Note 58 — Chapter I

Upon the patriotism and loyalty of the French magistracy see the notable extract from a letter of the Spanish ambassador, April 29, 1560, in Rev. hist., XIV, 78. Cf. the address of M. Alfred Levesque, “Le barreau et la liberté sous les Valois: discours prononcé à la séance d’ouverture des conférences de l’ordre des avocats,” November 28, 1846.