Also this same King of France
decreed that whoever was the Provost of Paris should take oath
that he would be loyal to the clerks, saving his loyalty to the
King. Moreover this same King conferred upon the scholars his own
sure peace and confirmed it to them by his own charter.
But that Provost, when he had been detained in the King's prison
for many days planned his escape by flight, and, as he was being
lowered over the wall, the rope broke, and falling from a height
to the ground, he was killed.[35]
3. Special protection for a limited time is granted more explicitly by
Philip IV in 1306:
Philip, by the grace of God King of France and Navarre, to our
Provost at Paris, greeting. Whereas the University, masters and
Scholars at Paris, are under our special guardianship and
protection as they--both Masters, and Scholars as well--come to
their studies, stay in the said city, or return to their own
places; and inasmuch as injuries, annoyances, oppression, and
violence are frequently inflicted upon them, as we have heard,
not only in your prefecture but in other places also, to the
prejudice of our guardianship,--which wrongs could not be
prosecuted outside of Paris in any way which would prevent them
from being distracted from their studies, to their serious
prejudice and that of the aforesaid University, and from being
harassed by serious struggles and expense,--therefore we entrust
and commit to you their protection and custody, and in addition
thereto the restraint of those persons who, to the prejudice of
our protection and guardianship, inflict upon the above-mentioned
Masters or Scholars unjust violence, injury or loss, either
within the limits of your prefecture or in other places of our
kingdom, wheresoever the aforesaid wrongs are committed.
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