The Envoy spoke much in the sense which de Colly had indicated; making a long argument in favour of the Emperor's exclusive right of arbitration, and assuring the King that the Emperor was resolved on war if interference between himself and his subjects was persisted in.

He loudly pronounced the proceedings of the possessory princes to be utterly illegal, and contrary to all precedent.

The Emperor would maintain his authority at all hazards, and one spark of war would set everything in a blaze within the Empire and without.
Henry replied sternly but in general terms, and referred him for a final answer to his council.
"What will you do," asked the Envoy, categorically, at a subsequent interview about a month later, "to protect the princes in case the Emperor constrains them to leave the provinces which they have unjustly occupied ?" "There is none but God to compel me to say more than I choose to say," replied the King.

"It is enough for you to know that I will never abandon my friends in a just cause.

The Emperor can do much for the general peace.