[Footnote 76: Of the various petitions, apologies, &c., published by the princes of Courtenay, I have seen the three following, all in octavo: 1. De Stirpe et Origine Domus de Courtenay: addita sunt Responsa celeberrimorum EuropÊ Jurisconsultorum; Paris, 1607. 2. Representation du ProcedÈ ten˚ a l'instance faicte devant le Roi, par Messieurs de Courtenay, pour la conservation de l'Honneur et DignitÈ de leur Maison, branche de la royalle Maison de France; ‡ Paris, 1613. 3. Representation du subject qui a portÈ Messieurs de Salles et de Fraville, de la Maison de Courtenay, ‡ se retirer hors du Royaume, 1614. It was a homicide, for which the Courtenays expected to be pardoned, or tried, as princes of the blood.] [Footnote 77: The sense of the parliaments is thus expressed by Thuanus Principis nomen nusquam in Galli‚ tributum, nisi iis qui per mares e regibus nostris originem repetunt; qui nunc tantum a Ludovico none beatÊ memoriÊ numerantur; nam _Cortini_ et Drocenses, a Ludovico crasso genus ducentes, hodie inter eos minime recensentur. A distinction of expediency rather than justice. The sanctity of Louis IX. could not invest him with any special prerogative, and all the descendants of Hugh Capet must be included in his original compact with the French nation.] [Footnote 78: The last male of the Courtenays was Charles Roger, who died in the year 1730, without leaving any sons. The last female was Helene de Courtenay, who married Louis de Beaufremont. Her title of Princesse du Sang Royal de France was suppressed (February 7th, 1737) by an _arrÍt_ of the parliament of Paris.] [Footnote 79: The singular anecdote to which I allude is related in the Recueil des Pieces interessantes et peu connues, (Maestricht, 1786, in 4 vols. 12mo.;) and the unknown editor quotes his author, who had received it from Helene de Courtenay, marquise de Beaufremont.]