He longed for Barneveld, and repeatedly urged that the Advocate, laying aside all other business, would come to Paris, that they might advise together thoroughly and face to face.

It was most important that the combination of alliances should be correctly arranged before hostilities began, and herein lay the precise difficulty.

The princes applied formally and freely to the States-General for assistance.

They applied to the King of Great Britain.

The agents of the opposite party besieged Henry with entreaties, and, failing in those, with threats; going off afterwards to Spain, to the Archdukes, and to other Catholic powers in search of assistance.
The States-General professed their readiness to put an army of 15,000 foot and 3000 horse in the field for the spring campaign, so soon as they were assured of Henry's determination for a rupture.
"I am fresh enough still," said he to their ambassador, "to lead an army into Cleve.