[1] Henry IV wrote to his ambassador in London in April 1602, Christophe de Harlay, Count of Beaumont, mentioning he was sending a gift of horses and mules to Scotland with the "Baron du Tour", in return for the packs of hunting dogs which James VI had sent him.
[2] Henry IV hoped Beaumont could obtain a passport for De Tour and his wife to travel through England with their company and the animals.
Two weeks after his arrival,[6] in August 1602 he met James VI in the garden of Falkland Palace and spoke with him for three quarters of an hour, often making him laugh.
[8] James VI was also recording playing "mawe" (probably the card-game now called "Forty-fives") in April 1602 and with Lord Hamilton at Kinneil House at Christmas in 1588.
[9] In November 1602 he interviewed an Italian fencing and language teacher who had accused Francis Mowbray of treason, and found him to be both "a witty man and a cunning corrupted person."
[12] According to Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, King James sent him to Henri IV at Fontainebleau on 18 May 1603, a few days after they arrived in London.
[13] King James asked Henry IV of France to make him Ambassador in Ordinary, resident in England, in preference to Christophe de Harlay, Count of Beaumont, who had made a thoughtless remark about Arbella Stuart being a suitable successor to Queen Elizabeth.
After his initial audiences with the king, he spoke to Lionello, the Venetian secretary, praising Marie de' Medici and denigrating the Prince of Condé.