Thoughts on Paris – February 5, 1595

Many ballets, masquerades, and feasts were held in Paris…

Photography print available at Found View Gallery.

Many ballets, masquerades, and feasts were held in Paris. At the court the most beautiful women of the town were there at His Majesty’s command to entertain the ambassadors. They were richly dressed…and so covered with pearls they could hardly move.

Pierre de l’Etoile

Notes:
• From The Paris of Henry of Navarre as seen by Pierre de l’Etoile
• Pierre de l’Etoile (also spelled Estoile) was a French diarist who chronicled the reigns of Henry III and Henry IV.

A life in Paris – January 31, 1595

Most of the diseases of this season are unknown to the doctors…

Photography print available at Found View Gallery.

Most of the diseases of this season are unknown to the doctors, caused by the weather, humid and warm after a long, hard freeze, which always causes a lot of sickness.

Pierre de l’Etoile

Notes:
• From The Paris of Henry of Navarre as seen by Pierre de l’Etoile
• Pierre de l’Etoile (also spelled Estoile) was a French diarist who chronicled the reigns of Henry III and Henry IV.