A mémoire in cipher from the Agenais, 12 December 1560

152r.txt

# f.152r, heading "Du xiie decembre 1560" skipped. 29 lines.
# New code "." = a single dot; the manuscript often writes ":" followed by a third dot (":·"), transcribed ":.".
# New code "e" = a c-/e-shape with a loop (in the recurring word "fed": tall crossed f, e-loop, reversed d).
# New code "Z" = a large Z-like sign, underlined with a long stroke, standing alone as a word (lines 20, 22, 26, 27).
# "s3" = long s whose top hook is drawn as a full z-with-tail (as in SIGNS.md example "s3xzo"); a small hook is just "s".
# "c+" = small c/dot followed by a cross with a long right arm (looks like clear "et"); recurring word.
# Line 10: the word after "pp+h+pp:." ends in an e-shape with a descending loop (?), with "WWx" written above it (interlinear insertion), given after it.
# Lines 16, 17, 26: a heavy diagonal stroke runs across the word "on" (overline or cancellation stroke, not a letter).
# Line 11 ends with a struck-through word that is rewritten at the start of line 12.
# NEW code "y" (checking pass 22 Sept): an x- or r-headed sign whose stroke descends into a large loop below the line; earlier coded "3" (or "3x", or r/h). By context it reads y/i (vray, ayant, quoy, luy, pis, avoir, pourroyent) and o (ordinairement, ont); word-initial examples may be a flourished x. Not yet in key.txt.
lzxNNHzoxm [??] Wxm hxsrDxsm +hioxsQDmmxppffrm
Tzox xrio:.tm + [zox] zo:nnQs3x S+rhxzos Wxnn
D77+isxm hxH+shxft yrQ hDnnf:s3xzo hx pp+W
ffr Hym f:.rQDrio+rQ Wxm Hs3xmfgxm c+
+mmxppdWxffm HWzom Tzox 4+pp+dm c+ cio3 zoDWWxm
:zo nn:WW:iQ Dio:is zoxd Hsxhdf+xQ Wx xr y +
D Hs3xNNxrQ hxio3 ciomTzoxW3 Hs3xmfgxm Wx
y c hxio3 r:.Q+dWxm 7xppppxm Tzox y DnnmDnnQxrQ
yshDr+is3xppxrQ DioxfTzoxnn S+rh nnzoxQQx Tzox
nn:.rQ pp+h+ppx hx f+mQxW Hxsm c+ pp+h+pp:.? WWx
hx d:xmmx 7Dfpppppx hio fiHHDQ+4rx [pp:.xQmx??]
pp:.rQmxzoDdr+f
zos+y xmQ Tzox Wxm s3xdxWWxm Dy+rQ xrQxrhio
Tzox Wx 4 ffrio:y:.Q H+shxf+ Wx g hx [QxSffp]
Qxsppxm +zoxfTzoxm TzoxWTzoxm f:.ppH+idrDxm fz
yrQ Hs+QDfTzox TzoxWTzoxm mxidrxzosm x on
xmfsDHs3x + m+ pp+dxmQx c+ Wzoy on xrQxrhs3x
Tzox zoxd fg+fzor hx H+shxf+ zoiQ m:zod3
W:dxDnnm+rf3x hio 4 f3x fed H:.zoss3WxQ
Dzo:ys 7+ifQ fxzo s+HH:.zosQx Q+Q Z zoxd
Hs3x7isQ H+sQDszoWxs fed mx [H] H:.zoss:.yxrQ
ymQs3x s3xmfxrQDm Tzox Z xmQs3x hx W+
Widzox hxnnhifQ3 s3xdxWWxm
D [Tzoy] Tzo:y rx 7+zoWQ Tzox Wx 4 c+ zo:mQs3x
S+xhxzos m+ss3xmQx +zoWfzorxppxrQ fcs rx 7:.rQ
fxWW+ Tzox Z mx on 3xsQ3 +zodpfxrQxs Wxzosm
Qs:.zoHHxm c+ S+idrxs QxppHm Z +zois mxf:.zosm
hx TzoxWTzoxm xmQs4rdyxsm fed hD nnxrQ mx Q3xris
Dmmxios3xm

152v.txt

# f.152v, 31 lines. Codes as in 152r.txt (incl. new "e", ".", "Z").
# "s+" = long s with a small 4-/+-shaped flag on top; "s3" = long s with a z-shaped top.
# Line-end filler dashes are not transcribed; an underlined Z-/e-shape standing as its own word is "Z".
# Line 7 and 18: heavy diagonal stroke across "ppd" (as on 152r "on"): cancel/overline stroke, not a sign.
# Line 2 "H.zoss4": the 4-like sign after the double long s is uncertain (may be an s flag).
# Line 3 "?s3": a sign obliterated by an ink blot before the long s.
# Checked against pages/f152v.jpg with the known key, 23 Sept 2026: x/r (e/n), y and other sign corrections listed in corrections_152v.tsv
bcx xnnQ +Hs3xmxxrQ 7+fDW Wxnn fg+nnQDxs c+ Z
W+hioxrDss fa rx mfce TzoiW H.zoss4 xmQs3x Z
Wxm dSs+rhxm 7+fQD:rm c+ ppxrxxnn ?s3 nnx e
dsidzoxrQ Dzoxf Tzoxm ox+zof:zoH hx Tzo+W.Qx hx
Hxsm:xrxm
Q+ Tzox m:yQ zos+r Hzoxm Hxzo hx D:zosm bcx
fxnnQ 7+ifQ zorx +mmxppd W3ss ffr W+ zoDWWx
hx fW+rs+f .xr +dxrx:rm lzxrioDs:x hxzoz
ppDW s3xdxWWxm 3xio 7zonnQ +ss3xmQx c+
f:.rfWzoQ Tzox mD Wx 4 xrzo:r3xiQ 7:ssfxm
lzx H+shxf+ fed mx ppxfQ s:iyxrQ xr hx77xrfx
lzDm+xm fed +rppxrQ ppDpzoW3 pp:zosis Wxnn
Dsppxm xr pp+Dr Tzox mD Wx 4 Wxnn 7+dm:iQ
xzxfzoQxss H+s zord d:ss3x+zo [W3xzos??]
Wxzosnn Qs:zoHHxnn c+ nnxfQxm DzodppxrQxiQ
Q:zoQ3 Wxnn D:zosnn
zo:mQs3x ds+rhxzos rx H:zoss3xiQ fs:s3x Wx
r:ppd s3x hx ds+rh3 nnxidrxzosm c+ r:dWxmmx s3
3xrQ DrQxWWDdxrfx +zoxfTzoxm fxnnQx f+r+iWWx
zos+e xnnQ fed rx nnx hxfW+is3xrQ H:DrfQ
pp+Dnn fce e h:rrxrQ Q:zoQx W+ 7+zoxzos
c+ f:rnnxiW fed HxzoioxrQ
Wx 7s+is3x hio nnxidrxzos hx f+zoWpp:.rQ xnnQ
g ei+ddx hiohifQ fWxrs+f WxmhifQ3 hx
f+zoWpp3xrQ x:xQ nnxidrzosDx HW+fx xe fg+mQxzo
3xzo fxz rx +3xrQ hx ppDrDnnQs3xm c+ TzoiW xr
mD 7+fx DmnnxppdWxx hx sxdxWWxm [hxTzoxzoe]
hxTzo:e +e fyhxio+rQ +HxzoxsQi zo:mQs3x
ds+rhxzos
Wx Dzodx hxnn Qxss3xnn hiohifQ nnxidrxios hx
f+zoWpp:.rQ r:.ppppx s3xfWzonn xnnQ H+sQx Z

153r.txt

# f.153r, 32 lines. Codes as in 152r.txt (incl. new "e", ".", "Z").
# "e" here also covers the c-/epsilon-shaped sign in the recurring word "H+em" / "h+dxrr:.em".
# Line 11: a sign under a heavy ink blot before the final Z-word (given as ?).
# Line 15: interlinear "#o" written above the start of "Tzo:W" (an H-with-two-bars sign plus a small o); given in the comment only.
# Line 24: an ink smear covers the middle of word 2; blotted signs given as ?.
# Line 21 "dn": heavy diagonal stroke across it (as on 152r). Line 29 "d:.r" and line 31 "dn": long bar over the d.
# Line 28: "hxm" is followed by a short heavy horizontal bar (not transcribed).
# Checked against pages/f153r.jpg with the known key, 23 Sept 2026: x/r (e/n), y and other sign corrections listed in corrections_153r.tsv
+WWxs ffr f:.zosQ WxTzoxW H+s Wxm pp:.exr
hxmhifQ3 hx f+zoWpp:.rQ c+ H+s W+ 7+ioxxzos
hio fgix7 bcx c xmQx xmWxzo Z Wxm s+ym:.rm
Tzo+x fyhxio+rQ xmfs4HQxm c zo:.mQsx
ds+rhxios Z cWWxs dn Wxm sxpp:.zomQs+rfxm
hxm hi:WWx+zfxm Z Wx QWxsm xmQ+Q hio
H+em h+dxrr:.em +zoxfTzoxm zord mfizhif
hio H+em h+dxrr:.em r:.ppppx d:.emm:.r+hx
WxmTzoxW3 m:rQ + Hsxmxrq H+shxW+
fce H+WWixs:.rQ c+ hzDmmDppioWxs:.rQ W+
zoxs4Qx hx Q:.zoQxm Wxm fg:.mxm ? Z
m:.rQ H+mmxffm H+shxf+
f+s 7zomQ +ssxmQx H+s Wx Dzodxpp+idx
c+ +zoWQs3xm pp+dDmQs+Q3 hio mDxdx Hs3xmdh+W
h+dzxr TzoiW rxmQ:.Q dxm:.ird Azox WxmhifQ3
hxWxdzox c+ mfDzhif sxpp:.zomQs+mmxrQ W+
Q:.zoQ+WWx zoxsQx hxm fg:.mxm Z xiss4Qxs
Wx 4 c+ xzoiQxs Tzox m+ pp+dxmQx [xz3x]fio+
rxzxfzoQ+mQ m+ sDdzoxzos mzos WxhifQ
H+em h+dxrr:.em
?mD zo:mQs3x ds+rhxzos Qs:.zoio:.iQ d:.r dn :.zoes
H+sQDfzoWixs3xppxrQ WxmhifQ3 mfDzhif c+ hxWxdzox
ss+Qxrhs3xm H+s Wxzos d:.zofgx hx ds+rhx3 fg:.mxm
Tzo:.rQ hdmf:.sxzo DzohifQ H+em h+dxrr:.em
WxhifQ Diodx??+id?xmQ H+sQD Z mxr +WWxsdhxW+
3zHs3xmmxppxrQ Z smxWifQxs WxmhifQ3 mfizhif
c+ hxWxdzox Z [Q]Wxzos dn Q+Dmxs W+ zoxsDQx
hxm fg:.mxm hzDmif:.s3xioxm +zohifQ H+em h+dxrr:.em
zo:.mQs3x ds+rhxios DhioDmmxs+ mDW mxs+ d:.r
hx Wx mzosHs3xrhs3x mzos Wx 7+ifQ HxrhxrQ
TzoiW mxs+ H+shxW+ 3+ Wzoxedn sxrhs3x s+Dm:.g
hio hxiois TzoiW + 7+ifQ xr m+ Hs:.zoDrfx zo:.mQs3x

