Steen Bille, William Stewart, and Andrew Sinclair brought Anne's letters to Edinburgh on 10 October.
[2] An English man at court, Thomas Fowler wrote that Steen Bille was well "travelled, and some time in England.
[4] Steen Bille sailed with James VI and went with Andrew Sinclair in advance to Anna of Denmark at Oslo.
[9] The ambassadors' role was to accept the lands of Dunfermline Abbey given to Anne as a "morning gift", and recently re-confirmed in the Parliament of Scotland.
[11] The last week in July was occupied by the aftermath of an attack on Holyrood Palace by the Earl of Bothwell which they recorded in a Latin journal of their embassy.
[15] Bille and Barnekow brought gold necklaces each worth 500 French crowns as gifts for the queen and prince.
James declined the invitation giving reasons of state and his wife's pregnancy, that she could not herself "bear the tossing of a voyage and sea-sickness" or "separation from her husband at such a time.
"[20] The English ambassador in Edinburgh Robert Bowes heard that he had discussed James VI's plans for a Protestant league against Spain.