HENRI IV (1553-1610). P.S., Vernon 17 December 1593; oblong vellum in-fol, bound with 2 others, brown wax seal with arms attached. Confirmation of the fiscal privileges of the viscounty of Lanquay belonging to Henry de La Tour, duke of Bouillon, viscount of Turenne and Langres, marshal of France, "and among others that lad. terre & subjetz d'icelle sont exempts de toutes tailles, subsides et impositions, lesquelz privileges auroient été successively confirmz par les feuz Roys noz predecesseurs de bonne et louable mémoire de regne en regne "... Piece bound with two other letters patent confirming these privileges (Blois 6 septembre 1599, et Paris 28 octobre 1599, this last one with a fragment of a seal) Attached is an order to the treasurer and receiver general of extraordinary finances and caseual parts, ordering to receive and endorse two rescriptions of the treasurer of the Savings, while waiting for the price of newly created offices of "gaugeurs de vaisseaux a mettre vin et autres brevages," June 20, 1596, signed by Martin Ruzé de Beaulieu.