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 without delay from any plea of invalidity which might be raised on this account. 69th.—All title-deeds, papers, vouchers and documents which have been taken away, shall be returned and delivered up, equally by both sides to the rightful owners; even if the said papers or the castles and houses in which they were preserved have been taken and seized either by special Commission from the lately deceased King, our much honored Lord and brother-in-law, or others, or by command of the Governors and Lieutenant Generals of our Provinces, or on the other hand by authority of the Chiefs of the other party, or under any pretext whatsoever.

70th.—The children of those who quitted the Kingdom on account of religion and the troubles, after the death of our much honored Lord and Father-in law Henry II. even though the aforesaid children may have been born out of the Kingdom of France, shall enjoy all the rights and privileges of true native Frenchmen, and such we have declared and do declare them to be, and they shall not be obliged to take out letters of naturalization, or take any steps beyond the provisions of this Edict; notwithstanding all Ordinances to the contrary, which we have hereby annulled and do annul; only requiring that the said children, born abroad, shall take up their residence in this Kingdom within ten years after the publication of this Edict.

7lst.—Those of the said pretended Reformed religion who shall have farmed any crown lands, fiefs, gabels, customs, or any other taxes belonging to us, from which they could not draw the income on account of the troubles, shall be discharged, and we do hereby discharge them from paying that which they did not receive from said taxes, or which they paid, without fraud, elsewhere than into our Exchequer, notwithstanding the obligations by which they were bound.

72d.—All places, cities and provinces of our Kingdom, all countries, territories and manors owing obedience to us, shall have full benefit and enjoyment of all privileges, immunities, liberties, franchises, fairs, markets, jurisdictions and Courts of justice of which they were possessed previous to the troubles, dating from the month of March, 1585, and preceding, notwithstanding all Letters to the contrary. If any Courts were removed solely on account of the troubles, the said Courts shall be restored and re-established in the cities and places where they formerly existed.