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,