Family_.

CHAP. XVI.

_Of the_ Capevingian _Race, and the Manner of its obtaining the Kingdom
of_ Francogallia.

CHAP. XVII.

_Of the_ uninterrupted Authority _of the_ Publick Council, _during the_
Capevingian _Line_.

CHAP. XVIII.

_Of the Remarkable_ Authority _of the_ Council _against_ Lewis _the
Eleventh_.

CHAP. XIX.

_Of the Authority of the Assembly of the_ States, _concerning the most
important Affairs of Religion_.

CHAP. XX.

_Whether_ Women _are not as much debarr'd by the_ Francogallican
_Law from the_ Administration, _as from the_ Inheritance _of the
Kingdom_.

CHAP. XXI.

_Of the_ Juridical Parliaments _in_ France.

* * * * *

A
Short EXTRACT
OF THE
LIFE
OF
Francis Hotoman,

Taken out of Monsieur _Bayle's_ Hist. Dict. and other
Authors.

_Francis Hotoman_ (one of the most learned Lawyers of that Age) was Born
at _Paris_ the 23d of _August_, 1524. His Family was an Ancient and
Noble one, originally of _Breslaw_, the Capital of _Silesia_. _Lambert
Hotoman_, his Grandfather, bore Arms in the Service of _Lewis_ the 11th
of _France_, and married a rich Heiress at _Paris_, by whom he had 18
Children; the Eldest of which (_John Hotoman_) had so plentiful an
Estate, that he laid down the Ransom-Money for King _Francis_ the First,
taken at the Battel of _Pavia_: _Summo galliae bono, summa cum sua
laude_, says _Neveletus_, _Peter Hotoman_ his 18th Child, and [Footnote:
_Maistre des Eaux & Forrests._] _Master of the Waters and Forests_ of
_France_ (afterwards a Counsellor in the Parliament of _Paris_) was
Father to _Francis_, the _Author_ of this Book. He sent his Son, at 15
Years of Age, to _Orleans_ to study the _Common Law_; which he did with
so great Applause, that at Three Years End he merited the Degree of
Doctor. His Father designing to surrender to him his Place of Counsellor
of _Parliament_, sent for him home: But the young Gentleman was soon
tired with the Chicane of the Bar, and plung'd himself deep in the
Studies of [Footnote: _Les belles Lettres._] _Humanity_ and the _Roman
Laws_; for which he had a wonderful Inclination. He happen'd to be a
frequent Spectator of the Protestants Sufferings, who, about that Time,
had their Tongues cut out, were otherwise tormented, and burnt for their
Religion. This made him curious to dive into those Opinions, which
inspired so much Constancy, Resignation and Contempt of Death; which
brought