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Petition to the King of France on a Woman's Forced Disguise Journey
A fragment from a European story describes a petitioner named Arnod e Malaure who reveals her life of concealment from birth after being baptized in Gayenne. She explains a Female Impairment and the ensuing trials leading to a court order to dress as a man in 1691, with confinement in Tholovze and later prison.
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Pourdiac
Gayenne
Ténlouse
Bost‘ Dean
Tholovze
Arno de Malaure