FOREWORD.

weak made me dread the work; on the other hand, I feared bothering once again the custodians of the documents I needed. I finally made up my mind. The kindness of the Parish Priest of St. Jacques and the Churchwardens original: "Marguilliers." Lay members of a parish administration responsible for the secular business and property of a church. provided me with abundant and precious assistance; I took advantage of it with all the more freedom because my first work had not been unpleasant to them.

Equipped with the various documents I found in the treasury original: "trésor." In an ecclesiastical context, this refers to a secure room or chest where the church's most important charters, deeds, and archives were kept. of the St. Jacques archives, I reread with the greatest attention all those I had already examined; I analyzed them carefully; I paid the same attention to other titles original: "titres." Legal documents, such as property deeds, contracts, or charters, used as historical evidence. that I had not yet read. Consequently, I put myself in a position to rectify what might have lacked accuracy in my first work, and to elevate to the level of proof what I had put forward regarding Flamel's wealth.

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