May 23 sti vet. June 2 sti. no. 1645. John Bargraue

On the day and yeare aboue written, (I (being May 23, Fryday Gouernor to 2 young gentle-men, viz MrMr. Alexander Chapman, and MrMr. John Richards, hauing likewise wthwith mee a Companion of theirs MrMr. John Raymond my nephew) tooke Sea at Douer abowt 8 at night in the packet boate, haueing some Germans, English and Scots aboard wthwith vs, by reason of a Scottish Leard that came ouer, wee had a Conuey wthwith vs by the Admiralls appoyntment, caled the Speedy=-post: a smale vessell of some 10 per of Owrdnance, wchwhich we lost before morning, the wind being Easterly. Abowt 2 in the morning wee came to an anker at Sharlees poynt, a league or more from Cales; and about 7 in the morning wee wayed anker and went in to the Harbor, and so on shore at Cales, \\\ where hauing first our portmantles opened and searched, wee were had to the Maiors howse whoe being not within, we went and Cales tooke up our Inn Au Lion D'argent. On Saturday I saw the Duke of Orleans, Generall to the ffFrench army, consisting of neere vpon 40000 men (as there I was told) he was then going owt to the army not being aboue 8 leagues off: many of his souldiers were in the towne neere vpon 100 waggons of amunition as many mules laden, wthwith seuerall troopes of horse and galantry, and yet I found the towne very quiet. This This day being Whitsonday eaue, we went to the great Church where was a solemne [  ] Pentecoste. procession and good musick. On the Sunday morning wee went thither againe, and on the after noone wee went to see, the first the Nunnerie and its chappell, then the Monasterie of the Franciscan Fryers. One of them (wchwhich cold speake English but no Latine) treated vs courteously, and wnwhen wee were in, he first locked the doore after vs, and then he shewed vs the library, hall, chappel, conclaue and dormitories, wchwhich are hard places to sleepe on wthwithowt any bedding, but only a bedsted wthwith girts and canuess. thayThay goe wthwith haire next to theire skinn, and bare footed except on the soale. theThe whole place was darke and meane except a hansom walke in the garden, theire whole number he saide was but 17 but that there was 30000 of that order in the Christian world.

Then wee went to another Conuent caled the minorites, vulgarly minums wchwhich is an Order of another StSaint ffFrancis ie. StSaint Francis de Pole. Wee being in the Chappell, One of the order (an auncient man) being sweeping of it, came to mee and spake french, but I answered him in Latine, (hauing not as yet the french Language) he replyed in Latine that I was welcome. Then I demaunded whether it was not lawfull for vs to see theire Colledge, then he locked the dore and Carryed vs through a vestry into the Cloisters, and so all ouer the howse, in theire Conclaue there he told mee that once a weeke at the leaste, euery one of the (being but 14) were bound bound to come priuately and before a picture there of StSt. Fran: de Pole to confess theire sinns, and aske pardon.

The other orderorders are bound to touch no mony, nor eate any thing but what is giuen them, and thay them selues begg abowt and theire habitation meane. This last order Hath some indowment, (but smale as he told mee) may take as much mony as you will giue, Eate plentifully but yet only of the fish, and theire habitation hath some beauty and theire lodgings are good and easie. He of the Capuchion order spake somewhat disgracefully of this other order, saying thay were weake, and not \\\ strengthned to endure enough for Christs sake: at his beds feete stood a picture which I taking it to be StSt. Francis, he told me no but that is was a brother which was beatified some 60 yeares agoe, and he esteemed him as his peculiar sainct.

The minorite I spake wthwith was a scholler, and a preist, speaking very ready Latine, he saide thay eate no flesh, nor eggs, nor butter, but hauing but smale meanes thay might take mony, so I gaue him that kept the dore 8 sous for wchwhich he was very thankefull: he told me that StSt. Francis de Pole liued but abowt 100 yeares since and so vp and told mee of many miracles that hee did, all wchwhich are in new pictures in the hall. This man spake something disgracefully of the other order, saying thay were not learned but ignorant men, and did many things indiferentely through theire ignoraunce.

