The French King's declaration for settling the general poll-tax together with his edict ordering all communities both regular and secular, and all particular persons, (who have any water from rivers, brooks, springs and fountains, or otherwise, whether for the ornament of their houses, or the improving to their estates) to pay such sums as shall be impos'd upon them in council, in order to have the benefit of the said waters confirm'd to them for the future.
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             The French King's declaration for settling the general poll-tax together with his edict ordering all communities both regular and secular, and all particular persons, (who have any water from rivers, brooks, springs and fountains, or otherwise, whether for the ornament of their houses, or the improving to their estates) to pay such sums as shall be impos'd upon them in council, in order to have the benefit of the said waters confirm'd to them for the future.
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           THE
           French
           King's
           DECLARATION
           For
           Settling
           the
           
             General
             Poll-Tax
          
           :
           Together
           with
           His
           EDICT
           ,
           ORDERING
        
         
           All
           Communities
           both
           Regular
           and
           Secular
           ,
           and
           all
           particular
           Persons
           ,
           (
           who
           have
           any
           Water
           from
           
             Rivers
             ,
             Brooks
             ,
             Springs
          
           and
           Fountains
           ,
           or
           otherwise
           ,
           whether
           for
           the
           Ornament
           of
           their
           Houses
           ,
           or
           the
           Improving
           of
           their
           Estates
           ,
           )
           to
           pay
           such
           Sums
           as
           shall
           be
           impos'd
           upon
           them
           in
           Council
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           have
           the
           Benefit
           of
           the
           said
           Waters
           confirm'd
           to
           them
           for
           the
           future
           .
        
         
           
             Given
             at
          
           Fountain-bleau
           ,
           
             Octob.
             1694.
             and
             Recorded
             in
             Parliament
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             Richard
             Baldwin
          
           ,
           near
           the
           Oxford-Arms
           in
           Warwick-Lane
           ,
           1695.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           THE
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           THE
           following
           Edicts
           being
           Extraordinary
           ,
           both
           for
           the
           Matter
           and
           Manner
           ,
           It
           's
           presum'd
           that
           the
           Translation
           may
           not
           only
           be
           Grateful
           to
           the
           Curious
           ,
           who
           don't
           understand
           them
           in
           the
           Original
           ;
           but
           useful
           to
           the
           Publick
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           see
           the
           difference
           betwixt
           a
           Legal
           and
           Tyrannical
           Government
           .
           The
           disparity
           of
           the
           Stile
           in
           these
           two
           Edicts
           is
           very
           Remarkable
           .
           That
           for
           the
           Tax
           on
           Water
           ,
           demands
           it
           as
           a
           Royal
           Prerogative
           and
           Right
           ;
           but
           for
           such
           Reasons
           as
           will
           sooner
           move
           Laughter
           than
           Choler
           in
           any
           but
           his
           own
           Subjects
           ,
           who
           have
           cause
           indeed
           to
           be
           afraid
           of
           that
           severe
           Innuendo
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           fineable
           for
           having
           made
           use
           of
           the
           Water
           without
           his
           Royal
           License
           ;
           when
           they
           consider
           ,
           that
           he
           ,
           who
           hath
           been
           so
           often
           guilty
           of
           breaking
           the
           most
           Sacred
           and
           Solemn
           Treaties
           with
           his
           Superiours
           and
           Equals
           ,
           will
           never
           be
           tied
           to
           keep
           Promise
           to
           his
           Subjects
           ,
           any
           longer
           than
           Opportunity
           or
           Necessity
           affords
           him
           a
           Pretence
           to
           do
           otherwise
           .
           Then
           ,
           as
           for
           the
           Edict
           imposing
           the
           Poll-Tax
           ,
           it
           is
           every
           whitt
           as
           sneaking
           as
           the
           other
           is
           haughty
           :
           He
           ushers
           it
           in
           with
           a
           flattering
           and
           Romantick
           Prooemium
           ,
           and
           to
           make
           his
           Subjects
           digest
           it
           the
           better
           ,
           insinuates
           that
           the
           Envy
           and
           Ambition
           of
           the
           Allies
           hath
           occasion'd
           this
           War
           ,
           tho'
           it
           be
           justly
           chargeable
           on
           his
           own
           Usurpations
           ;
           and
           that
           their
           Obstinacy
           is
           the
           Cause
           of
           its
           Continuance
           ;
           whereas
           it
           is
           his
           own
           Pride
           and
           Injustice
           :
           but
           being
           sensible
           of
           the
           Risk
           which
           he
           runs
           by
           continual
           Incroachments
           on
           his
           Peoples
           Liberties
           ,
           he
           finds
           himself
           under
           a
           Necessity
           to
           fawn
           sometimes
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           Hector
           at
           others
           ;
           and
           therefore
           hopes
           that
           his
           Nobility
           and
           Gentry
           ,
           who
           are
           so
           prodigal
           of
           their
           Blood
           ,
           won't
           be
           niggardly
           of
           their
           Money
           ,
           &c.
           
           He
           is
           
           sensible
           of
           the
           
             Nobilities
             Pretensions
          
           to
           be
           exempted
           from
           this
           Poll
           ,
           and
           what
           Reason
           his
           Souldiery
           have
           to
           Grumble
           ,
           that
           they
           ,
           
             who
             spend
             their
             Blood
             in
             the
             War
             ,
          
           should
           also
           be
           
             taxed
             to
             maintain
             it
          
           ;
           and
           therefore
           finds
           himself
           obliged
           to
           give
           soft
           words
           ,
           at
           least
           ;
           such
           is
           the
           difference
           betwixt
           Dominion
           founded
           on
           the
           Love
           of
           the
           Subject
           ,
           and
           that
           maintain'd
           by
           Tyranny
           and
           Force
           .
           How
           great
           is
           the
           odds
           betwixt
           the
           Authority
           of
           an
           Act
           of
           Parliament
           ,
           and
           the
           Edict
           of
           the
           most
           Absolute
           and
           Imperious
           Monarch
           !
           How
           chearfully
           do
           Subjects
           obey
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           with
           what
           Regret
           are
           they
           forc'd
           to
           submit
           to
           the
           other
           .
        
         
           How
           much
           greater
           Reason
           have
           we
           in
           England
           to
           pay
           
             what
             is
             charg'd
             on
             us
             by
             Law
             for
             maintenance
             of
             our
             Liberties
             ,
          
           than
           our
           Neighbours
           of
           France
           have
           to
           pay
           that
           which
           is
           arbitrarily
           demanded
           to
           support
           one
           who
           
             tyrannizes
             over
             their
             Souls
             and
             Bodies
             ?
          
           And
           why
           should
           we
           repine
           at
           paying
           for
           our
           Beer
           ,
           when
           our
           Neighbours
           are
           forced
           to
           pay
           for
           their
           Water
           ?
           This
           is
           judg'd
           sufficient
           by
           way
           of
           Preface
           ,
           the
           Edicts
           themselves
           being
           so
           plain
           ,
           that
           he
           who
           runs
           ,
           may
           read
           in
           how
           much
           better
           Condition
           we
           are
           than
           the
           French
           ,
           seeing
           no
           Money
           can
           be
           levied
           upon
           us
           without
           our
           own
           consent
           :
           
             Whence
             it
             comes
             to
             pass
             ,
             that
             we
             have
             not
             only
             wherewith
             to
             maintain
             our selves
             at
             Home
             ,
             but
             Money
             to
             spare
             to
             make
             us
             redoubtable
             Abroad
             ;
             whereas
             they
             have
             scarcely
             any
             thing
             left
             to
             be
             taken
             from
             them
             ,
             and
             cannot
             plead
             a
             Property
             in
             that
             poor
             Remainder
             ,
             but
             must
             surrender
             it
             at
             the
             Will
             of
             their
             Prince
             ,
             whenever
             his
             Ambition
             or
             Necessity
             requires
             it
             :
          
           And
           that
           the
           latter
           is
           very
           great
           ,
           needs
           no
           better
           Demonstration
           ,
           then
           that
           he
           who
           never
           us'd
           to
           accost
           his
           Subjects
           in
           any
           other
           Dialect
           than
           
             We
             Will
             and
             Command
          
           ,
           is
           now
           forc'd
           to
           make
           use
           of
           
             Arguments
             and
             Intreaties
             to
             move
             and
             perswade
          
           ;
           which
           comes
           far
           short
           of
           that
           August
           Stile
           ,
           —
           Be
           it
           enacted
           by
           the
           King
           's
           most
           Excellent
           Majesty
           ,
           with
           the
           Advice
           and
           Consent
           of
           the
           Lords
           Spiritual
           and
           Temporal
           ,
           and
           Commons
           in
           Parliament
           assembled
           ;
           and
           as
           it
           comes
           short
           of
           the
           Authority
           ,
           will
           come
           as
           short
           of
           the
           Effects
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           
             
             
               THE
               KING
               of
               FRANCE
               HIS
               DECLARATION
               For
               the
               Establishing
               of
               a
               POLL-TAX
               .
            
             
               
                 LEWIS
                 ,
                 by
                 the
                 Grace
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 King
                 of
                 France
                 and
                 Navarre
                 ;
              
               
                 to
                 all
                 whom
                 these
                 Presents
                 shall
                 come
                 ,
                 Greeting
                 .
              
            
             
               Since
               the
               Glory
               of
               Our
               State
               ,
               and
               the
               Prosperities
               wherewith
               it
               has
               pleased
               God
               to
               bless
               Our
               Reign
               ,
               have
               excited
               the
               Envy
               of
               most
               of
               the
               Powers
               of
               Europe
               ,
               and
               engaged
               them
               to
               make
               a
               League
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               wage
               an
               Injust
               War
               against
               Us
               ;
               the
               sincerity
               of
               Our
               Intention
               ,
               and
               the
               Advantages
               We
               have
               Yearly
               got
               over
               them
               ,
               putting
               Us
               still
               in
               hopes
               of
               a
               speedy
               Peace
               ,
               We
               have
               endeavour'd
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               repel
               the
               Efforts
               of
               the
               States
               in
               League
               against
               Us
               ,
               to
               make
               use
               of
               no
               other
               Means
               ,
               but
               such
               as
               were
               least
               burthensom
               to
               our
               Subjects
               :
               In
               order
               thereunto
               we
               have
               alienated
               Rents
               ,
               of
               which
               we
               have
               assign'd
               the
               Payment
               on
               Our
               Ordinary
               Revenues
               ;
               and
               Created
               Offices
               ,
               the
               Sallaries
               of
               which
               are
               set
               down
               on
               the
               Settlements
               of
               Our
               Finances
               .
               And
               
