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VOL. I.-Order of Charles VIII., King of France, for the payment of the gabel on salt, in the towns of Moulins, Montluçon, Bourbon L'Ancey, and Clermont, to [Pierre] Duc de Bourbonnois et d'Auvergne, for one year ; dat. Vienne, 18 Aug. 1494, Fr. (on parchment), f. 1 ;-Letter of Pedro Ceron to Alonso de Sevilla, Vizconde de Ruan, 29 Nov. 1549, Span.' f. 2;-Juan de Ayala, to his uncle, Diego de Ayala; dat. Canaria, 2 Dec. 1549, Span., f. 4;-Christopher, Arclibishop of Bremen [son of Henry the elder, Duke of Brunswic and Lüneburg], to Julius III., Pope; dat. " ex civitate mea Verdensi, pridie Sacramenti," 1551, Lat.; with seal, f. 5;-Adolphus [von Schauenburg], Archbishop Elector of Cologne, to Bernardino, Cardinal de Maffei dat. Tridenti, 10 Mar. 1552, Lat.; with seal, f. 7;-Certificate by - de L'Aubespine, of a payment of money by Jacques le Roy, " Tresorier de l'espargne," 2 Jan. 1588, Fr. (on parchment), f. 8;-Letter of -- Assouleville to [the Archduke Albert of Austria, Governor of the Low Countries], respecting a French work written in the form of a dialogue, to exhort the French King and people to aid in the suppression of the rebellion in the Low Countries; dat. Brussels, 22 Apr. 1602, Fr., f. 9 ;-W [ilhelm] Vuesels, ecclesiastical Councillor in the Low Countries, to [ Wilhelm] Grispere, Privy- Councillor 24 Apr. 1602, Fr.; with seal, f. 13;-P [ieter] Adriam (member of the Council) to the same; dat. Malines, 24 Apr. 1602, Fr., f. 15;-

Acquittance from Vincent Bouhier, ',Tresorier de l'espargne," to André Richard, Receiver-General at Poitiers; dat. Paris, 27 Apr. 1605, Fr. (on parchment), f 17 ;-Letter of Muzio Birzi [?] to " Segretario Ugenze " [Constantinus Huygens, Herr von Zuylichem, Secretary to the Prince of Orange], 3 Jul. 1613, Ital. f. 18;-Paulus Auleander, of Halle, to Maurice, Prince of Orange, and the States, disclosing a process to refine metals; dat. Amsterdam, 12 Jan. 1614, Germ., f. 20;-Grant from César, Due de Vendome [natural son of Henri IV], to Jehan de Soianesche, of land in the forest of Sastine; dat. Paris, 15 Dec. 1618, Fr. (on parchment), f. 23;-

Charles Alexandre, Due de Cröy, to -; dat. Brussels, 2 Mar. 1624, Fr., f. 24;-[Charles II. of Gonzaga] Duc de Nevers to [Henri Auguste de Loménie Brienne] Seigneur de la Ville aux Clers, " Secretaire des commandemens du Roy;" dat. Charleville, 27 Dec. 1627, Fr. ; with seals, f. 25;-

Frère Félix Emanuel de St. Elyzabet to - ; dat. Liége, 5 Sept. 1632, Fr., f. 26;-{Michel ?]le Faucheur to the Duchess of Bouillon [Elisabeth Febrone, daughter of the Comte de Berg, and wife of Frederic Maurice de la Tour]; dat. Paris, 23 Oct. 1635, Fr. ; with seals, f. 27;-Josse de Hertoghe and J. B. Boccabella to [Pierre] Roose, Chief President [of the Privy Council in the Low Countries]; dat. Francquendael, 16 May, 1637, Fr., f. 29;-

