FRANÇOIS Ier (1494-1547). L.S., Pézenas August 25, 1542, to Cardinal François de Tournon, "mon Lieutenant general à Lyon"; countersigned by Gilbert Bayard (1490-1548); 1page folio, address on verso. Concerning the payment of the Swiss and lansquenets during the siege of Perpignan. He has seen the order given by the cardinal "for the reimbursement of four thousand escuzes advanced by the Sgr de Roddetz to the conte de Languillade, who arrived four days ago in Marseille and should be with me within a day or two. Likewise, I have seen the provision you made for the payment of the six thousand Swiss for the last levy, and the reply you made to Boisrigault about the inventions he usually finds to put me at a disadvantage, with which I am as annoyed as possible. And I can't understand that by raising such a large amount of money, which should prevent my enemies from taking any action, I should be afraid that they might do so, nor should I be advised to spend money to stop them. Et quant aux deux mille que la levée se monte davantaige, je lay trouvé tres mauvais. But since the levy has been made, there is no remedy other than to take further action and meet the payment. Mais au regard des lansquenetz que jay mandé a mon filz d'Orleans [le futur Henri II] menvoyer jay commandé a Godet descripre a son commis que sur le fons qui a été faict a mondict filz d'Orleans, il envoye incontinant par deça la soulde aoy se montant les lansquenetz qui seront envoyés par deça [...] Au demourant, mon cousin, je vous advise que jay eu presentement lettres de mon filz le Daulphin par lesquelles il madvertist que monsieur le ma[resch]al et le Sgr de Montpezat est ja arrivez à une lieue prez de Parpignan, ayant reduict a mon obeissance plusieurs petites villes et places"...