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of Antangil. Book two. 37 inside the walls. This terrace is furnished all around with magnificent accoudoirs[1] bolstered & supported by artistically worked balusters: From there one can at the same time view the sea, the port, & all the ships, with the square, the city, & for at least ten leagues around, as far as the mountains that border the lake.   It is in this place where his Majesty & the Senators often come to stroll, as much for the serenity of the air as to please the sight, by the appearance of so many variable objects, magnificent & pleasant. Of the good customs & practices of the King. CHAP. IX. C3 |
1. Accoudoir: "A form, bench, rayle, &c, whereupon one leanes with nis elbow; a rest. a stay, a leaning, stocke."
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