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HENRI IV (1553-1610) Roi de France
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HENRI IV (1553-1610) Roi de France
L.A.S. "Henry", to Louis de SAINT-GELAIS| 1 page in-fol., address on p. 4 (small tear at an angle with a few wormholes without touching the text).
Spicy letter of the "Vert Galant" relating to extramarital relations.
"Monsr laumonyer I rejoice with you when you are married, you should no longer talk about your love, for it does not suit married people to be a mistress, so that I can govern myself, aynsyn I advise you not to talk about love. all my friends and servants of fayre le samblable believe you that you will play well you pray to fayre estat de plus que de perssonne du monde I desyreroys fort you to see you and your cousin St Preu my amy aymes moy well all days. Yours more assured amy amy a jamays"...
PROVENANCE
François-René de CHATEAUBRIAND, who published it in his Congress of Verona in 1838, in order to propose a flattering comparison with letters he himself had received from the sovereigns of his time: "we would prefer to have received from Henry IV, this note of which we have the original [...]. The Béarnais does not take himself seriously, like the potentates of our illustrious correspondents: he mocks him, his lightness and his crowns" (vol. II, p. 202).
L.A.S. "Henry", to Louis de SAINT-GELAIS| 1 page in-fol., address on p. 4 (small tear at an angle with a few wormholes without touching the text).
Spicy letter of the "Vert Galant" relating to extramarital relations.
"Monsr laumonyer I rejoice with you when you are married, you should no longer talk about your love, for it does not suit married people to be a mistress, so that I can govern myself, aynsyn I advise you not to talk about love. all my friends and servants of fayre le samblable believe you that you will play well you pray to fayre estat de plus que de perssonne du monde I desyreroys fort you to see you and your cousin St Preu my amy aymes moy well all days. Yours more assured amy amy a jamays"...
PROVENANCE
François-René de CHATEAUBRIAND, who published it in his Congress of Verona in 1838, in order to propose a flattering comparison with letters he himself had received from the sovereigns of his time: "we would prefer to have received from Henry IV, this note of which we have the original [...]. The Béarnais does not take himself seriously, like the potentates of our illustrious correspondents: he mocks him, his lightness and his crowns" (vol. II, p. 202).