[69] Spiral stair.

Theirs a pretty maille their; we saw a better one at Tours one many accounts; the longitude wheirof we meeted and fand it to be neir 1000 paces, as also that of Orleans is only 2 ranks of tries; in some places of it 3; all the way ye have 4 ranks of tries all of a equall hight and most equally sett in that of Tours.

About 10 days before my parting from Orleans at Mademoiselles invitation the Mr. of Ogilvy and I went wt hir, hir mother and Mr. Gandy ther Tutor, in their coach (for which I payed satly,[70] that being their policy) to their country village 9 leagues of, situat in the midest of the forest of Orleans, much of which is now converted into manured land.  This tyme was the first adventure I made of speaking the language, wheir they ware pleased all to give me applause testifieng that I spake much for my tyme.  I took coach tymously in the morning before halfe 6 and returned the day after about 8 at night.  By the way we saw 2 places wery weill worth the sieng, Shynaille and Chasteau neuf:  Shynaille[71] for its garden and the other both for its house and garden.  At Synaille a great number of waterworks; creatures of all shapes most artificially casting furth water:  heir ye may sy a frog sputing to a great hieght, their a Serpent and a man of marble treading on his neck, the water gliding pleasantly partly out at his meickle too, partly out at the Serpents mouth:  in a 3 part a dog, in a 4, Lions; and all done most livelylie.  We regrated that the prettiest machine of all was broken; wheir was to be sein wtin a little bounds above 300 spouts sending furth water and that in sundry formes.  In one place it would arise uprightly as a spear; in another as a feather; in a trid[72] it sould rise sydelings and so furth, and when it had left of ye sould not be able to discern whence the water ishued.  The main thing in the house of Chasteau neuf was the rich furniture and hingings; yet the richest Tapistry that used to be in that house was at that tyme in Paris; the master of the house being one of the Kings Counsellers; yet these we saw ware wery rich; some of them ware of leather stamped marvelously weill wt gold; others in silver; others wrought but wondrous livelylie.  From the house we saw the extent of the yard, which was a monster to sy, being like a little country for bigness, and yet in marvelous good order in all things, but especially in the regularity of its walks, each corresponding so weill to the other; having also a pretty forrest of tries on every syd of it:  the circuit of this yard will be nothing under 3 miles.  I never saw a woman worse glid[73] then she was (tho otherwise a weelfawored women) that took us thorow the house.  At night we lay at their country village.

    [70] i.e.  Sautly, saltly.

    [71] I cannot find this name in the maps.

    [72] Third.

    [73] Gleyed, squint-eyed.