He informed Henry that Hohenzollern would address him thus: "You are a king.
You would not like that the Emperor should aid your subjects in rebellion.

He did not do this in the time of the League, although often solicited to do so.

You should not now sustain the princes in disobeying the Imperial decree.

Kings should unite in maintaining the authority and majesty of each other." He would then in the Emperor's name urge the claims of the House of Saxony to the duchies.
Henry was much pleased with this opportune communication by de Colly of the private instructions to the Emperor's envoy, by which he was enabled to meet the wild and fierce young man with an arrogance at least equal to his own.
The interview was a stormy one.

The King was alone in the gallery of the Louvre, not choosing that his words and gestures should be observed.