Inaugural Address. XXXI 
pragmatic sanction ;(1) another of Charles VII. of October 
1446 ;(2) another of the same monarch, of April 1453, usu- 
ally called the ordinance of Montil les Tours.3) ‘The or- 
dinance of Louis the XII. of March 1498 ;(4) that of 
Francis the I. of October 1535, commonly called the ordi- 
nance of Yz sur Tille 5) another of the same monarch of 
June 1536, usually called the edict of Cremieux ;(6) ano- 
ther of the same monarch, of the month of August 1539, 
commonly called the ordinance of Villars Cotterets ;(7) one 
of Charles the IX. of January 1560, commonly called the 
ordinance of Orleans ;(S) another of the same Monarch of 
January 1563, commonly called the ordinance of Ronsillon ; 
(9) another of thesame Monarch, of February 1566, come 
monly called the ordinance of Moulins ;(10) one of Henry 
the IfI. of May 1579, commonly called the ordinance of 
Blois.(11) The celebrated edict of April 1598, commonly 
called the edict of Nantes,(12) and that of Louis the XIII, 
of January 1629, better known by the names of Code Mi-~ 
chaud and code Marillac,(13) are the principal ordinance 
enacted before the erection of the Sovereign Council of Que» 
bec.(14) 
The ordinance of January 1629, which is one of the mos, 
extensive and best digested, was enregistered in a ‘* Lit de 
Justice,” held in the Parliament of Paris, on the 15th Janua- 
ry, 1629. It was compiled by Michel de Marillac, then 
keeper 
(i) Guenois’ Chronologie, p. 7. 
(2) Neron, vol. 1. p.17. 
(3) Neron, vol. 1, p. 24. 
(4) Neron, vol. 1. p. 56. 
(5) Neron, vol. 1. p. 93. 
(6) Neron, vol. 1. p, 152. 
(7) Neron, vol, 1. p. 158, 
(8) Neron, vol, 1. p. 368, 
(9) Neron, vol. 1. p. 424, 
(10) Neron, vol. 1, p. 444. 
4 te) Neron, vol.1, p, 508. 
12) Neron, vol. 2, p. 921, 
(13) Neron, vol. 1. p. 782,.—Répertoire verbo “ Code Michoud.” 
(11) Vide Dictr. de Jurispr. vol. 3, p, 30—RKeépert. verbo “ Ordonnance,” 
vol, 43, p. 470—Dénizart, verbo “ Ordonnances,” 
