HENRI IV. Letter signed, countersigned by the secretary of State Pierre Forget de Fresnes as secretary of State, addressed to Louis Richeome, provincial of the Jesuits of Lyon. Fontainebleau, October 31, 1607. 1 p. folio, fair condition: foxing, some ink bites, two cuts due to opening, one of which with formerly restored lack. "Dear and well loved. Father Cotton [the Jesuit Pierre Coton, confessor of the king] has icy presented to us on your behalf the book that you have composed on idolatry, which we found very agreeable, as we do with everything that comes from your pen, and we greatly praise the study and the work you do to teach the truth and to benefit everyone by your writings, comforting some in their good intentions and reminding others who are capable of instruction of their duty, which we have greatly desired to testify to you here, and the satisfaction we receive from it, encouraging you to continue in such a praiseworthy exercise, which, as we judge the fruit and usefulness of it, also invites us to recognize it on all the occasions which will be offered to you, both individually and to all your companions, which we will always do with great pleasure... » Official letters expressing the royal will but formally prepared by the Secretary of State Forget de Fresnes who is, according to common opinion, the editor of the Edict of Nantes.