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or_o confutation_n of_o they_o if_o they_o contain_v any_o unusual_a clause_n or_o be_v ill_o digest_v and_o draw_v up_o king_n francis_n the_o first_o by_o his_o edict_n of_o creation_n in_o the_o month_n of_o february_n 1522._o give_v they_o the_o quality_n or_o title_n of_o councellours-reporters_n and_o referendary_n and_o henry_n the_o second_o in_o the_o month_n of_o july_n 1556._o grant_v they_o place_n and_o voice_n in_o the_o presidial_n in_o consideration_n that_o they_o be_v learned_a and_o have_v be_v admit_v to_o the_o practice_n of_o the_o law_n before_o the_o master_n of_o request_n note_v that_o the_o four_o wax-chafers_a of_o the_o great_a chancery_n be_v the_o same_o that_o perform_v the_o like_a function_n in_o the_o chancery_n of_o paris_n the_o letter_n seal_v in_o the_o chancery_n of_o paris_n be_v ordinary_o executable_a only_o within_o the_o limit_n of_o the_o jurisdiction_n of_o the_o parliament_n but_o yet_o it_o have_v sometime_o happen_v that_o when_o the_o 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digne_fw-fr 36._o dol._n 37._o eureux_n 38._o de_fw-fr helne_n or_o perpignan_n 39_o st._n flour_n 40._o frejus_n 41._o gap_n 42._o geneva_n 43._o glandeve_n 44._o grace_n 45._o grenoble_n 46._o laitoure_n 47._o langre_n 48._o laon._n 49._o lavaur_n 50._o leon._n 51._o lescar_n 52._o lymoges_n 53._o lizieux_fw-fr 54._o lodeve_n 55._o lombez_n 56._o luçon_fw-fr 57_o maçon_fw-fr 58._o st._n malo_n 59_o man_v 60._o du_fw-mi mans._n 61._o marseilles_n 62._o meaux_n 63._o mets._n 64._o mire-poix_n 65._o montauban_n 66._o montpellier_n 67._o nantes_n 68_o nevers_n 69._o nice_n 70._o nimes_n 71._o noyon_n 72._o oleron_n 73._o st._n omer_n 74._o orange_n 75._o orleans_n 76._o pamiers_fw-fr 77._o st._n papoul_n 78._o st._n paul_n trois_fw-fr chateaux_fw-fr or_o st._n paul_n 3_o castle_n 79._o perigueux_fw-fr perpignan_n vide_fw-la elne_fw-la 80._o poitiers_n 81._o st._n pol_n de_fw-fr lion_n 82._o st._n pons_n de_fw-fr tomiers_fw-fr 83._o le_fw-fr puy_n 84._o rennes_n 85._o rieux_n 86._o 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parliament_n of_o the_o first_o university_n of_o europe_n and_o of_o so_o many_o famous_a and_o illustrious_a man_n i_o have_v think_v fit_a to_o so_o many_o other_o prerogative_n and_o primacy_n which_o it_o have_v above_o all_o other_o city_n of_o france_n to_o add_v that_o of_o name_v it_o first_o among_o the_o archbishopric_n though_o it_o be_v but_o of_o late_a creation_n with_o its_o three_o suffragans_fw-la which_o can_v not_o well_o be_v separate_v from_o it_o in_o place_v the_o rest_n we_o shall_v follow_v the_o ancient_a division_n secundum_fw-la notitiam_fw-la imperii_fw-la and_o the_o order_n of_o that_o considerable_a book_n call_v gallia_n christiana_n or_o description_n of_o france_n since_o make_v christian_a 1._o the_o archbishopric_n of_o paris_n have_v three_o bishopric_n within_o its_o jurisdiction_n viz._n chartres_n meaux_n and_o orleans_n the_o present_a archbishop_n be_v francis_n de_fw-fr harlay_n duke_n and_o peer_n of_o france_n provisour_n of_o the_o sorbonne_n etc._n etc._n a_o person_n of_o noble_a extraction_n learned_a eloquent_a and_o very_o courteous_a the_o bishop_n of_o chartres_n be_v ferdinand_n de_fw-fr neufville_n counsellor_n of_o state_n in_o ordinary_a etc._n etc._n the_o present_a bishop_n of_o meaux_n be_v james_n benign_a bossuet_n late_a preceptor_n or_o tutor_n to_o the_o dauphin_n famous_a for_o controversy_n the_o bishop_n of_o orleans_n be_v peter_n de_fw-fr cambout_fw-fr de_fw-fr coislin_n first_o almoner_n to_o the_o king_n etc._n etc._n there_o be_v in_o this_o archbishopric_n 39_o abbey_n of_o man_n beside_o five_o unite_a to_o other_o and_o 32_o nunnery_n 2._o the_o archbishopric_n of_o lion_n comprehend_v four_o bishopric_n viz._n autun_n langre_n chaalon_n and_o macon_n the_o archbishop_n be_v archbishop_n and_o count_n and_o primate_n of_o the_o gaul_n and_o be_v at_o present_a camillus_n de_fw-fr neufville_n de_fw-fr ville-roy_n lieutenant_n governor_n for_o the_o king_n in_o the_o country_n of_o 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bishop_n of_o mâcon_n be_v name_v michael_n cassagnet_n de_fw-fr tilladet_n etc._n etc._n in_o this_o archbishopric_n