BehindNotre-Dame，thecloisteranditsGothicgalleriesspreadouttowardsthenorth；onthesouth，thehalf-Romanpalaceofthebishop；ontheeast，thedesertpointoftheTerrain。Inthisthrongofhousestheeyealsodistinguished，bytheloftyopen-workmitresofstonewhichthencrownedtheroofitself，eventhemostelevatedwindowsofthepalace，theH？telgivenbythecity，underCharlesVI。，toJuvénaldesUrsins；alittlefartheron，thepitch-coveredshedsofthePalusMarket；instillanotherquarterthenewapseofSaint-
GermainleVieux，lengthenedin1458，withabitoftheRueauxFebves；andthen，inplaces，asquarecrowdedwithpeople；apillory，erectedatthecornerofastreet；afinefragmentofthepavementofPhilipAugustus，amagnificentflagging，groovedforthehorses’feet，inthemiddleoftheroad，andsobadlyreplacedinthesixteenthcenturybythemiserablecobblestones，calledthe\"pavementoftheLeague；\"adesertedbackcourtyard，withoneofthosediaphanousstaircaseturrets，suchaswereerectedinthefifteenthcentury，oneofwhichisstilltobeseenintheRuedesBourdonnais。
Lastly，attherightoftheSainte-Chapelle，towardsthewest，thePalaisdeJusticeresteditsgroupoftowersattheedgeofthewater。Thethicketsoftheking’sgardens，whichcoveredthewesternpointoftheCity，maskedtheIslandduPasseur。Asforthewater，fromthesummitofthetowersofNotre-Dameonehardlysawit，oneithersideoftheCity；theSeinewashiddenbybridges，thebridgesbyhouses。
Andwhentheglancepassedthesebridges，whoseroofswerevisiblygreen，renderedmouldybeforetheirtimebythevaporsfromthewater，ifitwasdirectedtotheleft，towardstheUniversity，thefirstedificewhichstruckitwasalarge，lowsheafoftowers，thePetit-Chàtelet，whoseyawninggatedevouredtheendofthePetit-Pont。Then，ifyourviewranalongthebank，fromeasttowest，fromtheTournelletotheTourdeNesle，therewasalongcordonofhouses，withcarvedbeams，stained-glasswindows，eachstoryprojectingoverthatbeneathit，aninterminablezigzagofbourgeoisgables，frequentlyinterruptedbythemouthofastreet，andfromtimetotimealsobythefrontorangleofahugestonemansion，plantedatitsease，withcourtsandgardens，wingsanddetachedbuildings，amidthispopulaceofcrowdedandnarrowhouses，likeagrandgentlemanamongathrongofrustics。
Therewerefiveorsixofthesemansionsonthequay，fromthehouseofLorraine，whichsharedwiththeBernardinsthegrandenclosureadjoiningtheTournelle，totheH？teldeNesle，whoseprincipaltowerendedParis，andwhosepointedroofswereinaposition，duringthreemonthsoftheyear，toencroach，withtheirblacktriangles，uponthescarletdiskofthesettingsun。