L. de Montmiral to [Constantinus] Huygens, Herr von Zuylichem ; dat. Orange, 1 July, 1637, Fr.; with seal, f. 34;-Certificate by [Saxon] Finia, Secretary to the Privy Council in Brabant, as to the practice of the Chief President in taking the opinions of members of the Council, 10 Mar. 1638, Fr., f. 32 ;-Order signed by Thomas [Prince of Savoy?]; dat. Lilers, 21 Aug. 1638, Span., f. 34;-Public instrument to witness a power of attorney from Philip Bernard, English Consul [at Genoa], to Matthew Holworthy, to receive the freightage of a ship from Genoa, 2 Aug. 1640; certified by Giovanni Agostino Marliani, Vicar-General in the Archbishopric of Genoa, 4 Aug. 1640, Lat. ; with his seal, f. 35;-Letter of [ Alexander ?] Lord Hume to [Constantinus Huygens] Herr von Zuylichem, respecting a dispute with Madame Stanhope; dat. Hague, 26 July, 1643 ; with seal, f. 39;-Philip Burlamachi to Sir Richard Browne, British Resident at the French Court, relating to the payment of the Queen of England's dowry, 8 Jan. 164 4/5, Fr. with seal, f. 41 ;-Memorial from Claude Voille, " Avocat au Parlement de Paris," to the same, on the same subject, n. d., Fr., f. 43;-Taddeo Barberini to [Henri Arnauld] Abbé of St Nicolas [at Angers]; dat. Paris, 12 Oct. 1646, ItaL, f. 44 ;-Cardinal Antonio Barberini (afterwards Archbishop of Rheims) to the same ; dat. Paris, 12 Oct. 1646, Fr., 45;-J. Gaultier to Secretary Huygens, n. d. [Aug. 1649], Fr.; with seals, 46;-Order signed by [Philippe de Clairembault] Comte de Paluan ; dat. Bourges, 30 Jan. 1652, Fr.; with seal, f. 48 ;-Order signed by [Charles? de] Saint Maure (afterwards Duc de Montausier ?), 17 Sept. 1653, Fr.; with seal, f. 49 ;-

Letter of [Abraham] Fabert [Maréchal de France, and Governor of Sedan] to -; dat. Sedan, 19 June, -, Fr., f. 50 ;-Order of [Luis Benavides Car. rillo y Toledo] Marques de Fromesta, Conde de Pinto [Governor of Flanders], to Don Manoel de Ulloa, to march troops; dat. Brussels, 9 oct. 1659, Fr.; with the royal seal, f. 51 ;-Certificate by Colonel Don Francisco de Rojas y Cardenas, of the military services of Capt. Felipe Debrier; dat. Badajoz, 14 Aug. 1664, Span.; with seal, f. 53;-Passport from the States General of the Netherlands for [Denzil, Lord] Hollis and [the Hon. Henry] Coventry,

English Ambassadors Extraordinary, returning to England; dat. Hague, 18 Aug. 1667, Dutch; with seal, f. 54;-Letter from [Jean Baptiste Colbert, Marquis] de Seignelay (Secretary of State) to M. de Pomereu ; dat. St. Germain, 10 May, 1679, Fr.,f.56;-The same to[Jean Baptiste Henride Forbin- Mainier, Marquis] d'Oppede (French Ambassador to Portugal); dat. Rochefort, 6 Aug. 1681, Fr., f. 58;-Fr. Vincenzo Maria, Cardinal Ursini, Archbishop of Benevento (afterwards ]Pope Benedict XIII.), to Frère Noel Alexander; dat. Benevento, 28 Sept. 1686, Lat., f. 58;-Order from the Duchess de Gesvres [Marie Françoise Angélique du Val, wife of Léon Potier, Due de Gesvres] to Robert le Duc, one of her farmers of Fontenay, to pay money, 22 Dec. 1696, 11 Feb. 1697, Fr., f. 60;-Narrative by [François Henri de Montmorency, Due de Luxembourg] of the battle of St. Denis, fought by him against the Dutch, under William, Prince of Orange, 14 Aug. [16781, Fr. (contemporaneous copy), f. 62;-Letter cotaining a narrative of the naval engagement of the English and Dutch with the French, off La Hogue, 19 May, 1692 [by a French officer, who commanded a sixty-gun vessel in the action]; dat. St. Malo, 4 June, 1690, Fr.; with a list of the French vessels and their commanders, etc., f. 72;-Certificate signed by Henry François d'Aguesseau, Procureur Général, etc., 5 June, 1704, Fr. (with an engraved portrait), f. 77 ;-Letter from Louis, Duc de Bourbon Condé, (?) to [Emanuel Theodose de la Tour] Cardinal de Bouillon, Fr., n. d., f 78 ;-Certified extract from the Register of the baillage de Vernon, of a process of the 18 Nov. 1706, signed ',Mordant," Fr., f. 79;-Letter of the Comte de Fels [- Colonna?], in the name of ]Prince Eugéne of Savoy, to [William, afterwards Earl Cadogan ?l ; dat. Tournay, 17 -, [1708?] Fr., f. 81 ;-[Claude Tzerclaes] Comte de Tilly to [Johan) Van den Berg, the State's Deputy at Brussels; dat. au camp de Terbanck, 25 June, 1708, Fr. ; with seal, f. 83 ;-The Comtesse de Tilly [Anne Antoinette, daughter of Ferdinand, Comte d'Aspremont et de Reckheim, and wife of the above] to [the same ?] ; dat. Aix la Chapelle, 9 Oct. l7O8, Fr., f. 85 ;-[Claude] Comte de Tilly to the same; dat. au camp d'Aubigny, 21 July, 1710, Fr.; with seal, f. 87 ;-Power of attorney from Benjamin Jerome Conrault du Portail, of Berlin, to Anthony Laroque, of London, to receive South Sea dividends; dat. Vesel, 7 Nov. 1712; with signatures and seals of himself and witnesses, f. 89;-Similar power from Christophe de Sausin, of Geneva, to the same, 12 Feb. 1713; with seal, and signatures of witnesses, f. 91 ;-Certified translation from the French of a power of attorney by Henry Marquis du Quesne, of Geneva, to John de Rossieres, to transfer South Sea Stock, 27 Aug. 1714; with seal and signature of Isaac Delpech, Notary Public, f 92 ;-

