sixteenth century, being descended from a good old stock of which several branches had long settled in the Dolonais district. From his writings it is clear that he was carefully and well educated, for he was widely read both in classical authors, especially the poets, and in the great historians. His bent, however, for the law was not long in discovering itself, and owing to his severe concentration upon the canonists and doctors, added to his acute and logical genius, he soon attained, by study and natural ability, high eminence in the legal profession. The modest piety and reverent orthodoxy of the rising advocate joined to a polished eloquence, could not fail to attract the notice of Ferdinand de Rye, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, who had been appointed by Sixtus V to the Archbishopric of Besançon, in which Cathedral he was enthroned 13 November, 1587, and, owing to the favour of this magnificent prelate, Boguet was instituted
