Wishing to excuse this apparent rudeness, he said to the envoys: "Gentlemen, these men thrust me on as fast to the battle against the foreigner as they now do to my cabinet.

Therefore bear with them." Then turning to the crowd, he said: "Room, gentlemen, for the love of me," upon which they all retired.
The deputies then stated that they had been sent by the authorities of Paris to consult as to the means of obtaining a general peace in France.
They expressed the hope that the king's disposition was favourable to this end, and that he would likewise permit them to confer with the Duke of Mayenne.

This manner of addressing him excited his choler.

He told Cardinal Gondy, who was spokesman of the deputation, that he had long since answered such propositions.

He alone could deal with his subjects.
He was like the woman before Solomon; he would have all the child or none of it.