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the_o abuse_v creep_v thereinto_o and_o practise_v till_o now_o his_o say_a majesty_n have_v resolve_v to_o call_v to_o his_o assistance_n a_o council_n compose_v of_o person_n of_o know_a ability_n and_o honesty_n by_o who_o advice_n he_o will_v act_v in_o the_o say_a administration_n and_o execute_v all_o those_o affair_n which_o be_v use_v to_o be_v former_o resolve_v on_o and_o put_v in_o execution_n by_o the_o superintendent_a alone_o the_o say_a council_n shall_v be_v call_v the_o council-royal_a of_o the_o finance_n or_o revenue_n and_o shall_v be_v compose_v of_o one_o chief_a under_o the_o authority_n and_o in_o the_o presence_n of_o his_o majesty_n when_o the_o chancellor_n shall_v not_o be_v present_a in_o the_o say_a council_n and_o of_o three_o counsellor_n whereof_o one_o shall_v be_v intendant_a of_o the_o finance_n his_o majesty_n reserve_v to_o himself_o the_o power_n to_o call_v in_o the_o chancellor_n when_o he_o shall_v think_v fit_a at_o which_o time_n he_o shall_v 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majesty_n will_v hold_v the_o say_a council_n on_o
according_a to_o a_o declaration_n and_o list_v or_o account_v of_o they_o verify_v in_o the_o court_n of_o aid_n at_o paris_n next_o to_o the_o great_a or_o high_a chancery_n of_o france_n be_v those_o establish_v near_o the_o parliament_n the_o master_n of_o request_n preside_v in_o those_o chancery_n and_o keep_v the_o seal_n of_o they_o when_o they_o be_v present_a there_o the_o chancery_n of_o paris_n be_v the_o great_a and_o ancient_a of_o they_o all_o it_o be_v compose_v of_o four_o audiencer_n of_o four_o comptroller_n that_o officiate_v quarterly_a and_o of_o twelve_o referendary_n and_o some_o other_o officer_n the_o function_n of_o the_o refendary_n be_v to_o make_v report_n of_o all_o letter_n to_o that_o master_n of_o request_n that_o keep_v the_o seal_n to_o sign_v they_o at_o the_o bottom_n when_o they_o find_v they_o civil_a and_o furnish_v with_o all_o the_o clause_n require_v by_o the_o ordinance_n or_o to_o subjoin_v in_o the_o same_o place_n the_o refutata_fw-la 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 chancellor_n be_v oblige_v to_o follow_v the_o king_n in_o a_o long_a journey_n and_o carry_v the_o great_a seal_n with_o he_o that_o then_o by_o virtue_n of_o a_o declaration_n from_o the_o king_n to_o that_o end_n the_o letter_n which_o shall_v have_v pass_v the_o great_a seal_n be_v only_o seal_v in_o the_o chancery_n of_o paris_n and_o thence_o transmit_v to_o and_o execute_v in_o the_o other_o parliament_n of_o the_o kingdom_n chap._n xxvii_o of_o the_o ecclesiastical_a division_n of_o france_n into_o archbishopric_n and_o bishopric_n and_o of_o its_o clergy_n the_o king_n collate_n or_o present_v within_o his_o dominion_n to_o 18_o archbishopric_n 107_o bishopric_n to_o about_o 750_o abbey_n of_o man_n beside_o those_o that_o have_v be_v unite_v to_o other_o community_n or_o benefice_n and_o to_o above_o 200_o abbey_n of_o nun_n and_o as_o the_o conquest_n of_o majesty_n increase_v so_o the_o number_n of_o benefice_n in_o his_o nomination_n must_v