               if
               in
               the
               Sequel
               ,
               We
               have
               been
               obliged
               to
               make
               use
               of
               some
               other
               Means
               which
               have
               been
               more
               burthensom
               to
               Our
               People
               ,
               it
               was
               only
               because
               it
               was
               absolutely
               necessary
               to
               settle
               and
               fix
               such
               Funds
               as
               were
               requisite
               for
               the
               weal
               of
               Our
               State.
               But
               the
               Obstinacy
               of
               Our
               Enemies
               ,
               who
               seem
               to
               be
               insensible
               of
               their
               Losses
               ,
               and
               who
               ,
               far
               from
               being
               concern'd
               at
               the
               Misery
               of
               the
               People
               ,
               seem
               even
               to
               take
               an
               Advantage
               at
               the
               Inclination
               We
               express
               towards
               a
               Peace
               ,
               giving
               Us
               a
               Prospect
               of
               the
               Continuance
               of
               the
               War
               ,
               and
               obliging
               Us
               to
               prepare
               for
               it
               ,
               We
               are
               in
               hop's
               to
               make
               all
               Europe
               sensible
               ,
               that
               the
               Forces
               of
               France
               are
               Inexhaustible
               ,
               when
               they
               are
               well
               managed
               ,
               and
               that
               We
               have
               certain
               reserves
               in
               the
               Hearts
               of
               Our
               Subjects
               ,
               and
               in
               their
               Zeal
               for
               their
               King's
               Service
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               Glory
               of
               the
               French
               Nation
               .
               Confiding
               in
               this
               ,
               We
               have
               resolved
               in
               order
               to
               put
               Our self
               in
               a
               Condition
               to
               maintain
               the
               Expences
               of
               the
               War
               ,
               as
               long
               as
               the
               blindness
               of
               Our
               Enemies
               will
               incline
               them
               to
               refuse
               a
               Peace
               ,
               to
               establish
               a
               general
               Poll-Tax
               ,
               to
               be
               paid
               during
               the
               time
               of
               the
               War
               only
               ,
               by
               all
               Our
               Subjects
               ,
               without
               any
               distinction
               ,
               by
               Hearths
               or
               by
               Families
               :
               And
               We
               are
               the
               more
               inclined
               to
               look
               on
               this
               Mean
               as
               safe
               and
               effectual
               ,
               seeing
               that
               the
               most
               zealous
               and
               most
               knowing
               of
               Our
               Subjects
               of
               the
               Three
               Orders
               which
               compose
               this
               State
               ,
               seem
               to
               have
               prevented
               Our
               Resolution
               ;
               and
               moreover
               that
               the
               Estates
               of
               Languedoc
               being
               assembled
               according
               to
               the
               usual
               Custom
               ,
               after
               having
               granted
               the
               free
               Gift
               of
               Three
               Millions
               which
               We
               had
               desired
               of
               them
               ,
               and
               made
               Provision
               for
               the
               other
               usual
               Charges
               which
               the
               War
               has
               considerably
               increas'd
               ,
               by
               an
               Express
               Decree
               of
               their
               Assembly
               ,
               of
               the
               Month
               of
               December
               last
               ,
               carrying
               their
               Foresight
               and
               the
               Testimonies
               of
               their
               Zeal
               and
               Affection
               ,
               beyond
               whatever
               We
               could
               expect
               from
               them
               ,
               have
               propos'd
               this
               Aid
               to
               Us
               ,
               and
               set
               down
               the
               Reasons
               ,
               for
               which
               it
               ought
               to
               be
               preferr'd
               to
               all
               the
               other
               Extraordinary
               Means
               which
               we
               might
               practise
               hereafter
               .
            
             
               And
               indeed
               this
               Poll-Tax
               extending
               generally
               over
               all
               Our
               Subjects
               ,
               will
               prove
               no
               great
               Burthen
               to
               every
               one
               in
               particular
               ,
               and
               being
               joyn'd
               to
               Our
               usual
               Revenues
               ,
               will
               raise
               sufficient
               Funds
               ,
               which
               being
               Collected
               without
               Charge
               or
               Delay
               ,
               will
               render
               the
               said
               Aid
               the
               more
               Speedy
               ,
               Easie
               and
               Effectual
               .
               
               We
               do
               moreover
               believe
               ,
               that
               in
               case
               the
               said
               Collection
               succeeds
               ,
               as
               We
               have
               reason
               to
               think
               it
               will
               ,
               it
               will
               enable
               Us
               for
               the
               future
               ,
               to
               lay
               aside
               the
               extraordinary
               Affairs
               ,
               to
               which
               the
               necessity
               of
               the
               Times
               has
               obliged
               Us
               to
               have
               recourse
               ;
               promising
               upon
               the
               Faith
               and
               Word
               of
               a
               King
               ,
               to
               annul
               the
               said
               General
               Poll-Tax
               ,
               within
               Three
               Months
               after
               the
               Publication
               of
               a
               Peace
               .
               
                 For
                 these
                 Reasons
              
               ,
               and
               other
               Considerations
               Us
               thereunto
               moving
               ,
               of
               Our
               certain
               Knowledge
               ,
               Absolute
               Power
               ,
               and
               Authority
               Royal
               ,
               We
               have
               by
               these
               Presents
               ,
               Sign'd
               under
               our
               Hand
               ,
               Said
               and
               Declar'd
               ,
               do
               Say
               and
               Declare
               ,
               Will
               ,
               and
               it
               is
               Our
               Pleasure
               ,
               That
               ,
               to
               reckon
               from
               the
               First
               Day
               of
               this
               Month
               ,
               a
               General
               Poll-Tax
               be
               Establish'd
               ,
               Rais'd
               and
               Levy'd
               throughout
               Our
               whole
               Kingdom
               ,
               Countries
               ,
               Lands
               and
               Lordships
               under
               Our
               Command
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               in
               the
               Countries
               and
               Cities
               Conquer'd
               by
               Us
               ,
               since
               the
               Declaration
               of
               this
               present
               War
               ,
               by
               Hearths
               ,
               or
               by
               Families
               ,
               payable
               Yearly
               during
               the
               present
               War
               only
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               be
               Continued
               or
               Exacted
               under
               any
               Pretence
               whatever
               ,
               Three
               Months
               after
               God's
               having
               granted
               Us
               a
               Peace
               :
               That
               in
               order
               thereunto
               ,
               the
               Intendants
               and
               Commissioners
               sent
               forth
               in
               each
               of
               the
               Generalities
               ,
               Provinces
               ,
               Countries
               and
               Districts
               ,
               the
               Syndics
               of
               the
               Dioceses
               and
               of
               the
               Estates
               ;
               and
               the
               Gentlemen
               ,
               who
               are
               to
               act
               joyntly
               with
               the
               said
               Intendants
               according
               to
               this
               present
               Declaration
               ,
               do
               agree
               about
               the
               Rolls
               of
               the
               Division
               of
               the
               said
               Poll-Tax
               ,
               conformably
               to
               the
               Bill
               of
               Rates
               agreed
               on
               in
               Our
               Council
               containing
               the
               Distribution
               of
               Our
               Subjects
               ,
               in
               Two
               and
               Twenty
               Classes
               ,
               which
               shall
               be
               fix'd
               under
               the
               Counter
               Seal
               of
               these
               Presents
               .
               Willing
               that
               none
               of
               our
               Subjects
               of
               what
               Quality
               or
               Condition
               soever
               ,
               whether
               Ecclesiasticks
               ,
               Secular
               or
               Regular
               ,
               Noble
               ,
               Military
               or
               others
               ,
               should
               be
               exempted
               from
               the
               said
               Poll-Tax
               ,
               Excepting
               only
               such
               of
               our
               Subjects
               as
               are
               assess'd
               on
               the
               Taille
               ,
               or
               other
               Common
               Impositions
               under
               Forty
               Pence
               ,
               the
               Mendicant
               Orders
               ,
               and
               the
               Poor
               Mendicants
               ,
               whereof
               the
               Curates
               of
               every
               Parish
               shall
               give
               a
               List
               Sign'd
               and
               Certify'd
               by
               them
               ,
               upon
               their
               Honor
               and
               Conscience
               .
               We
               are
               perswaded
               that
               the
               Ecclesiasticks
               will
               the
               more
               chearfully
               submit
               to
               this
               Contribution
               ,
               seeing
               that
               besides
               that
               ,
               the
               Interest
               of
               Religion
               ,
               and
               the
               Zeal
               which
               they
               have
               always
               express'd
               for
               our
               Service
               
               Ingages
               them
               to
               it
               ;
               their
               Profession
               hindring
               them
               from
               serving
               us
               in
               our
               Armies
               ,
               where
               most
               of
               them
               should
               be
               call'd
               by
               their
               Birth
               ,
               they
               have
               no
               other
               way
               on
               this
               occasion
               to
               contribute
               towards
               the
               defence
               of
               the
               State
               of
               which
               they
               make
               up
               the
               first
               Body
               :
               But
               in
               as
               much
               as
               the
               General
               Assembly
               of
               the
               Clergy
               of
               our
               Kingdom
               is
               to
               be
               held
               this
               Year
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Testimonies
               we
               have
               ever
               receiv'd
               of
               the
               Zeal
               of
               that
               Body
               ,
               makes
               us
               presume
               that
               they
               will
               continue
               to
               give
               us
               Proofs
               of
               the
               same
               ;
               granting
               us
               by
               a
               Voluntary
               Gift
               ,
               Aids
               proportionable
               to
               the
               Necessities
               of
               the
               State
               ,
               and
               that
               it
               would
               not
               be
               reasonable
               at
               the
               same
               time
               to
               oblige
               them
               to
               Contribute
               towards
               the
               Poll-Tax
               ;
               
                 It
                 is
                 Our
                 Will
                 and
                 Pleasure
                 ,
              
               That
               at
               this
               Time
               ,
               the
               Clergy
               ,
               and
               the
               Members
               which
               have
               a
               dependence
               on
               them
               ,
               be
               not
               compris'd
               in
               the
               Assessment
               which
               shall
               be
               agreed
               on
               in
               Our
               Council
               ,
               nor
               in
               the
               Rolls
               which
               shall
               be
               made
               by
               the
               Intendants
               for
               the
               Collection
               of
               the
               Taxes
               of
               this
               present
               Year
               .
               Neither
               do
               We
               question
               ,
               but
               the
               Nobility
               of
               Our
               Kingdom
               ,
               who
               daily
               Expose
               their
               Lives
               ,
               and
               Spill
               their
               Blood
               generously
               for
               Our
               Service
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               Support
               of
               the
               State
               ,
               will
               as
               freely
               Sacrifice
               so
               small
               a
               portion
               of
               their
               Revenues
               ,
               as
               that
               to
               which
               the
               Tax
               which
               will
               be
               laid
               on
               Gentlemen
               will
               amount
               .
               And
               whereas
               the
               Product
               of
               the
               said
               Poll-Tax
               is
               design'd
               to
               supply
               the
               Expences
               of
               the
               War
               ,
               it
               is
               necessary
               for
               us
               to
               be
               in
               a
               Condition
               to
               make
               use
               of
               it
               during
               the
               next
               Campaign
               :
               Therefore
               we
               do
               Require
               and
               Command
               all
               those
               who
               are
               liable
               ,
               to
               pay
               their
               Assessments
               in
               two
               Terms
               and
               Equal
               Payments
               ;
               the
               first
               on
               the
               First
               day
               of
               March
               ,
               and
               the
               second
               on
               the
               First
               day
               of
               June
               following
               .
               That
               Our
               Subjects
               who
               are
               liable
               to
               the
               Taille
               ,
               do
               pay
               the
               said
               Tax
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               Receivers
               of
               the
               Taille
               of
               every
               Election
               ,
               or
               to
               the
               Collectors
               imploy'd
               by
               them
               ,
               who
               shall
               thereupon
               remit
               the
               Fund
               of
               their
               several
               Collections
               ,
               to
               the
               Receiver-General
               of
               the
               Finances
               of
               their
               Generality
               :
               And
               the
               Citizens
               and
               Inhabitants
               of
               free
               Towns
               ,
               which
               are
               not
               liable
               to
               pay
               the
               Taille
               ,
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               Receivers
               of
               the
               Publick
               Stock
               of
               the
               said
               Towns
               ,
               who
               shall
               afterwards
               remit
               the
               same
               to
               the
               Receivers
               General
               of
               the
               Finances
               of
               the
               Generality
               ,
               and
               the
               said
               Receivers-General
               to
               the
               Keeper
               of
               Our
               Treasure
               Royal.
               That
               in
               such
               Countries
               in
               which
               Estates
               are
               
