The Little CHATELET.
THis is a kind of antient Fortress, composed of a great mass of Buildings, open in the middle, and served formerly as one of the Town-Gates, as did also the great Châtelet; this was when Paris had no greater Extent than the Isle of the Palais. This Building was repair'd by King Robert, under whom France enjoy'd a Peace of two and forty years; during which that good Prince had convenient time to amass a very great Treasure, which he deposited in this For∣tress, notwithstanding the great Bounties, which he bestowed upon Churches, and his great Charities, with which he relieved the Poor. Some Antiquaries will not allow this place to be so Antient, but say that it was Built by Aubriot, Provost of Paris, the same person who Built the Bastille; and that he did it to restrain the Insolences of the Scholars of the