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Rh it may be furnished, in the same private way to sick Catholics, who shall be obliged to send a note from the Sieur Curé of this city, every time they make a purchase, and the said Butchers, Pastry Cooks, Pork Butchers and others are forbidden to sell meat, pastry, poultry or game in any other way; and we command that they keep the Curé's notes very carefully during the week, and send them to us every Monday, under pain of forfeiting their stock and paying a fine of two hundred livres, one-third of which shall be the perquisite of the informer. Under pain of the above-named punishment, we forbid all Tavern or Hotel keepers to sell or furnish in any way whatever, any meat, poultry or game to persons who on the forbidden days shall eat, drink or lodge at their houses, be they Catholics or of the said pretended Reformed religion, residents, strangers or foreigners. We enjoin it upon all persons who shall know of any infraction of our present Ordinance, to give information within twenty-four hours, under pain of a fine of twenty livres, one-third to be the perquisite of the informer. This proclamation shall be read, published and posted up in public and frequented situations, in this city and faubourgs, also upon the four doors of the public shambles, &c., &c.,, &c. Given by the Honorable Joseph de Guillet de la Minardiere, Councillor of the King, Lieutenant-General and President, on the part of His Majesty, in the Sovereign Court of St. Manges.

ADAM

la Menardiere.

24th February, 1672.

Many conversions have been made in the valleys of Pragelas, through the instrumentality of Mr. de Grénoble, a company for the Propagation of the Faith aud some Jesuit Missionaries, so that without the distribution of a larger sum than 2000 crowns in all, sent at various times, a certified list has been sent in, with the names of from 700 to 800 persons restored to the church. Several Bishops have done me the honor to write to me, and have said that they also could see the way to many conversions within their dioceses, if the money could only be sent to them. I replied, by order of the king, that it would be impossible to send funds to so many