[93] Champigny.

But I hast to the Castle, which is bueatiously environed wt that same canale on the banks of which are such pleasant arrangements (palissades)[94] and umbrages of tries making allies to the length of halfe a mile; in which I fand that same I had observed in the toune:  the tries ranked so aequally that its wonderfull to hear; tho monstrously hy yet all of them observing such a aequality that ye sould find none arrogating superiority over his neighbour.  We entred the castle by a stately draw bridge over the canale.  Over the first gate stands a marble Lowis the 13, this present kings father, on horseback:  on his right hand stands Mars the God of Armes; on his left Hercules wt his great truncheon or club.

    [94] Interlined, palissades.  Rows of trees planted close.  Term
        derived from fortification.  See Littre’s Dict.

Having past this gat, we entred into the court or close round about whilk the palace is built.  The court is 3 tymes as large as the inner court of the Abbey.[95] Al around the close stand a wast number of Statues infinitely weill done:  only I fand they had not provided weill for the curiosity of spectateurs in withholding their names and not causing it to be engraven at their feet.  They informed me they ware the statues of the bravest old Greeks and Romans:  as of Alex’r, Epiminondas, Caesar, Marcellus, and the rest.  By the wertue of powerful money all the gates of the Castle unlockt themselves.  The first chamber we entred into he called the chamber de Moyse, getting this denomination from the emblem hinging above the chimly, wheirin was wondrously weill done the story whow Pharoes daughter caused hir maid draw the cabinet of bulrushes wheirin Moses was exposed upon the Nile to hir sitting on the land.  This room (the same may be repeated of the rest) was hung wt rich tapistry and furnished wt wery brave plenishings, as chairs, looking glasses, tables and beds.  For the praeserving of the curtains each bed had tours de lit of linnen sheets, which, causing to be drawen by, we fand some hung wt rich crimson velvet hingings; others wt red satin; others wt blew; all layd over so richly wt lace that we could hardly decerne the stuffe.  We fand one bed in a chamber (which they called one of the kings chambers) hung wt dool, which when occasion offered they made use of.  This minded me of Suintones wife, who when she was in possession of Brunstone[96] had hir allyes and walks so appropriated to particular uses that she had hir ally wheirin she walked when she was in mourning, another when she had one such a goune, and so furth.  But to return, in another chamber we was put to the strait of exercing our Liberum Arbitrium.  Many pleasant objects offering themselfes to our wiew at the same tyme, we was at a pusle wt which of them to begin:  for casting up our eyes to the cieling we fand it cut out most artificially unto sewerall sorts of creatures.  Theirs a lion standing ramping