[37] The gate of Cologne is at the present day called Porte de Scarebeeck. Napoleon Buonaparte, during his occupation of Brussels, added another gate, which he called Porte de Napoleon.
[38] These statues were destroyed in 1793.
[39] The statue of the Virgin hath long since evanished, but the inscription remains to the present day.
[40] This church had been dedicated to Saint Michael, but upon Charles Duke of Lorraine having removed the relicks of his mother Sainte Gudule, and placed them in this church, it is, in consequence, now called Sainte Gudule.
[41] This grand and venerable pile was destroyed by fire 4th February, 1731, which raged with such violence and rapidity that in a few hours the whole pile was entirely consumed. It was with the greatest difficulty that the Archduchess of Austria, Maria Elizabeth, eldest sister of Charles VI., and gouvernante of the Pays Bas, escaped with her life, having only had time to draw on one stocking and to fling her robe around her. The young and beautiful Countess of Vlefeld, one of her ladies of honour, perished in the flames.
[42] These fine pieces of sculpture were destroyed by the revolutionary Goths and Vandals, in 1793-4.
[43] The population of Brussels at the present day is estimated at 80,000.
[44] Jacob Gerritze was called Kuyp, or Cuyp.
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