Nor could the jealousy of King James be excited since the war would spring out of the Archdukes' opposition to his passage towards the duchies, as he obviously could not cut himself off from his supplies, leaving a hostile province between himself and his kingdom.

Nevertheless he could not stir, he said, without the consent and active support of the States, on whom he relied as his principal buttress and foundation.
The levies for the Milanese expedition were waiting until Marshal de Lesdiguieres could confer personally with the Duke of Savoy.

The reports as to the fidelity of that potentate were not to be believed.

He was trifling with the Spanish ambassadors, so Henry was convinced, who were offering him 300,000 crowns a year besides Piombino, Monaco, and two places in the Milanese, if he would break his treaty with France.

But he was thought to be only waiting until they should be gone before making his arrangements with Lesdiguieres.