3-139 THE HISTORY or FRANCE, FROM THE ACCESSION OF HENRY THE THIRD, IN 1574, TO THE DEATH OF HENRY THE FOURTH, IN 1610. PRECEDED BY A VIEW OF THE CIVIL, MILITARY, AND POLITICAL BETWEEN THE MIDDLE, AND THE CLOSE OF THE AND FOLLOWED BY A VIEW OF THE STATE OF EUROPE AT THE ACCESSION OF LOUIS THE THIRTEENTH. BY SIR N. WILL". WRAXALL, Bart. THE SECOND EDITION. IN SIX VOLUMES. VOL. IV. LONDON: PRINTED FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES, IN THE STRAND. 1814. CONTENTS ог THE FOURTH VOLUME. NATURE, limits, and extent of the royal power, under the last princes of Valois. - Functions of the States- General. Institution, and privileges of the parlia- Provincial assemblies. Revenues. Ma- nagement of the finances. - Public funds. - Coin. Military force. Infantry. Cavalry. Arms. State of commerce and navigation. Bankers. tempts at colonization. - Manufactures. - Sumptuary laws. Agriculture. Condition of the peasants. - |