faucon. But those
who have not the means of getting at that learned antiquarian's
_Monarchie Francoise_ may possibly have an opportunity of examining
precisely the same representations, of the procession above alluded
to, in _Ducarel's Anglo-Norman Antiquities_, Plate XII. Till the year
1726 this extraordinary series of ornament was supposed to represent
the _Council of Trent_; but the Abbe Noel, happening to find a
salamander marked upon the back of one of the figures, supposed, with
greater truth, that it was a representation of the abovementioned
procession; and accordingly sent Montfaucon an account of the whole.
The Abbe might have found more than one, two, or three salamanders, if
he had looked closely into this extraordinary exterior; and possibly,
in his time, the surfaces of the more delicate parts, especially of
the human features, might not have sustained the injuries which time
and accident now seem to have inflicted on them. [A beautiful effort
in the graphic way representing the entire interior front of this
interesting mansion, is said to be published at Rouen.]

[64] In the previous edition of this work, there appeared a facsimile of a
small portion of this bas-relief, representing--as I imagine--the
setting out of Francis to meet Henry. Nothing, as far as correctness
of detail goes, can give a more faithful resemblance of the PRECISE
STATE in which the original appears: the defaced and the entire parts
being represented with equal fidelity. Mons. Langlois has given a
plate of the entire facade or front--in outline--with great ability;
but so small as to give little or no notion of the character of the
original.

[65] In Ducarel's time, "the ground story consisted of a great quadrangle
surrounded with booksellers shops. On one side of it a stone staircase
led to a large and lofty room, which, in its internal as well as
external appearance, resembled, though in miniature, Westminster Hall.
Here (continues Ducarel) I saw several gentlemen of the long robe, in
their gowns and bands, walking up and down with briefs in their hands,
and making a great show of business." _Anglo-Norman Antiquities_,
p. 32. [According to Mons. Licquet, this "singularly curious hall" was
begun to be built in 1493. It was afterwards, and is still called,
_la Salle des Procureurs_.]

[66] _the choices