needs_o proportionable_o increase_v too_o the_o archbishopric_n and_o bishopric_n according_a to_o their_o alphabetical_a order_n be_v these_o the_o 18_o archbishopric_n be_v 1._o aix_n 2._o alby_n 3._o ambrun_n 4._o arles_n 5._o auch_n 6._o besançon_n 7._o bourdeaux_n 8._o bourge_n 9_o cambray_n 10._o lion_n 11._o narbon_n 12._o paris_n 13._o reims_n 14._o roven_n 15._o sens._n 16._o toulouze_n 17._o tours_n 18._o vienna_n the_o 107_o bishopric_n be_v 1._o agde_v 2._o agen._n 3._o aire_n 4._o alet_fw-la 5._o amiens_n 6._o angiers_n 7._o angoulême_fw-fr 8._o apt._n 9_o arras_n 10._o auranche_fw-mi 11._o autun_n 12._o auxerre_n 13._o bayeux_n 14._o bayonne_n 15._o bazas_n 16._o beauvais_n 17._o bellay_v 18._o bethlehem_n 19_o bezier_n 20._o boulogne_n 21._o st._n brien_n 22._o cahors_n 23._o carcassone_n 24._o castres_n 25._o cisteron_fw-gr 26._o chaalon_n 27._o chartres_n 28._o clermont_n 29._o cominge_n 30._o condom_n 31._o cornoüaille_fw-fr 32._o conserans_n 33._o coutance_n 34._o de_fw-fr dax_n 35._o 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 riez_fw-fr 87._o la_fw-fr rochel_n 88_o rodez_fw-fr 89._o saint_n or_o yainte_n 90._o sars_n 91._o sarlat_n 92._o senez_fw-fr 93._o senlis_n 94._o soissons_fw-fr 95._o strasburg_n 96._o tarbas_n 97._o toul_n 98._o toulon_n 99_o tournay_n 100_o treguier_n 101._o troy_n 102._o vabres_fw-es 103._o valenco_n &_o die_v 104._o vannes_n 105._o vence_n 106._o verdun_n 107._o viviers_n 108._o vzais_fw-fr 109._o ypres_n where_o note_n that_o valence_n and_o die_n be_v a_o double_a title_n and_o the_o bishopric_n of_o geneva_n and_o nice_n belong_v to_o the_o duke_n of_o savoy_n and_o be_v only_o name_v because_o part_v of_o they_o lie_v in_o the_o territory_n of_o the_o king_n of_o france_n now_o they_o follow_v according_a to_o the_o order_n they_o be_v common_o place_v in_o 1._o and_o first_o because_o paris_n be_v the_o capital_a city_n of_o the_o kingdom_n the_o ordinary_a residence_n of_o our_o king_n and_o of_o the_o whole_a court_n the_o seat_n of_o the_o first_o and_o most_o august_n 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 lion_n etc._n etc._n the_o cathedral_n of_o that_o city_n be_v very_o considerable_a the_o canon_n of_o it_o be_v style_v count_n of_o lion_n and_o be_v oblige_v for_o their_o admission_n to_o make_v proof_n that_o they_o be_v noble_a by_o five_o generation_n both_o on_o their_o father_n and_o mother_n side_n the_o bishop_n of_o autun_n who_o be_v by_o his_o dignity_n perpetual_a precedent_n of_o he_o state_n of_o burgundy_n and_o administrator_n of_o both_o the_o spiritualty_n and_o temporalty_n of_o the_o archishoprick_n of_o lion_n when_o the_o see_v be_v vacant_a etc._n etc._n be_v gabriel_n de_fw-fr roquette_n etc._n etc._n the_o bishop_n of_o langre_n who_o be_v bishop_n and_o duke_n of_o langre_n and_o one_o of_o the_o ancient_a peer_n of_o france_n be_v at_o present_a lewis_n armand_n de_fw-fr simianes_n de_fw-fr gorde_n etc._n etc._n the_o bishop_n of_o châlon_n on_o saone_n be_v both_o bishop_n and_o count_n be_v henry_n fellix_fw-la de_fw-fr tassy_n etc._n etc._n the_o 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