18025Then heare me gracious
soueraigne, and you peeres,
18126Which owe your liues, your faith and
seruices
18227To this imperiall throne.
28There is no bar to
stay your highne
sse claime to
France 18429But one, which they produce from
Faramount,
18630No female
shall
succeed in
salicke land,
18731Which
salicke land the French vniu
stly gloze
18832To be the realme of
France: 18933And
Faramont the founder of this law and female barre:
19034Yet their owne writers faithfully a
ffirme
19135That the land
salicke lyes in
Germany,
19236Betweene the
flouds of
Sabeck and of
Elme,
19337Where
Charles the
fift hauing
subdude the Saxons
19438There left behind, and
setled certaine French,
19539Who holding in di
sdaine the Germaine women,
19640For
some di
shone
st maners of their liues,
19741E
stabli
sht there this lawe. To wit,
19842No female
shall
succeed in
salicke land:
19943Which
salicke land as I
said before,
20044Is at this time in
Germany called
Mesene: 20145Thus doth it well appeare the
salicke lawe
20246Was not deui
sed for the realme of
France,
20347Nor did the French po
sse
sse the
salicke land,
20448Vntill 400. one and twentie yeares
20549After the fun
ction of king
Faramont,
20650Godly
suppo
sed the founder of this lawe:
21651Hugh Capet al
so that v
surpt the crowne,
21952To
fine his title with
some
showe of truth,
22053When in pure truth it was corrupt and naught:
22154Conuaid him
selfe as heire to the Lady
Inger,
22255Daughter to
Charles, the fore
said Duke of
Loraine,
23356So that as cleare as is the
sommers Sun,
23457King
Pippins title and
Hugh Capets claime,
23558King
Charles his
satisfa
ction all appeare,
23659To hold in right and title of the female:
23760So do the Lords of
France vntil this day,
23861Howbeit they would hold vp this
salick lawe
To