In 1604 Henri IV created in his favour the office of keeper of the seals of France; and finally, on the death of the Chancelier de Bellievre, he became his successor.
[50] Sully, _Mem_.

vol.iii.pp.

189, 190.
[51] "Comme s'il fut revenu d'extase," says Perefixe, vol.ii.p.

300.
[52] In April 1599.
[53] Bernard de Montfaucon.

_Les Monumens de la Monarchie Francaise_, Paris, 1733, in folio, vol.v.p.