               held
               ,
               the
               Roll
               of
               the
               Assessment
               of
               the
               said
               Poll-Tax
               be
               made
               and
               settled
               by
               the
               Intendants
               and
               Commissioners
               appointed
               in
               order
               thereunto
               ,
               Jointly
               and
               with
               the
               Approbation
               of
               the
               ordinary
               Deputies
               or
               Syndics
               of
               the
               said
               Estates
               ,
               and
               that
               all
               Persons
               so
               Assess'd
               ,
               do
               pay
               their
               Tax
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               Collectors
               and
               Receivers
               in
               ordinary
               of
               Free
               Gifts
               ,
               Subsidies
               ,
               Subventions
               ,
               and
               other
               Impositions
               in
               Use
               in
               the
               said
               Countries
               ,
               who
               will
               afterwards
               remit
               the
               Fund
               of
               their
               Collection
               to
               the
               Treasurers
               ,
               or
               Receivers
               General
               of
               the
               said
               Estates
               ,
               and
               they
               to
               the
               Keeper
               of
               Our
               Treasure
               Royal.
               That
               the
               Roll
               of
               Assessment
               upon
               the
               Citizens
               and
               Inhabitants
               of
               Our
               good
               City
               of
               Paris
               ,
               be
               made
               and
               sign'd
               by
               the
               *
               Provost
               of
               the
               Merchants
               ,
               and
               the
               Sheriffs
               of
               Our
               said
               City
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Product
               of
               the
               said
               Imposition
               ,
               be
               paid
               to
               the
               Receivers
               by
               them
               appointed
               ,
               who
               shall
               remit
               the
               same
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               Receiver-General
               of
               the
               City
               ,
               and
               he
               to
               the
               Keeper
               of
               our
               Treasure
               Royal.
               That
               the
               Rolls
               of
               the
               said
               Poll-Tax
               ,
               payable
               by
               the
               Ecclesiasticks
               Secular
               and
               Regular
               ,
               be
               Sign'd
               by
               the
               Intendants
               and
               Commissioners
               appointed
               ,
               Jointly
               with
               and
               by
               the
               Approbation
               of
               the
               Syndic
               of
               every
               Diocese
               ,
               and
               the
               Money
               thereby
               arising
               paid
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               Receivers
               ,
               who
               shall
               be
               appointed
               by
               the
               Intendant
               or
               Commissary
               of
               the
               District
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Syndic
               of
               every
               Diocese
               ;
               Which
               said
               Receiver
               shall
               afterwards
               remit
               the
               Product
               of
               his
               Receipt
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               Receiver-General
               of
               the
               Finances
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Countries
               which
               hold
               Estates
               ,
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               Receiver
               or
               Treasurer-General
               of
               the
               said
               Estates
               ,
               who
               will
               remit
               the
               same
               to
               the
               Keeper
               of
               our
               Treasure
               Royal.
               That
               the
               Rolls
               of
               the
               said
               Poll-Tax
               payable
               by
               the
               Gentry
               and
               Nobility
               ,
               be
               made
               by
               the
               Intendants
               and
               Commissioners
               appointed
               ,
               Jointly
               with
               and
               by
               the
               Approbation
               of
               a
               Gentleman
               out
               of
               every
               Bailiwick
               ,
               who
               shall
               be
               chosen
               and
               nominated
               by
               Us
               to
               that
               Effect
               ,
               and
               the
               Sums
               arising
               from
               the
               same
               paid
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               Receiver
               appointed
               by
               the
               Intendant
               or
               Commissioner
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Gentleman
               by
               Us
               nominated
               ,
               and
               the
               said
               Receiver
               shall
               remit
               the
               Product
               of
               his
               Receipt
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               Receiver-General
               of
               the
               Finances
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Countries
               which
               hold
               Estates
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               Treasurer
               or
               Receiver-General
               of
               
               the
               said
               Estates
               ,
               who
               shall
               remit
               the
               same
               to
               the
               Keeper
               of
               our
               Treasure
               Royal.
               That
               the
               Rolls
               of
               the
               said
               Poll-Tax
               payable
               by
               the
               Officers
               ,
               Souldiers
               ,
               Troopers
               ,
               Dragoons
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Officers
               ,
               Souldiers
               and
               Seamen
               ,
               as
               well
               of
               Our
               Men
               of
               War
               ,
               as
               Galleys
               ,
               be
               settled
               by
               the
               Intendants
               of
               Our
               Provinces
               ,
               and
               by
               those
               of
               the
               Navy
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Galleys
               ,
               within
               the
               District
               of
               which
               the
               said
               Forces
               ,
               both
               for
               the
               Land
               and
               Sea
               Service
               ,
               shall
               happen
               to
               be
               at
               the
               time
               of
               the
               said
               Imposition
               ,
               and
               that
               the
               Product
               thereof
               be
               paid
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               Treasurer-General
               of
               the
               Extraordinary
               of
               the
               War
               ,
               and
               of
               those
               of
               the
               Navy
               and
               Galleys
               ,
               who
               shall
               remit
               the
               Fund
               of
               their
               Receipt
               to
               the
               Keeper
               of
               our
               Treasure
               Royal.
               That
               the
               Officers
               of
               Parliaments
               and
               other
               Courts
               ,
               who
               receive
               their
               Sallaries
               by
               the
               hands
               of
               a
               Pay-master
               ,
               do
               pay
               their
               Taxes
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               said
               Pay-masters
               ,
               who
               shall
               remit
               them
               afterwards
               into
               the
               Treasure
               Royal.
               And
               as
               to
               the
               Princes
               ,
               Dukes
               ,
               and
               Marshals
               of
               France
               ,
               Officers
               of
               Our
               Crown
               ,
               and
               other
               Officers
               mention'd
               in
               the
               two
               first
               Classis
               of
               the
               Bill
               of
               Rates
               agreed
               upon
               in
               Our
               Council
               ,
               and
               the
               Knights
               and
               great
               Officers
               of
               the
               Order
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               they
               shall
               pay
               their
               Tax
               directly
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               Keeper
               of
               Our
               Treasure
               Royal
               :
               And
               the
               Officers
               of
               Our
               Houshold
               ,
               and
               others
               Imploy'd
               upon
               the
               Settlements
               of
               Royal
               Houses
               ,
               shall
               pay
               their
               Tax
               according
               to
               the
               Roll
               agreed
               upon
               by
               Us
               in
               Our
               Council
               ,
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               Receiver
               ,
               who
               shall
               be
               by
               Us
               appointed
               to
               that
               Effect
               .
               All
               the
               Receivers
               ,
               both
               General
               and
               Particular
               ,
               who
               shall
               receive
               the
               Collection
               of
               the
               said
               Poll-Tax
               ,
               either
               in
               the
               whole
               ,
               or
               part
               ,
               shall
               ,
               instead
               of
               a
               Sallary
               ,
               retain
               the
               Taxations
               by
               Us
               Impos'd
               upon
               them
               upon
               the
               Product
               of
               their
               Receipts
               :
               And
               as
               to
               the
               Method
               of
               Accompting
               ,
               Fees
               ,
               and
               manner
               of
               Accompts
               they
               shall
               follow
               the
               Regulation
               by
               Us
               made
               :
               Prohibiting
               their
               Exacting
               ,
               or
               receiving
               any
               Duty
               of
               Acquittance
               ,
               or
               other
               Penys
               upon
               any
               pretence
               whatever
               ,
               on
               pain
               of
               being
               convicted
               of
               Extortion
               :
               We
               do
               also
               hereby
               Impower
               them
               to
               compel
               those
               who
               shall
               delay
               their
               Payments
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               usual
               Method
               practis'd
               in
               these
               Cases
               ,
               excepting
               the
               Ecclesiasticks
               ,
               whose
               Temporal
               Estate
               only
               they
               shall
               be
               allow'd
               to
               seize
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               15th
               .
               Article
               of
               the
               Seizures
               and
               Executions
               of
               Our
               Ordinance
               of
               the
               Year
               1667.
               
               Moreover
               ,
               We
               
               do
               allow
               the
               Rolls
               ,
               Extracts
               of
               the
               said
               Rolls
               ,
               Acquittances
               ,
               Warrants
               ,
               Assignations
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               Expeditions
               and
               Proceedings
               which
               shall
               be
               made
               for
               the
               Imposition
               and
               Recovery
               of
               the
               said
               Poll-Tax
               to
               be
               made
               on
               Common
               Paper
               ,
               and
               without
               a
               Seal
               ,
               all
               Edicts
               ,
               Declarations
               ,
               and
               Decrees
               to
               the
               contrary
               thereof
               in
               any
               wise
               notwithstanding
               .
               And
               to
               prevent
               the
               Disputes
               which
               might
               arise
               about
               the
               Imposition
               and
               recovery
               of
               the
               said
               Poll-Tax
               ,
               
                 It
                 is
                 Our
                 Will
                 and
                 Pleasure
                 ,
              
               That
               those
               who
               have
               many
               Places
               ,
               Titles
               ,
               Dignities
               or
               Qualities
               ,
               and
               who
               upon
               that
               account
               might
               be
               comprehended
               in
               several
               Rolls
               ,
               shall
               only
               be
               oblig'd
               to
               pay
               once
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               highest
               Tax
               ,
               which
               they
               are
               liable
               to
               upon
               the
               account
               of
               all
               those
               Qualities
               .
               That
               the
               Sons
               of
               Families
               being
               Marry'd
               ,
               or
               having
               Offices
               ,
               shall
               be
               assessed
               apart
               in
               the
               Rolls
               ,
               tho
               they
               live
               actually
               in
               their
               Father
               or
               Mother's
               House
               .
               That
               the
               Children
               of
               Families
               ,
               of
               Age
               or
               under
               Age
               ,
               injoying
               the
               Estate
               acquir'd
               by
               their
               Father
               or
               Mother's
               decease
               ,
               shall
               be
               Tax'd
               at
               the
               Rate
               of
               the
               Fourth
               part
               of
               what
               their
               Father
               should
               have
               been
               oblig'd
               to
               pay
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Bill
               of
               Rates
               agreed
               on
               in
               Our
               Council
               .
               That
               Widows
               shall
               only
               be
               compris'd
               in
               the
               said
               Rolls
               ,
               for
               the
               Moiety
               of
               the
               Tax
               to
               which
               their
               Husbands
               should
               have
               been
               Assess'd
               .
               And
               that
               Women
               parted
               from
               their
               Husbands
               shall
               be
               Tax'd
               in
               their
               private
               Capacity
               to
               half
               the
               Sums
               to
               which
               their
               Husbands
               shall
               be
               Taxed
               .
               And
               whereas
               it
               might
               happen
               that
               several
               of
               Our
               Subjects
               would
               pretend
               to
               be
               compriz'd
               in
               none
               of
               the
               Twenty
               Two
               Classis
               mention'd
               in
               the
               Bill
               of
               Rates
               fix'd
               under
               the
               Counter-Seal
               of
               these
               Presents
               ;
               We
               do
               declare
               ,
               that
               all
               those
               who
               shall
               not
               be
               particularly
               comprehended
               in
               one
               of
               the
               said
               Classis
               ,
               shall
               be
               Assessed
               by
               the
               said
               Intendants
               and
               Commissioners
               appointed
               ,
               alone
               ,
               or
               by
               the
               said
               Intendants
               ,
               jointly
               with
               the
               Deputies
               and
               Syndics
               of
               the
               Countries
               in
               which
               Estates
               are
               held
               ,
               the
               Syndics
               of
               Dioceses
               ,
               and
               Gentlemen
               by
               Us
               nominated
               ,
               if
               they
               are
               Ecclesiastics
               ,
               Nobles
               ,
               or
               inhabiting
               in
               a
               Country
               in
               which
               Estates
               are
               held
               ,
               at
               the
               Rate
               of
               that
               Classis
               ,
               to
               which
               their
               Profession
               ,
               Condition
               or
               Quality
               has
               the
               greatest
               Relation
               .
               And
               whereas
               several
               Alterations
               may
               happen
               from
               Year
               to
               Year
               in
               the
               Condition
               of
               the
               Persons
               liable
               to
               the
               said
               Poll-Tax
               :
               It
               is
               Our
               Will
               and
               Pleasure
               ,
               That
               upon
               Notice
               given
               thereof
               to
               Our
               said
               
