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Excerpt from The Biographical Dictionary, Vol. 2: Of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge Amelotte was superior of the house of the congregation of the Oratory, Rue St. Honore, Pans, and assistant to the superior general of the congregation. He was the theological adviser of the Chancellor Seguier, whom he had prevailed on to withhold his licence h'om the Port Royal New Testament. Ame lotte, in the latter part of his life, was anxious to obtain the bishopric of Sarlat in Peri gord, but did not 511c He complained to his friends of this failure, which he as cribed to the neglect of persons of influence whom he had done much to oblige. He died at Paris, 7th October, 1678, aged seventy two, according to Niceron. Le Long, in a note to his Bibliotheque Historique de la France, places his death in 1675. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.