153v.txt

# f.153v, 29 lines (a blank gap between lines 15 and 16). Codes as in 152r.txt/153r.txt (incl. ".", ":.", "e", "Z", "s3", "c+").
# "e" here is also used for the small r-like sign with a large loop hanging below it (lines 1, 9, 11, 13, 15, 19, 21, 24, 27, 28).
# Several d's carry a heavy bar/stroke over them (lines 9, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 25, 26), as noted on 153r; not transcribed.
# Line 2: first word struck through (signs after "f:.rn" uncertain). "[Wxr]" struck, with "Wxmi" written above it (interlinear replacement).
# Line 5 "hxWxidzox" and similar joins: no "/" visible between the parts, so kept as one word.
# Line 8: word 4 is heavily overwritten/blotted; read as the recurring word "fed" (e-loop, crossed f, d) - uncertain.
# Line 21: first sign is a tall crossed stroke with a loop at its foot (t? d?), given as ?; "[fg+t]" struck through.
# Line 27: first word = tall s + crossed f with a small r above a long underline stroke (underlined like the "Z" sign); given as "Zr" - uncertain.
# Line 28: heavy diagonal stroke across the word "on" (as on 152r/153r).
# Lines 4, 8, 19, 20, 22, 23 end with a long horizontal line-filler stroke (not transcribed).
# Checked against pages/f153v.jpg with the known key, 22 Sept 2026: every change is in transcription/corrections_153v.tsv.
# NEW code "y" (as on 152r): the small x/r-headed sign with a large loop hanging below the line, formerly coded "e" on this page
#   (see the second comment line). It is a separate sign from the "e" of "fed" and reads i/y (luy, lieux, y a, ouy, sçay, puis, ayant,
#   conduire, suivant) and o in "ordinairement" (line 9). All loop-below signs on this page are now "y" (incl. line 28 maison); "e" remains only in "fed".
# Line 27 first word was "Zr" (uncertain); read from the image as ffr (en).
S+rhxzos + dx+zof:zoH hx ppxpp:..s3xm f:.rQs3xr Wzoy
[f:.rnSs3x+rQ] f:.rQxrffrQ [Wxr] Wxm Ddzonn c+ pp+W
zoxs3m+Qixrm f:.pppp4mxm ffr m:.r xnnQ+Q
hx fgix7 hx Hs:.zo4rfx
Wxhird s3xfWzom hxWxidzox + W+ Dzohif+Qzosx
Z WxnnhifQ3 mxidrxzosm hx f+zoWpp:.rQ hxW+
zo4WWx hxQg:.rxr3 f+zoWpp:.rQ c+ +zoWQs3xnn
Wyxzo3 c+ HW+fxm fed Q ffx Q:.zoQxnn
WxnnTzoxW.Wxnn y + yshir+isxppxrQ pp4rdnnQs3xm
Hs3xhif+rm +zo Hs3xnnfgx hxnnTzoxW3 bcx +
Dmm4mQx c+ Wzoy Hs3xmxrQ mx y xnnQ
7+ifQ DnnmxppdWxx hx s3xdxWWxm m4W xmQ
:.zoy nnzos WxnnhifQ3 7+ifQ3 4x rx mif+y
TzoxWWx s+dnn:.r bcx H:.zoss+ sxrhsx hio
hxdzo:.is hx 4zomQifx TzoiW y + 7+ifQ
pp:.rm4xios hx zoDs:.r Hzoym zord pp:.rnn bcx 7dnnQ
zorx +nnnnxppdWxx hxrio4s:.r f4rT fxrm m:.Wh+Q3
W+ HWzomH+sQ +s3f+d:.m4xs3m WxnnTzoxW3 bcx
hz4nn:.iQ zo:.zoiWW:.is f:.rhioys3x mzoyio+rQ Wx
f:.pppp+rhxppxrQ hio 4 ffr W+ zoiWWx hx
dsxdxys+f Z d+idrxs Wx [fg+t] fg+nnQx+zo lzifxWWx
c+ x3xfzoQxs mzos Wxm g+diQ+rnn TzoxWTzox
f:.pppp+rhxppxrQ Tzox nn+ pp+SxmQx W+zo:.iQ
fg+sdx Q:.zoQxnn7:.cnn +y+rQ 7+ifQ W+hifQx
+nnnnxppdWxx DHs3xm +zo:.s f:.ppppzor4Tzox +zo3
Hs4rfiH+zoW3 g+diQ+rm hriolhifQ ds3d3s+f bcx
ffr sxrio:y+ WxnnhifQ3 m:.WhiQ3 c+ nnxr s3
sxQ:.zosr+ xr nn+ pp+ynn:.r nn+rm on czoWQsx
dx3xfzoQi:.r fg:.mx sr rx h:.rrx + Hsxmizoppxs

154r.txt

# f.154r, 29 lines (blank gaps after lines 11 and 16). Codes as in 152r.txt/153r.txt (incl. ".", ":.", "e", "Z", "s3", "c+").
# "e" also covers the small r-like sign with a large loop hanging below it (as on 153v).
# Barred d: lines 1, 7, 14, 21, 22, 23 (?), 28 have a d with a heavy bar/stroke over it; bar not transcribed.
# Line 1 word 4: large underlined Z-sign.
# Line 3 last word: first sign a "2"-like curl followed by + with a long tail; given as "?+".
# Line 7 last word: a circled n is written above the end of the word (interlinear), after "ppx"; given as final Q.
# Line 9 word 4: struck through, illegible under the stroke.
# Line 11 "7+ppednn": first sign is a crossed 7/z; "e" is a heavy ink blot of that shape.
# Line 13 last word: a single large looped-and-crossed sign (like the Z-sign, but drawn as a crossed 3 with a loop below); given as Z, uncertain.
# Line 15 starts next to the library stamp in the margin.
# Line 21: "fehxio+rQ" - the i/o has a heavy dot.
# Line 26: a heavy ink blot (?) before "h+rnn".
# Line 28: a short slash-like stroke with a cross between "d:.r" and the last word (given as "f", uncertain).
# Lines 3, 6, 10, 11, 12, 13, 20, 22, 24, 26, 27 end with line-filler strokes (not transcribed).
# Checked against pages/f154r.jpg with the known key, 22 Sept 2026: every change is in transcription/corrections_154r.tsv.
# NEW code "y" (as on 152r/153v): x/r-headed sign whose stroke descends into a large loop below the line; it was coded "e" here.
#   Reads i/y (s'y, sçay, n'ay, depuis, pis, allié, cydevant, envoyé, y est, conduire, puis). "e" is kept only where the image shows a
#   different form: the e-shape with a long flat tail at the end of "ppxmppe" (Mesme, reads e) and the last sign of "fie" (line 9).
s4xr hx d:.r Z Wxm Ddiom Tzox nnxy HxzoioxrQ
f:.ppppxfQs3x hx+ioWQ+rQ TzoiW D 7+ifQ Wx
nnxppdW+dWx D zo4WWxrxzo7zoff pp:.rQ7W+4rTzo4r ?+
czoWQs3xm zo4WWxm nnzonnHxfQxm hx H+shxf+
fa rx mf+y m4W + 7+ifQ nnxm fg:.mxm hio
pp+rhxppxrQ hio 4 :.zo zo:.mQs3x fa r+y
zo:.WWxzo 7+iWWis3 dc rx h:.rrxs3 s+hioxsQDmmxppxQ
H:.zos4x Tzox hxnnHzoynn TzoiW + xzo H+sW+ppxrQx
DzoxfTzoxnn xzoW3 [??] fie rff nnx nn:.rQ
Dppxrhxm DzoWfzorxppxrQ D4rm nn:.rQ Hynn
Tzox 7+pp?dnn
Dzonnm4 fa rx mf+y m4 Wx 4 c+ zo:.nnQs3x
S+rhxzos xmQ3xnn +hioxsQ4m Tzox WxhifQ Z
hx dis:.r xmQ DWWyx hx ppxmppe TzoxnnQ
zord hxm Hs4fiH+zoW3 f+HH4Q+4rxm hxm
s3dxWWxm hx H+shxf+
WxhifQ ppxmppe Wx f+HH4Q+4rx W+ f+zox Wx
f+HH4Q+drx 4xg+r hx ppxmppxnn Wx f+HH4Q+drx
W+ d4shx hx zo4WWxrx zo7zox Wx f+HH4Q+4rx
fg+zoWpp:.rQ c+ DzoWQs3xm fgix73 hxm s3dxWWxm
h:.rQ fyhxio+rQ dc +y xrio:.yx Wxzos h:.pp
nn:.rQ Sphxf+ 7+dnn+rQ Wxzosnn ppxrxffnn
Df:.nnQzoppxffnn s3xnndh+rnn W+ HWzomH+sQ hio
QxppHnn xr W+ zo4WWx hx rxs4+f ppxnnppxnn
WxhifQ ppxmppe y xmQ DHs3xmxrQ pp+W+hx
c+ mx xnnQ 7+ifQ f:.rhioys3x ?h+rnn zorx
WxfQixs3x Hzoym gzo.fQ 4:.zosnn
m4 zo:.mQs3x S+rhxzos Qs:.zoio:.Q d:.r f HxrhxrQ
Tzox Wx fgix7 xmQ H+shxW+ c+ TzoiW nnx zoxzoWQ his3x