French original of the preceding ; with signatures of witnesses, and certificate and seal of the Syndies and Council of Geneva, f. 94 -Letter of [George Louis?] Comte de Berghes to [Deputy Van den Berg] ; dat. Namur, 6 Oct. 1714, Fr., f. 96;-The Comte de Bergeyck to the same; dat. Namur, I Mar. 1720, Fr., f. 97;-[Carolus Fidelis?] de Kinisegg to the Magistrates of Louvain ; dat. Antwerp, 19 June, 1715, Fr., f. 99 ;-Power of attorney from the Duchess Dowager of Arenberg [Maria Henrietta, daughter of the Marquis Otho Henry, of Caretto and Grana, and widow of Philippus Carolus Franciscus, Duke of Arenberg and Arschot], to accept Sea South Stock, 9 Mar. 17 16/17, f. 100;-Similar power of attorney from Major-General Fridrick Wilhelm von Schmettau to Raymond de Smeth, 22 June, 1717; with seal,

f. 102;-Similar power of attorney from John, Baron van Wassenaer, of the Hague, Admiral of Holland, to Sir Matthew Decker, Bart., 7 Nov. 1718; with seals, f. 108;-Receipt signed by [Antoine Nompar de Caumont] Duc de Lauzun, and his daughter, Diane Charlotte de Caumont Lausun, Comtesse de Nogent et Fontanieux [wife of Armand de Bautru, Comte de Nogent], 13 May, 1719, Fr., f 104;-Letter from [Louis Phelypeaux, Marquis] de la Vrillière (Secretary of State) to [François de Valbelle de Louvres] Bishop of St. Omer; dat. Paris, 26 Sept. 1719, Fr., f. 106.

includes:

