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revenue_n on_o salt_n the_o appeal_v from_o their_o sentence_n be_v make_v to_o the_o court_n of_o aid_n the_o day_n of_o audience_n for_o the_o king_n farm_n be_v mundays_n and_o thursdays_n in_o the_o morning_n and_o for_o the_o tax_n on_o wednesday_n and_o saturday_n in_o the_o morning_n the_o officer_n belong_v to_o the_o court_n of_o the_o election_n of_o paris_n be_v a_o precedent_n who_o be_v laurence_n de_fw-fr chenevieres_fw-fr one_o lieutenant_n one_o assessour_n sixteen_o counselor_n elect_a one_o advocate_n and_o proctor_n for_o the_o king_n one_o substitute_n two_o registrer_n one_o chief_a usher_n three_o ushers-audiencers_a eight_o usher_n of_o the_o tax_n and_o eight_o proctor_n there_o be_v also_o in_o this_o election_n two_o receiver_n of_o tax_n etc._n etc._n one_o honorary_a counsellor_n elect._n chap._n xli_o of_o the_o granary_n of_o salt_n at_o paris_n the_o magazine_n or_o granary_n of_o salt_n at_o paris_n be_v near_o the_o river_n at_o the_o end_n of_o the_o 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of_o the_o merchant_n who_o before_o they_o enter_v upon_o the_o exercise_n of_o their_o function_n take_v the_o usual_a oath_n at_o the_o parliament_n there_o belong_v further_o to_o this_o court_n one_o registrer_fw-fr and_o four_o usher_n there_o be_v former_o another_o court_n called_z the_o citizens_z parlour_n to_o which_o this_o court_n succeed_v and_o there_o be_v still_o six_o officer_n that_o retain_v the_o title_n of_o sergeant_n of_o the_o citizen_n parlour_n the_o merchant_n have_v still_o a_o place_n where_o they_o meet_v in_o the_o palace_n underneath_o the_o dauphin_n hall_n to_o confer_v about_o their_o affair_n which_o be_v much_o in_o the_o nature_n of_o the_o public_a change_n at_o lion_n roüen_n toulouze_n and_o london_n the_o six_o principal_a and_o original_a body_n or_o corporation_n of_o merchant_n in_o paris_n which_o be_v like_o the_o company_n in_o london_n under_o which_o all_o the_o other_o trade_n be_v comprehend_v be_v 1._o the_o draper_n 2._o the_o 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england_n to_o
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mark_v with_o