154v.txt

# f.154v  (27 lines; blank space between lines 17 and 18; cipher body ends on line 27, rest of page blank)
# Checked against the image with the known key, 22 Sept 2026: x/r (e/n) and other sign corrections listed in corrections_154v.tsv
# Harmonised with 152r-153r: the epsilon-like sign is 'e' (not 'c'), the underlined z-sweep word is 'Z' (not 'L'); comments below may still say c/L.
# New codes used on this page (not in SIGNS.md):
#   J = long overline stroke sloping down to the right and ending in a small loop (like a slanted "T" top with an o at its end);
#       its vertical "stem" is the word separator "/" drawn through it (lines 3, 9, 20, 21, 23)
#   L = small 7/z-like sign whose foot sweeps into a long rising underline flourish (lines 3, 13)
#   F = cursive F-like sign: looped double bar on top, a stem, and a loop at the foot (line 18)
#   C = large open C curve with a small loop at its top, dipping below the line (lines 17, 24)
#   . = a single dot (line 11 "h.77"), distinct from the ":" pair
# Conventions used: ‡/7 with a crossbar on its descending stem = D; the ɤ-shaped x (loop at the left) = x (it is the normal x of this hand);
#   ſ with a closed loop/δ head = S, with a plain hook = s; θ (loop crossed by bar) = T; "tilde" ligature flourishes between signs are ignored.
Ddr:fxrQ hx W+ f:mHDS+Qi:r Tzox Wx 4 Wzoxs
f:pp+rh+nnQ hx SxHSxmxrQxS Wxm mzomihxfQ3
+HHiQ+irxm Z WxmJn SxmH:rhSx Q Wxzos d:zofgx DQQxrhn
ppxmippxm Dd 3xrQ SxmDhx fxhxio+rQ +ioHSxm hx W+
HxSnn:rrx hiohifQ fgix7 i+ nnzoxQx hff m+ f:zoSQ
ffr m:r d:zoioxSrxppxrQ hx dzoxxrrx 3+
SxmdhxrQ DHSxmxrQ ffr m+ zoDWWx hx rxS+f
W+ HWzomH+SQ hio QxppHm mD m+ pp+dxmQx
7+ifQ WxhifQ f:pppp+rhxppxrQ mx mxS+ Jixr
Wx pp3xoxr hx Wxm H:zoio:is Sxf:zoioSxs
DzoWQSxppxrQ bex mxS+ QSxmTzox h.77DfiW
Dx+rQ3 Sxf:zoioxSQ3 Wxm mzomhxfQ3 f+HHiQ+x
# line 12: a faint superscript (looks like "dm" or "3m") written above/after the final x at the right edge
dxzo Zs Wx pp:Dxd3 hx W+ QS:zoHHx hifxzoW3
W+ f+zox i+ ppxmippd Wx 4 3S+ smf+zoiS
H+SW+ xrQDxSxppxrQ Wxm f:rmHDS+Qi:rm
i+ xrQSxHSDrmxm 7+ifQxm f:rQSxm+
pp+dxmQx C m:r S:x+zoWppx
# (blank space of about two lines here)
pp:rmDxzos hx Wd:zo3 7S+iSx hio F hx pp:rQWzof
mxr zo+ xr f:zoSQ bex xmQ f3ppH:mx hx ppxmppx
gzoppxzos Tzox Jx+zof:zoH h+zoWQSxm Tzox zoxioWWxrQ
nnxSzoiS Wx 4 pp+mTzoxm fa Je xr +x h:rrx
fxhxio+rQ +hioxSQDmmxppxrQ 3+ fzox Tzox Wx
4 i+ zomQSx dS+rhxzoS rx Je x 7ixSx3
C+ DzoSx3 SxrQffrhio WxzoSm ppxrxfSm i+
7+fQi:rm
WxhifQ hx Wixzo3 HxrhxrQ TzoiW xmQ:iQ
H+Shxf+ + 7+ifQ hx dS+rh3 ppxr+nnmixm D
# line 16: the gap between "f:xQSx" and "m+" has no slash, so they are joined
# line 23: a crossed pair of strokes before "7ixSx3" is read as a separator, not a sign

155r.txt

# f.155r  (29 lines, in four paragraphs: 1-4 | 5-12 | 13-19 | 20-29; blank space between paragraphs; rest of page blank)
# Checked against the image with the known key, 22 Sept 2026: x/r (e/n) and other sign corrections listed in corrections_155r.tsv
# Harmonised with 152r-153r: the epsilon-like sign is 'e' (not 'c'), the underlined z-sweep word is 'Z' (not 'L'); comments below may still say c/L.
# Left margin: the faint writing there is show-through of f.154v (mirrored; e.g. "7ixSx3 //" of 154v line 23 reads
#   backwards), not a marginal addition. No MARGIN line.
# Codes beyond SIGNS.md (same as in 154v.txt):
#   J = δ with a long lead-in bar from the upper left (barred δ; lines 1, 9, 22, 27; in line 19 the bar strikes through "+W+")
#   L = small tilde/z stroke above a long rising underline sweep (lines 17, 26, 29)
#   C = large open C curve with a small loop/2 inside at the top (lines 5, 9, 17)
#   P = π-shape: a bar over two short legs (line 27, ":P")
#   c = small ɛ-like sign with a loop sweeping below the line (Tzo+cx, zocx); SIGNS.md "c"
fxzoWz Tzod 7:rQ mxSzoDmmx +zo 4 hJmm+rQ
TzoiW xW+ HxSm:rrx Tzo+ex H+SWx f:rQSx
Wx fgix7 Tzox Dio+rQ Hxzo hx QxppHm rx Wzoex
f:zomQx W+ zoex
C+ hx H+SxiWWxm ppxr+mmxm i+ H+S:WWxm
zomxrQ Q:zoQ3 fxioWz hx W+ f:ppH+idrDx hiohifQ
fgix7 ppxmppxm fxzoWz Se W+zo:exrQ +f:ppH+idrx
Dm:r zo:e+idx hx f:zoSQ WxmTzoxW3 mxr
mxrQ SxQ:zoSrxm hx H+Shxf+ C+ 7+Jmm+rQ
Wxzos pp:zomQSx hxSrDxs xr W+ zoiWWx
h+dxr Qxr:exrQ HzodWDTzoxppxrQ WxmhifQ3
W+xdhdxm
bex mx 7:rQ +mmxppdWxffm Q:zoQ3 Wxm
D:zoSm hx SxdxWWxm hxW+ HWzonnH+SQ hxmTzoxWWxm
Wx f+HHDQ+Drx W+ f+zox xmQ Wx f:rhiofQxioS
i+ fgix7 mD Wx [?] 4 rxrio:ex TzoxWfzox
H+Shxf+ Z Wxm fg+mQrS fa Cx 7+ifQ3
h:zodQx TzoiW rx +ex TzoxWTzox dS+rh QS:zodWx
:zo Drf:rioxrexrQ [+W+]J DW+hioxxeS
WxmhifQ3 SxdxWWxm pp:rQ Sxrhxio xr QxW
xmQ+Q Tzox fa x+zomx m:zoSQiS hx pp+
pp+Jnn:r mD fx rxmQ hx rzofQ e+ 7:rQ
f:zoSiS Wx dSzoifQ Tzox pp:rmidxzoS hx QxSppxm
i+ mxm f:ppH+Ddrixm [:xQ] [xmQx] Tzox W:xm
hDm:iQ Tzox zoxr:exrQ H+Shxf+ :rQ xmQx
f:rQS+pp+rhxm Z mxr SxQ:zoSrxS fg:mx
Tzo+ h:rrx zord dS+rh HW+JnndS :P
f:rQxrQ+ppffrQ +zomhifQ3 SdxiWxm
x+i+ [Wxxxo]S Z f:rQirzoxS WxzoSm 7+fQi?m
# line 16: [?] = a sign heavily scribbled out with several vertical and horizontal strokes (a cancelled ‡/H?)
# line 18: the Q in "hrzodQx" has a stroke drawn across it (possibly a correction)
# line 19: in "[+W+]J" the strike-through line ends in the δ loop, so it may be a single barred-δ J written over "+W+"
# line 24: "Ddxixm" - a diagonal stroke crosses the descending stem before δ (read as D); the next two words are struck through
# line 29: "[Wxxxo]" is struck by a horizontal line; "i?m": the sign after i is blotted (x or g with a descending loop)

