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25th.—The Edict given for the reduction of Dijon shall be observed, and according to it, there shall be no religious exercises whatever but those of the Apostolic Roman Catholic Church, within the City or for four leagues around it.

26th.—The Edict given for the reduction of the Duke De Mayenne shall be likewise observed, and, in conformity with it, there shall be no exercise of the pretended Reformed religion within the towns of Chalons, and for two leagues around Soissons, for the space of six years, commencing from the month of January, 1596; after the expiration of which period, the Edict of Nantes shall extend there and be observed as through the rest of the Kingdom.

27th.—Persons of all ranks of the said religion shall be permitted to reside within the City of Lyons, and freely to go and come; and the same as regards other places within the Government of Lyonnois, notwithstanding prohibitions formerly made by the Syndics and Sheriffs of the said City of Lyons, and confirmed by His Majesty.

28th.—There shall be only one place in a Bailiwick for the exercise of said religion, within the whole Presidency of Poitiers, besides those in which it is now established. The fiefs to be regulated by the Edict of Nantes. The said exercise shall be continued in the town of Chauvigny : the said exercise shall not be re-established in the towns of Agen, and Perigueux, although by the Edict of 1577 it might be.

29th.—There shall be only two places in the Bailiwick for the exercise of the said religion, in the Government of Picardy, as has been said before; and the said two places may be given in the districts reserved by the Edict given on the reduction of Amiens, Peronne and Abbeville. The said exercise may be permitted in the houses of the fiefs, throughout the Government of Picardy, according to the Edict of Nantes.

30th.—There shall be no exercise of the said religion in the town and faubourg of Sens, and only one place in the Bailiwick shall be allowed within the district; without prejudice, however, to the privileges granted to the owners of fiefs, which shall be in accordance with the Edict of Nantes.

31st.—The said exercise shall not be allowed within the city or faubourgs of Nantes, nor in any place within three leagues around The houses of owners of fiefs excepted, according to the Edict of Nantes.