This persuasion, they said, was rooted in the hearts of all his Majesty's subjects, and particularly in their own, so deeply, that it could not be eradicated as long as the Cardinal remained.

The King was therefore implored to consider the necessity of remedying the evil.

The royal affairs, it was affirmed, would never be successfully conducted so long as they were entrusted to Granvelle, because he was so odious to so many people.

If the danger were not imminent, they should not feel obliged to write to his Majesty with so much vehemence.

It was, however, an affair which allowed neither delay nor dissimulation.