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reent of Roman mhi teaur e the more curious is, tlml it is tlill entire, liaving been veiy
little afFefled, cither b y the ravages of time, or the havoc of war, caufed by the fucceffive
i m i p t i o n s of Barbarians, ivho har e at different periods pillaged this beaut iful country, but
more particularly when the French monarchy was i n it! infancy. That they ihould have
f p a r e d this elegant ftruiture, as well as others whi c h adorn this city, is wonderM.
I t has however, at different times, been put to various ufes, havmg been even employed
a s a i t a b l e , &c.
I t was not till 1673 that Lewis the Fourteent h ordered that it ihoul d be repaired; and
h e foon aaer granted the ufe of it as a church to the Augul l i n Fryais, in whofc poffeffion
it remained till the revolution of 1789-
