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The Parson of Yoknapatawpha County:
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. Then hear me, gracious sovereign, and you peers,
. That owe yourselves, your lives and services
. To this imperial throne. There is no bar
. To make against your highness' claim to France
. But this, which they produce from Pharamond,
. 'In terram Salicam mulieres ne succedant:'
. 'No woman shall succeed in Salique land:'
. Which Salique land the French unjustly gloze
. To be the realm of France, and Pharamond
. The founder of this law and female bar.
. Yet their own authors faithfully affirm
. That the land Salique is in Germany,
. Between the floods of Sala and of Elbe;
. Where Charles the Great, having subdued the Saxons,
. There left behind and settled certain French;
. Who, holding in disdain the German women
. For some dishonest manners of their life,
. Establish'd then this law; to wit, no female
. Should be inheritrix in Salique land:
. Which Salique, as I said, 'twixt Elbe and Sala,
. Is at this day in Germany call'd Meisen.
. Then doth it well appear that Salique law
. Was not devised for the realm of France:
. Nor did the French possess the Salique land
. Until four hundred one and twenty years
. After defunction of King Pharamond,
. Idly supposed the founder of this law;
. Who died within the year of our redemption
. Four hundred twenty-six; and Charles the Great
. Subdued the Saxons, and did seat the French
. Beyond the river Sala, in the year
. Eight hundred five. Besides, their writers say,
. King Pepin, which deposed Childeric,
. Did, as heir general, being descended
. Of Blithild, which was daughter to King Clothair,
. Make claim and title to the crown of France.
. Hugh Capet also, who usurped the crown
. Of Charles the duke of Lorraine, sole heir male
. Of the true line and stock of Charles the Great,
. To find his title with some shows of truth,
. 'Through, in pure truth, it was corrupt and naught,
. Convey'd himself as heir to the Lady Lingare,
. Daughter to Charlemain, who was the son
. To Lewis the emperor, and Lewis the son
. Of Charles the Great. Also King Lewis the Tenth,
. Who was sole heir to the usurper Capet,
. Could not keep quiet in his conscience,
. Wearing the crown of France, till satisfied
. That fair Queen Isabel, his grandmother,
. Was lineal of the Lady Ermengare,
. Daughter to Charles the foresaid duke of Lorraine:
. By the which marriage the line of Charles the Great
. Was re-united to the crown of France.
. So that, as clear as is the summer's sun.
. King Pepin's title and Hugh Capet's claim,
. King Lewis his satisfaction, all appear
. To hold in right and title of the female:
. So do the kings of France unto this day;
. Howbeit they would hold up this Salique law
. To bar your highness claiming from the female,
. And rather choose to hide them in a net
. Than amply to imbar their crooked titles
. Usurp'd from you and your progenitors.