JACQUES I (1566-1627) son of Marie Stuart, King of Scotland and later of England. L.S. with autograph compliment, Palace of Westminster May 16, 1610, to Nicolas Brulart de Sillery, Chancellor of France; 1page folio, addressed; in French. Reaction to the assassination of Henri IV. The King deplores "the execrable parricide committed in the person of the late King" and decides to send Mr. Edmondes, his ambassador, "to the young King [Louis XIII] our good brother, & Madame la Regente his mother our good sister, to make them an offer & give them assurance of all that will depend on us for the maintenance of the good friendship which has always been between the late King our trescher brother & us, & for the continuation of rest in this Kingdom"...He instructs his emissary to greet the Chancellor on his behalf and to assure him "of our good affection towards you, which we ask you to acknowledge"; he believes that "this gentleman will find himself a suitable & useful instrument for the maintenance of the good friendship & correspondence which exists between the two Crowns, and we ask you to lend him your favor & assistance on the occasions when he will need it"... He adds in his own handwriting "Vostre bien bon amy" and signs "Jacques R". Former Alfred Bovet collection (no. 60).