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Doc. 206.] 93
SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS IN 1736.
September 18. I was in the Palais [Royal] and the garden
belonging to it ; in the Place Royale de Louis le Grand, and in
the churches ofthe Capuchins (Franciscans) and of the Feuillants
(Cistercians) on both sides of them ; likewise in the Tuileries,
from which one enters ; also in the Comédie des Italiens. I
had a discussion also with an abbé on the adoration of saints ;
he denied in toto that this was adoration, and insisted that
worship belonged to God alone ; [he was opposed] to the ado
ration or veneration of the saints, and the double veneration
of Mary.
September 19. I was in the Sainte Chapelle, where all the
windows are stained ; it was a pretty view to see "la susception"
of the relics of our redemption.*
September 20. I visited the Place des Victoires, where a
gilt statue of Louis XIV is upon a pedestal with statues on
each of the four sides ; the place itself is round and the houses
.
look all alike. Afterwards I went into the church of St. Eu
stache.
September 25. I took a walk through the town of fully
one Swedish mile [six and a half English miles ] ; I went
through Luxembourg and the Rue d’Enfer to the observatory,
and thence to the gate of St. Jacques ; afterwards I passed
the monastery of the Franciscans [the present Hôpital du
Midi ?], and that of the Val de Grace [l’Hôpital du Val de
Grace] which belongs to the Benedictines, and then I followed the
Rue St. Jaques until I finally reached the Porte St. Martin,
through which we had entered upon arriving in Paris ; I then
walked along the rampart and saw a part of the Hôpital de
St. Louis, where I am told there are 10,000 beds, principally
on account of the plague. I then went to the Rue du Temple
and had a look at the ancient ruins of the Temple ; I saw
also the chapel and the garden of the Hôtel de grand Prieur,
which is rather handsome ; as well as the church of St. Elisa
* The Sainte Chapelle is in the Palais de Justice, on the Ile de Palais ;
in it are preserved a piece of the crown of thorns, and of the cross and the
cloak of our Lord ; likewise the iron-point of the lance with which his side
was pierced.
This statue also was destroyed in 1792; the present bronze statue of
Louis XIV was erected in 1822.
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