HENRY IV: (1553-1610) King of France 1589-1610. Assassinated. L.S., Henry, with ...

HENRY IV: (1553-1610) King of France 1589-1610. Assassinated. L.S., Henry, with holograph subscription ( ´V[o] tre plus afectyone et assure amy´), one page, 4to, Fontenay, 28th May 1857, to Baron de Larochebeaucourt, in French. The King announces ´J´ay este bien ayse d´avoir entendu par Lambert auquel j´avoys commande de vous veoir de ma part le contraire de ce qu´on avoit dit de vous jusques jourd´hy, qui estait que, comme plusieurs autres de mes plus proches, vous vous estiez ligue avec les plus grands ennemys de cest estat et les miens´ (Translation: ´I was very pleased to have heard from Lambert, whom I had ordered to see you on my behalf, the opposite of what has been said about you to date, which is that, like several of my closest friends, you are in league with the greatest enemies of this state and my own´) and continues to add that Lambert has given him hope that, wherever the Baron is, he will make good the effects of his word in time, further asking to see his correspondent for an hour before he departs, ´Regardez d´en trouver le moyen et si secretement que l´on ne sache point que vous m´avez veu................. si d´avanture les affaires ausquelles je suis occupe font que je ne m´approche encores de vous, pour en avoir plus de moyen je pourrai, dans quelques jours vous depescher Lambert, pour en conferer plus au long´ (Translation: ´See if you can find a way to do this, and do it so secretly that no-one knows you have seen me.........if beforehand the affairs I am involved in mean that I do not approach you again, in order to have a better chance I will be able, in a few days' time, to send for Lambert, in order to discuss the matter at greater length´). With address panel to the verso. A few very minor faults and light age wear, and with a small area of paper loss to the lower right corner. About VG