059) diplomacy.

He was, he ordered Carroz to tell Henry many months later,[113] when concealment was no longer possible or necessary, sending a holy friar to his daughter in England; the friar's health did not permit of his going by sea; so he went through France, and was taken prisoner.

Hearing of his fame for piety, the French Queen desired his ghostly advice, and took the opportunity of the interview to persuade the friar to return to Spain with proposals of peace.
Ferdinand was suddenly convinced that death was at hand; his confessor exhorted him to forgive and make peace with his enemies.

This work of piety he could not in conscience neglect.

So he agreed to a twelvemonth's truce, which secured Navarre.