On

On the 1 of August (sti no) wee went to see a Turli. howse of the Archbishops cald Turli, [  ] abowt a league (ie. 2 miles) frō Burges: the French gaue it larger cōmendacōns then I conceiue it deserueth. The howse is a square of Ancient building, hauing at each corner a round turret, and wthwithout it a moate ouer wchwhich you enter wthwith on a draw bridge. It is something like, (but nothing so large as) Leeds castle in kent. The walkes in the garden are very hansomely contriued betweene hedges and trees of Beech in a very vniforme variety. Ouer the Dore Spaning into the garden Ouer the moate vpon a black stone is this Inscription.

Cross.

Deo Auspice And: Fremyot Patriarck Archiep9 Bituc: Aquitan: Prim Regis Concil9 Commodo, Oblectamento, Munimento Ciuiū, Hospitū, Dominorū, Hortos Instruxit, Aquas direxit, muros circumduxit, Totam Domū Instaurauit, Auxit, Ornauit. 1619.

On the roofe of the Chappel (wchwhich is smale and lay rudely) At the entrance in to the howse, and in the windowes, are the Armes of the Archipiscopacy wchwhich is 3 wax candles rowles Or, in a feild Cules, a cross staffe Or.

[coat of arms]

asAs wee came home, I thought wee shold haue buried Mr Chapman, who fell violently sicke, his face pale and his eyes sett in his heade, but (grace Dieu) he recouerd.

On Michael-mas day Mr Sacrū cæsaris vulgo Sanserr. fo. 64. Ia: Brockman of Kent in England and Mr Wll. Iohnson of Midlesex or Suffolke, my very worthy freinds went away from Bourges, Mr Chapman and I bare them company v̄nto Sanserr 10 leagues or 20 miles frō Bourges. fo. 62. an ancient City, in the Romans time caled Sacrū Cæsaris, but at this time it is a sad spectacle of Ruine; The wals, castle, churches, howses are fired, defaced, blowne vp, and couered in theire owne dust, One wold wonder to see the ruines, especially of the castle and walles toward the riuer of Loyre wch runneth at the bottom of that \\\ steeped rownde hill vpon wch the City is seated. There is yet a Continuation of howses torne and rent, wch make vp a streete or two,:: and in the midst there is a good hansom market place,:. and There is allso a peece of a steeple and a remnant of a Castle, wch a farr off make a fayre shew, but being neere thē one may feare thay wold fall on ones heade. There is likewise a poore peece of a Monestery of the Augustinians, wch wee going to see, The father that shewed vs the Garden told vs that it was at that time 22 yeares since the Prince of Condie (now liuing) caused that City to be so Ruined—a Cause D'Heretiques—by reason that the Hugonots in the Ciuil warr hellheld owt the seige so stowtly that the histories admire it, saying that thay eate mans flesh a long time before thay were betrayed. It is seated thus.

[Fig: Coloured town on a hill in a valley. To left, "St Thibault." labled. To right, "Sanser." labled above, and "The Loyre." below, a compass rose.]

Wee lighted off our horses Au Lion D'ome, Iust by Set not your horses in the stable vntill you haue agreed for your treaty. the market place, where me not agreeing for our treaty that night, we went to take our horses and began to some other place, but the Hostess cōmanded the gates to be shut and wold not let vs haue our horses except we payd 5 sols (or 5 pence) a peece for entring the stable, so wee Vid. p.62. 39 left our horses there and walked downe the hill to St. Thibault wch is neere vpon a mille frō Sanserr at the bottome of the hill vpon the riuer Loyre, a smale village where one may take boate to goe either vp or downe ye riuer, (few goe vp, many goe downe from ghence.) neere this village is another somwhat bigger then this caled St[  ]. At Msr PLe Pearles howse neere the water side wee were well treated for one Cart d'escue (ie. Taillage for the passage of Goats on the Loire 18d) a man. but our horses cost vs as much and much a doe gett thē vnder 25 sols (ie 5 pence) more. At the Loire side there standeth a wodden piller wth the KingsPrince of Condes armes on it, and being cutt halfe hollow there is cutt in brass what euery boate is to paye there as it passeth by. Ingraued. Droict de peage qui se pēage au port de Sainct Tibault C'est Assauoir. Pour chacune bateau chargè de ble au vin—deux sols. &t.

