Louis professed not to know the laws of succession in Spain, but he was willing to join the attack, apart from the merits of the case on which it was based.

Whether the suggestion originated in France or in England, whether Henry eventually refused it or not, its serious discussion shows how far Henry had travelled in his resentment at the double dealing of Ferdinand.

Carroz complained that he was treated by (p.

076) the English "like a bull at whom every one throws darts,"[172] and that Henry himself behaved in a most offensive manner whenever Ferdinand's name was mentioned.

"If," he added, "Ferdinand did not put a bridle on this young colt," it would afterwards become impossible to control him.