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1. 35. Claude de Bullion was a surintendant des finances and keeper of the seals to Louis XIII.

1. 36. le président de Lamoignon was président of the Parliament of Paris in the reign of Louis XIV. He was noted for his love of letters, and was the intimate friend of the poet Boileau.

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