[Fig: Pillar, as described above with arms and Inscription. Below, a river with three boats on it labled "Le Loyre".]

This place of Sanser is eminent for the goodness At Sanser is spoken bad french. of the wine thorough owt all France. In langguage they differ much frō those of Bourges, Speaking very bad french, as I perceiued in that one word pager (to paye) and so it is writt in the brass where as the word is payer. At this time I cold not understand thē so well as I cold other French men vpon a hill some 5 milles frō Sanserr and 15 milles frō Bourge one may see both Cities very plainely: in the midd way betweene them wee dined both going and cōming at a little village caled Cinque Sols (or 5 pence in English) au Moulet (or spurr rouel) where wee met wth an English man, one [  ] which looked to the Princes English hownds that were then there, and had newly killed a very vast Cerfe or stagg: he told vs the name of this petty place and that the french vse to say, a man may goe frō Bourges to Sanserr wthowt mony and yet eate and drinke by the way if he please, for he is sure to finde Cinque Sols (that is 5) by the way.

Neere vnto St Steuens (the Cathedrall) in The greate Scholes. Bourges standeth (Les grand escholes) the Scholes where the law Ciuil and Canon law are reade cheifly, and the Phisick Scholes ioyne to them: In the Law Scholes there is Constant Lectures euery fore=-noone except some 6 weekes vacation abowt the vintage time, that is in Septēber and October, where in both these schols and the Jesuites, and the monesteries haue theire vacation. I was many times at the lectures of law, The auditors are seldome aboue 20 or 30, and those young 40 younge gentlemen that comes in theire cloakes wth a noate booke vnder theire armes and euery one writketh as the Lecturer dictates, who speaketh very Leasurably and repeateth often, so that thay wrote all that he saith when he explayneth: when I liued there–1645.

1.Dr Mercerius readd the Coade betweene 8 and 9 in the morning. 2.Dr Merillus read the Digest betweene 9 and 10. He is an eminent man thorowgh owtthorowghowt Christendom for a lawyer, and had bin reader here 30 yeares. 3.Dr Chunney read the Canon law betwene 10 and 11.

The Schooles are not vnlike to those of Diuinity or law in Cambrige, but thay are wider and higher pitched. At the vpper end are writ the names of the famous men which were professors here. thus.

[fig.:man standing at a podium lecturing to people seated at tables below, and lists of names are found on either side]

Andreas Alciatus. Equinarius Baro. Fran: Duarenus. Fran: Balduinus. Nicol: Bouquerius. Ludo, Russardus. Hugo Donellus. Fra: Hotomanus. Antonius Contius. Jacobûs Cuiacius. Johan Mercerius. Fran: Raguellus. Egid: Hortensius. Joan: Renoardus. Anton: Bengeus. Jacobus Mercerius. Joænnis Filius. Fran: Bræus. Fran: Pinsonius.

Mr Chapman writt thus. Cedant arma togæ, concedat Laurea Linguæ.Cicero. Habet hoc optimum in se generosus animus, quod concitatur ad honesta. Seneca. Epist. 30. Pour vne marque de l'affection que Ie porte a Monsieur Mondon mon Maistre de langue I'ay escrit ce petit mot. A Bourges XI Octob. 1645.

On Sunday night Nouē 19 Monsieur Mr Chap: fainted. Chapman faynted and fell downe vnder the table as wee were at prayers, but thanks be to the allmighty he quickly recouered and after that nights rest continued very well. I queste the cause of his syncope was, the streight tying of his leggs below the knee with a smale stringe (besto keep vp his vpper greate stockins) wch being cutt refreshed him very much: and afterwards he being in bedd felt his leggs prikle and tingle.