Paris . brary should be called Bibliothfequede Monsieur. The library (open daily from 10 to 3, excepton Sundays and holidays) is well worth visiting. Its collec-tion now amounts to about 360,000 volumes, and isgenerally known as the Bibliotheque de Paulmy. It isespecially rich in early French poetry. In the Rue de Figuier, behind the Hotel de S. Paul,will be found the remains of the Hotel de Sens, once en-woven with the immense pile of buildings which formed theroyal residence. Jean le Bon, returning from his captivity inLondon, was here for some time as the guest of the arch-bishop of Sens. C
Paris . brary should be called Bibliothfequede Monsieur. The library (open daily from 10 to 3, excepton Sundays and holidays) is well worth visiting. Its collec-tion now amounts to about 360,000 volumes, and isgenerally known as the Bibliotheque de Paulmy. It isespecially rich in early French poetry. In the Rue de Figuier, behind the Hotel de S. Paul,will be found the remains of the Hotel de Sens, once en-woven with the immense pile of buildings which formed theroyal residence. Jean le Bon, returning from his captivity inLondon, was here for some time as the guest of the arch-bishop of Sens. Charles V. bought the hotel from Arch-bishop Guillaume de Melun, but upon the destruction of the 214 PARIS rest of the palace, that part which had belonged to them was? restored to the Archbishop of Sens. In the beginning ofthe XVI. c. the hotel was rebuilt by Archbishop Tristande Salazar. Under Henri IV., the palace was inhabited for a time byMarguerite de Valois (daughter of Henri II.), the licentious. h6tel de sens. Reine Margot, when, after her divorce,„she left Auvergne,and obtained the kings permission to establish herselfin Paris. Here it is said she used to sleep habituallyin a bed with black satin sheets, in order to give greatereffect to the whiteness of her skin. She came to thehotel in August 1605, and left it before a year was over,because, as she was returning from mass at the Cdlestins, HOTEL DE SENS 215 her page and favourite Julien was shot dead at the portiireof her carriage, in a fit of jealousy, by Vermond, one of herformer lovers. The queen swore that she would neither eatnor drink till she was revenged on the assassin, and he wasbeheaded two days after, in her presence, opposite the evening she left Paris, never to return, as the peoplewere singing under her windows— La Eoyne-Venus demi-morteDe voir mourir devant sa porte,Son Adonis, son cher Amour,Pour vengeance a devant sa faceFait d^faire en la mesme placeLassassin presque au mesme jour. I
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