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sourees, are to be attributed to the treason 
of Marmont, Augereau, Talleyrand, and La 
Fayette. I forgive them; may the poste- 
rity of France forgive them like me. 
I thank my good and most excellent mo- 
ther, the Cardinal, my brothers and sisters, 
for the interest which they have continued 
to feel for me. I pardon Louis for the libel 
which he published in 1820: it is replete 
with false assertions and falsified documents. 
I disavow the ‘ Manuscript of St. He- 
lena,”’ and other works, under the title of 
“ Maxims, Sayings,” &c. which persons 
haye been pleased to publish for the last six 
years. Such are not the rules which have 
guided my life. I caused the Duke d’En- 
ghien to be arrested and tried, because that 
step was essential to the safety, interest, and 
honour of the French people, when the 
Count D’ Artois was maintaining, by his 
confession, sixty assassins at Paris. Under 
similar circumstances, I would again act in 
the same way. 
II.—I bequeath to my son, the boxes, 
orders, and other articles, such as my plate, 
field-bed, saddles, spurs, chapel plate, books, 
linen, which I have been accustomed to 
wear and use, according to the annexed list 
(a). It is my wish that this slight bequest 
may be dear to him, as recalling the memory 
of a father, of whom the universe will dis- 
course to him. I bequeath to Lady Hol- 
land the antique Cameo which Pope Pius 
VI. gave me at Volentino. I bequeath to 
Count Montholon 2,000,000f. as a proof of 
my satisfaction with the filial attentions which 
he has paid me during six years, and as an 
indemnity for the losses which his residence 
at St. Helena has occasioned. I bequeath to 
Count Bertrand 500,000f. I bequeath to 
Marchand, my first valet de chambre, 
400,000f. The services which he has ren- 
dered to me are those of a friend: it is my 
wish that he should marry the widow, sister, 
or daughter of an officer of my old guard. 
To St. Denis, to Novarraz, to Pieron, each 
100,000f. To Archambaud, 50,000f To 
Cursor and to Chandellier, 25,000f. To the 
Abbé Vignali, to Count Las Cases, to Count 
Layalette, to Larray, surgeon-in-chief, the 
most virtuous man I have known, to General 
Brayer, to General Le Fevre Desnouettes, 
to General Drouet, to General Cambrone, 
to the children of General Mouton Duver- 
net, to the children of the brave Labedoyere, 
each 100,000f. To the children of General 
Girard, killed at Ligny, 100,000f. To the 
children of General Marchand, 100,000f. 
To the children of the virtuous General Tra- 
vost, 100,000f. . To General Lallemand, the 
elder, to Count Real, to Costa de Basilica, 
in Corsica, to General Clausel, to Baron de 
-Menevalle, to Arnault, the author of Ma- 
rius, each 100,000f. To Colonel Marbot, 
100,000f. I engage him to continue to 
write in defence of the glory of the French. 
armies, and to confound their calumniators 
‘and apostates. To Baron Bignon, 100,000f. 
I engage him to write the history of French 
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diplomacy from 1792 to 1815, To Poggi de 
Talalo, and to surgeon Emmery, each 
100,000f. These sums will be raised from 
the 6,000,000f. which I deposited on Jeay- 
ing Paris in 1815; and from the interest at 
the rate of five per cent. since July, 1815. 
The account will be settled with the banker 
by Counts Montholon, Bertrand, and Mar- 
chand. Whatever that deposit may produce 
beyond the sum of 5,600,000f. which have 
been above disposed of, shall be distributed 
as a gratuity amongst the wounded at the 
battle of Waterloo, and amongst the officers 
and soldiers of the battalion of the Isle of 
Elba, according to ascale to be determined 
upon by Montholon, Bertrand, Drouot, 
Cambrone, and the surgeon Larrey. These 
legacies, in case of death, shall be paid to 
the widows and children, and in default of 
such, shall revert to the bulk of my property. 
I{I.—My private domain bemg my pro- 
perty, of which no French law deprives-me, 
that I am aware of, an account of it will be 
required from the Baron de la Bouillerie, 
the treasurer thereof: it ought to amount to 
more than 200,000,000f. namely—l. The 
portfolio containing the savings which I 
made during fourteen years, out of my civil 
list, which amounted to more than twelve 
million francs per annum, if my memory be 
good. 2. The produce of this portfolio. 3. 
The furniture of my palaces, such as was in 
1814, including the palaces of Rome, Flo~- 
rence, and Turin. All this furniture was 
purchased with monies accruing from the 
civil list. 4. The proceeds of my houses in 
the kingdom of Italy, such as money, plate, 
jewels, furniture, equipages ; the accounts 
will be rendered by Prince Eugene and the 
steward of the crown, Campagnoni. 
NAPOLEON. 
I bequeath my private domain, one half 
to the surviving officers and soldiers of the 
French army who have fought smee 1792 to 
1815, for the giory and the independence of 
the nation.. The distribution shall be made 
in proportion to their appointments upon 
active service. One half to the towns and 
districts of Alsace, of Lorraine, of Franche 
Compte, of Burgundy, of the Isle of France, 
of Champagne Forest, Dauphine, which 
may have suffered by either of the inva- 
sions.. There shall be previously deducted 
from this sum, 1,000,000f. for the town of 
Brienne and 1,000,000f. for that of Meri. 
I appoint Counts Montholon, Bertrand, 
and Marchand, the executors of my will. 
The present will, wholly written with my 
own hand, is signed and sealed with my own 
arms. 
LS. _ NAPOLEON. 
List (a.)—Affixed to my Will. ~ 
15th April, 1821. 
I.—The consecrated vessels which have 
been in use at my chapel at Longwood. I 
enjoin the Abbe Vignali to preserve them, 
and to deliver them to my son when he 
shall reach the age of 16 years. 
II. 
