This codicil is written entirely with my own hand, signed, and sealed with my arms.
Napoleon.
[On the back of the codicil is written:]
This is my codicil, or act of my last will—the execution of which I recommend to my dearest wife, the Empress Marie Louise.
(L. S.)
Napoleon.
[Attested by the following witnesses, whose seals are respectively affixed:]
| Montholon, | } |
| Bertrand, | A piece of green silk. |
| Marchand, | |
| Vignali. |
6th Codicil.
Monsieur Lafitte, I remitted to you, in 1815, at the moment of my departure from Paris, a sum of near six millions, for which you have given me a receipt and duplicate. I have cancelled one of the receipts, and I charge Count Montholon to present you with the other receipt, in order that you may pay to him, after my death, the said sum, with interest at the rate of five per cent. from the 1st of July, 1815, deducting the payments which you have been instructed to make by virtue of my orders.