155v.txt

# f.155v  (28 lines: 1-13 | blank gap | 14-23 | blank gap | 24-28; rest of page blank)
# Checked against the image with the known key, 22 Sept 2026: x/r (e/n) and other sign corrections listed in corrections_155v.tsv
# Harmonised with 152r-153r: the epsilon-like sign is 'e' (not 'c'), the underlined z-sweep word is 'Z' (not 'L'); comments below may still say c/L.
# No marginal additions on this page.
# Codes beyond SIGNS.md (same meanings as in 154v.txt / 155r.txt):
#   J = barred delta: a long bar sloping down from the upper left into a δ loop; its stem doubles as the "/" (lines 7, 8, 20, 22)
#   L = z/tilde stroke over a long rising underline sweep (lines 2, 3, 5)
#   c = small ɛ-like sign with a loop sweeping below the line (lines 20-22, 25, 27)
#   . = a single dot (line 25 "S.H")
#   3 is also used for a large z-like sign whose diagonal descends to an open loop at the lower left (lines 15, 17, 19)
# Minim counts: the hand writes "uu" groups of 4 minims very often; these are given as "nn". A 3-minim group is "m".
# Long ſ: "S" = ſ with a closed loop / ſ) / ſβ head; "s" = plain ſ with no loop.
nnD +ppinnDx xnn Q:iQ i+ Hxrnn+rQ Tzox zo:nnQSx
dS+rhxzoS xr Wx QS:zoio+ nnQ pp+ Wzo+dnn Z
W+ f:rmxSio+Qi:r hx pp+ zoDx Dx ppx Z
SxQDSxS:Dm DW+ nnzoifQx hx W+ f:zoSQ
Z DWWxf ppxppHW:ixS xr QSxnngzoppdWx
:dxdminn+rfx D Q:zoQ fx Tzox Wx 4
i+ zo:nnQSx dS+rhxzoS Je HW+iS:iQ
ppx Jn f:pppp+rhxS f+S DzonnnnD dixr
Dx+rQ WxnnhifQ3 SxdxWWxm W+zofQ:S7Qx
hx H+Shxf+ QxWWx feS W:rQ pp:rQ :zomQx
Q:zoQ3 pp:xxrm hx H:zoio:iS H:zoSzox:iS s
DzoWfzorxppxrQ + ppxm +77+iSxm mD fx rxmQ
+W+3+sh hx pp+ zoDx
WxnnhifQ3 SxdxWWxnn f:rQDrzoxrQ i+ 7:rQ
D:zoSrxWWxppxrQ hx r:zoioxWWxm f:ppH:nnDQixrm
feS mixppxrQxppxm i+ xrio:xxrQ H+S Q:zoQ fx H+xm
H:zoS 3xrnnQxS Wx ppxrio HxzoHWx hx WxzoS
dxrrx zo:xx i+ Wxnn SxrhSx nndnnpp+QifTzoxnn
f:ppppx zo:nnQSx dS+rhxzoS H:zosS4 zox3iS
Q zord h:zooWx Tzox Je xrio:ex feS DrQdQzoWxrQ
WxffhifQ 7+ifQ H+S hixzo Wx HxSx f:ppdixr
Tzox fS:e TzoiW Je xr e xmQx S[m] xrzo:e
h+iWWixioSm
ffmQ+rQ fx H:SQxzoS HSxmQ + pp:rQxS +
fgxzo+W +e Sxfxzo zorx WxSQSx xmifS.HQx
i+ nnDdxxff H+S zordS d:zoSdx:dnn hx W+
zoDWWx h+dxr g:ppx hidrx hx 7:e mizoSW+TzoxWx
zo:nnQSx dS+rhxzoS HxzoWQ HSxrhSx 7
# line 1: "+ppinnDx" - a small tick before the minims, read as i
# line 6: "minn" = a 3-minim group, a lone minim, then 4 minims; the ‡ is written alone between slashes
# line 8: "DzonnnnD" - the minim run after "zo" is 7-8 strokes, count uncertain
# line 10: an ink blot between "Qx" and "WWx"; a looped double stroke after "hx" is read as the separator "/"
# line 11: the last word is a plain ſ followed by a long horizontal line-filler stroke
# line 13, 23: the lines end short (end of paragraph)
# line 20: a long overline runs from the h over "zooW" (not transcribed as a sign)
# line 22: "S[m]" - a horizontal stroke cancels the minims after the ſ
# lines 2, 3, 26, 28: horizontal line-filler strokes at the ends are not transcribed
# lines 1/19/28 and 2/7/19/28 repeat the words "zo:nnQSx" and "dS+xhxzoS"

156r.txt

# f.156r  (30 lines: 1-27 continuous; blank gap (library stamp "Bibliotheque Royale" in it) between 27 and 28; 28-30; rest of page blank)
# Checked against the image with the known key, 22 Sept 2026: x/r (e/n) and other sign corrections listed in corrections_156r.tsv
# Harmonised with 152r-153r: the epsilon-like sign is 'e' (not 'c'), the underlined z-sweep word is 'Z' (not 'L'); comments below may still say c/L.
# "156" at the top right is the folio number, not transcribed. Faint writing in the left margin (lines 21-22) is
#   show-through from 155v, not an addition. No MARGIN line.
# Codes beyond SIGNS.md (same meanings as in 154v/155r/155v):
#   J = barred delta: long bar sloping down from the upper left into a δ loop (lines 1, 21)
#   L = z/tilde stroke over a long rising underline sweep (lines 12, 20)
#   c = small ɛ-like sign (with or without a loop below the line)
#   . = a single dot (line 18)
# δ with a small x/cross on its ascender (line 1 "HW+dmmQ") is transcribed d; it may be a separate sign.
# ζ-shaped sign (z-top with a loop hanging below, lines 1, 4) is transcribed 3.
# "‡eδ" group (lines 11, 12) = D c d; same group appears on 155v as "fcS" (possibly the same word; check).
73xrhxppxrQ [x7] i+ mDW Je HW+dmQ HSxrhSx
W+ HxDrx hx W+ zox:iS QS:zoioxSxm Tzox
f:rQixrQ +hioxSQDmmxppxrm hx dS+rh
f3xrnnxTzo+rfx ppxmppxm hxm hxnnx3shSxm
Tzox nnx f:ppppxfQxrQ i+ f:rQDrzoxrQ
D:SrxWxppxrQ H+S nnxnn SxdxWWxm hx
Qhxf+ DW xmQ dxm:Drd Tzox Wx D i+7
zo:nnQSx dS+rhxioS e H:iosio:ex HS:ppHQxppxrQ
Wx W+xd+nSx Tzox Wxnn SxdxWWxm QixrffeQ
ffrQSx xioW3 DppimDr te Tzo+e Hxzo hxnnf:zoioSs
ffnnQ Ded rx Q+ifgxrQ Tzox D d+idrxs TzoxWTzox
Hxzo hx QxppHnn Z +zo:iS Wx mxf:zosm Ded
mx QixrxrQ +mmxzoSxm hioxrd HsDrfx e+
hx TzoxWTzoxm xmQS+rdixSm hio f:zomQx
hx dxrxiox i+ f+rQ:rm hx m:emimxnn
ffrQSx Wxnn pp+Drm hioTzoxW HSDrfx
nn+nnnnxioSxrQ ppxfQSx [hzxiox] hzxio3 zoDWWxm
7:SQxm i+ hx 7sx.rQixSx hx fxmQx
dzoxxrrx DW xmQ QSxmrxfxmm+iSx Tnx Wx
D 7xi+ zo:mQSx dS+rhxzoS e [?] Zx:ex3
hiWWidxppxrQ Je +mnnxzoS+rQ TzoxW mx e
7+ifQ hx dS+rh3 ppxrxffm i+ eioxf QxWWxm
DrQxWWidxrfxm hx Q+rQ hxrhS:ifQ3 Tzox
Dx rx nnf+e TzoiW xr H:zoSS+ +hioxreS Dx
rxr Dzonnxs:enn xnnfSDHSx HWzonn +zo+rQ
Tzox dff rff m:em sppdxzoW3 fxsQD:Sx hxm
fg:mxnn
pp:rnnDxzos hx 7zoppxW TzoxmQ pp:r Hs:fg+Dr
zo:emiDr xmQ +sssDzox hx W+ f:zosQ Hzoem Hxzo
hx D:zosm e+ Hzoxm m+hifQx zoxrzox DW zomx
# line 1: "[x7]" = an x with a double slanted stroke through it (cancelled?); "mDW" joins the L/R halves, minim count uncertain
# line 2: a doubled slash "/ /" after "zox:iS"
# line 3: "Dmmmmxppxxmm" - no slash seen at the half join; minim groups uncertain
# line 4: "//" double slash after "fx"
# line 8: "HS:ppHQ" - the H after pp has a pointed (A-like) top
# line 10: "tc" - a t at the right edge of the left half followed by c; could be one sign
# line 13: "HsDxfx" - a small superscript over the ſ/‡
# line 15: "m:cmimxnn" - the tall stroke crossing the minims is the descender of line 14's ſ
# line 17: "[hzxiox]" struck through with a horizontal line, rewritten as "hzxio3"
# line 20: "[?]" = a C/⊂-shaped sign with an F inside, cancelled with a heavy horizontal bar
# lines 1-26: S is used for ſ with a loop/δ/β head, s for plain ſ; the distinction is not certain on every ſ

156v.txt

# f.156v  (20 lines: 1-12 | blank gap with library stamp | 13-20; the cipher ends at line 20; the rest of the page is blank
# Checked against the image with the known key, 22 Sept 2026: x/r (e/n) and other sign corrections listed in corrections_156v.tsv
# Harmonised with 152r-153r: the epsilon-like sign is 'e' (not 'c'), the underlined z-sweep word is 'Z' (not 'L'); comments below may still say c/L.
#   apart from show-through of 156r, which reads upside-down/mirrored and is not transcribed)
# No marginal additions.
# Codes beyond SIGNS.md (same meanings as on the other pages):
#   F = looped cursive F: two stacked loops on top, a stem, and a loop at the foot (line 3; same sign as 154v line 18)
#   J = barred delta: long bar sloping down from the upper left into a δ loop (line 16)
#   L = z/tilde stroke over a long rising underline sweep (line 4)
#   c = small ɛ-like sign (with or without a loop below the line)
#   K = NEW: a large C/⊂-shaped curve enclosing an F/P-like sign (line 16, written alone between slashes;
#       the same shape is cancelled on 156r line 20, transcribed there as [?])
f:rQSx pp:e hx dS+rh3 ppxr+mmxnn Dx r+e
Hxzo mf+zo:eS Wxm xff+miD:rm Dx Dzo+dnn
d+iWWx zod zord H+fTzoxQ DzohifQ F hx
7zoppxW xr nnxr DWW+rQ +W+ f:zoSQ Z Wx
7+iSx QxrdS + zo:mQSx dS+rhxzoS :zo DW
e Dzo:dQ +hioxSQDmmxppxrm hx dS+rh
f:rmxTzo+rfx ffrmxppdWx zorx WxfQSx
Tzox Wx fgix7 pp+zoiQ xmfSDHQx Dx
[mmHH] nnzoHHWix zo:nnQSx dS+rhxzoS ppx 7+iSx
+hioxSQDS mD +zox3 Sxfxzo WxhifQ
H+fTzoxQ +hioxSQDmmxppxrm i+ WxfQSx
hiohifQ fgix7
D+e +zommD Sxfxzo HSxmxrQxppxrQ zorx
WxfQSx hio d+Shx hxm mfx+zoW3 hzo
nnDxdx HSxnnDhieW hx Deg:zoSm W+TzoxWWx
Je xrio:ex e+ K DfxWWx zo:nnQSx
dS+rhxzoS H:zoSS+ xrQxrhSx Wxm
hxm:ShSxm Tzox mx f:ppppxfQxrQ
DxzoSrxWWxppxrQ H+S Wxm SxdxWWxm
xm Hs:zoDrfxm hx H+Shxf+
# line 1: in "dS+xh3" the h has a stroke through it; "ppxx+mmxnn": minim groups read as 3,3,(x),4
# line 2: "xff+miD:xm" - a small tick after the three minims, read as i; a double slash "//" follows the word
# line 3: "DzohifQ" - the overline of Q runs on into a hook under line 2
# line 6 / line 11: the long word is the same group ("+hioxSQDmmmxppxxm"); the minim run after D is 5-6 strokes on line 6
# line 9: "[mmHH]" - a group of minims and two H's struck through with a horizontal line at the start of the line
# line 12: ends with "//" (end of paragraph)
# line 13: "D+c" - the + is small and set high (a 4-like hook)
# lines 4, 17-19: horizontal line-filler strokes at the ends are not transcribed
# lines 1, 5, 9, 17: "dS+xh(xzoS)" recurs, as on 155v/156r

