To such a condition was reduced, in the midst of Paris, a queen of England, and daughter of Henry IV.

of France.
The English parliament, however, having assumed the sovereignty of the state, resented the countenance, cold as it was, which the French court gave to the unfortunate monarch.

On pretence of injuries of which the English merchants complained, they issued letters of reprisal upon the French; and Blake went so far as to attack and seize a whole squadron of ships which were carrying supplies to Dunkirk, then closely besieged by the Spaniards.

That town, disappointed of these supplies, fell into the hands of the enemy.

The French ministers soon found it necessary to change their measures.