               Intendants
               and
               Commissioners
               appointed
               ,
               they
               shall
               have
               the
               Power
               alone
               ,
               or
               Jointly
               with
               the
               Syndics
               of
               the
               Estates
               ,
               of
               the
               Dioceses
               ,
               and
               with
               the
               Gentlemen
               by
               us
               Nominated
               ,
               to
               rectify
               their
               Rolls
               ,
               to
               increase
               or
               diminish
               their
               Taxes
               in
               that
               of
               the
               following
               Year
               ,
               sending
               an
               Account
               of
               the
               said
               Augmentations
               or
               Diminutions
               by
               them
               made
               ,
               to
               the
               Comptroler
               General
               of
               Our
               Finances
               .
               And
               whereas
               it
               is
               very
               material
               for
               the
               Good
               of
               Our
               Service
               ,
               and
               for
               the
               Ease
               of
               Our
               People
               to
               prevent
               whatever
               might
               retard
               the
               Raising
               of
               the
               said
               Poll-Tax
               ,
               or
               put
               the
               Persons
               assess'd
               to
               Charges
               :
               It
               is
               also
               Our
               Will
               and
               Pleasure
               ,
               That
               all
               Disputes
               which
               might
               arise
               upon
               the
               Account
               of
               the
               said
               Imposition
               and
               Recovery
               ,
               shall
               be
               Judg'd
               summarily
               and
               without
               Charges
               by
               the
               said
               Intendants
               and
               Commissioners
               appointed
               ,
               and
               in
               relation
               to
               Our
               good
               City
               of
               Paris
               ,
               by
               the
               Provost
               of
               the
               Merchants
               ,
               and
               the
               Sheriffs
               ,
               whom
               we
               do
               hereby
               appoint
               to
               be
               the
               sole
               and
               absolute
               Judges
               thereof
               ;
               so
               bidding
               all
               our
               other
               Courts
               and
               Judges
               to
               take
               Cognisance
               of
               the
               same
               :
               It
               is
               also
               Our
               Will
               and
               Pleasure
               ,
               That
               whatever
               shall
               be
               ordain'd
               by
               them
               ,
               shall
               be
               Executed
               by
               Provision
               ,
               allowing
               them
               however
               an
               Appeal
               to
               Our
               Council
               .
               We
               do
               also
               declare
               ,
               That
               by
               these
               Presents
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               Establishment
               of
               the
               said
               Poll-Tax
               ,
               We
               do
               no-wise
               design
               to
               derogate
               from
               the
               Privileges
               ,
               Prerogatives
               and
               Rights
               of
               any
               of
               the
               Orders
               of
               Our
               Kingdom
               ,
               which
               We
               will
               maintain
               and
               preserve
               .
               Therefore
               We
               do
               Command
               Our
               Trusty
               and
               Well-beloved
               Councellors
               the
               Persons
               holding
               Our
               Court
               of
               Parliament
               ,
               Chamber
               of
               Accompts
               ,
               and
               Court
               of
               Aids
               of
               Paris
               ,
               to
               cause
               these
               Presents
               to
               be
               Read
               ,
               Publish'd
               and
               Registred
               ,
               and
               the
               Contents
               thereof
               carefully
               and
               exactly
               to
               observe
               ,
               and
               execute
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Form
               and
               Tenor
               thereof
               ,
               putting
               a
               stop
               to
               all
               Troubles
               and
               Oppositions
               thereunto
               Contrary
               :
               Willing
               also
               ,
               That
               Credit
               be
               given
               to
               the
               Copies
               of
               these
               Presents
               ,
               Compar'd
               and
               Examin'd
               by
               one
               of
               Our
               Trusty
               and
               Well-beloved
               Councellors
               and
               Secretaries
               ,
               as
               much
               as
               to
               the
               Original
               ;
               for
               such
               is
               Our
               Pleasure
               :
               In
               Witness
               whereof
               ,
               We
               have
               caus'd
               Our
               Seal
               to
               be
               affix'd
               to
               these
               Presents
               .
            
             
               
                 Given
                 at
                 Verfailles
                 ,
                 
                   on
                   the
                   18th
                   .
                   of
                   January
                   ,
                   of
                   the
                   Year
                   of
                   our
                   Lord
                   1695.
                   and
                   of
                   Our
                   Reign
                   the
                   52d
                   .
                
              
               
                 Sign'd
                 Lewis
                 ,
                 and
                 lower
                 by
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 Phelypeaux
                 ,
                 and
                 Sealed
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Registred
                 ,
                 and
                 Order'd
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 Motion
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Attorney
                 General
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 Executed
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Form
                 and
                 Tenor
                 thereof
                 .
              
               
                 
                   At
                   Paris
                   in
                   Parliament
                   ,
                   on
                   
                     the
                     21.
                     
                     Jan.
                     1695.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   Sign'd
                   ,
                   Dongois
                   .
                
              
            
             
               
                 Registred
                 in
                 the
                 Chamber
                 of
                 Accompts
                 ,
                 and
                 Order'd
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 Motion
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Attorney
                 General
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 in
                 force
                 and
                 to
                 be
                 Executed
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Form
                 and
                 Tenor
                 thereof
                 .
              
               
                 
                   The
                   Offices
                   being
                   Assembled
                   ,
                   on
                   
                     the
                     22d
                     .
                     of
                     January
                     1695.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   Sign'd
                   ,
                
              
            
             
               
                 Registred
                 in
                 the
                 Court
                 of
                 Aids
                 ,
                 and
                 Order'd
                 ,
                 upon
                 the
                 Motion
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Attorney
                 General
                 ,
                 to
                 be
                 Executed
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Form
                 and
                 Tenor
                 thereof
                 ,
                 on
                 the
                 of
                 
                   January
                   1695.
                
                 
              
               
                 
                   Sign'd
                   ,
                
              
            
          
           
             
             
               TARIF
               ,
               OR
               A
               Bill
               of
               Rates
               ,
            
             
               CONTAINING
               
                 The
                 Distribution
                 of
                 the
              
               Classis
               ,
               
                 and
                 the
                 Regulation
                 of
                 the
              
               Assessments
               
                 of
                 the
              
               General
               Poll-Tax
               ,
               
                 Ordain'd
                 by
                 the
                 King
                 of
              
               France
               '
               
                 s
                 Declaration
              
               .
            
             
               
                 The
                 first
                 Classis
                 .
                 2000
                 Livres
                 .
              
               
                 THE
                 Dauphin
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Duke
                 of
                 Orleans
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Duke
                 of
                 Chartres
                 .
              
               
                 Madam
                 
                   de
                   Guise
                
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Prince
                 of
                 Condé
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Duke
                 of
                 Bourbon
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Princess
                 Dowager
                 of
                 Conti.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Prince
                 of
                 Conti.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Duke
                 
                   du
                   Maine
                
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Count
                 
                   de
                   Toulouze
                
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Dutchess
                 of
                 Verneuil
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Lord
                 Chancellor
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 President
                 of
                 the
                 Royal
                 Council
                 of
                 the
                 Finances
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Ministers
                 of
                 State.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Secretaries
                 of
                 State.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Comptroller-General
                 of
                 the
                 Finances
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Keepers
                 of
                 the
                 Treasure
                 Royal.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Treasurer
                 of
                 the
                 Extraordinary
                 of
                 the
                 War.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Treasurers
                 of
                 the
                 Navy
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 General
                 Farmers
                 .
              
            
             
             
               
                 The
                 second
                 Classis
                 .
                 1500
                 Livres
                 .
              
               
                 THE
                 Princes
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Dukes
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Marshals
                 of
                 France
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Crown
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 first
                 President
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Governors
                 of
                 Provinces
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Counsellors
                 of
                 the
                 Royal
                 Council
                 of
                 the
                 Finances
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Intendants
                 of
                 the
                 Finances
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Treasurers
                 of
                 the
                 Casual
                 Revenues
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 third
                 Classis
                 .
                 1000
                 Livres
                 .
              
               
                 THE
                 Knights
                 and
                 great
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Order
                 of
                 the
                 Holy
                 Ghost
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Judges
                 of
                 Provinces
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Vice-Admirals
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 first
                 Presidents
                 of
                 the
                 Superiour
                 Courts
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Presidents
                 
                   à
                   Mortier
                
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 first
                 Presidents
                 of
                 the
                 Parliaments
                 of
                 the
                 Provinces
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Secretaries
                 of
                 the
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Receivers
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Finances
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Treasurers
                 of
                 the
                 Countries
                 in
                 which
                 Estates
                 are
                 held
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Treasurers
                 of
                 the
                 Gallys
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Receivers
                 of
                 the
                 Exhibitions
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 fourth
                 Classis
                 .
                 500
                 Livres
                 .
              
               
                 THE
                 Counsellors
                 of
                 State.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Attorneys
                 and
                 Advocates
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Register
                 in
                 Chief
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Presidents
                 of
                 the
                 Chamber
                 of
                 Accounts
                 ,
                 Court
                 of
                 Aids
                 of
                 Paris
                 ,
                 and
                 Grand
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Provost
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 
                   Lieutenant
                   Civil
                
                 ,
                 or
                 Judge
                 in
                 Civil
                 Causes
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 
                   Lieutenant
                   de
                   Police
                
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Provost
                 of
                 the
                 Merchants
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Captain-Lieutenants
                 of
                 the
                 Companies
                 of
                 Gens
                 d'armes
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Chevaux
                 Legers
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Receivers
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Clergy
                 .
              
               
                 
                 The
                 Great
                 Audiencers
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Keepers
                 of
                 the
                 Rolls
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Comptrollers
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Great
                 Chancery
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Treasurers
                 of
                 the
                 Seal
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Treasurers
                 of
                 the
                 Artillery
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 the
                 Real
                 Seasarers
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 fifth
                 Classis
                 ,
                 400
                 Livres
                 .
              
               
                 THE
                 Masters
                 of
                 Requests
                 Titular
                 and
                 Veteran
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Councellors
                 of
                 Honour
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Attorney
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Chamber
                 of
                 Accompts
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Attorneys
                 and
                 Advocates
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Grand
                 Council
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Court
                 of
                 Aids
                 of
                 Paris
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Registers
                 in
                 Chief
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 first
                 Presidents
                 of
                 the
                 Chambers
                 of
                 Accompts
                 ,
                 and
                 Courts
                 of
                 Aids
                 of
                 the
                 Provinces
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Intendants
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Navy
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Provinces
                 ,
                 who
                 are
                 not
                 Masters
                 of
                 Requests
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Governors
                 of
                 Frontier
                 Towns.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Registers
                 of
                 the
                 Council
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Keeper
                 of
                 the
                 Minutes
                 of
                 the
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Register
                 in
                 Chief
                 of
                 the
                 Chamber
                 of
                 Accompts
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Treasures
                 of
                 the
                 Fortifications
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Treasures
                 of
                 the
                 Buildings
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Treasures
                 of
                 the
                 Switz
                 Forces
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Custodes
                 of
                 the
                 Treaties
                 agreed
                 on
                 in
                 Council
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 sixth
                 Classis
                 ,
                 300
                 Livres
                 .
              
               
                 THE
                 Lieutenants
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Armies
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Lieutenants
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Navy
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Galleys
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Lieutenants
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Artillery
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 King's
                 Lieutenants
                 of
                 the
                 Provinces
                 ,
                 whose
                 Places
                 are
                 Hereditary
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Governors
                 of
                 Garrisons
                 ,
                 &c.
                 within
                 the
                 Kingdom
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Sub
                 Lieutenants
                 of
                 the
                 Gens-d'armes
                 ,
                 and
                 Chevaux
                 Legers
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 first
                 Presidents
                 of
                 the
                 Superiour
                 Councils
                 of
                 the
                 Provinces
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Presidents
                 
                   à
                   Mortier
                
                 of
                 the
                 Provincial
                 Parliaments
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Presidents
                 of
                 the
                 Inquests
                 ,
                 and
                 Requests
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Particular
                 ,
                 Criminal
                 Judges
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 King's
                 Attorney
                 of
                 the
                 *
                 Chatelet
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Registers
                 in
                 Chief
                 ,
                 Civil
                 and
                 Criminal
                 of
                 the
                 Chatelet
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Treasurers
                 of
                 the
                 Mace
                 of
                 Gold
                 ,
                 or
                 Golden
                 Bullion
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 General
                 Farmers
                 of
                 the
                 Posts
                 .
              
