Fontainebleau, August 3d, 1681.
Yourletter of the 23rd of last month has been delivered to me. The King approves of yourgoing to see the Marquis de Pianesse at his country house, and of your making a journey to Turin, if you desire it, provided you do not sleep out of the citadel of Pignerol more than one night at a time. With regard to the journey to Exiles, and the leave of absence you ask for the Sieur Tourtebat, whom you wish to take with you, you will have seen by my former letters, that the intention of the King is that you should not go there.
De Louvois.321
321From the Archives of France.