26 - CHARLES IX. Letter signed “Charles,” countersigned by his secretary Robertet, addressed to the provost of merchants and the aldermen of Paris. Bois de Vincennes, June 23, 1563. One folio page, address on the back.

CHARLES IX. Letter signed “Charles,” countersigned by his secretary Robertet, addressed to the provost of merchants and the aldermen of Paris. Bois de Vincennes, June 23, 1563. One folio page, address on the back. “... We have heard that, for the provisioning and supply of our camp and army stationed in Normandy, Anthoine Audras, a merchant and citizen of our city of Paris, is said to have had twelve muids of wheat transported and brought all the way to our said city, and because he fears that, upon crossing the bridges there, he may encounter some hindrance. For this reason, WE ORDER, COMMAND, AND STRONGLY ENJOIN YOU THAT, in accordance with the permission we have granted to all merchants who wish to transport or have transported wine, wheat, and other provisions to our aforementioned camp and army freely and without hindrance, YOU SHALL, upon receipt of this present, IMMEDIATELY ALLOW THE AFOREMENTIONED TWELVE MUIDS OF WHEAT TO PASS WITHOUT IMPOSING OR CAUSING ANY DELAY, disturbance, hindrance, or obstruction; and should any such thing be done, imposed, or caused, you shall immediately and without delay ensure that the entire shipment is granted full and complete freedom and release. Fail not to do so, for such is our pleasure...” Although Charles IX would not be proclaimed of age until August 1563 in Rouen, a precarious peace had been secured for the time being between Catholics and Protestants since the signing of the Edict of Pacification of Amboise in March 1563. This edict, however, proved difficult to enforce: for example, a special order had to be sent to the members of the Parliament of Normandy to persuade them to once again accept their Protestant colleagues... The war would resume in 1567.