The history of the government of France, under the administration of the great Armand du Plessis, Cardinall and Duke of Richlieu, and chief minister of state in that kingdome wherein occur many important negotiations relating to most part of Christendome in his time : with politique observations upon the chapters / translated out of French by J.D. Esq.
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The history of the government of France, under the administration of the great Armand du Plessis, Cardinall and Duke of Richlieu, and chief minister of state in that kingdome wherein occur many important negotiations relating to most part of Christendome in his time : with politique observations upon the chapters / translated out of French by J.D. Esq.
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Vialart, Charles, d. 1644.
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London :: Printed by J. Macock, for Joshua Kirton ..., and are to be sold at the Kings Arms ...,
1657.
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Richelieu, Armand Jean du Plessis, -- duc de, -- 1585-1642.
France -- History -- Louis XIII, 1610-1643.
France -- Politics and government -- 1610-1643.
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"The history of the government of France, under the administration of the great Armand du Plessis, Cardinall and Duke of Richlieu, and chief minister of state in that kingdome wherein occur many important negotiations relating to most part of Christendome in his time : with politique observations upon the chapters / translated out of French by J.D. Esq." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A64888.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 23, 2024.
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The establishment of theDroict Annuel.
THe care which the Cardinal had of Forraign affairs, never took off his thoughts from the concernments within the Kingdome. The late King Henry the Great havi••g hatched grand designs for the glor•• of Fr••nce, had occasions for monies, and thought it necessary to establish the Droict Annuel. Hence he raised great sums, but prejudicial to the people, because it gave way to all Officers of Justice, and of the Treasury to keep the free disposal of their Offices, they paying every ••e••r a certain Tax to theParties Casuelles, and the liberty to continue the Sale of Offices, which were introduced since the time of Francis the first, who finding himself obliged to make a Vertue of Necessity, was constrained to create many Officers, which were continued from the time of Henry the second, who created the Sieges Presidiaux, and many other Officers, which have remained even to this present. The Cardinal, who had no other end (in the Honour which the King had done him, to continue him in the conduct of the most important affairs of the Kingdome▪ them the Refor∣mation and re-establishment of the State, did not fail at the end of the foregoing year to represent to his Majesty, that it was not only important, but almost necessary, to take away that power of Sale, and consequently, to suppresse the Troict Annuel; upon which it hath it's principal dependance. And his Majesty did so much the more approve of his resolution; because he found nothing in the Cardinals Coun∣sels, which was not as admirable as profitable to France.
Notes
The year∣ly r••nt payd by the Offi∣cers of Ju∣stice to the King.