Buffon (1707-1788), the famous French naturalist

1. 36. mort depuis avec tant de courage. He was guillotined in

Page 99. 1. 4. Les Lamoignon, &c. Thèse are the great names of French jurisprudence, and form the élite of that noblesse de la robe which was a particular feature of old French society. Thev held from father to son such offices as that of procureur général, and président and councillor of the Parliament of Paris.

1. 16. des abbés commendataires. Thèse were secular priests or laymen who held their bénéfices in commendam, i.e. by spécial licence of the Pope.