Aachen is first threatened, and the Elector-Palatine likewise.

France surely, for reasons of state, cannot permit that they should be attacked.

She did, and helped us to do, too much in the Julich campaign to suffer the Spaniards to make themselves masters there now." It has been seen that the part played by France in the memorable campaign of 1610 was that of admiring auxiliary to the States' forces; Marshal de la Chatre having in all things admitted the superiority of their army and the magnificent generalship of Prince Maurice.

But the government of the Dowager had been committed by that enterprise to carry out the life-long policy of Henry, and to maintain his firm alliance with the Republic.
Whether any of the great king's acuteness and vigour in countermining and shattering the plans of the House of Austria was left in the French court, time was to show.

Meantime Barneveld was crying himself hoarse with warnings into the dull ears of England and France.
A few weeks later the Prince of Neuburg had thrown off the mask.