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498 Reformed religion, who should be installed in the offices of Presidents and Councillors, to serve in the newly created Chambers ordered by the Edict, shall be installed gratuitously, and without payment for the first time, upon the list which shall be presented to his Majesty by the Deputies of the Assembly of Châtellerault: as also the Attorneys and Solicitors-General, appointed by the same Edict, in the Chamber of Bourdeaux: and in case of the incorporation of the said Chamber of Bourdeaux and that of Toulouse, in the said Parliaments, the said substitutes shall be provided with the offices of Councillor in those, also gratuitously. His said Majesty will also cause Messire François Pitou to be appointed to the office of Substitute to the Attorney-General, in the Court of Parliament of Paris; and for this end there shall be a new office created, and after the decease of the said Pitou, he shall be succeeded by a person of the said pretended Reformed religion. And in case of any vacancy occurring from the death of the Master of Requests, in the Hotel of the King, he will fill the first vacancies with persons of the pretended Reformed religion, whom his Majesty will see to be proper and suitable for the service: and also that they be persons responsible for the value of the tax of the escheats. And, in the meantime, it shall be ordered that there be two Masters of Requests appointed in each quarter, to report upon the petitions of those of said religion. His Majesty also permits the Deputies of the said religion, assembled in the said city of Châtellerault, to remain together, to the number of ten, in the city of Saumur, for the purpose of urging the execution of his Edict, until his said Edict shall be verified in the Court of Parliament of Paris, notwithstanding that the said Edict requires them to disperse immediately: without their being allowed however to make any fresh demands, nor to intermeddle in any way other than urging the said execution, and completion by the Commissioners who shall be ordered for this purpose. And for all that is herein given, his Majesty pledges his word and faith by this present writing, which he will sign with his own hand, and have countersigned by the Secretaries of State, wishing it to have equal force and value with what is contained in an Edict, verified in his Courts of Parliament; hoping those of the said religion will be contented, and accommodate themselves to existing circumstances, doing their best for the service of the king, by not pressing to have this ordinance put in any more authentic form, having such confidence, in the word and the kindness of his Majesty, as to believe