HENRI III (1551-1589), roi de France - Lot 123

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HENRI III (1551-1589), roi de France - Lot 123
HENRI III (1551-1589), roi de France L.S. to the Chevalier de Saint-Orens "captain of fifty men-at-arms of his ordinances" (address on the back), countersigned by Deneufville. 1 p. in-folio. Paris, July 30, 1585. Religious wars in Guyenne. "Being adversarial that my soothsayers making profession of the so-called Reformed Religion have begun to take up arms in my country of Guyenne to oppose the execution and observance of the last edict that I have made for the good and public salvation of my Kingdom, I have deliberated to send to my country a good and strong army under the charge and conduct of my cousin the Duke of Mayne assisted by my cousin the marshal of Matignon marshal of France to make me obey [...]". He asked him to gather his men and to respond to the orders he would receive from the Marshal de Matignon.
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