It was not the first nor likely to be the last of Bouillon's deadly intrigues.

But the man who had been privy to Biron's conspiracy against the crown and life of his sovereign was hardly a safe ally for his brother-in-law, the straightforward stadholder.
The instructions desired by du Maurier and by Barneveld had, as we have seen, at last arrived.

The French ambassador thus fortified appeared before the Assembly of the States-General and officially demanded the recall of Aerssens.

In a letter addressed privately and confidentially to their Mightinesses, he said, "If in spite of us you throw him at our feet, we shall fling him back at your head." At last Maurice yielded to, the representations of the French envoy, and Aerssens felt obliged to resign his claims to the post.

The States-General passed a resolution that it would be proper to employ him in some other capacity in order to show that his services had been agreeable to them, he having now declared that he could no longer be useful in France.