Paris . nes of the Fete de laRaison. A S. Gervais, la cer^monie se fit sans banquet; les femmesdu marche S. Jean y entroient avec leurs eventaires : toute I^glisesentoit le hareng. Des marchands de ptisailne tintoient leurs gobe-lets, pour apaiser la soif du met sale. II y avoit bal dans lachapelle de la Vierge; quelques lumignons, qui r^pandoient plus defumee que de lumiere, servoient de lustres. En effet, pour ne pointlaisser un seul instant a la pudeur, on ajouta la nuit i la depravationafin quau milieu de la confusion de ces assemblees, les abominablesdesirs, allumes pendant le jour, sasso
Paris . nes of the Fete de laRaison. A S. Gervais, la cer^monie se fit sans banquet; les femmesdu marche S. Jean y entroient avec leurs eventaires : toute I^glisesentoit le hareng. Des marchands de ptisailne tintoient leurs gobe-lets, pour apaiser la soif du met sale. II y avoit bal dans lachapelle de la Vierge; quelques lumignons, qui r^pandoient plus defumee que de lumiere, servoient de lustres. En effet, pour ne pointlaisser un seul instant a la pudeur, on ajouta la nuit i la depravationafin quau milieu de la confusion de ces assemblees, les abominablesdesirs, allumes pendant le jour, sassouvissent librement durant lestenfebres.—Mercier, Le nouveau Paris. A house, now pulled down, which concealed the view ofthe portico of S. Gervais, was long inhabited by open space in front of S. Gervais was long known 224 PARIS as Place du Martroy. This name, with that of the Rue duMartroy (from martreium, martyrium), commemorated themany executions which took place there, beginning with a. AT THE BACK OF S. GERVAIS. priest and a woman burnt for heresy and a relapsed Jew—under Philippe le Bel; followed (April 1314) by the horribleexecution of Philippe and Gauthier dAulnay, the supposedlovers of Marguerite and Blanche, wives of Louis le Hutin HOTEL DE VILLE 225 and his brother and successor Charles—roasted, mutilated,and finally beheaded. We now reach the Hdtel de Ville, rebuilt by Ballu andDeperthes after the destruction (May 24, 1871) of its moremagnificent predecessor during the reign of the Commune,which had been proclaimed there on the 26th of the pre-ceding March. The name of the Salk S. Jean is all thatrecalls the existence of the old church of S. Jean-en-Grfeve,^once the baptistery of S. Gervais, where the miraculousHost of the Rue des Billettes was constantly adored, andwhich was afterwards swallowed up in the buildings of themunicipal palace. From Roman times Paris, or Lutfece, as a municipaltown, had administrators elected by the chief citizens, wit
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