theroulde_ 339

_Maison Caradas_ 347

_Rue de l'Epicerie_ 353

_A Window in the Maison Bourgtheroulde_* 361

_Rouen in 1620, by Merian_ _Facing_ 369

_Coustou's Bas-relief of Commerce_* 369

_Pierre Corneille, by Lasne_ _Facing_ 376

_Eau de Robec_ 381

_Courtyard in the Rue Petit Salut_ 388

The illustrations marked with * are drawn by Jane E. Cook.

MAPS

PAGE

A. _The Site of Rouen between the Seine and
the Hills_ 3

B. _Main Streets and Boulevards, showing the
Walls besieged by Henry V._ _Facing_ 5

C. _The Gallo-Roman Walls, and the oldest
Streets in Rouen_ _Facing_ 71

D. _Rouen in the Thirteenth Century_ _Facing_ 103

E. _The Extension of Rouen Eastwards at the
end of the Fourteenth Century_ _Facing_ 169

F. _Plan (and elevation of the Houses) of the
Vieux-Marche and the Marche-aux-Veaux
(now Place de la Pucelle) drawn
by Jacques Lelieur for his "Livre des
Fontaines" in 1525_ _Facing_ 209

[Illustration: THE ARMS OF ROUEN]

CHAPTER I

_Introductory_

Amis, c'est donc Rouen, la ville aux vieilles rues,
Aux vieilles tours, debris de races disparues,
La ville aux cent clochers carillonant dans l'air,
Le Rouen des chateaux, des hotels, des bastilles,
Dont le front herisse de fleches et d'aiguilles
Dechire incessamment les brumes de la mer.

The three great rivers that flow from the heart of France to her three
seas have each a character of their own. The grey and rapid current of
the Rhone, swollen with the melting of the glacier-snows, rolls past
the imperishable monuments of ancient Empire, and through the
oliveyards and vineyards of Provence, falls into the blue waves of the
southern sea. The sandy stream of Loire goes westward past the palaces
of kings and the walled pleasure-gardens of Touraine, whispering of
dead royalty. But the Seine pours out his black and toil-stained
waters northward between rugged banks, hurrying from the capital