The help of that single power he had madly rejected.

Nay, he had requited with insult the friendly intervention which might have saved him.

The French armies which, but for his own folly, might have been employed in overawing the States General, were besieging Philipsburg or garrisoning Mentz.

In a few days he might have to fight, on English ground, for his crown and for the birthright of his infant son.

His means were indeed in appearance great.