reading_152r-154r.txt

# Reading, ff. 152r-154r. Conventions as in reading_154v-156v.txt.
152r.01	Despuis les derniers advertissemens
152r.02	que envoia[y] a vostre grandeur, les
152r.03	affaires de pardeça [on]t [couru] de mal
152r.04	en pis, continuant les presches et
152r.05	assemblees plus que jamais; et [aux] villes
152r.06	ou souloit avoir ung predicant, il en y a
152r.07	a present deux; ausquels presches il
152r.08	y [a] deux notables femmes qui y assistent
152r.09	ordinairement avecques grand suyte, qui
152r.10	sont madame de Castelpers et madamoiselle
152r.11	de Boesse, femme du cappitaine
152r.12	Montseignac.
152r.13	Vrai est que les rebelles, ayant entendu
152r.14	que le roy envoyoit pardeça le sieur de
152r.15	Termes avecques quelques compaignies, [on]t
152r.16	practiqué quelques seigneurs [..] le
152r.17	escripre a sa majesté et luy [faire] entendre
152r.18	que [veu] chacun de pardeça vit soubz
152r.19	l'obeissance du roy, [ce] [qui] pourr[oit]
152r.20	avoir faict ce [qu'a] rapporté, tant pour [ung]
152r.21	pro[f]it particulier qu'ils se pourroient
152r.22	estre ressentis que pour estre de la
152r.23	ligue desdicts rebelles.
152r.24	A quoi ne fault que le roy et vostre
152r.25	[g]randeur s'arreste aulcunement, car ne font
152r.26	cella que pour se [..] [..] augmenter leurs
152r.27	trouppes et gaigner temps pour avoir secours
152r.28	de quelques estrangiers qu'ils disent se tenir
152r.29	asseures.
152v.01	[Il] est a present facil les chastier, et pour
152v.02	l'advenir je ne sc[ai] qu'il pourr[a] estre, pour
152v.03	les grandes factions et menees [qui] se y
152v.04	[trouvent], avecques beaucoup de qualite de
152v.05	personnes.
152v.06	[..] que soit vray, puis peu de jours [il]
152v.07	s'est faict une assemblee en la ville
152v.08	de Clairac, en Agenois, d'environ deux
152v.09	mil rebelles, [ou] fust arresté et
152v.10	conclut que si le roy envoyoit forces
152v.11	de pardeça, qu'ils se mect[r]oient en deffence,
152v.12	disans qu'ils aiment mieulx mourir les
152v.13	armes en main que si le roy les faisoit
152v.14	executer par ung bourreau.
152v.15	Leurs trouppes et sectes augmentent
152v.16	touts les jours.
152v.17	Vostre grandeur ne pourroit croire le
152v.18	nombre de grands seigneurs et noblesse [qui]
152v.19	sont intelligence avecques ceste canaille;
152v.20	vrai est qu'ils ne se declairent poinct,
152v.21	mais [qu'ils] y donnent toute la faveur
152v.22	et conseil qu'ils peuvent.
152v.23	Le frere du seigneur de Caulmont est
152v.24	sieur abbé dudict Clairac. Lesdicts de
152v.25	Caulmont [ont] seigneurie, place et chasteau
152v.26	[..] [..] n'ayent de ministres, et qu'il ne
152v.27	s'y face assemblee de rebelles,
152v.28	dequoi ai cydevant adverti vostre
152v.29	grandeur.
152v.30	Le juge des terres dudict seigneur de
152v.31	Caulmont, nommé Reclus, est parti pour
153r.01	aller en court, lequel par les moien[s]
153r.02	desdicts de Caulmont et par la faveur
153r.03	du chief [a] esté esleu, pour les raisons
153r.04	[que] cydevant [ay] escript[es] [a] vostre
153r.05	grandeur, pour aller [de] les remonstrances
153r.06	des doleances pour le tiers estat du
153r.07	pais d'Agenois, avecques ung syndic
153r.08	du pais d'Agenois nommé Boissonade,
153r.09	lesquels sont a present pardela,
153r.10	[qui] pallieront et dissimuleront la
153r.11	verite de toutes les choses [qui]
153r.12	sont passees pardeça;
153r.13	car fust arresté par le juge mage
153r.14	et aultres magistrats du siege presidal
153r.14m	[margin] assemblez en la chambre du conseil
153r.15	d'Agen qu'il n'estoit besoing que lesdicts
153r.16	deleg[ué] et syndic remonstrassent la
153r.17	totalle verité des choses, pour [n']irriter
153r.18	le roy et eviter que sa majesté [ne]
153r.19	executast sa rigueur sur ledict
153r.20	pais d'Agenois.
153r.21	Si vostre grandeur trouvoit bon de ouir
153r.22	particulierement lesdicts syndic et delegué,
153r.23	[entendres] par leur bouche de grandes choses
153r.24	qu'ont [discouru] audict pais d'Agenois.
153r.25	Ledict juge [mage] est parti pour s'en aller [par]dela
153r.26	expressement pour solliciter lesdicts syndic
153r.27	et delegué pour leur [de] taiser la verite
153r.28	des choses [discourues] audict pais d'Agenois.
153r.29	Vostre grandeur advisera s'il sera bon
153r.30	de le surprendre sur le faict pendent
153r.31	qu'il sera pardela, [et] luy [..] rendre raison
153r.32	du devoir qu'il a faict en sa province. Vostre
153v.01	grandeur a beaucoup de memoires contre luy
153v.02	contenant les abus et mal-
153v.03	versations commises en son estat
153v.04	de chief de province.
153v.05	Ledict Reclus, delegué a la judicature
153v.06	pour lesdicts seigneurs de Caulmont de la
153v.07	ville de Thonens, Caulmont et aultres
153v.08	lieux et places qu'ils [tiennent], toutes
153v.09	lesquelles y a ordinairement ministres
153v.10	predicans, au presche desquels il a
153v.11	assisté et, luy present, s'y est
153v.12	faict assemblee de rebelles. S'il est
153v.13	oui sur lesdicts faicts, je ne scai
153v.14	quelle raison il pourra rendre du
153v.15	devoir de justice qu'il y a faict.
153v.16	Monsieur de Biron, puis ung mo[i]s, [il] fust
153v.17	une assemblee d'environ cinq cens soldats,
153v.18	la pluspart arcabousiers, lesquels il
153v.19	disoit vouloir conduire, suivant le
153v.20	commandement du roy, en la ville de
153v.21	Bergerac pour gaigner le chasteau d'icelle
153v.22	et executer sur les habitans quelque
153v.23	commandement que sa majesté l'avoit
153v.24	chargé. Toutesfois, ayant faict ladicte
153v.25	assemblee, apres avoir communiqué aux
153v.26	principaulx habitans dudict [Bergerac], il
153v.27	en renvoia lesdicts soldats et s'en
153v.28	retourna en sa maison sans [aultre]
153v.29	execution, chose [qui] ne donne a presumer
154r.01	rien de bon pour les abus que s'y peuvent
154r.02	commectre, d'aultant qu'il y faict le
154r.03	semblable a Villeneufve, Montflanquin [et]
154r.04	aultres villes suspectes de pardeça.
154r.05	Je ne scai s'il a faict ces choses du
154r.06	mandement du roy ou vostre; je n'ai
154r.07	voulleu faillir [d']en donner advertissem[en]t,
154r.08	pour ce que despuis qu'il a eu parlamenté
154r.09	avecques eulx, [ils] ne se sont
154r.10	amendés aulcunement, ains sont pis
154r.11	que [jamais].
154r.12	Aussi je ne scai si le roy et vostre
154r.13	grandeur estes advertis que ledict [sieur]
154r.14	de Biron est allié de Mesmi, qu'est
154r.15	ung des principaulx cappitaines des
154r.16	rebelles de pardeça.
154r.17	Ledict Mesmi, le cappitaine La Caze, le
154r.18	cappitaine Jehan de Mesmes, le cappitaine
154r.19	La Borde de Villeneufve, le cappitaine
154r.20	Chaulmont et aultres chiefs des rebelles,
154r.21	dont cydevant [je] ai envoié leur [noms],
154r.22	sont [par]deça, faisant leurs menees
154r.23	acoustumees, residans la pluspart du
154r.24	temps en la ville de Nerac; mesmes
154r.25	ledict Mesmi y est a present malade
154r.26	et se est faict conduire [dans] une
154r.27	lictiere puis huict jours.
154r.28	Si vostre grandeur trouvoit bon, cependant
154r.29	que le chief est pardela et qu'il se veult dire
157v.01	[dorse, one cipher word] Advertissemens

