Note 21 — FOOTNOTES:
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Many of the documents are collected in the Annales de la Société des soi-disans Jésuites. The most familiar procedure of the Jesuits was to accuse the monks of corruption and rely on their influence at court to prevent too close an inquiry. The French Conseil d'État forced them, as late as 4th August 1654, to restore three abbeys to their lawful owners.