He said to Gondi that all he meant was to get the truce of Cambray accomplished.

I hope, however, that my brother, the King of Spain, will do what is right in regard to madam my mother's pretensions.

'Tis likely that he will be now incited thereto, seeing that the deputies of all the Netherland provinces are at present in my kingdom, to offer me carte blanche.

I shall hear what they have to say, and do exactly what the good of my own affairs shall seem to require.

The Queen of England, too, has been very pressing and urgent with me for several months on this subject.