            
             
             
               
                 The
                 seventh
                 Classis
                 ,
                 250
                 Livres
                 .
              
               
                 THE
                 Marquesses
                 ,
                 Earls
                 ,
                 Vicounts
                 and
                 Barons
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Provost
                 of
                 the
                 Isle
                 ,
                 The
                 Lieutenant
                 Criminal
                 of
                 the
                 Short
                 Robe
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 *
                 
                   Chevalier
                   du
                   Guet
                
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 King's
                 Attorney
                 ,
                 the
                 Register
                 and
                 Receiver
                 of
                 the
                 Town-house
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Registers
                 appointed
                 for
                 the
                 Registry
                 of
                 the
                 Grand
                 Chamber
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Pay-Masters
                 of
                 the
                 Rents
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Receivers
                 of
                 the
                 Tailles
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Receivers
                 of
                 the
                 Demain
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Receivers
                 of
                 Fines
                 ,
                 Receivers
                 of
                 Fees
                 and
                 Vacations
                 ,
                 Receivers
                 of
                 Exhibitions
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Commissioners
                 of
                 the
                 Real
                 Seizures
                 of
                 the
                 Cities
                 in
                 which
                 there
                 are
                 Parliaments
                 ,
                 Chambers
                 of
                 Accompts
                 ,
                 or
                 Courts
                 of
                 Aids
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Treasurers
                 of
                 Bridges
                 and
                 Causey's
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Receivers
                 of
                 the
                 Admiralties
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Comptrollers
                 of
                 the
                 Posts
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Comptrollers
                 of
                 the
                 Switz
                 Forces
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Pay
                 Masters
                 of
                 the
                 Sallaries
                 of
                 Superiour
                 Courts
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Directors
                 of
                 the
                 Farms
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Cash-keepers
                 of
                 the
                 Aids
                 and
                 Gabelles
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Sub
                 Farmers
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 eighth
                 Classis
                 ,
                 200
                 Livres
                 .
              
               
                 THE
                 Marshals
                 de
                 Camp
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Armies
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Flag
                 Officers
                 of
                 Men
                 of
                 War
                 and
                 Galleys
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Quarter-masters
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Camps
                 and
                 Armies
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Ensigns
                 ,
                 Cornets
                 ,
                 and
                 Guidons
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Gens
                 d'armes
                 ,
                 and
                 Chevaux
                 Legers
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Counsellors
                 of
                 Superiour
                 Courts
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Grand
                 Bailiffs
                 of
                 the
                 Sword.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Masters
                 of
                 the
                 Chamber
                 of
                 Accompts
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Advocate
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Chamber
                 of
                 Accompts
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Attorney
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Requests
                 
                   de
                   L'hostel
                
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Judge
                 of
                 the
                 Marble
                 Table
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Great
                 Masters
                 of
                 Waters
                 and
                 Forests
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 King's
                 Secretaries
                 of
                 the
                 Great
                 Chancery
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Presidents
                 and
                 Treasurers
                 of
                 France
                 ,
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Register
                 of
                 the
                 Presentations
                 and
                 Affirmations
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 first
                 Clarks
                 of
                 the
                 Secretaries
                 of
                 State
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Comptroller
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Finances
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Treasure
                 Royal
                 ,
                 and●●●●al
                 Revenues
                 .
              
            
             
             
               
                 The
                 ninth
                 Classis
                 ,
                 150
                 Livres
                 .
              
               
                 THE
                 Brigadiers
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Armies
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Marshals
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Horse
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Majors
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Foot
                 and
                 Horse
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Armies
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Captains
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Ships
                 and
                 Galleys
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Masters
                 of
                 the
                 Chambers
                 of
                 Accompts
                 of
                 the
                 Provinces
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Correctors
                 and
                 Auditors
                 of
                 the
                 Accompts
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Counsellors
                 ,
                 Knights
                 of
                 Honour
                 ,
                 Attorneys
                 and
                 Advocates
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Superiour
                 Courts
                 of
                 the
                 Provinces
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Registers
                 of
                 Extraordinary
                 Commissions
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Clerks
                 of
                 the
                 General
                 Comptrollers
                 Office
                 of
                 the
                 Finances
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Comptrollers
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Navy
                 and
                 Galleys
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Comptrollers
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Gabelles
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Clarks
                 of
                 the
                 Secretaries
                 and
                 Registers
                 of
                 the
                 Council
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 tenth
                 Classis
                 ,
                 120
                 Livres
                 .
              
               
                 THE
                 Colonels
                 of
                 Foot
                 ,
                 Horse
                 and
                 Dragoons
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Armies
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Officers
                 having
                 the
                 Rank
                 of
                 Colonels
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 King's
                 Lieutenants
                 or
                 Sub
                 Governours
                 of
                 Frontier
                 Towns.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Colonel
                 of
                 the
                 Arches
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Gentlemen
                 Lords
                 of
                 Parishes
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Advocate
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Requests
                 
                   de
                   L'hostel
                
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Sheriffs
                 and
                 Counsellors
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Notaries
                 and
                 Secretaries
                 of
                 other
                 Superiour
                 Courts
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Vshers
                 of
                 the
                 Council
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Great
                 Chancery
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Presidents
                 Treasurers
                 of
                 France
                 ,
                 the
                 King's
                 Advocates
                 ,
                 Attorneys
                 ,
                 and
                 Registers
                 of
                 the
                 Offices
                 of
                 the
                 Provinces
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 King's
                 Advocates
                 of
                 the
                 Chatelet
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Comptrollers
                 of
                 the
                 Mare
                 of
                 Gold
                 ,
                 or
                 Bullion
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Director
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Mint
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Notaries
                 of
                 the
                 Chatelet
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Expeditionary
                 Bankers
                 at
                 the
                 Court
                 of
                 Rome
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Bankers
                 and
                 Agents
                 of
                 the
                 Exchange
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Book-keepers
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Comptroller
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Remenants
                 of
                 the
                 Chamber
                 of
                 Accompts
                 at
                 Paris
                 .
              
            
             
             
               
                 The
                 eleventh
                 Classis
                 ,
                 100
                 Livres
                 .
              
               
                 THE
                 Commissaries
                 of
                 the
                 War.
                 The
                 Commissaries
                 of
                 the
                 Navy
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Comptrollers
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Ordinary
                 and
                 Extraordinary
                 of
                 the
                 War.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Correctors
                 and
                 Auditors
                 of
                 the
                 Chambers
                 of
                 Accompts
                 of
                 the
                 Provinces
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Particular
                 ,
                 and
                 Criminal
                 Judges
                 ,
                 the
                 King's
                 Attorney
                 ,
                 and
                 Registers
                 in
                 Chief
                 of
                 the
                 Baliwicks
                 ,
                 and
                 Seneschalships
                 under
                 the
                 Jurisdiction
                 of
                 Parliaments
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Knights
                 of
                 Honor
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Counsellors
                 of
                 the
                 Chatelet
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Mayors
                 of
                 Cities
                 in
                 which
                 there
                 are
                 Parliaments
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 Superiour
                 Courts
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 King's
                 Secretaries
                 in
                 the
                 Little
                 Chanceries
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Receivers
                 of
                 Fines
                 ,
                 Fees
                 and
                 Vacations
                 ,
                 the
                 Receivers
                 of
                 Exhibitions
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Commissaries
                 of
                 the
                 Real
                 Seizures
                 of
                 the
                 Cities
                 in
                 which
                 there
                 is
                 an
                 Officer
                 of
                 the
                 Finances
                 ,
                 or
                 a
                 Presidial
                 Court.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Clerks
                 of
                 the
                 Secretaries
                 of
                 State
                 ,
                 and
                 Comptroller
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Finances
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Comptroller
                 of
                 the
                 Pay-masters
                 of
                 the
                 Sallaries
                 of
                 Superiour
                 Courts
                 .
              
               
                 Whole-sale
                 Dealers
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 first
                 Vshers
                 of
                 the
                 Parliament
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Superiour
                 Courts
                 of
                 paris
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 twelfth
                 Classis
                 ,
                 80
                 Livres
                 .
              
               
                 THE
                 Knights
                 of
                 Honour
                 ,
                 King's
                 Advocates
                 and
                 Attorneys
                 ,
                 and
                 Registers
                 in
                 Chief
                 of
                 the
                 Presidial
                 Courts
                 of
                 the
                 Provinces
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Wax-chafers
                 ,
                 Coffer-Carriers
                 and
                 other
                 Inferiour
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Great
                 Chancery
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 thirteenth
                 Classis
                 ,
                 60
                 Livres
                 .
              
               
                 THE
                 Sub-Governors
                 and
                 Majors
                 of
                 Garrisons
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Engineers-Directors
                 of
                 Fortifications
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Presidents
                 and
                 Lieutenants
                 Criminal
                 of
                 the
                 Elections
                 and
                 Salt
                 Lofts
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Judges
                 of
                 the
                 Constableship
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Admiralties
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Sheriffs
                 ,
                 King's
                 Attorneys
                 ,
                 Registers
                 ,
                 and
                 Receivers
                 of
                 the
                 Common
                 Bank
                 of
                 the
                 Cities
                 in
                 which
                 Parliaments
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 Superiour
                 Courts
                 are
                 held
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Mayors
                 of
                 the
                 Cities
                 of
                 the
                 second
                 Order
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Judges
                 keepers
                 of
                 the
                 Mint
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Substitutes
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Superiour
                 Courts
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Comptrollers
                 of
                 the
                 Pay-masters
                 of
                 the
                 Sallaries
                 of
                 Superiour
                 Courts
                 .
              
               
                 
                 The
                 Clarks
                 of
                 the
                 Intendants
                 of
                 the
                 Finances
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Treasure
                 Royal
                 ,
                 and
                 Casual
                 Revenues
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Receivers
                 General
                 of
                 the
                 Gabelles
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Inhabitants
                 of
                 Large
                 Cities
                 ,
                 living
                 on
                 their
                 Estates
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 fourteenth
                 Classis
                 ,
                 50
                 Livres
                 .
              
               
                 THE
                 Lientenants
                 of
                 the
                 Artillery
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Comptrollers
                 of
                 the
                 Ordinary
                 and
                 Extraordinary
                 of
                 the
                 Wars
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Substitutes
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Officers
                 in
                 the
                 Superiour
                 Courts
                 of
                 the
                 Provinces
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Commissaries
                 of
                 the
                 Chatelet
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Sub
                 Farmers
                 of
                 the
                 Posts
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 fifteenth
                 Classis
                 ,
                 40
                 Livres
                 .
              
               
                 THe
                 Provosts
                 of
                 the
                 Marshals
                 .
                 Gentlemen
                 Possessing
                 Fiefs
                 and
                 Castles
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Quarter-Masters
                 of
                 the
                 Gens
                 d'armes
                 and
                 Chevaux
                 Legers
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Lieutenant
                 of
                 the
                 Archers
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Substitutes
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Attorney
                 of
                 the
                 Chatelet
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Comptrollers
                 of
                 the
                 Rents
                 of
                 the
                 Town-house
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Registers
                 of
                 the
                 Presidial
                 and
                 other
                 Royal
                 Courts
                 of
                 Justice
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Aldermen
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Clarks
                 Receivers
                 of
                 the
                 Farms
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Inhabitants
                 of
                 the
                 Cities
                 of
                 thi
                 second
                 Order
                 ,
                 living
                 on
                 their
                 Estates
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Intendants
                 of
                 Private
                 Affairs
                 and
                 Families
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Farmers
                 of
                 Lands
                 and
                 Estates
                 the
                 Rents
                 of
                 which
                 exceed
                 3000
                 Livres
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Farmers
                 of
                 Mills
                 ,
                 the
                 Rents
                 of
                 which
                 exceed
                 2000
                 Livres
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 sixteenth
                 Classis
                 ,
                 30
                 Livres
                 .
              
