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Paris News and Court Shuffles from May 31
From Paris and Vienna reports dated May 31 and May 37, the king visited Veuvres with the Duke de Bourbon and Marshal de Villeroy. Cardinal Conti elevated to the cardinalate. ministerial reshuffles bring Spinola and others to high offices as vacancies widen. A Paris Council of Health to meet twice weekly at the Louvre addresses plague issues. London petitions urge Parliament to restore trade and punish South Sea abuses while noting mortality and political strife. The Derby-era notes reference Lady Essex Mortyn's death and Verge proceedings at Westminster.
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France
Paris
Veuvres
Duke de Bourbon
Marshal de Villeroy
Maffey
Michael Angelo Conti
Vienna
Poland
Malta
Princes of the Blood
Louvre
Poulon
Londn
Tie Lumuns
Great Britain
Newark
Trent
Themelves
Essex Mortyn
Roger Mortyn
Bart
Earl of Noteigham
Duke of Argyle
Verge
King’s Bench Court
Westminster
Julie Eyre
Justice Fortescue Aland
Baron Price
Serjeant Bennet
Marshills' Court
Greendeath
Maj
Fty
Somerset-House