reading_154v-156v.txt

# Reading, ff. 154v-156v. One line per manuscript line: fol.line<TAB>reading.
# Spelling follows the decrypt (1560 French, u/v and i/j as the key gives them); modern accents not added.
# [word] = emended where the mechanical decrypt differs (scribe slip, transcription doubt or polyphonic sign);
# [..] = not read. Code words (pour, roy, et, sieur) are written in plain.
154v.01	innocent de la co[n]spiration que le roy leur
154v.02	comandast de representer les susdicts
154v.03	[c]appitaines pour les [..] respondre [a] leur bouche, attendu
154v.04	mesmes [qu']ils ont resid[é] cy devant aupres de la
154v.05	personne dudict chief et suite de sa court
154v.06	en son gouvernement de Guyenne, sa
154v.07	residence a present en sa ville de Nerac
154v.08	la pluspart du temps. Si sa majesté
154v.09	faict ledict commandement, ce sera bien
154v.10	le moyen de les pouvoir recouvrer,
154v.11	aultrement qui sera tresque difficil,
154v.12	ayants recouvert[z] les susdicts cappita[ines],
154v.13	veu [par] le moyen de la trouppe diceulx
154v.14	La Caze; et mesmes le roy [s]era [a] [s]cavoir
154v.15	par la entierement les conspirations
154v.16	et entreprinses faictes contre sa
154v.17	majesté [et] son royaulme.
154v.18	Monsieur de Lioux, frere du sieur de Montluc,
154v.19	s'en va en court, qui est compose de mesme
154v.20	humeur que beaucoup d'aultres qui veullent
154v.21	servir le roy masques; ce [qu']il en a donné
154v.22	cy devant advertissement [a] ce que le
154v.23	roy et [vo]stre grandeur ne s'y [fient],
154v.24	[..] [..] entendu leurs menees et
154v.25	factions.
154v.26	Ledict de Lioux, pendent qu'il estoit
154v.27	pardeça, a faict de grands menasses a
155r.01	ceulx qui font service au roy, disant
155r.02	qu'il [n']a personne qu'aie parle contre
155r.03	le chief qu'avant peu de temps ne luy
155r.04	couste la vie,
155r.05	[et] de pareilles menasses et parolles
155r.06	usent touts ceulx de la compaignie dudict
155r.07	chief, mesmes ceulx [qui] l'avoient acompaigné
155r.08	[a] son voiaige de court, lesquels s'en
155r.09	sont retournes de pardeça [et] faisant
155r.10	leur monstre dernier en la ville
155r.11	d'Agen tenoient publiquement lesdicts
155r.12	langaiges.
155r.13	Qui se font assemblees touts les
155r.14	jours de rebelles, de la pluspart desquelles
155r.15	le cappitaine La Caze est le conducteur
155r.16	et chief. Si le roy n'envoie quelcun
155r.17	pardeça pour les chast[ie]r, ce se fai[ct]
155r.18	doubte qu'il n'y aie quelque grand trouble
155r.19	ou inconvenient [a] l'advenir.
155r.20	Lesdicts rebelles m'ont rendu en tel
155r.21	estat que je [n']ause sortir de ma
155r.22	maison si ce n'est de nuict, et font
155r.23	courir le bruict que monsieur de Termes
155r.24	et ses compaignies que l'on
155r.25	disoit qui venoient pardeça ont esté
155r.26	contramandes pour s'en retourner, chose
155r.27	qu'a donné ung grand plaisir [et]
155r.28	contentament ausdicts rebelles
155r.29	[..] [..] pour continuer leurs factions.
155v.01	Si [ainsi] estoit, et pensant que vostre
155v.02	grandeur ne le trouvast [mauvais] pour
155v.03	la conservation de ma vie, je me pour
155v.04	retirerois a la suicte de la court
155v.05	pour illec m'emploier en treshumble
155v.06	obeissance a tout ce que le roy
155v.07	et vostre grandeur [me] plairoit
155v.08	me [co]mmander, car aussi bien
155v.09	[estant] lesdicts rebelles l'auctorit[é]
155v.10	de pardeça telle qu'ils l'ont, m'ont osté
155v.11	touts moyens de pouvoir pourveoir [n]y
155v.12	aulcunement a mes affaires si ce n'est
155v.13	au hasard de ma vie.
155v.14	Lesdicts rebelles continuent et font
155v.15	journellement de nouvelles compositions
155v.16	qu'ils [..] et envoyent par tout ce pays
155v.17	pour [..] le menu peuple de leur
155v.18	bonne voye et les rendre s[ch]ismaticques,
155v.19	comme vostre grandeur pourr[a] veoir
155v.20	[par] ung double que [j']en envoie, qu'ils intitulent
155v.21	l'edict faict par Dieu le pere, combien
155v.22	que croi qu'il s'en y est [..] envoié
155v.23	d'ailleurs.
155v.24	Estant ce porteur prest a monter a
155v.25	cheval, ay receu une lettre escripte
155v.26	et signee par ung bourgeois de la
155v.27	ville d'Agen, homme digne de foi, sur laquele
155v.28	vostre grandeur peult prendre [f]-
156r.01	fondement, et s'il [vous] plaist prendre
156r.02	la peine de la veoir, trouverés que
156r.03	contient advertissemens de grand
156r.04	consequance, mesmes des desordres
156r.05	que se commectent et continuent
156r.06	journelement par ces rebelles de
156r.07	[par]deça. Il est besoing que le roy et
156r.08	vostre grandeur y pourvoie promptement.
156r.09	Le langaige que les rebelles tienent
156r.10	entre eulx, [ainsin] que j'ay peu descouvrir,
156r.11	est [qu'ils] ne taichent que a gaigner quelque
156r.12	peu de temps pour avoir le secours [qu'ils]
156r.13	se tienent asseures d'ung prince et
156r.14	de quelques estrangiers du costé
156r.15	de Geneve et cantons de Suisses,
156r.16	entre les mains duquel prince
156r.17	s'asseurent mectre deux villes
156r.18	fortes et de frontiere de ceste
156r.19	Guyenne. Il est tresnecessaire que le
156r.20	roy [et] vostre grandeur y pourvoie[nt]
156r.21	diligement, [vous] asseurant qu'il se y
156r.22	faict de grands menees et avec telles
156r.23	intelligences de tant d'endroicts que
156r.24	je ne scai qu'il en pourra advenir. Je
156r.25	n'en oserois escripre plus avant
156r.26	que je ne sois mieulx certioré des
156r.27	choses.
156r.28	Monsieur de Fumel, qu'est mon prochain
156r.29	voisin, est arrivé de la court puis peu
156r.30	de jours et puis sadicte venue il use
156v.01	contre moi de grands menasses, je n'ai
156v.02	peu scavoir les occasions. Je avois
156v.03	baillé [a] ung pacquet audict sieur de
156v.04	Fumel en s'en allant a la court pour le
156v.05	faire tenir a vostre grandeur, ou il
156v.06	y avoit advertissemens de grand
156v.07	consequance, ensemble une lettre
156v.08	que le chief m'avoit escripte. Je
156v.09	supplie vostre grandeur me faire
156v.10	advertir si avés receu ledict
156v.11	pacquet, advertissemens et lettre
156v.12	dudict chief.
156v.13	J'ai aussi receu presentement une
156v.14	lettre du garde des sceaulx du
156v.15	siege presidial de Cahors, laquelle
156v.16	[vous] envoie, et [par] icelle vostre
156v.17	grandeur pourra entendre les
156v.18	desordres que se commectent
156v.19	journellement par les rebelles
156v.20	es provinces de pardeça.

reading_152r-154r.txt

# Reading, ff. 152r-154r. Conventions as in reading_154v-156v.txt.
152r.01	Despuis les derniers advertissemens
152r.02	que envoia[y] a vostre grandeur, les
152r.03	affaires de pardeça [on]t [couru] de mal
152r.04	en pis, continuant les presches et
152r.05	assemblees plus que jamais; et [aux] villes
152r.06	ou souloit avoir ung predicant, il en y a
152r.07	a present deux; ausquels presches il
152r.08	y [a] deux notables femmes qui y assistent
152r.09	ordinairement avecques grand suyte, qui
152r.10	sont madame de Castelpers et madamoiselle
152r.11	de Boesse, femme du cappitaine
152r.12	Montseignac.
152r.13	Vrai est que les rebelles, ayant entendu
152r.14	que le roy envoyoit pardeça le sieur de
152r.15	Termes avecques quelques compaignies, [on]t
152r.16	practiqué quelques seigneurs [..] le
152r.17	escripre a sa majesté et luy [faire] entendre
152r.18	que [veu] chacun de pardeça vit soubz
152r.19	l'obeissance du roy, [ce] [qui] pourr[oit]
152r.20	avoir faict ce [qu'a] rapporté, tant pour [ung]
152r.21	pro[f]it particulier qu'ils se pourroient
152r.22	estre ressentis que pour estre de la
152r.23	ligue desdicts rebelles.
152r.24	A quoi ne fault que le roy et vostre
152r.25	[g]randeur s'arreste aulcunement, car ne font
152r.26	cella que pour se [..] [..] augmenter leurs
152r.27	trouppes et gaigner temps pour avoir secours
152r.28	de quelques estrangiers qu'ils disent se tenir
152r.29	asseures.
152v.01	[Il] est a present facil les chastier, et pour
152v.02	l'advenir je ne sc[ai] qu'il pourr[a] estre, pour
152v.03	les grandes factions et menees [qui] se y
152v.04	[trouvent], avecques beaucoup de qualite de
152v.05	personnes.
152v.06	[..] que soit vray, puis peu de jours [il]
152v.07	s'est faict une assemblee en la ville
152v.08	de Clairac, en Agenois, d'environ deux
152v.09	mil rebelles, [ou] fust arresté et
152v.10	conclut que si le roy envoyoit forces
152v.11	de pardeça, qu'ils se mect[r]oient en deffence,
152v.12	disans qu'ils aiment mieulx mourir les
152v.13	armes en main que si le roy les faisoit
152v.14	executer par ung bourreau.
152v.15	Leurs trouppes et sectes augmentent
152v.16	touts les jours.
152v.17	Vostre grandeur ne pourroit croire le
152v.18	nombre de grands seigneurs et noblesse [qui]
152v.19	sont intelligence avecques ceste canaille;
152v.20	vrai est qu'ils ne se declairent poinct,
152v.21	mais [qu'ils] y donnent toute la faveur
152v.22	et conseil qu'ils peuvent.
152v.23	Le frere du seigneur de Caulmont est
152v.24	sieur abbé dudict Clairac. Lesdicts de
152v.25	Caulmont [ont] seigneurie, place et chasteau
152v.26	[..] [..] n'ayent de ministres, et qu'il ne
152v.27	s'y face assemblee de rebelles,
152v.28	dequoi ai cydevant adverti vostre
152v.29	grandeur.
152v.30	Le juge des terres dudict seigneur de
152v.31	Caulmont, nommé Reclus, est parti pour
153r.01	aller en court, lequel par les moien[s]
153r.02	desdicts de Caulmont et par la faveur
153r.03	du chief [a] esté esleu, pour les raisons
153r.04	[que] cydevant [ay] escript[es] [a] vostre
153r.05	grandeur, pour aller [de] les remonstrances
153r.06	des doleances pour le tiers estat du
153r.07	pais d'Agenois, avecques ung syndic
153r.08	du pais d'Agenois nommé Boissonade,
153r.09	lesquels sont a present pardela,
153r.10	[qui] pallieront et dissimuleront la
153r.11	verite de toutes les choses [qui]
153r.12	sont passees pardeça;
153r.13	car fust arresté par le juge mage
153r.14	et aultres magistrats du siege presidal
153r.14m	[margin] assemblez en la chambre du conseil
153r.15	d'Agen qu'il n'estoit besoing que lesdicts
153r.16	deleg[ué] et syndic remonstrassent la
153r.17	totalle verité des choses, pour [n']irriter
153r.18	le roy et eviter que sa majesté [ne]
153r.19	executast sa rigueur sur ledict
153r.20	pais d'Agenois.
153r.21	Si vostre grandeur trouvoit bon de ouir
153r.22	particulierement lesdicts syndic et delegué,
153r.23	[entendres] par leur bouche de grandes choses
153r.24	qu'ont [discouru] audict pais d'Agenois.
153r.25	Ledict juge [mage] est parti pour s'en aller [par]dela
153r.26	expressement pour solliciter lesdicts syndic
153r.27	et delegué pour leur [de] taiser la verite
153r.28	des choses [discourues] audict pais d'Agenois.
153r.29	Vostre grandeur advisera s'il sera bon
153r.30	de le surprendre sur le faict pendent
153r.31	qu'il sera pardela, [et] luy [..] rendre raison
153r.32	du devoir qu'il a faict en sa province. Vostre
153v.01	grandeur a beaucoup de memoires contre luy
153v.02	contenant les abus et mal-
153v.03	versations commises en son estat
153v.04	de chief de province.
153v.05	Ledict Reclus, delegué a la judicature
153v.06	pour lesdicts seigneurs de Caulmont de la
153v.07	ville de Thonens, Caulmont et aultres
153v.08	lieux et places qu'ils [tiennent], toutes
153v.09	lesquelles y a ordinairement ministres
153v.10	predicans, au presche desquels il a
153v.11	assisté et, luy present, s'y est
153v.12	faict assemblee de rebelles. S'il est
153v.13	oui sur lesdicts faicts, je ne scai
153v.14	quelle raison il pourra rendre du
153v.15	devoir de justice qu'il y a faict.
153v.16	Monsieur de Biron, puis ung mo[i]s, [il] fust
153v.17	une assemblee d'environ cinq cens soldats,
153v.18	la pluspart arcabousiers, lesquels il
153v.19	disoit vouloir conduire, suivant le
153v.20	commandement du roy, en la ville de
153v.21	Bergerac pour gaigner le chasteau d'icelle
153v.22	et executer sur les habitans quelque
153v.23	commandement que sa majesté l'avoit
153v.24	chargé. Toutesfois, ayant faict ladicte
153v.25	assemblee, apres avoir communiqué aux
153v.26	principaulx habitans dudict [Bergerac], il
153v.27	en renvoia lesdicts soldats et s'en
153v.28	retourna en sa maison sans [aultre]
153v.29	execution, chose [qui] ne donne a presumer
154r.01	rien de bon pour les abus que s'y peuvent
154r.02	commectre, d'aultant qu'il y faict le
154r.03	semblable a Villeneufve, Montflanquin [et]
154r.04	aultres villes suspectes de pardeça.
154r.05	Je ne scai s'il a faict ces choses du
154r.06	mandement du roy ou vostre; je n'ai
154r.07	voulleu faillir [d']en donner advertissem[en]t,
154r.08	pour ce que despuis qu'il a eu parlamenté
154r.09	avecques eulx, [ils] ne se sont
154r.10	amendés aulcunement, ains sont pis
154r.11	que [jamais].
154r.12	Aussi je ne scai si le roy et vostre
154r.13	grandeur estes advertis que ledict [sieur]
154r.14	de Biron est allié de Mesmi, qu'est
154r.15	ung des principaulx cappitaines des
154r.16	rebelles de pardeça.
154r.17	Ledict Mesmi, le cappitaine La Caze, le
154r.18	cappitaine Jehan de Mesmes, le cappitaine
154r.19	La Borde de Villeneufve, le cappitaine
154r.20	Chaulmont et aultres chiefs des rebelles,
154r.21	dont cydevant [je] ai envoié leur [noms],
154r.22	sont [par]deça, faisant leurs menees
154r.23	acoustumees, residans la pluspart du
154r.24	temps en la ville de Nerac; mesmes
154r.25	ledict Mesmi y est a present malade
154r.26	et se est faict conduire [dans] une
154r.27	lictiere puis huict jours.
154r.28	Si vostre grandeur trouvoit bon, cependant
154r.29	que le chief est pardela et qu'il se veult dire
157v.01	[dorse, one cipher word] Advertissemens