               
                 THE
                 Professors
                 in
                 Law.
                 The
                 Grand
                 Masters
                 ,
                 Bursers
                 ,
                 and
                 Heads
                 of
                 Colleges
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Officers
                 of
                 Royal
                 Baliwicks
                 ,
                 of
                 Elections
                 ,
                 Salt
                 Lofts
                 ,
                 of
                 Waters
                 and
                 Forrests
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Constableship
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Admiralties
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Judges
                 of
                 Transportations
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Judges
                 ,
                 Attorneys
                 ,
                 Fiscals
                 and
                 Registers
                 of
                 Dutchies
                 ,
                 to
                 which
                 the
                 Title
                 of
                 Peer
                 is
                 annex'd
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Sheriffs
                 ,
                 King's
                 Attorneys
                 ,
                 Registers
                 ,
                 and
                 Receivers
                 of
                 the
                 Common
                 Stock
                 of
                 the
                 Cities
                 of
                 the
                 second
                 Order
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Substitutes
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Attorneys
                 in
                 Cities
                 in
                 which
                 there
                 are
                 Parliaments
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 Superiour
                 Courts
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Mayors
                 of
                 small
                 Cities
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Pay
                 masters
                 and
                 Comptrollers
                 of
                 the
                 Sallaries
                 of
                 Presidial
                 Courts
                 .
              
               
                 
                 The
                 Advocates
                 of
                 the
                 Council
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Officers
                 of
                 little
                 Chanceries
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 first
                 Vshers
                 of
                 the
                 Superior
                 Courts
                 of
                 Provinces
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Vshers
                 Audiencers
                 of
                 the
                 Chatelet
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Great
                 Shop-keepers
                 .
              
               
                 Merchants
                 dealing
                 in
                 Corn
                 ,
                 Wine
                 and
                 Wood.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Secretaries
                 of
                 the
                 Councellors
                 of
                 State
                 ,
                 Masters
                 of
                 Requests
                 ,
                 Intendants
                 ,
                 Governours
                 of
                 Provinces
                 ,
                 Marshals
                 of
                 France
                 ,
                 Generals
                 of
                 Armies
                 ,
                 Lieutenant
                 Generals
                 by
                 Land
                 or
                 Sea
                 ,
                 Judges
                 Civil
                 ,
                 
                   de
                   police
                
                 ,
                 Criminal
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Attorney
                 in
                 the
                 Chatelet
                 of
                 Paris
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Provost
                 of
                 the
                 Merchants
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Attorneys
                 and
                 Advocates
                 General
                 of
                 Superior
                 Courts
                 .
              
               
                 Ordinaries
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Messengers
                 of
                 Cities
                 in
                 which
                 there
                 are
                 Parliaments
                 ,
                 or
                 other
                 Superior
                 Courts
                 .
              
               
                 Part
                 of
                 the
                 Farmers
                 and
                 Husbandmen
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 seventeenth
                 Classis
                 ,
                 20
                 Livres
                 .
              
               
                 THE
                 Lieutenants
                 and
                 Esigns
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Ships
                 and
                 Galleys
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Colonels
                 and
                 Majors
                 of
                 the
                 Train-bands
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Commissaries
                 of
                 the
                 Artillery
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Exempt
                 of
                 the
                 Archers
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Professors
                 of
                 the
                 College
                 Royal
                 of
                 Paris
                 ,
                 and
                 others
                 as
                 well
                 of
                 Paris
                 as
                 other
                 Provinces
                 ,
                 who
                 receive
                 Pensions
                 and
                 Sallaries
                 from
                 the
                 King.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Physicians
                 ,
                 Chirurgeons
                 and
                 Apothecaries
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Notaries
                 of
                 Cities
                 in
                 which
                 Parliaments
                 on
                 other
                 Superior
                 Courts
                 are
                 held
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Judges
                 ,
                 Keepers
                 of
                 the
                 Mint
                 of
                 Provinces
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Advocates
                 of
                 Superior
                 Courts
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Attorneys
                 of
                 the
                 Parliaments
                 ,
                 Superior
                 Courts
                 ,
                 and
                 Requests
                 of
                 the
                 Palace
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Reporters
                 of
                 Causes
                 in
                 Superior
                 Courts
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Vshers
                 of
                 the
                 Superior
                 Courts
                 ,
                 and
                 Requests
                 of
                 the
                 Palace
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Cryers
                 de
                 Corps
                 and
                 de
                 Vin
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Particular
                 Directors
                 of
                 the
                 Mint
                 Part
                 of
                 the
                 Vintners
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 Part
                 of
                 the
                 Farmers
                 and
                 Husband-Men
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 eighteenth
                 Classis
                 ,
                 10
                 Livres
                 .
              
               
                 THE
                 Captains
                 and
                 Lieutenants
                 of
                 the
                 Train-bands
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Commissaries
                 of
                 the
                 Musters
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Captains
                 and
                 Majors
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Dragoons
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Enginiers
                 of
                 Gamion
                 .
              
               
                 
                 The
                 Aid
                 Majors
                 and
                 Captains
                 of
                 Gates
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Rectors
                 ,
                 Chancellors
                 ,
                 Attorneys
                 of
                 Nations
                 ,
                 and
                 Deputies
                 of
                 Vniversities
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 King's
                 Attorney's
                 Substitutes
                 in
                 Presidial
                 Courts
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Physicians
                 ,
                 Chirurgeons
                 ,
                 and
                 Apothecaries
                 of
                 Cities
                 of
                 the
                 first
                 and
                 second
                 Order
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Advocates
                 and
                 Attorneys
                 of
                 the
                 Chatelet
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Comptrollers
                 of
                 the
                 Taxes
                 of
                 Costs
                 of
                 Councils
                 ,
                 Parliaments
                 and
                 other
                 Superior
                 Courts
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Comptrollers
                 of
                 Writs
                 in
                 Cities
                 ,
                 in
                 which
                 Parliaments
                 or
                 other
                 Superior
                 Courts
                 are
                 held
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Notaries
                 of
                 Cities
                 of
                 the
                 Second
                 Order
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Comptrollers
                 of
                 the
                 Patrimonial
                 Revenues
                 and
                 Grants
                 of
                 the
                 Cities
                 of
                 the
                 first
                 Order
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Vshers
                 of
                 the
                 Rod
                 on
                 Horseback
                 ,
                 &
                 
                   a
                   la
                   douzaine
                
                 of
                 the
                 Chatelet
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Overseers
                 of
                 the
                 City
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Artists
                 and
                 Registers
                 of
                 the
                 Scrutore
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Sworn
                 Architects
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Meeters
                 of
                 Wood
                 ,
                 Coals
                 ,
                 Brokers
                 ,
                 Gaugers
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Officers
                 of
                 the
                 Policy
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Ports
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Barbers
                 and
                 Periwig
                 .
                 Makers
                 of
                 Cities
                 of
                 the
                 first
                 and
                 second
                 Order
                 .
              
               
                 Handy-crafts
                 Men
                 of
                 great
                 Cities
                 keeping
                 Shops
                 and
                 Journey-Men
                 .
              
               
                 Part
                 of
                 the
                 Vintners
                 of
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 Part
                 of
                 the
                 Farmers
                 and
                 Husbandmen
                 .
              
               
                 Part
                 of
                 those
                 who
                 labour
                 in
                 Vineyards
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 nineteenth
                 Classis
                 ,
                 6
                 Livres
                 .
              
               
                 THE
                 Captains
                 and
                 Majors
                 of
                 Foot.
                 The
                 Gentlemen
                 who
                 have
                 neither
                 Fiefs
                 nor
                 Castles
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Regents
                 ,
                 Beadles
                 and
                 Messengers
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Vniversities
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Sheriffs
                 ,
                 King's
                 Attorneys
                 ,
                 Registers
                 and
                 Receivers
                 of
                 the
                 publick
                 Stock
                 of
                 little
                 Towns.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Mayors
                 of
                 the
                 Wall'd
                 Towns.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Receivers
                 of
                 Exhibitions
                 and
                 Fines
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Commissaries
                 of
                 the
                 Real
                 Seizures
                 of
                 Royal
                 Courts
                 of
                 Justice
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Notaries
                 of
                 small
                 Towns.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Comptrollers
                 of
                 Patrimonial
                 Revenues
                 ,
                 and
                 Grants
                 of
                 Cities
                 of
                 the
                 second
                 Order
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Vshers
                 Audiencers
                 of
                 Presidial
                 Courts
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Roll-keepers
                 of
                 little
                 Towns
                 ,
                 living
                 on
                 their
                 Estates
                 .
              
               
                 Part
                 of
                 the
                 Vintners
                 of
                 Paris
                 ,
                 and
                 those
                 of
                 the
                 Inclosed
                 Towns.
                 
              
               
                 Small
                 Ordinaries
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Handycrafts-Men
                 of
                 the
                 Cities
                 of
                 the
                 Second
                 Order
                 ,
                 keeping
                 Shops
                 and
                 Journey-men
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Messenger
                 of
                 little
                 Cities
                 and
                 Inclos'd
                 Towns.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Post-masters
                 .
              
            
             
             
               
                 The
                 twentieth
                 Classis
                 ,
                 3
                 Livres
                 .
              
               
                 THE
                 Lieutenants
                 ,
                 Sub-Lieutenants
                 and
                 Ensigns
                 of
                 Foot.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Cornets
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Dragoons
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 chief
                 Clerks
                 of
                 Ships
                 and
                 Galleys
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Quarter
                 Masters
                 of
                 Horse
                 and
                 Dragoons
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Lieutenants
                 and
                 Exempts
                 of
                 Marshalsees
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Store-Keepers
                 of
                 the
                 Artillery
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Keepers
                 of
                 the
                 Navy
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Archers
                 of
                 the
                 Town
                 house
                 of
                 Paris
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Provost
                 of
                 the
                 Isle
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Lieutenant
                 of
                 the
                 short
                 Robe
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Judges
                 of
                 Seignerial
                 Courts
                 of
                 Justice
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Advocates
                 and
                 Attorneys
                 of
                 Presidial
                 and
                 other
                 Royal
                 Courts
                 of
                 Justice
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Reporters
                 of
                 Causes
                 in
                 Presidial
                 and
                 other
                 Royal
                 Courts
                 of
                 Justice
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Comptrollers
                 of
                 the
                 Taxes
                 of
                 the
                 Costs
                 of
                 the
                 Presidial
                 Courts
                 ,
                 Baliwicks
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Royal
                 Courts
                 of
                 Justice
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Sheriff's
                 ,
                 King's
                 Attorney's
                 ,
                 Registers
                 ,
                 and
                 Receivers
                 of
                 the
                 common
                 Stock
                 of
                 small
                 Cities
                 and
                 Inclos'd
                 Towns.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Physicians
                 ,
                 Chirurgeons
                 ,
                 and
                 Apothecaries
                 of
                 Little
                 Cities
                 and
                 Inclosed
                 Towns.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Treasurers
                 Collectors
                 in
                 Languedoc
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Registers
                 of
                 the
                 Rolls
                 of
                 Tailles
                 ,
                 and
                 other
                 Impositions
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Attorneys
                 ,
                 Fiscals
                 ,
                 and
                 Registers
                 of
                 Seignerial
                 Courts
                 of
                 Justice
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Vshers
                 ,
                 Attorneys
                 and
                 Sergeants
                 of
                 Royal
                 Courts
                 of
                 Justice
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Cryers
                 de
                 Corps
                 &
                 de
                 Vin
                 ,
                 of
                 the
                 Provinces
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 sworn
                 Aulnagers
                 of
                 Linnen
                 Clothes
                 ,
                 and
                 the
                 Warder
                 of
                 the
                 Linnen
                 Cloth-Hall
                 at
                 Paris
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Comptrollers
                 of
                 the
                 Farms
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Artists
                 and
                 Register
                 of
                 the
                 Scrutore
                 of
                 the
                 Provinces
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Gaugers
                 of
                 Waters
                 and
                 Forests
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Notaries
                 and
                 Pleaders
                 of
                 Towns
                 and
                 Villages
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Comptrollers
                 of
                 the
                 Patrimonial
                 Revenues
                 and
                 Grants
                 of
                 Little
                 Cities
                 and
                 Inclos'd
                 Towns.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Substitutes
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Attorneys
                 in
                 small
                 Cities
                 and
                 Communities
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Sergeants
                 Keepers
                 of
                 Waters
                 and
                 Forests
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Essayers
                 and
                 Ingravers
                 of
                 the
                 Mint
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Clerks
                 of
                 the
                 Mint
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Tole
                 Gatherers
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Handicrafts-men
                 of
                 little
                 Cities
                 and
                 Inclos'd
                 Towns
                 ,
                 being
                 House
                 keepers
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Inn-keepers
                 ,
                 and
                 drinking
                 Houses
                 of
                 Inclos'd
                 Towns.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 Millers
                 ,
                 whose
                 Rents
                 are
                 under
                 2000
                 Livres
                 .
              
