The rapid progress which this mode of long beards daily made, soon alarmed the members of the parliament of Paris; they thought it highly necessary to stop the progress of such a dangerous usage: being thoroughly persuaded that it was essential towards magisterial gravity to be constantly shaved, they made a law, in 1535, commonly called in those days _the edict of beards_, by which all magistrates and lawyers, even litigants, were absolutely forbidden to appear in the Justice-hall with a long beard. Francis Olivier, a man of the court, who was afterwards chancellor, experienced all the hatred that the parliament had for long beards, when he presented himself to be admitted to the charge of master of requests: he was at first refused, for the sole reason of not being shaved. Notwithstanding the pressing solicitations of our candidate, the parliament was inflexible, and Francis Olivier was obliged to sacrifice his long beard to his interest, or rather to the childish prejudice of that court. The parliament of Toulouse distinguished itself likewise, by pronouncing a decree which expressly forbade the wearing long beards. A gentleman wanted to solicit in this court without complying with this unfashionable ordinance; the parliament replied very seriously to him, that he should have justice done him when he should be shaved.[32] Footnote 32: GENTIEN HERVET, _de redendâ barbâ oratio_. _There were neither attorneys nor counsellors in the sovereign courts of justice that could presume to appear in court on St. Martin’s day, with a long beard, without incurring a fine; and this was observed likewise in the inferior jurisdictions._ These are the words of a writer nearly contemporary: he adds likewise, that it was highly necessary to be careful how one came to present a request without being shaved first. _Such-a-one would have been finely snubbed_, says he, _who should have come with a long beard to present a request, so much so, that whoever wanted to present one, readily put his beard in his sleeve_.[33] Footnote 33: _Pogonologie, ou Discours facétieux des Barbes. I am surprised_, says the author of this work, _at the ordinance of a certain magistrate, who commanded all the millers of his district to cut off their beards_. An advocate at the parliament of Paris was a victim to this rigorous antipathy. They relate, that having presented himself in the hall to plead a cause with a long beard, Peter Lizet, the first president, ordered him, in open court, to cut it off immediately, or else the parliament would refuse to hear him. The advocate was obliged to obey this tyrannical order. _Tome 2. des Memoires de Litérature de Salengre._