Days near Paris . r) agreeableshade. This is the spot where Rabelais amused them, as theneighborhood says. And to-day still a certain hollow stone iscalled the Kettle of Rabelais.—Tallemant des ReauXy 1658. The spot thus spoken of is now surrounded by waterand called Vile des Roches, but the cave of Rabelais isstill to be seen there. The Ferme experimentale is due toLouis XVI., and the Laiterie de la Reine was made by himfor Marie Antoinette, to console her in temporary absencesfrom her beloved Trianon. It was afterwards a favorite RAMBOUILLET 343 spot with Marie Louise, for whom Napoleon I. r
Days near Paris . r) agreeableshade. This is the spot where Rabelais amused them, as theneighborhood says. And to-day still a certain hollow stone iscalled the Kettle of Rabelais.—Tallemant des ReauXy 1658. The spot thus spoken of is now surrounded by waterand called Vile des Roches, but the cave of Rabelais isstill to be seen there. The Ferme experimentale is due toLouis XVI., and the Laiterie de la Reine was made by himfor Marie Antoinette, to console her in temporary absencesfrom her beloved Trianon. It was afterwards a favorite RAMBOUILLET 343 spot with Marie Louise, for whom Napoleon I. redecoratedthe little temple, the original decorations having beenremoved to Malmaison. It was in the old palace of Rambouillet that Francois , March 13, 1547. A slow fever consumed this monarch, who moved fromchateau to chateau without finding anywhere repose or alleviation ;he was, finally, obliged to take to his bed at Rambouillet, and theprogress of an inveterate ulcer, which had tormented him for eight. GARDENS OF RAMBOUILLET. years, soon left no hope. His last counsels to his son where tolower the taxes, to keep, as ministers, dAnnehaut and the Car-dinal de Tournon, not to recall Montmorency to office, and aboveall, to be sure not to appoint the Guises, pane qtiils tendroient demettre lui et ses enfants enpourpoint et sonpeuple en chemise.^ The dying mans words must have been forgotten beforehis body was cold. Diane de Poitiers and the Comte dAumalewere there joyfully watching the progress of the kings agony. He is going, the gallant; he is going,* said Fran5ois de , Hist, de France^ Catherine de Medicis and Charles IX. waited at Ram- 344 DA YS NEAR PARIS bouillet for the issue of the battle of Dreux. Since thenits principal visitors have been fallen royalties in Gozlan says that the gate of the chateau is the funeralarch through which the dynasties of France have passedto the grave. Henri III. fled hither from Paris on the dayof the barrica
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