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Churches, there is this iniquitie, that being
to be published by commandement of the
Assembly, in all the Churches of Paris,
which is within that Diocese, and almost
all the Curates of the Parishes of Paris be-
ing Sorbonists, there is by this means a
strong party of the Sorbonists themselves
raised against Richer; yet against this cen-
sure, and against three or four which have
opposed Richer in print, he meditates an an-
swer. Before it should come forth I desired
to speake with him, for I had said to some
of the Sorbonist of his party, that there was
no proposition in his Book, which I could
not shew in Catholique authors of 300
years: I had from him an assignation to
meet, and at the hour he sent me his excuse,
which was, that he had been traduced to
have had conference with the Ambassadors
of England; and the States, and with the D.
of Bouillon, and that he had accepted a pen-
sion of the King of England; and withall,
that it had been very well testified to him
that day, that the Jesuits had offered to cor-
[CW: rupt]
p.130

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