It was already nearly seventeen years since he had received from the king, on November 7, 1465, the comet year,* that fine charge of the provostship of Paris, which was reputed rather a seigneury than an office. ~Dignitas~, says Joannes Loemnoeus, ~quoe cum non exigua potestate politiam concernente, atque proerogativis multis et juribus conjuncta est~.
Il y avait déjà près de dix-sept ans qu’il avait reçu du roi, le 7 novembre 1465, l’année de la comète, cette belle charge de prévôt de Paris, qui était réputée plutôt seigneurie qu’office, dignitas, dit Joannes Lœmnœus, quæ cum non exigua potestate politiam concernente, atque prærogativis multis et juribus conjuncta est.