifite Perfor- mances of Art in a cold and_ barren Climate. Another Reafon, that I give you little or no trouble in telling you Court Mate ters, is, that I was no more concerned in the Embafly, than in the failing of the Ship which carried me over : ’Tis enough for me, with the reft of the People of Exgland, to feel the good Ef fects of it, and to pafs away this Life in Peace and Qyietnefs. Tis a happy Turn for us, when Kings are made Friends again. ‘This was the end of this Embaf- fy, and I hope it willlaft our Days. My Lord Ambatlador was infinitely careffed by the King, his Minifters, and all the Princes. Tis certain the French are the | De moft
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