               
                 Part
                 of
                 the
                 Farmers
                 and
                 Husbandmen
                 .
              
               
                 Part
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 work
                 in
                 the
                 Vineyards
                 .
              
            
             
             
               
                 The
                 one
                 and
                 twentieth
                 Classis
                 ,
                 2
                 Livres
                 .
              
               
                 THE
                 Gens
                 d'armes
                 &
                 Chevaux
                 Legers
                 ,
                 Kettle-Drums
                 and
                 Trumpeters
                 of
                 the
                 said
                 Troops
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Sergeants
                 of
                 Infantry
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Archers
                 of
                 the
                 Marshalsees
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Sergeants
                 of
                 Seignerial
                 Courts
                 of
                 Justice
                 .
              
               
                 The
                 Handycrafts-men
                 of
                 Towns
                 and
                 Villages
                 .
              
               
                 Part
                 of
                 those
                 that
                 work
                 in
                 Vineyards
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 The
                 two
                 and
                 twentieth
                 and
                 last
                 Classis
                 ,
                 1
                 Livre
                 .
              
               
                 SOuldiers
                 ,
                 Troopers
                 ,
                 Dragoons
                 ,
                 Sea-men
                 ,
                 Trumpeters
                 ,
                 Kettle-Drummers
                 ,
                 Drummers
                 and
                 Hautboys
                 .
              
               
                 Labourers
                 and
                 Journey-men
                 .
              
               
                 And
                 generally
                 all
                 the
                 Inhabitants
                 of
                 Towns
                 and
                 Villages
                 rated
                 40
                 Pence
                 on
                 the
                 Taille
                 and
                 upwards
                 ,
                 who
                 are
                 not
                 comprized
                 in
                 the
                 preceeding
                 Classis
                 .
              
            
             
               
                 Done
                 and
                 agreed
                 upon
                 at
                 the
                 Royal
                 Council
                 of
                 the
                 Finances
                 ,
                 held
                 at
                 Versailles
                 ,
                 on
                 
                   the
                   18th
                   of
                   January
                   ,
                   1695.
                   
                
              
               
                 Sign'd
                 ,
                 PHELYPEAUX
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
           
             
             
               THE
               French
               King's
               EDICT
               ,
               ORDERING
               All
               Communities
               both
               Regular
               and
               Secular
               ,
               and
               all
               Particular
               Persons
               (
               who
               have
               any
               Water
               from
               
                 Rivers
                 ,
                 Brooks
                 ,
                 Springs
              
               and
               Fountains
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               ,
               whether
               for
               the
               Ornament
               of
               their
               Houses
               ,
               or
               Improvement
               of
               their
               Estates
               )
               to
               pay
               such
               Sums
               as
               shall
               be
               laid
               upon
               them
               in
               Council
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               have
               the
               Benefit
               of
               the
               said
               Waters
               confirm'd
               to
               them
               for
               the
               future
               .
            
             
               
                 Given
                 at
              
               Fountain-bleau
               ,
               
                 Octob.
                 1694.
                 and
                 Recorded
                 in
                 Parliament
                 .
              
            
             
               LONDON
               :
               Printed
               for
               
                 Richard
                 Baldwin
              
               ,
               near
               the
               Oxford-Arms
               in
               Warwick-Lane
               ,
               1695.
               
            
          
        
         
           
             
             
             
               THE
               French
               King's
               EDICT
               ,
               ORDERING
               A
               TAX
               UPON
               All
               
                 RIVERS
                 ,
                 BROOKS
                 ,
                 SPRINGS
                 ,
                 FOVNTAINS
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 LEWIS
                 by
                 the
                 Grace
                 of
                 God
                 ,
                 King
                 of
                 France
                 and
                 Navarre
                 ,
              
               
                 To
                 all
                 who
                 are
                 present
                 and
                 to
                 come
                 ,
                 Greeting
                 .
              
            
             
               The
               Distribution
               ,
               Conducting
               and
               Ordering
               of
               the
               Waters
               derived
               from
               Streams
               and
               Rivers
               Navigable
               or
               not
               Navigable
               ,
               and
               others
               which
               run
               either
               through
               the
               Jurisdiction
               of
               Our
               Demain
               ,
               or
               through
               the
               publick
               Roads
               within
               the
               Extent
               of
               Our
               Kingdom
               ,
               being
               one
               
               of
               Our
               principal
               Rights
               of
               Royalty
               or
               Demain
               ,
               the
               Kings
               ,
               Our
               Predecessors
               ,
               took
               a
               particular
               care
               to
               prevent
               their
               being
               Usurp'd
               :
               In
               the
               mean
               time
               ,
               We
               are
               inform'd
               ,
               that
               divers
               of
               Our
               Subjects
               have
               in
               Contravention
               to
               our
               Orders
               ,
               let
               out
               or
               turn'd
               off
               the
               Water
               of
               Navigable
               Rivers
               and
               Streams
               ,
               and
               have
               moreover
               taken
               the
               Liberty
               to
               convey
               the
               Waters
               of
               the
               said
               Rivers
               Navigable
               and
               not
               Navigable
               ,
               Brooks
               ,
               Springs
               ,
               Fountains
               and
               others
               ,
               through
               the
               great
               Roads
               ,
               Streets
               and
               publick
               Places
               ,
               the
               Property
               of
               which
               belongs
               unto
               us
               ;
               which
               occasions
               a
               prejudice
               so
               much
               the
               more
               considerable
               ,
               that
               by
               these
               Enterprises
               they
               alter
               the
               Course
               of
               Navigation
               ,
               and
               deprive
               the
               Publick
               of
               the
               benefit
               which
               they
               might
               reap
               from
               the
               same
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               do
               many
               times
               also
               render
               the
               Ways
               unpassable
               ,
               by
               overflowing
               of
               the
               same
               ;
               which
               does
               also
               oblige
               Us
               to
               be
               at
               the
               Expence
               of
               Ditches
               for
               maintaining
               the
               Canals
               ,
               and
               augments
               Our
               Yearly
               Charge
               ,
               for
               keeping
               up
               of
               Our
               Bridges
               and
               Causeys
               .
               We
               are
               also
               inform'd
               ,
               that
               divers
               particular
               Persons
               or
               Communities
               ,
               have
               let
               out
               ,
               turn'd
               off
               ,
               or
               stop'd
               the
               Waters
               of
               Rivers
               Navigable
               or
               not
               Navigable
               ,
               and
               Brooks
               ,
               Springs
               and
               Fountains
               ,
               in
               the
               Extent
               of
               those
               Lands
               ,
               whose
               high
               Jurisdiction
               appertains
               to
               Us
               ,
               without
               having
               obtain'd
               any
               Permission
               from
               Us.
               These
               Considerations
               prevail'd
               with
               Henry
               II.
               to
               enquire
               into
               such
               Usurpations
               ,
               and
               for
               that
               effect
               did
               expedite
               his
               Letters
               Patents
               in
               1549
               ,
               by
               which
               amongst
               other
               things
               ,
               it
               is
               expresly
               forbid
               ,
               that
               any
               particular
               Persons
               should
               have
               Water
               ,
               except
               the
               same
               be
               alienated
               for
               their
               Use
               ,
               on
               consideration
               of
               a
               Rent
               agreed
               on
               by
               the
               Commissaries
               deputed
               thereunto
               .
               There
               was
               also
               an
               Act
               of
               our
               Council
               ,
               prohibiting
               the
               same
               ,
               dated
               Octob.
               24
               ,
               1687
               ,
               betwixt
               the
               Farmer
               of
               our
               Demains
               ,
               and
               the
               Consul
               and
               Community
               of
               our
               City
               of
               Arles
               ,
               which
               contain'd
               the
               like
               Prohibitions
               .
               In
               such
               sort
               ,
               that
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Tenor
               of
               those
               Letters
               Patents
               ,
               and
               that
               Act
               ,
               We
               have
               Right
               to
               declare
               ,
               That
               all
               those
               who
               have
               Water
               ,
               have
               incurr'd
               a
               Fine
               for
               enjoying
               the
               same
               ,
               contrary
               to
               the
               said
               Declaration
               ,
               and
               the
               Acts
               issued
               for
               Execution
               of
               the
               same
               .
               Nevertheless
               ,
               having
               taken
               into
               Consideration
               ,
               that
               this
               Fine
               join'd
               to
               the
               Sums
               which
               We
               may
               pretend
               to
               against
               the
               said
               Possessors
               for
               time
               past
               ,
               would
               much
               diminish
               the
               Value
               of
               their
               Stocks
               and
               Estates
               ,
               
               We
               have
               judged
               it
               more
               convenient
               to
               confirm
               and
               maintain
               them
               in
               the
               Possession
               of
               the
               said
               Waters
               ,
               on
               paying
               of
               a
               Moderate
               Sum
               ,
               in
               consideration
               of
               which
               ,
               they
               may
               enjoy
               the
               same
               as
               in
               time
               past
               :
               Whereunto
               We
               are
               so
               much
               the
               more
               inclinable
               ,
               that
               by
               securing
               the
               publick
               Roads
               and
               Navigable
               Rivers
               from
               such
               Attempts
               for
               the
               future
               ,
               We
               do
               in
               some
               measure
               make
               up
               the
               Losses
               of
               Our
               Demain
               ,
               and
               procure
               unto
               Our selves
               a
               present
               Supply
               from
               many
               Persons
               who
               have
               not
               hitherto
               contributed
               any
               thing
               to
               the
               extraordinary
               Charges
               of
               the
               State.
               
