uncil_; therefore immediately a
Parliament was summon'd to meet at _Paris_. And altho' King _John_'s
Three Sons, _Charles_, _Lewis_ and _John_, were at Hand, the eldest of
which was of competent Age to govern; yet other Men were chosen, to wit,
_twelve approved Persons_ out of each _Order_ of the _States_, to whom
the Management of the Kingdom's Affairs was intrusted; and there it was
decreed, that an Embassy shou'd be sent into _England_ to treat of Peace
with the _English_." _Froissard_, Vol. I. cap. 170. _Joannes Buchettus_,
lib. 4. fol. 118. _Nich. Gillius_ in Chron. _Regis Joannis_, are our
Authors.

A third Instance we have _Anno_ 1375, when the last Will and Testament
of _Charles_ the Fifth, Surnamed the _Wise_, was produced: By which Will
he had appointed his Wife's Brother, _Philip_ Duke of _Bourbon_, to be
Guardian to his Sons, and _Lewis_ Duke of _Anjou_ his own Brother, to be
Administrator of the Kingdom till such Time as his Son _Charles_ shou'd
come of Age. But notwithstanding this, a _Great Council_ was held at
_Paris_, wherein (after declaring the Testament to be void and null) it
was decreed, that the _Administration_ of the Kingdom shou'd be
committed to _Lewis_, the Boy's Uncle: "_But upon this Condition, that
he_ should be _ruled and governed_ in that _Administration, by the
Advice of certain Persons named and approv'd by the_ Council." The
Education and Tutelage of the Child was left to _Bourbon_; and at the
same Time a Law was made, that the Heir of the Kingdom shou'd be crown'd
as soon as he shou'd be full 14 Years old, and receive the Homage and
Oath of Fidelity from his Subjects.--_Froissard_, Vol. 2. cap. 60.
_Buchett_, lib. 4. fol. 124. Chro. Brit. Cap.

A 4th Example we have in the Year 1392; at which Time the same _Charles_
the Sixth was taken with a sudden Distraction or Madness, and was
convey'd first to _Mans_, and afterwards to _Paris_; and there a
_General Council_ was held, wherein it was decreed by the _Authority of
the States_, that the _Administration_ of the _Kingdom_ shou'd be
committed to the Dukes of _Aquitain_ and _Burgundy_.--_Froissard_, Vol.
4. cap. 44. is our Author.

5. Neither must we omit what _Paponius_ (Arrest. lib. 5. tit. 10. Art.
4.) testifies to have been declared by the _Parliament_ at _Paris_,
within the Compass of almost our own Memories, when _Francis_ the First
had a Mind to alienate Part of his Dominions; _viz._ "That all
Alienations of that Kind made by a