The King was declared dispossessed of his principality of Bearne, and of what remained to him of Navarre.

He was stripped of all dignities, privileges, and property, and especially proclaimed incapable of ever ascending the throne of France.
The Bearnese replied by a clever political squib.

A terse and spirited paper found its way to Rome, and was soon affixed, to the statutes of Pasquin and Marforio, and in other public places of that city, and even to the gates of the papal palace.

Without going beyond his own doors, his Holiness had the opportunity of reading, to his profound amazement, that Mr.Sixtus, calling himself Pope, had foully and maliciously lied in calling the King of Navarre a heretic.

This Henry offered to prove before any free council legitimately chosen.