reading_154v-156v.txt

# Reading, ff. 154v-156v. One line per manuscript line: fol.line<TAB>reading.
# Spelling follows the decrypt (1560 French, u/v and i/j as the key gives them); modern accents not added.
# [word] = emended where the mechanical decrypt differs (scribe slip, transcription doubt or polyphonic sign);
# [..] = not read. Code words (pour, roy, et, sieur) are written in plain.
154v.01	innocent de la co[n]spiration que le roy leur
154v.02	comandast de representer les susdicts
154v.03	[c]appitaines pour les [..] respondre [a] leur bouche, attendu
154v.04	mesmes [qu']ils ont resid[é] cy devant aupres de la
154v.05	personne dudict chief et suite de sa court
154v.06	en son gouvernement de Guyenne, sa
154v.07	residence a present en sa ville de Nerac
154v.08	la pluspart du temps. Si sa majesté
154v.09	faict ledict commandement, ce sera bien
154v.10	le moyen de les pouvoir recouvrer,
154v.11	aultrement qui sera tresque difficil,
154v.12	ayants recouvert[z] les susdicts cappita[ines],
154v.13	veu [par] le moyen de la trouppe diceulx
154v.14	La Caze; et mesmes le roy [s]era [a] [s]cavoir
154v.15	par la entierement les conspirations
154v.16	et entreprinses faictes contre sa
154v.17	majesté [et] son royaulme.
154v.18	Monsieur de Lioux, frere du sieur de Montluc,
154v.19	s'en va en court, qui est compose de mesme
154v.20	humeur que beaucoup d'aultres qui veullent
154v.21	servir le roy masques; ce [qu']il en a donné
154v.22	cy devant advertissement [a] ce que le
154v.23	roy et [vo]stre grandeur ne s'y [fient],
154v.24	[..] [..] entendu leurs menees et
154v.25	factions.
154v.26	Ledict de Lioux, pendent qu'il estoit
154v.27	pardeça, a faict de grands menasses a
155r.01	ceulx qui font service au roy, disant
155r.02	qu'il [n']a personne qu'aie parle contre
155r.03	le chief qu'avant peu de temps ne luy
155r.04	couste la vie,
155r.05	[et] de pareilles menasses et parolles
155r.06	usent touts ceulx de la compaignie dudict
155r.07	chief, mesmes ceulx [qui] l'avoient acompaigné
155r.08	[a] son voiaige de court, lesquels s'en
155r.09	sont retournes de pardeça [et] faisant
155r.10	leur monstre dernier en la ville
155r.11	d'Agen tenoient publiquement lesdicts
155r.12	langaiges.
155r.13	Qui se font assemblees touts les
155r.14	jours de rebelles, de la pluspart desquelles
155r.15	le cappitaine La Caze est le conducteur
155r.16	et chief. Si le roy n'envoie quelcun
155r.17	pardeça pour les chast[ie]r, ce se fai[ct]
155r.18	doubte qu'il n'y aie quelque grand trouble
155r.19	ou inconvenient [a] l'advenir.
155r.20	Lesdicts rebelles m'ont rendu en tel
155r.21	estat que je [n']ause sortir de ma
155r.22	maison si ce n'est de nuict, et font
155r.23	courir le bruict que monsieur de Termes
155r.24	et ses compaignies que l'on
155r.25	disoit qui venoient pardeça ont esté
155r.26	contramandes pour s'en retourner, chose
155r.27	qu'a donné ung grand plaisir [et]
155r.28	contentament ausdicts rebelles
155r.29	[..] [..] pour continuer leurs factions.
155v.01	Si [ainsi] estoit, et pensant que vostre
155v.02	grandeur ne le trouvast [mauvais] pour
155v.03	la conservation de ma vie, je me pour
155v.04	retirerois a la suicte de la court
155v.05	pour illec m'emploier en treshumble
155v.06	obeissance a tout ce que le roy
155v.07	et vostre grandeur [me] plairoit
155v.08	me [co]mmander, car aussi bien
155v.09	[estant] lesdicts rebelles l'auctorit[é]
155v.10	de pardeça telle qu'ils l'ont, m'ont osté
155v.11	touts moyens de pouvoir pourveoir [n]y
155v.12	aulcunement a mes affaires si ce n'est
155v.13	au hasard de ma vie.
155v.14	Lesdicts rebelles continuent et font
155v.15	journellement de nouvelles compositions
155v.16	qu'ils [..] et envoyent par tout ce pays
155v.17	pour [..] le menu peuple de leur
155v.18	bonne voye et les rendre s[ch]ismaticques,
155v.19	comme vostre grandeur pourr[a] veoir
155v.20	[par] ung double que [j']en envoie, qu'ils intitulent
155v.21	l'edict faict par Dieu le pere, combien
155v.22	que croi qu'il s'en y est [..] envoié
155v.23	d'ailleurs.
155v.24	Estant ce porteur prest a monter a
155v.25	cheval, ay receu une lettre escripte
155v.26	et signee par ung bourgeois de la
155v.27	ville d'Agen, homme digne de foi, sur laquele
155v.28	vostre grandeur peult prendre [f]-
156r.01	fondement, et s'il [vous] plaist prendre
156r.02	la peine de la veoir, trouverés que
156r.03	contient advertissemens de grand
156r.04	consequance, mesmes des desordres
156r.05	que se commectent et continuent
156r.06	journelement par ces rebelles de
156r.07	[par]deça. Il est besoing que le roy et
156r.08	vostre grandeur y pourvoie promptement.
156r.09	Le langaige que les rebelles tienent
156r.10	entre eulx, [ainsin] que j'ay peu descouvrir,
156r.11	est [qu'ils] ne taichent que a gaigner quelque
156r.12	peu de temps pour avoir le secours [qu'ils]
156r.13	se tienent asseures d'ung prince et
156r.14	de quelques estrangiers du costé
156r.15	de Geneve et cantons de Suisses,
156r.16	entre les mains duquel prince
156r.17	s'asseurent mectre deux villes
156r.18	fortes et de frontiere de ceste
156r.19	Guyenne. Il est tresnecessaire que le
156r.20	roy [et] vostre grandeur y pourvoie[nt]
156r.21	diligement, [vous] asseurant qu'il se y
156r.22	faict de grands menees et avec telles
156r.23	intelligences de tant d'endroicts que
156r.24	je ne scai qu'il en pourra advenir. Je
156r.25	n'en oserois escripre plus avant
156r.26	que je ne sois mieulx certioré des
156r.27	choses.
156r.28	Monsieur de Fumel, qu'est mon prochain
156r.29	voisin, est arrivé de la court puis peu
156r.30	de jours et puis sadicte venue il use
156v.01	contre moi de grands menasses, je n'ai
156v.02	peu scavoir les occasions. Je avois
156v.03	baillé [a] ung pacquet audict sieur de
156v.04	Fumel en s'en allant a la court pour le
156v.05	faire tenir a vostre grandeur, ou il
156v.06	y avoit advertissemens de grand
156v.07	consequance, ensemble une lettre
156v.08	que le chief m'avoit escripte. Je
156v.09	supplie vostre grandeur me faire
156v.10	advertir si avés receu ledict
156v.11	pacquet, advertissemens et lettre
156v.12	dudict chief.
156v.13	J'ai aussi receu presentement une
156v.14	lettre du garde des sceaulx du
156v.15	siege presidial de Cahors, laquelle
156v.16	[vous] envoie, et [par] icelle vostre
156v.17	grandeur pourra entendre les
156v.18	desordres que se commectent
156v.19	journellement par les rebelles
156v.20	es provinces de pardeça.

