un évêqjie étranger, i.e. the Pope, bishop of Rome

1, ■23. serment de fidélité, oath of fealty, taken by the bishop as a fcudal vassal of the king.

1. 25. sotis la troisième 7-ace, i.e. the Capetian dynasty, which lasted from Hugh Capet (987) to Charles IV (1328).

1. 32. évoqua. Évoqzier is hère used as a law term, and means to bring a case for décision before a certain court.

1. 38. ail delà de la Loire, beyond, i. e. to the south of the Loire. This part of France, comprising the portion called Languedoc, differing in race and language and other respects from the north, had never been so fully subject to the crown as the latter.

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