his metropolitan, the archbishop of Sens; and they held an elaborate revel with even more than the usual insolence and riot. On the Sunday before Christmas they publicly consecrated their ‘archbishop’ in the most public place of the town with a _jeu de personnages_ called _le jeu du sacre de leur arcevesque_, which was a burlesque of the _saint mistère de consécration pontificale_. The feast itself took place in St. Stephen’s Church. The vicar who was chosen ‘archbishop’ performed the service on the eve and day of the Circumcision _in pontificalibus_, gave the Benediction to the people, and went in procession through the town. Finally, on Sunday, January 3, the clergy of all three churches joined in another _jeu de personnages_, in which, under the names of _Hypocrisie_, _Faintise_ and _Faux-semblant_, the bishop and two canons who had been most active in opposing the feast, were held up to ridicule. Jean Leguisé was not a man to be defied with impunity. On January 23 he wrote a letter to the archbishop of Sens, Louis de Melun, calling his attention to the fact that the rebellious clerks had claimed his authority for their action. He also lodged a complaint with the king himself, and probably incited the Faculty of Theology at Paris to back him up with the protest already described. The upshot of it all was a sharp letter from Charles VII to the _bailly_ and _prévost_ of Troyes, setting forth what had taken place, and requiring them to see that no repetition of the scandalous _jeux_ was allowed[1045]. Shortly afterwards the chapter of St. Peter’s sent for their _Ordinarium_, and solemnly erased all that was derogatory to religion and the good name of the clergy in the directions for the feast. What the chapter of St. Stephen’s did, we do not know. The canons mainly to blame had already apologized to the bishop. Probably it was thought best to say nothing, and let it blow over. At any rate, it is interesting to note that in 1595, a century and a half later, St. Stephen’s was still electing its _archevesque des saulx_, and that _droits_ were paid on account of the vicars’ feast until all _droits_ tumbled in 1789[1046].