Note 53 — Chapter V · PARIS UNDER PHILIP AUGUSTUS AND ST. LOUIS
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In the catalogue of the Acts of Francis I., quoted by Lavisse, is an order to pay the Dames des Filles de Joie, which follow the court, forty-five livres tournois for their payments, due for the month of May 1540, as it has been the custom to do from most ancient times (de toute ancienneté.)