A new description of Paris containing a particular account of all the churches, palaces, monasteries ... with all other remarkable matters in that great and famous city / translated out of French.

The Court of Aids.

THis is a separate Jurisdiction from the Par∣liament, which fits in three distinct Cham∣bers, that are beautified with costly Plafons. The face of the building, on that side next the Perron du May, is of Stone enricht with Sculpture of a good design.

The Chancery, whose coming in is in the Gallery of Prisoners, has been repaired of late years.

The next day after St. Martin, being the day on which the Parliament opens, there is here a Ceremony which strangers must not neglect to see. All the Members of that great Court are present, apparelled in Scarlet Robes on that day, and assist at a solemn Mass in the great Hall. The principal Presidents, call'd Presidens à mortier, are distinguished from the rest, by their ••acings of Minever, or a kind of spotted Fur. When

these last go up to Offer, they make a kind of Reverence which was used in old time, and is never practised now adays but upon this occasi∣on. After the Mass is ended, they go to hear the Speeches, which are usually made by the first President, by the Procureur General, and by the Advocates General, who are no less remark∣able by their Eloquence, than by their Dignities.