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# Mémoire en chiffre to the connétable de Montmorency, 12 December 1560 (BnF fr. 3157, ff. 152r-156v): English translation

Translation (Claude Opus 5.5, 23 Oct 2026) of the reading in `reading_152r-154r.txt` and `reading_154v-156v.txt` (the
whole mémoire is in cipher; key broken here from the ciphertext), as running text by folio. Same holes: `[word]` a
word emended in the reading where the mechanical decrypt differs (translated as an ordinary word, in brackets),
`[..]` not read. "The chief" (*le chief*) is the King of Navarre, as in the reading. Where the French is broken the
English follows it without supplying the syntax.

## Translation

**f. 152r.** Since the last advices that [I] sent to Your Greatness, affairs over here [have] [gone] from bad to worse,
the sermons and assemblies continuing more than ever; and [in the] towns where there used to be one preacher there are
now two; at which sermons there [are] two notable women who ordinarily attend with a great following, who are Madame
de Castelpers and Mademoiselle de Boesse, wife of Captain Montseignac. It is true that the rebels, having heard that
the King was sending the Sieur de Termes over here with some companies, [have] worked upon some lords [..] to write to
His Majesty and [make] him understand that, [since] everyone over here lives under the King's obedience, [that]
[which] might have done what [was] reported, as much for [some] private profit which they might have felt as for
being of the league of the said rebels. On which the King and Your [G]reatness must not dwell at all, for they do this
only to [..] [..] increase their troops and gain time to have help from some foreigners of whom they say they are sure.

**f. 152v.** [It] is now easy to punish them, and for the future I do not know what it may be, because of the great
factions and intrigues [which] [are found] there, with many persons of quality. [..] that it is true: a few days
ago an assembly was held in the town of Clairac, in the Agenais, of about two thousand rebels, [where] it was resolved
and concluded that, if the King sent forces over here, they would put themselves on the defensive, saying that they
would rather die arms in hand than have the King execute them by a hangman. Their troops and sects increase every day.
Your Greatness could not believe the number of great lords and nobility [who] are in understanding with this rabble;
it is true that they do not declare themselves, but [that they] give them all the favour and counsel they can. The
brother of the Seigneur de Caumont is the Sieur Abbot of the said Clairac. The said de Caumont [have] lordship, place
and castle [..] [..] have no ministers, and that no assembly of rebels be held there, of which I have heretofore
advised Your Greatness. The judge of the said Seigneur de Caumont's lands, named Reclus, has left to

**f. 153r.** go to court, who by the means of the said de Caumont and by the favour of the chief [has] been elected,
for the reasons [which] [I have] written heretofore [to] Your Greatness, to go [and make] the remonstrances of the
grievances for the Third Estate of the country of Agenais, with a syndic of the country of Agenais named Boissonade;
who are now over there, [who] will palliate and dissemble the truth of all the things [that] have happened over here;
for it was resolved by the juge mage and other magistrates of the presidial seat of Agen that there was no need for
the said dele[gate] and syndic to set out the whole truth of things, so as [not] to irritate the King and to prevent
His Majesty from executing his rigour on the said country of Agenais. If Your Greatness thought it good to hear the
said syndic and delegate privately, [you would hear] from their mouths great things that have [been discussed] in the
said country of Agenais. The said juge [mage] has left to go over there expressly to solicit the said syndic and
delegate [to] keep silent the truth of the things [discussed] in the said country of Agenais. Your Greatness will
consider whether it would be good to catch him in the act while he is over there, [and] [..] make him give account of
the duty he has done in his province. Your

**f. 153v.** Greatness has many memoranda against him containing the abuses and malversations committed in his office
of chief of the province. The said Reclus, delegate to the judicature for the said Seigneurs de Caumont of the town of
Tonneins, Caumont and other places and strongholds that they [hold], all of which ordinarily have ministers and
preachers, at whose sermons he has attended, and, in his presence, an assembly of rebels was held there. If he is
heard on the said facts, I do not know what reason he will be able to give for the duty of justice he has done there.
Monsieur de Biron, a mo[n]th ago, [there] was an assembly of about five hundred soldiers, most of them arquebusiers,
whom he said he wished to lead, following the King's command, into the town of Bergerac to win its castle and to
carry out on the inhabitants some command with which His Majesty had charged him. However, having made the said
assembly, after conferring with the principal inhabitants of the said [Bergerac], he sent the said soldiers away and
went back to his house without [other] execution, a thing [which] gives cause to presume

**f. 154r.** nothing good, because of the abuses that may be committed there, inasmuch as he does the like at
Villeneuve, Monflanquin [and] other suspect towns over here. I do not know whether he has done these things by the
King's command or yours; I did not want to fail [to] give warning of it, because since he parleyed with them [they]
have not mended at all, but are worse than [ever]. Also, I do not know whether the King and Your Greatness are
informed that the said [Sieur] de Biron is allied to Mesmi, who is one of the principal captains of the rebels over
here. The said Mesmi, Captain La Caze, Captain Jehan de Mesmes, Captain La Borde of Villeneuve, Captain Chaulmont and
other chiefs of the rebels, whose [names] [I] sent heretofore, are over here, carrying on their usual intrigues,
residing most of the time in the town of Nérac; indeed the said Mesmi is ill there at present, and had himself carried
[in] a litter a week ago. If Your Greatness thought it good, while the chief is over there and wants to call himself

*[Dorse, f. 157v, one cipher word:]* Advices.

**f. 154v.** innocent of the conspiracy, that the King should command them to produce the aforesaid [c]aptains, to
[..] answer [by] their own mouth, considering even [that] they have resid[ed] heretofore near the person of the said
chief and in the train of his court in his government of Guyenne, his residence being at present in his town of Nérac
most of the time. If His Majesty gives the said command, it will be the very means of being able to recover them,
otherwise it will be very difficult; the aforesaid capta[ins] having been recovered, given [by] the means of their
troop, La Caze's; and even the King [w]ill [come] to [k]now thereby entirely the conspiracies and enterprises made
against His Majesty [and] his kingdom. Monsieur de Lioux, brother of the Sieur de Montluc, is going to court, who is
made of the same humour as many others who want to serve the King masked; [which] he has given warning of heretofore,
so that the King and [Yo]ur Greatness may not [trust] it, [..] [..] heard their intrigues and factions. The said de
Lioux, while he was over here, made great threats to

**f. 155r.** those who do the King service, saying that there is no one who has spoken against the chief whom it will
not cost his life within a short time; [and] all those of the said chief's company use like threats and words, even
those [who] had accompanied him [on] his journey to court, who have come back over here, [and], holding their last
muster in the town of Agen, spoke that language publicly. Assemblies of rebels are held every day, of most of which
Captain La Caze is the leader and chief. If the King does not send someone over here to punish them, it is to be
feared that there will be some great trouble or mischief [in] the future. The said rebels have reduced me to such a
state that I [do not] dare leave my house except by night, and they are spreading the rumour that Monsieur de Termes
and his companies, who were said to be coming over here, have been countermanded to go back, a thing which has given
great pleasure [and] contentment to the said rebels [..] [..] to continue their factions.

**f. 155v.** If [so] it were, and thinking that Your Greatness would not find it [bad], for the preservation of my
life, I would withdraw to the train of the court, there to employ myself in very humble obedience in all that it
would please the King and Your Greatness to command [me]; for in any case, the said rebels [having] such authority
over here as they have, they have taken from me all means of being able to see to my affairs at all, except at the
hazard of my life. The said rebels continue, and daily make new compositions which they [..] and send throughout this
country to [..] the common people from their good way and make them s[ch]ismatic, as Your Greatness will be able to
see [by] a copy that I send of it, which they entitle the edict made by God the Father, although I believe it has
been [..] sent from elsewhere. This bearer being ready to mount his horse, I have received a letter written and signed
by a burgess of the town of Agen, a man worthy of credit, on which Your Greatness may place

**f. 156r.** reliance; and if it please [you] to take the trouble to see it, you will find that it contains advices of
great consequence, even of the disorders committed and continued daily by these rebels [over] here. It is needful
that the King and Your Greatness provide for it promptly. The language the rebels hold among themselves, [as] far as I
have been able to discover, is [that they] are only trying to gain a little time to have the help [which they] are
sure of from a prince and from some foreigners on the side of Geneva and the cantons of the Swiss, into whose prince's
hands they are sure of putting two strong frontier towns of this Guyenne. It is very necessary that the King [and]
Your Greatness provide for it diligently, assuring [you] that great intrigues are being carried on there, with such
understandings in so many places that I do not know what may come of it. I would not dare write further of it until I
am better informed of things. Monsieur de Fumel, who is my nearest neighbour, arrived from the court a few days ago,
and since his said coming he has been making

**f. 156v.** great threats against me; I have not been able to learn the reasons. I had given [to] the said Sieur de
Fumel, as he was going to court, a packet to have delivered to Your Greatness, in which there were advices of great
consequence, together with a letter which the chief had written to me. I beg Your Greatness to have me informed
whether you have received the said packet, advices and letter of the said chief. I have also just now received a
letter from the keeper of the seals of the presidial seat of Cahors, which I send [you], and [by] it Your Greatness
will be able to learn of the disorders committed daily by the rebels in the provinces over here.