poisionnaircs, pupils vvho paid for their schooling

On mit les ministres à la taille, the ministers (pastors) were subjected to taxes.

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1. 1. notaire, "officier public qui reçoit et rédige les contrats, les obligations, les testaments, les transactions, et les autres actes volontaires" (Littré). avocat, "celui dont la profession est de plaider en justice, ou qui donne des conseils dans son cabinet, et des avis écrits sur les affaires litigieuses" (Littré). procureiir, or proctor, was the old title for those now called "avoués," "officier ministériel chargé de représenter les parties devant les tribunaux et de faire les actes de procédure " (Littré). It will thus be seen that while the "avocat" represents our "barrister," whether as a pleader or a Consulting barrister, the "notaire " and the " procureur " undertook the duties of a solicitor.

1. 13. que Pellisson pour en faii'c. Madame d'Hervart's maiden name was Esthcr Vimar. In an interesting biographical notice contributed to the Revue Plistorique, vols. X and XI, M. Depping says of her daughter, Madame de Gouvernet : "Zélée protestante, comme sa mère, elle passa en Angleterre avec celle-ci, lors de la révocation de

redit de Nantes, et sur la terre d'exil, ces deux femmes énergiques continuèrent le bien qu'elles faisaient à leurs coreligionnaires."

1. 22. le petit-fils dît pasteur Charnier. His name was Moïse or Antoine; he was 28 years old when, at the instigation of the Jesuits, he was broken on the rack in front of his father's house.

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1. 10. Christine, queen of Sweden, daughter of Gustavus Adolphus. She was converted from Protestantism to Romanism, and gave up her kingdom in 1654 to her cousin Charles X.

T. 29. oiivertefHcnt rompu &=c., see above, p. 141.

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1. 28. la Hollande, when the dykes were opened to save the country in the invasion of 1672 : see above, vol. I. chap. X. p. 120 ff. 1. 29. le Palatinat, in 1688-9: see above, vol. II. chap. XVI. p. 27.

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1. 29. dans les pays méridionatix, the south of France, from the time of the Albigenses onward, showed a tendency towards religious enthusiasm, and this portion of France was the stronghold of Protestantism.

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1. 12. Elles peîcplèrent âr-c. : the Great Elector, Frederick William of Prussia, received a large number into Berlin.