(It lacked, in particular, the four monsters, which, still perched to−day on the corners of its roof, have the air of so many sphinxes who are propounding to new Paris the riddle of the ancient Paris. Rault, the sculptor, only placed them in position in 1526, and received twenty francs for his pains.)
Il lui manquait en particulier ces quatre monstres qui, aujourd’hui encore, perchés aux encoignures de son toit, ont l’air de quatre sphinx qui donnent à deviner au nouveau Paris l’énigme de l’ancien ; Rault, le sculpteur, ne les posa qu’en 1526, et il eut vingt francs pour sa peine.