This was the mansion of the unfortunate mayor, and magnificent it must have been; it is built in the style of the Renaissance, and in the same taste as parts of the Hotel de Ville; but the carved ornaments are more delicate.

It is to be regretted that the whole house could not be preserved as a memorial; but still the little that remains must be hailed with pleasure, though built into shops, and serving as receptacles for different wares.

One _tourelle_ is particularly sharp and fine, and does not seem to have sustained the slightest injury from time.

No doubt the house was very extensive; probably the gardens occupied the space where now the market is kept.

In the centre of the square is one of the numerous fountains, for which the town is famous: this is called La Fontaine des Petits Bancs, and no doubt formerly one on the same spot adorned the gardens of the mayoralty.
No sooner had Louis XIII.