• f. 1 Charles VIII of France: Order for payment to the D. de Bourbonnois: 1494.
• f. 2 Pedro Ceron: Letter to A. de Sevilla: 1569.
• f. 4 Juan de Ayala: Letters to his Uncle: 1542.
• f.5 Christopher Bremen, Archbishop of: Letters to Julius III.: 1551.
• f. 7 Adolphus von Schauenburg, Abp Elector of Cologne: Letter: 1552.
• f. 13 Wilhelm Vuesels: Letter to W. Grispere: 1602.
• f. 15 Pieter Adriam: Letter to W. Grispere: 1602.
• f. 18 Muzio Birzi: Letter to C. Huygens: 1613.
• f. 20 Paul Auleander: Letter to Maurice, Pr. of Orange: 1614.
• f. 23 Cæsar de Vendôme, Duc de Vendôme; natural son of Henri IV: Grant to J. Soianesche: 1618.
• f. 24 Charles Alexander Cröy, Duc de: Letter: 1624.
• f. 25 Charles Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers; Duke of Mantua (1627): Letter to H. de Loménie Brienne: 1627.
• f. 26 Filix Emmanuel de St Elizabetha: Letter: 1632.
• f. 27 Michel le Faucheur: Letters to the Duchess of Bouillon: 1635.
• f. 29 Josse de Hertoghe: Letters to P. Roose: 1637.
• f. 29 J- B- Boccabella: Letter to P. Roose: 1637.
• f. 32 Saxon Finia: Certificate: 1638.
• f. 34 L - de Montmiral: Letter to C. Huygens: 1637.
• f. 34 Thomas Savoy, Prince of: Signature: 1638.
• f. 35 Giovanni Augustino Marliani, Vicar General, Genoa: Signature: 1640.
• f.39 Alexander Hume, Lord: Letter to C Huygens: 1643.
• f. 41 Philip Burlamachi: Letter to Sir R. Browne: 1645.
• ff. 41. 43 Charles I of England: Letter and memorial on her dowry: 1645.
• f.43 Claude Voille: Memorial.
• f. 44 Taddeo Barberini: Letters to H. Arnauld: 1646.
• f. 45 Antonio Barberini, Cardinal, Archbishop of Rheims: Letter: 1646.
• f. 46 J- Gaultier: Letter to C. Huygens: 1649.
• f. 48 Philippe de Clairembault, Comte de Paluan: Signature: 1652.
• f. 50 Abraham Fabert, Marshal: Letter.
• f. 51 Charles de St Maur, Duc de Montausier: Signature: 1653.
• f. 51 Luis Benavides Carillo y Toledo, Marques de Fromesta: Order: 1659.
• f. 53 Francisco Roias y Cardenas: Certificate: 1664.
• f. 54 Denzil Holles, 1st Baron Holles; MP: Passport for: 1662.
• f. 54 Henry Coventry, Secretary of State: Passport: 1667.
• f. 56 Jean Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay: Letter to M. de Pomeren: 1679.
• f. 58 Jean Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Seignelay: Letter to the Marquis d'Oppede: 1681.
• f. 58 Benedict XIII; Pope: Letter, as Cardinal: 1606.
• f. 58 Jean Baptiste Henri de Forbin Mainier, Marquis: Letter to from the Marquis de Seignelay: 1681.
• f. 60 Marie François Potier, Duchesse de Gesvres: Order: 1697.
• f. 62 François Henri de Montmorency, Duc de Luxembourg; Marshal: Narrative of the battle of St. Denys: 1678.
• f. 72 Hogue La: Narrative of the Naval Engagement: 1692.
• f. 77 Henri François d' Aguesseau: Certificate: 1704.
• f. 78 Louis Bourbon Condé, Duc de: Letters to Card. de Bouillon.
• ff. 83. 87 Claude Tzerclaes Tilly, Conte de: Letters to J. Van den Berg: 1708, 1710.
• f. 85 Philip Bernard: Power of attorney: 1640.
• f. 85 Anne Antoinette Tilly, Comtesse de: Letters: 1708, 1723.
• f. 91 Christophe de Sansin: Power of attorney: 1713.
• f. 94 Henri du Quesne, Marquis: Power of attorney: 1714.
• f. 96 George Lewis de Berghes, Comte: Letter: 1714.
• f. 97 Bergeyck, Comte de: Letters to J. Van den Berg: 1720.
• f.100 Maria Henrietta Aremberg, Duchess Dowager of: Powers of Attorney: 1717, 1720.
• f.102 Frederic William de Schmettau: Powers of attorney: 1717, 1724.
• f. 104 Antoine Nompar de Caumont, Duc de Lauzun: Signatures of him and his daughter Diane: 1719.
• f. 106 Louis Phélypeaux, Comte de Pontchartrain; Chancelier de France (d.1727): Letter: 1719.
• f. 108 John von Wassenaer, Baron: Power of attorney: 1718.