He further declared, in language not to be mistaken, that the States would never abandon the princes and their cause.
This was the earliest indication on the part of the Advocate of the intention of the Republic--so long as it should be directed by his counsels--to support the cause of the young king, helpless and incapable as he was, and directed for the time being by a weak and wicked mother, against the reckless and depraved grandees, who were doing their best to destroy the unity and the independence of France, Cornelis van der Myle was sent back to Paris on special mission of condolence and comfort from the States-General to the sorely afflicted kingdom.
On the 7th of June, accompanied by Aerssens, he had a long interview with Villeroy.

That minister, as usual, wept profusely, and said that in regard to Cleve it was impossible for France to carry out the designs of the late king.

He then listened to what the ambassadors had to urge, and continued to express his melancholy by weeping.

Drying his tears for a time, he sought by a long discourse to prove that France during this tender minority of the King would be incapable of pursuing the policy of his father.

It would be even too burthensome to fulfil the Treaty of Hall.