CHARENTE MARITIME (17) - LETTRES D'AMOUR DU XVI° / Extremely - Lot 32

CHARENTE MARITIME (17) - LETTRES D'AMOUR DU XVI° / Extremely rare correspondence consisting of 3 autograph letters signed by the Sieur de Voutron (Nathaniel de Mazières, Seigneur de Voutron, Voutron is now part of the commune of Yves in Charente Maritime) to Mademoiselle de Montreuil (Suzanne de Cailhault, whose father was Seigneur de Montreuil in Vendée) in 1595 and 1596, each 1 p in-4 plus address page, one retaining the small red wax seal sealing blue and yellow silk threads; Nathaniel and Suzanne will marry and have children - In these letters, he talks about his daily life, visits his sweetheart's family and quotes several members of their entourage - He addresses "Mademoiselle ma Maîtresse", first addressing her in the formal manner, he wants to "win" her cause, "this promise of God to us is great", "ask and it will be given to you", "seek and you will find, you know how zealously I seek and seek you", "It is necessary, said an ancient sage, that Love founded more on the goods of the body and of fortune than on those of the spirit be frail and inconstant, riches are lost, the body withers, the spirit alone increases with time" - He fears being annoying or boring, he would like her to agree to chat with him for a quarter of an hour, "God forbid that I should be so arrogant as to wish to have from you the slightest favor or obligation in writing", would it be too much "to deserve to have from my mouth a good word, or a good syllable, or the slightest sign in the world which would assure me that I had some share in your good graces" - In the following letter, he is on first-name terms with her, fearing that she will be irritated "for having failed in my resolution", so "for punishment" he demands "a hundred canings", "which I will receive more willingly than a whipping from any maistre, especially if by this means I could acquire some share in your good graces", he greatly desires this beautiful alliance, and "at the very least to be your prisoner", he begs "Mamour" to believe that he will be "inviolably" her servant to honor and venerate her