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MEMOIRS

SIR PHILIPPE

DE MORNAY,

LORD OF PLESSIS-MARLY,

Baron of La Forêt-sur-Sèvre, etc. Counselor to the King in his

State and Private Councils, Captain of one hundred men-at-arms

of his Ordinances, Governor, and Lieutenant

General for His Majesty in the Seneschalship A "Seneschalship" (Sénéchaussée) was a royal judicial and administrative district in old France., city,

and castle of Saumur, etc.

Containing various Discourses, Instructions, Letters, and Dispatches prepared

or written by him to the Kings, Queens, Princes, Princesses, Lords, and sev-

eral great figures of Christendom, from the Year 1600 original: "clɔ Iɔc," a typographic convention for 1600, un-

til the year 1623 original: "clɔ IɔcxxIII," meaning 1623. Together with several letters from the

aforementioned to the said Lord du Plessis.

At the end is added a SUPPLEMENT of pieces which were omitted

in the two volumes of MEMOIRS previously printed.

A woodcut printer's device of the Elzevier family. It depicts the Roman goddess Minerva in armor with a helmet and spear, standing next to an olive tree. Her shield rests on the ground beside her. An owl, symbol of wisdom, is perched on the ground at the base of the tree. A scroll entwined around the tree trunk bears the motto "DO NOT WANDER BEYOND THE OLIVE TREES" original Latin: "NE EXTRA OLEAS"; a proverb suggesting one should stay within the bounds of their expertise or purpose.

AT AMSTERDAM,

At the House of LOUIS ELZEVIER.

1652.