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Show s w (68 Francorum Cantores & Joculatores adexéra #t de illo canerent in Plateis, (& dicebatu ubique quod non erat talisin orbe That thefe Songfters and Feflers wer brought from France is moftfalfe. Franc had no pretentions thereabouts in thof days. Thofe Countreys were Fiefs of th Empire. - Frederic 1. ha Enfeoffed Ra mond Berenger of the County of Provence Forcalquiers and places adjacent ~as no long after Frederick 11. inftall'd William a courb nez, Prince of Orange, King of Arle and Fiennes : which family had formerl poilets'd: Provence. As truly, he migh have faid, they were brought from Spazx for Zdefonfo King of -~ Arragon, Count o Provence, Barcelona, &e. had given an fettled on his Son this County of Provesce It may be noted that about the fame tim that the Provencial Poetry did flourith did alfo fpring upthat Herefy of the Albigenfes that fo much alarm'd the Popif World, and colt fo many Crufades to fupprefs them. Ramond Count of Tholouf was the Proteltor of the Albigenfes, an was alfo a principal Patron of thefe Poets Guilbem of Agenlt, Albert of Sifteron,Rambald of Orange ( names now reviv'd by th Duke of Savoy) and the like, were Provencial Poets ; All the Princes that were i leagu gt aflffit P "' md pi[fm} afimg 48 om fom [ Monks 7{,‘}5!5, houldb One G wile Latta I m, | Thi and Tr be e and f & b |