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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A84170	The state of France, as it stood in the IXth yeer of this present monarch, Lewis XIIII. Written to a friend by J.E.	Evelyn, John, 1620-1706.	1652 (1652)	Wing E3514; Thomason E1328_2; ESTC R209097	48,352	165

Million sterling in all viis et modis Which is some thirteen short of that which the Kings of France at present enjoy Now ' ere we define the more distinct Ministers of State Supream counsels of France wee wil first speak severally of the supream Counsels which are two The chief is called the secret or more frequently le Conseil d'en hault that is Le Counsel d'en hault of this counsel are the Duke of Orleans Prince of Condé The Cardinall and 4 principall Secretaries of State after our old English stile the Cabinet Counsel because it is commonly held in the Kings Bedchamber for which respect you may reasonably imagine it to be composed but of few and those the prime and most illustrious persons of charge and title in the Kingdome so that according to the nature of affaires it is sometimes reduced unto two or three only but upon intelligences and transactions of State as those which concern matter of warr forrain Alliances c. Then there is a fuller number of other Ministers required to be present The other Conseil is termed le Conseil d'Estat privé where The counsel of State when the King himself sits not the Precedency is given to the first Prince of the Blood then present and in default of their absence to the Chancelour who together with the Treasurer or Superintendent hath principal authority in all those Courts I have or shall speak of and this Court besides the above named who are chief is composed of many Counsellours of State who are all persons of great merit and commonly such as have given signal testimonies of their abilities and addresse by their long services as Ambassadors and Orators to forraign Princes or officers in other jurisdictions and Counsels also to this Court appertaine foure Secretaries that serve quarterly eighteen Maistres de Requests who according to the nature of the affaire with the Intendents make the Reports having first resolved the businesse amongst themselves according to which the Arrest is sometimes given In this Counsell passe all matters belonging either to Warr or Peace and all other concernements of the Crown whatever for here they determine definitively which judgment so passed is termed an Arrest or Act of Councell howbeit in causes of high consequence they are often revoked both from this Tribunall yea and the Parliament it self also unto the Counseil d'-en-hault although a Counsell but of a later Initiation Branches from this are also the Counsell of the Finances or Customes called the Councel of direction The Counsell of direction where all the affaires of the Exchequer are disposed likewise the Chancelor holdeth another Counsell The Counsell of Parties called the Counseil des parties wherein the Processes of particular parties and Recusations have their proper hearing and to this also belong quarterly Secretaries apart Now the manner of proceeding in these Courts goes according to the disposition of the severall affairs The manner of proceeding in these Courts by the Reports made ready reformed and first signed which is by them then by the Chancellor if it be at the counsell of parties if at the Finances by the Duke of Orleans Mons r the Prince and Superintendents who deliver them to the Grefier or Clerk by whom they are to be allowed that is paragraphed in Parchment to which they subjoyne a commission which is sealed by the chancellor if they are to be immediately executed Other Arrests and Acts of Counsel are executed by an usher or Sergaent of the Counsel who wears a chaine of Gold about his neck with a Medail pendent wherein there is impressed the Kings picture Grand Conseil There is likewise another Councell called the Grand conseil in which also the Chancellor presides virtually though seldom present in person and this is Composed of four Presidents and a hundred and fifty Counsellers who serve by Semester and this court is chiefly and indeed only conversant in affaires Ecclesiastical such as concerne Bishopricks Priories Hospitals c. collation and presentation to Benefices in the jurisdiction either of King or Pope within this Realme and therefore here is the Kings Advocate and proctor Generall continually attending And now returning to our former division we may remember that the more ancient officers of the Crown were likewise three viz. The Connestable the Mareschal and the Chancellor I shall forbear a while to speak much of the two first till I come to treat particularly concerning matters of warr Officers of State Justice Chancelour of France we are now in affaires of State and Justice wherein this last in our division as chiefe and soveraign his office is to dispatch and modifie all the Graces and gifts of the King is keeper of the Great seale with which hee confirmes all the Ordinances Edicts declarations and pleasure of his Majesty for which respect he hath in Parliament his seat on the left hand of the King when he is there present But there are no dayes properly designed for sealing that wholly depending upon the will of the Chancellour Days and manner of Sealing The manner thereof is this The chancellour sits at the middle of a large Table upon which is placed a cabinet or coffer wherein there is locked all the publick seals of France the key of which he carries about his neck at the End of this Table are two Masters of Requests with whom he may advise in case the affaire require it and over against the Chancelor one of the four Referendaries of France who reads all the Letters Arrests and other expeditions which if approved are accommodated with Yellow wax fitting and ready for the seale and so put up into a box to be controuled by the Kings Secretaries who must first allow and Paragraph them and then they are sealed for Expedition of highest consequence as Treaties Edicts Abolitions c. in green wax but the seals of Dauphine are in red Moreover the character of the Chancelor is esteemed so sacred Inviolable that it remains altogether indeleble but by death onely Guard des sceaux yet notwithstanding upon decadency or disgrace with the King there is commonly one called Gard des Sceaux who executeth his charg hath also the same authority for the Seales may be taken away at his Majesties pleasure but not the Chancelorship which as it is never to dye but with his Person so may he not put on Mourning for the King himself his Father or Mother if any of them decease as being insensible of all other Relations and considerations besides the sole interest of the People his habite is a Robe of black Velvet doubled or lined with Crimson plush before him goe two Searjeants with chains of Gold who bear 2 rich maces of gold on their shoulders The Secretaries of State and commands of the King are four in number Secretaries of State whose functions for being different deserve to bee mentioned in the next place One of