Bailliage

The Diftrid over which they have the Care is called a Bailliage, Pro - vofie or Senefchaufee.

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This having been gravely accepted, after the manner of a feudal homage, by the lieutenant-general, the bearer, passing it on to the servants of the Bailliage, proceeded himself to imitate as exactly and as skilfully as possible all the performances of his predecessor the learned dog, amid the shouting and applause of the multitude.

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On October 1 in each year, on the feast of St. Rémy, every one of these peripatetic citizens was expected to appear in his native town, there to join in a procession which marched from what is now known as the Port Royal to the Bailliage, bearing to the lieutenant-general of the king a traditional present in the form of a huge pasty, decorated with eggs and chestnuts, and surmounted by a pastry tower.

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At the Bailliage the lieutenant-general received the procession, seated in a great chair of state in the midst of the hall, with wide open doors, that all the people crowding into the Place might see what went on within.

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The chamber in which was the king's bed adjoined the great hall of the Bailliage.

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Standing before the fireplace in the great hall of the Bailliage was one of the greatest and noblest figures of that day, -- the Chancelier de l'Hopital, wearing his crimson robe lined and edged with ermine, and his cap on his head according to the privilege of his office.

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The sound of a horseman riding in haste to the gate of the Bailliage echoed through the hall.

Catherine De Medici Honor�� de Balzac 1824

Bailliage, the mansion of Groslot, the most illustrious house in

Catherine De Medici Honor�� de Balzac 1824

The conflicting interests of the house of Bourbon, of Catherine, of the Guises, and of the Reformed party produced such confusion in the town of Orleans that, three days after the king's death, his body, completely forgotten in the Bailliage and put into a coffin by the menials of the house, was taken to Saint-Denis in a covered waggon, accompanied only by the Bishop of Senlis and two gentlemen.

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Gaalor spring, and flows from the fountain of the _Bailliage_, almost in

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