FLANDERS. 1716. CONTRABAND & FALSE-SAUNAGE - "By the KING" - - Lot 123

FLANDERS. 1716. CONTRABAND & FALSE-SAUNAGE - "By the KING" - Done at PARIS on July 14, 1716 - His Majesty being informed that the majority of the inhabitants of PLAT-PAÏS... did not leave their villages & the places where they withdrew, except with weapons... promoting smuggling & false saunage (Faux-Sel)... (will be sentenced) to a fine of 10 pounds for the first offence, fifty pounds for the second and one month's imprisonment..." signed LOUIS XV & PHELYPEAUX - & Order of Christian Louis de MONTMORENCY LUXEMBOURG, Prince of Tingry...Lieutenant General of the Province of Flanders, & of Her Majesty's Armies, Governor of the City and Citadel of VALENCIENNES, Commander in Chief of the said Province - Vignette & Lettrine - Printed in BERGUES (59) at Gille Bommelaere - Placard (55 x 43) State C