Lescarbot dedicated the second edition of his "Histoire" to President Jeannin. His son-in-law, Pierre de Castille, hired Lescarbot as his secretary to accompany him to Switzerland, where Castille had been appointed ambassador to the Thirteen Cantons. The post allowed Lescarbot to travel, visit part of Germany, and frequent the popular social watering-places. He wrote a "Tableau de la Suisse", in poetry and prose, a half-descriptive, half-historical production. He was appointed to the office of naval commissary. When the "Tableau" was published (1618), the king sent him a gratuity of 300 livres.