One day in the early summer of 1609, Henry IV.

came to the Royal Arsenal, the residence of Sully, accompanied by Zamet and another of his intimate companions.

He asked for the Duke and was told that he was busy in his study.

"Of course," said the King, turning to his followers, "I dare say you expected to be told that he was out shooting, or with the ladies, or at the barber's.

But who works like Sully?
Tell him," he said, "to come to the balcony in his garden, where he and I are not accustomed to be silent." As soon as Sully appeared, the King observed: "Well; here the Duke of Cleve is dead, and has left everybody his heir." It was true enough, and the inheritance was of vital importance to the world.
It was an apple of discord thrown directly between the two rival camps into which Christendom was divided.