Days near Paris . o coffinsare their epitaphs engraved on plates of tin.—Germai7z Millet,XVII . c. Faithful to his promises, the first observer of the laws hegave, a foe to intrigue and quibbling, loving to take counsel oflearned men, and rejecting that vanity which is common to somany sovereigns, which believes that omniscience is united toomnipotence, Louis was truly a good king.—Touchard-Lafosse, Hist, de Paris. The next great monument, of Henri II., 1559, andCatherine de Mcdicis, 1589, is the masterpiece of Germain ^ In 1531, Francis I. commissioned Cardinal Duprat to pay Jean Juste ofTour
Days near Paris . o coffinsare their epitaphs engraved on plates of tin.—Germai7z Millet,XVII . c. Faithful to his promises, the first observer of the laws hegave, a foe to intrigue and quibbling, loving to take counsel oflearned men, and rejecting that vanity which is common to somany sovereigns, which believes that omniscience is united toomnipotence, Louis was truly a good king.—Touchard-Lafosse, Hist, de Paris. The next great monument, of Henri II., 1559, andCatherine de Mcdicis, 1589, is the masterpiece of Germain ^ In 1531, Francis I. commissioned Cardinal Duprat to pay Jean Juste ofTours for the monument of the feu roy Loys et royne Anne. 172 DA YS NEAR PARIS Pilon. It formerly occupied the centre of a magnificentchapel of its own, destroyed in 1719, when it was trans-ferred to the north transept. The royal pair are againhere represented twice—below, in the sleep of death, thequeen beautiful as at the time of the death of her husband,whom she survived thirty years; above, kneeling in royal. TOMB OP LOUIS XII. ST. DENIS. robes. The bas-reliefs of the stylobate represent Faith,Hope, Charity, and Good Works. The Cavaliero Bernini admired the tomb of the Valois, hewho could find nothing passable in France.—Sauval, An-tiqtiith de Paris Near the tomb of Henri II. is that of Guillaume duChastel, 1441, panetier du roi, killed at the siege ofPontoise, and buried here by Charles VII. on account ofhis grea^ valor and services to the state. He is repre-sented in complete armor. THE ROYAL TOMBS 173 Beyond this, in the Chapelle Notre Dame la Blanche^are three tombs. The first bears the effigies of Philippe K,le Long^ 1322 ; his brother, Charles IV., le Bel, 1328, withhis wife, Jeanne d^Evreux, 1371, long his survivor. Thesecond is that of Blanche de France, 1392, daughter ofCharles IV., and wife of Philippe, Due dOrleans, fifthson of Philippe de Valois. The third effigy representsJean II., le Bon, who was taken prisoner at the battle ofPoitiers, and died at the Sav
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