The King made a sign to the preacher to stop, announced the good news to the congregation, and, kneeling down, returned thanks to God for this great success.

The audience wept for joy.

[475] The tidings were eagerly welcomed by the sanguine and susceptible people of France.

Poets celebrated the triumphs of their magnificent patron.

Orators extolled from the pulpit the wisdom and magnanimity of the eldest son of the Church.