                 For
                 these
                 Causes
              
               ,
               and
               others
               Us
               thereunto
               moving
               ,
               and
               from
               Our
               own
               certain
               Knowledge
               ,
               full
               Power
               ,
               and
               Royal
               Authority
               ,
               We
               have
               by
               this
               Present
               ,
               Perpetual
               and
               Irrevocable
               Edict
               ,
               Said
               ,
               Statuted
               and
               Ordained
               ,
               and
               Say
               ,
               Statute
               ,
               Ordain
               ,
               Will
               and
               Please
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               space
               of
               one
               Month
               at
               farthest
               ,
               from
               the
               Day
               of
               the
               Enrolling
               of
               this
               present
               Edict
               ,
               and
               the
               Publication
               thereof
               in
               the
               Baliwicks
               ,
               Senesohalships
               and
               other
               Royal
               Courts
               ,
               all
               Communities
               Secular
               or
               Regular
               ,
               and
               all
               particular
               Persons
               of
               what
               Quality
               and
               Condition
               soever
               ,
               who
               have
               Waters
               derived
               from
               Navigable
               Rivers
               within
               the
               limits
               of
               Our
               Kingdom
               ,
               or
               Countries
               ,
               Lands
               and
               Lordships
               subject
               to
               Us
               ;
               As
               also
               those
               who
               have
               Waters
               deriv'd
               from
               Rivers
               that
               are
               not
               Navigable
               ,
               Brooks
               ,
               Springs
               and
               Fountains
               ,
               or
               otherwise
               ,
               which
               they
               stop
               or
               retain
               about
               the
               Roads
               ,
               or
               bring
               it
               across
               the
               Streets
               ,
               Ways
               and
               Publick
               Places
               for
               their
               own
               use
               ,
               whether
               it
               be
               to
               Water
               their
               Lands
               ,
               Embellish
               their
               Houses
               ,
               or
               what
               other
               Use
               soever
               ;
               Also
               those
               who
               have
               let
               out
               ,
               or
               turn'd
               off
               the
               Waters
               throughout
               the
               High
               Jurisdictions
               which
               belong
               to
               Us
               ,
               and
               in
               those
               by
               Us
               Mortgaged
               ;
               shall
               be
               obliged
               to
               give
               unto
               him
               whom
               We
               shall
               entrust
               with
               the
               Execution
               of
               the
               present
               Edict
               ,
               his
               Proctors
               ,
               Deputies
               and
               Substitutes
               ,
               exact
               Declarations
               of
               the
               Quantity
               of
               Lines
               of
               Water
               which
               they
               enjoy
               ,
               from
               whence
               they
               flow
               ,
               the
               Houses
               and
               Edifices
               better'd
               or
               beautify'd
               by
               them
               ,
               the
               Places
               ,
               Streets
               and
               Ways
               thro
               which
               they
               pass
               ,
               and
               what
               Acres
               of
               Land
               belonging
               unto
               them
               ,
               are
               thereby
               watered
               ,
               on
               pain
               of
               being
               fin'd
               in
               500
               Livres
               ,
               which
               shall
               neither
               be
               remitted
               nor
               moderated
               upon
               any
               Pretext
               whatsoever
               .
               We
               Ordain
               ,
               That
               upon
               those
               Declarations
               ,
               it
               shall
               be
               forthwith
               Enacted
               in
               the
               Rolls
               of
               our
               Council
               ,
               in
               which
               the
               said
               Communities
               
               and
               particular
               Persons
               shall
               be
               Taxed
               ,
               that
               is
               to
               say
               ,
               those
               of
               Our
               good
               City
               ,
               Provostship
               ,
               Vicounty
               ,
               Presidial
               and
               Province
               of
               Paris
               ,
               at
               the
               Rate
               of
               150
               Livres
               per
               Line
               .
               Those
               who
               enjoy
               any
               in
               other
               Cities
               of
               Our
               Kingdom
               ,
               where
               there
               is
               a
               Parliament
               Chamber
               of
               Accounts
               ,
               Courts
               of
               Revenue
               ,
               Provostships
               or
               Baliwicks
               of
               the
               same
               ,
               at
               the
               rate
               of
               100
               Livres
               per
               Line
               :
               Yet
               so
               ,
               nevertheless
               ,
               that
               the
               said
               Taxes
               may
               not
               exceed
               the
               Sum
               of
               1000
               Livres
               for
               each
               Grant
               ,
               for
               what
               Quantity
               of
               Lines
               soever
               .
               Those
               of
               other
               Cities
               of
               our
               Kingdom
               at
               the
               rate
               of
               50
               Livres
               per
               Line
               ;
               yet
               so
               as
               their
               Taxes
               may
               not
               exceed
               the
               Sum
               of
               500
               Livres
               .
               The
               Proprietors
               of
               Watered
               Lands
               ,
               at
               the
               rate
               of
               3
               Livres
               per
               Acre
               .
               And
               those
               who
               serve
               themselves
               of
               the
               said
               Waters
               for
               what
               other
               Use
               soever
               ,
               whether
               for
               Profit
               or
               Ornament
               ,
               without
               the
               Extent
               of
               the
               said
               Cities
               and
               other
               Places
               designed
               as
               above
               ,
               at
               25
               Livres
               per
               Line
               ,
               yet
               so
               as
               their
               Taxes
               may
               not
               exceed
               the
               Sum
               of
               250
               Livres
               ;
               which
               Sums
               shall
               be
               paid
               ,
               as
               also
               the
               2
               Sous
               per
               Livre
               of
               the
               same
               ,
               the
               one
               half
               within
               a
               Month
               after
               the
               signification
               of
               the
               said
               Rolls
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               half
               in
               the
               Month
               following
               ,
               to
               such
               Person
               as
               we
               shall
               name
               ,
               to
               recover
               the
               same
               ,
               his
               Proctors
               ,
               Deputies
               and
               Substitutes
               ,
               viz.
               the
               Principal
               upon
               their
               Acquittance
               ,
               bearing
               a
               Promise
               to
               furnish
               them
               with
               a
               Discharge
               from
               the
               Keeper
               of
               Our
               Royal
               Treasury
               ;
               and
               the
               2
               Sous
               per
               Livre
               ,
               upon
               their
               bare
               Receipt
               .
               By
               means
               whereof
               ,
               it
               is
               Our
               Will
               that
               they
               be
               confirm'd
               in
               their
               Right
               ,
               Possession
               and
               Enjoyment
               ,
               from
               the
               Grant
               of
               the
               Mayors
               and
               Sheriffs
               ,
               without
               being
               liable
               to
               be
               dispossessed
               for
               any
               Cause
               or
               Pretext
               whatsoever
               ,
               nor
               obliged
               to
               pay
               unto
               Us
               ,
               by
               reason
               thereof
               ,
               any
               Annual
               Sum
               ;
               and
               in
               case
               of
               Default
               ,
               and
               not
               payment
               of
               the
               said
               Sums
               ,
               within
               the
               time
               above
               specified
               ,
               that
               they
               shall
               be
               Constrained
               thereunto
               ,
               as
               for
               our
               proper
               Revenues
               and
               Affairs
               ;
               And
               in
               case
               that
               the
               Houses
               ,
               Goods
               and
               Estates
               where
               there
               is
               Water
               ,
               shall
               come
               to
               be
               really
               seiz'd
               ,
               It
               is
               our
               Will
               ,
               that
               the
               Sums
               for
               which
               they
               shall
               be
               Compriz'd
               in
               the
               Rolls
               ,
               shall
               be
               paid
               out
               of
               the
               Money
               arising
               from
               the
               Leases
               so
               seiz'd
               ,
               or
               that
               which
               shall
               be
               made
               by
               the
               Sale
               of
               the
               said
               Goods
               preferrable
               to
               all
               other
               Creditors
               .
               We
               don
               't
               however
               comprehend
               in
               this
               present
               Enquiry
               ,
               the
               Canals
               ,
               Aqueducts
               ,
               and
               other
               Works
               ,
               which
               serve
               for
               
               the
               Conveyance
               of
               Waters
               of
               Publick
               Fountains
               ,
               Hospitals
               ,
               or
               Alms-houses
               of
               Lay
               administration
               .
               In
               case
               of
               opposition
               to
               the
               Execution
               of
               the
               said
               Rolls
               ,
               It
               is
               Our
               Will
               that
               they
               should
               not
               be
               received
               until
               the
               said
               Persons
               from
               whom
               they
               shall
               be
               due
               do
               in
               the
               first
               place
               consign
               the
               Third
               of
               their
               Taxes
               .
               We
               Command
               all
               Our
               Officers
               ,
               also
               those
               of
               Lords
               ,
               and
               all
               Mayors
               ,
               Sheriffs
               ,
               Clerks
               ,
               and
               other
               Municipal
               Officers
               of
               Cities
               ,
               Towns
               and
               Parishes
               of
               Our
               Kingdom
               ,
               Countries
               ,
               Lands
               and
               Lordships
               ,
               under
               Our
               Jurisdiction
               ,
               to
               furnish
               him
               who
               shall
               be
               imployed
               by
               Us
               for
               the
               Recovery
               of
               the
               said
               Taxes
               ,
               Extracts
               of
               the
               Grants
               which
               they
               have
               made
               to
               any
               for
               the
               Enjoyment
               of
               the
               said
               Waters
               ;
               for
               each
               of
               which
               Extracts
               ,
               they
               shall
               be
               paid
               Four
               Sous
               for
               all
               Charges
               ,
               the
               Stampt-Paper
               being
               therein
               included
               .
               We
               do
               expresly
               discharge
               all
               those
               who
               shall
               find
               themselves
               Comprehended
               in
               the
               Rolls
               ,
               enacted
               in
               the
               Execution
               of
               Our
               present
               Edict
               ,
               to
               oblige
               any
               of
               those
               who
               grant
               them
               ,
               the
               enjoyment
               of
               the
               said
               Waters
               ,
               to
               Vouch
               or
               make
               good
               the
               Grant
               ,
               in
               order
               to
               the
               Re-demanding
               of
               the
               Sums
               which
               they
               shall
               have
               paid
               unto
               us
               .
               We
               give
               it
               likewise
               in
               Commandment
               to
               Our
               beloved
               and
               faithful
               Counsellors
               ,
               those
               who
               hold
               Our
               Court
               of
               Parliament
               ,
               Chamber
               of
               Accounts
               ,
               and
               Court
               of
               Aids
               at
               Paris
               ,
               That
               they
               cause
               this
               Our
               present
               Edict
               to
               be
               Read
               ,
               Publish'd
               and
               Recorded
               (
               even
               in
               the
               Vacation
               time
               )
               and
               the
               Contents
               thereof
               to
               observe
               and
               execute
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Form
               and
               Tenor
               ,
               ceasing
               from
               ,
               and
               making
               to
               cease
               ,
               all
               Letts
               and
               Impediments
               which
               may
               be
               brought
               or
               given
               ,
               any
               Edicts
               ,
               Declarations
               ,
               Regulations
               ,
               and
               other
               things
               to
               the
               Contrary
               thereof
               in
               any
               wise
               notwithstanding
               ,
               from
               which
               we
               have
               derogated
               ,
               and
               do
               by
               these
               Presents
               derogate
               .
               To
               the
               Copies
               whereof
               ,
               collated
               by
               one
               of
               Our
               beloved
               and
               faithful
               Counsellors
               and
               Secretaries
               ,
               it
               is
               Our
               Will
               ,
               that
               Credit
               be
               given
               as
               unto
               the
               Original
               ,
               for
               such
               is
               Our
               Pleasure
               .
            
             
               
                 Given
                 at
                 Fountainbleau
                 in
                 
                   the
                   Month
                   of
                   October
                   ,
                   and
                   the
                   Year
                   of
                   Grace
                   1694.
                   and
                   of
                   Our
                   Reign
                   the
                   52d
                   .
                
              
               
                 Signed
                 Louis
                 ,
                 over
                 against
                 it
                 Boucherat
                 ,
                 and
                 underneath
                 ,
                 By
                 the
                 King
                 ,
                 Phelypeaux
                 ,
                 and
                 feal'd
                 with
                 the
                 Great
                 Seal
                 of
                 Green
                 Wax
                 .
              
            
             
               
               
                 Recordèd
                 and
                 Heard
                 ,
                 at
                 the
                 Instance
                 of
                 the
                 King's
                 Attorney
                 General
                 ,
                 that
                 it
                 might
                 be
                 executed
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Form
                 and
                 Tenor
                 ;
                 and
                 the
                 Collated
                 Copies
                 sent
                 to
                 the
                 Courts
                 ,
                 Baliwicks
                 ,
                 and
                 Seneschalships
                 of
                 Jurisdiction
                 ,
                 there
                 to
                 be
                 likewise
                 Read
                 ,
                 Publish'd
                 and
                 Recorded
                 ,
                 the
                 Substitutes
                 of
                 the
                 said
                 King's
                 Attorney
                 General
                 being
                 commanded
                 to
                 give
                 their
                 Assistance
                 thereunto
                 ,
                 and
                 to
                 Certifie
                 the
                 Court
                 thereof
                 in
                 a
                 Months
                 time
                 ,
                 according
                 to
                 the
                 Act
                 of
                 this
                 Day
                 .
              
               
                 
                   At
                   Paris
                   in
                   Parliament
                   
                     17
                     Novemb.
                     1694.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   Signed
                   
                     Du
                     Tiller
                  
                   .
                
              
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A49207-e470
           
             *
             An
             Officer
             in
             the
             Nature
             of
             a
             Lord
             Mayor
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A49207-e1120
           
             *
             A
             Prison
             so
             called
             .
          
           
             *
             Captain
             of
             the
             W●●cle
             .