Wanderings by the Loire . is very beautiful, and some ofthe apartments might well lodge a monarch. SaintFlorent is a small straggling village on the heights;but the walks in the neighbourhood are beautiful andromantic in no ordinary degree. The citizens of Saumur, disgusted by the assump-tions of the convents of Saint Florent and Fontev-rault, threw themselves into the arms of the Calvinistsat an early period of the reform; and this town wasfrequently the head-quarters of the party. Its pro-sperity at length received a fatal blow by the revocationof the edict of Nantes; and Louis XIV. was able
Wanderings by the Loire . is very beautiful, and some ofthe apartments might well lodge a monarch. SaintFlorent is a small straggling village on the heights;but the walks in the neighbourhood are beautiful andromantic in no ordinary degree. The citizens of Saumur, disgusted by the assump-tions of the convents of Saint Florent and Fontev-rault, threw themselves into the arms of the Calvinistsat an early period of the reform; and this town wasfrequently the head-quarters of the party. Its pro-sperity at length received a fatal blow by the revocationof the edict of Nantes; and Louis XIV. was able toinscribe on the cupola of Notre-Dame-des-Ardilliers, Ludovicus XIV. Franc, et Navar. rex, toto regnohseresim destruxit, ejusque fautores terra, marique pro-fligavit. From Saumur to the bourg of Rosiers, the distanceis four leagues, through a rich country of corn, fruit,and wine, dotted with hamlets and villages, and ren-dered interesting by some remains of Roman anti-quities. The small town of Gennes, on the left bank,. CM o ?O i ?- a- - £ ANJOU. 115 opposite Rosiers, forms one of the most beautiful pic-tures in the whole course of the Loire. Nearly thesame kind of scenery continues for five leagues, till weget beyond the pretty village of Dagueniere, where apyramid indicates the spot on which the levee terminates,after its course of forty leagues. At Dagueniere, theroad forsakes the river, and proceeds, for two leaguesand a half, in a straight line to Angers. Before arriving at the faubourg of Angers, a build-ing of rather a singular appearance is observed on theright. It is an octagon tower of considerable height,with numerous windows, and appears to the travellerto have been intended either for an observatory or awatch-tower. It was intended for both ; but with aholier purpose than to observe the stars or watch theenemy. A young woman was torn from the arms ofher father, not by violence, but by love. She was mar-ried, and conveyed to her new dwelling at some dis-tance. T
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