More than a year after his departure, Berlaymont said the nobles detested the Cardinal more than ever, and would eat him alive if they caught him.

The chance of his returning was dying gradually out.

At about the same period Chantonnay advised his brother to show his teeth.

He assured Granvelle that he was too quiet in his disgrace, reminded him that princes had warm affections when they wished to make use of people, but that when they could have them too cheaply, they esteemed them but little; making no account of men whom they were accustomed to see under their feet.

He urged the Cardinal, in repeated letters, to take heart again, to make himself formidable, and to rise from his crouching attitude.