The present state of France containing a general description of that kingdom corrected and purged from the many gross mistakes in the French copy, enriched with additional observations and remarks of the new compiler, and digested into a method conformable to that of the state of England / by R.W. ...

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The present state of France containing a general description of that kingdom corrected and purged from the many gross mistakes in the French copy, enriched with additional observations and remarks of the new compiler, and digested into a method conformable to that of the state of England / by R.W. ...
Author
Wolley, Richard, fl. 1667-1694.
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London :: Printed for Gilbert Cownly ...,
1687.
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France -- Court and courtiers.
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"The present state of France containing a general description of that kingdom corrected and purged from the many gross mistakes in the French copy, enriched with additional observations and remarks of the new compiler, and digested into a method conformable to that of the state of England / by R.W. ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A27526.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 10, 2024.

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Of the Masters of the Houshold, and other Officers of the Houshold, and of the Offices called the seven Offices.

The Chief Master of the Houshold is the Count de Chamarande, under whom there are

One Master of the Houshold in Ordinary, whose

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Salary is 600 l. Four other Masters of the Houshold quarterly Waiters, at 500 l. each.

One Gentleman-Waiter in Ordinary, 800 l. Twelve other Gentlemen-Waiters, waiting quar∣terly, four every quarter, who have every of them 400 l. Salary.

Two General Comptrollers, waiting half-yearly, 350 l. each.

One Comptroller in Ordinary, who has 400 l. standing Wages, 1800 l. Board-Wages, his Diet at Court all the year round, and 240 l. as a Fee for Paper; and four Comptrollers of the Offices, at 200 l. each. In the Offices called

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