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without_o see_v the_o fruit_n of_o a_o solid_a repentance_n so_o thâ—â—_n those_o who_o be_v incline_v not_o to_o reform_v theâ—â—_n live_v nor_o to_o make_v restitution_n of_o ill_n get_v goodâ—_n nor_o quit_v ill_a company_n dare_v not_o present_v themselves_o before_o the_o tribunal_n of_o the_o church_n who_o severity_n they_o fear_v which_o make_v true_a penitence_n rare_a even_o in_o the_o primitive_a time_n a_o thing_n not_o easy_o perform_v but_o difficult_a and_o toilsome_a the_o same_o father_n who_o teach_v we_o that_o the_o life_n of_o grace_n be_v free_o receive_v by_o we_o in_o baptism_n instruct_v we_o also_o that_o a_o soul_n dead_a in_o sin_n be_v not_o easy_o revive_v and_o that_o when_o we_o have_v make_v ourselves_o slave_n to_o the_o devil_n it_o be_v very_o hard_a to_o break_v his_o chain_n when_o we_o have_v blind_v ourselves_o in_o follow_v our_o lust_n we_o can_v without_o miracle_n come_v out_o of_o darkness_n and_o return_v into_o the_o way_n of_o jesus_n 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appear_v by_o a_o arrest_n of_o the_o parliament_n of_o dijon_n in_o 1632._o and_o by_o a_o judgement_n of_o the_o presidial_a of_o bourg_n in_o bresse_n whereby_o the_o jesuit_n relieve_v for_o purchase_n they_o have_v make_v to_o their_o prejudice_n be_v damnify_v a_o three_o part_n thereby_o in_o the_o price_n pay_v above_o the_o value_n of_o the_o thing_n purchase_v that_o there_o be_v damage_n sustain_v of_o above_o two_o three_o for_o in_o 1627._o this_o house_n with_o another_o adjoin_v call_v duponce_n be_v buy_v at_o twenty_o seven_o thousand_o franc_n messine_n in_o 1642._o the_o jesuit_n upon_o a_o exchange_n value_v it_o but_o at_o thirty_o thousand_o franc_n with_o all_o the_o improvement_n and_o building_n they_o have_v erect_v after_o the_o demolish_n of_o other_o very_o considerable_a in_o 1646._o it_o be_v farm_a at_o four_o hundred_o and_o fifty_o franc_n mâ—ssines_n per_n ann._n in_o 1649._o they_o offer_v it_o to_o nun_n and_o a_o person_n of_o quality_n at_o 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forget_v yet_o the_o morrow_n after_o f._n forget_v write_v another_o letter_n quite_o contrary_a to_o the_o former_a last_o that_o there_o be_v so_o much_o deceit_n and_o fraud_n in_o the_o business_n that_o it_o be_v evident_a f._n forget_v to_o make_v the_o nun_n of_o miscon_n believe_v that_o this_o house_n cost_v the_o jesuit_n more_o than_o he_o sell_v it_o for_o suggest_v to_o they_o that_o the_o decree_n of_o adjudication_n be_v make_v to_o they_o for_o twenty_o two_o thousand_o and_o three_o hundred_o liure_v without_o add_v messine_n and_o afterward_o in_o his_o suggestion_n of_o the_o workmen_n account_n and_o acquittance_n he_o make_v they_o also_o believe_v that_o there_o be_v improvement_n and_o building_n of_o above_o fifteen_o thousand_o liure_v tourtois_fw-fr value_n which_o be_v not_o so_o in_o regard_n that_o allowance_n be_v make_v for_o the_o building_n they_o have_v demolish_v all_o the_o improvement_n be_v not_o worth_a two_o thousand_o five_o hundred_o liure_v 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and_o contrive_v by_o intelligence_n and_o correspondence_n with_o other_o to_o deceive_v the_o nun_n that_o be_v to_o make_v profession_n in_o this_o monastery_n by_o keep_v the_o contract_n from_o their_o knowledge_n that_o the_o pretend_a ratification_n of_o decemb._n 13._o 1649._o make_v by_o the_o nun_n of_o mascon_n send_v hither_o can_v not_o hurt_v or_o prejudice_v the_o appellant_n who_o never_o appear_v nor_o intermedle_v therein_o nor_o have_v ever_o agree_v or_o ratify_v it_o that_o the_o pretend_a ratification_n have_v be_v contrive_v and_o extort_a by_o f._n forget_v who_o be_v director_n spiritual_a and_o temporal_a to_o the_o nun_n who_o come_v from_o mascon_n that_o by_o the_o read_n it_o be_v evident_a he_o have_v digest_v and_o compile_v it_o as_o he_o please_v that_o it_o be_v visible_o false_a in_o all_o its_o proposition_n and_o can_v not_o give_v validity_n to_o a_o contract_n in_o itself_o fraudulent_a and_o null_a that_o the_o contract_n of_o sale_n can_v not_o 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