the minister.—By Saint Peter’s girdle, I will have nothing to do with the Swiss , cried Francis the First, pulling up his breeches and walking hastily across the floor.
Your majesty, replied the minister calmly, cannot bring yourself off.
We’ll pay them in money⸻said the king.
Sire, there are not sixty thousand crowns in the treasury, answered the minister.⸺I’ll pawn the best jewel in my crown, quoth Francis the First.
Your honour stands pawn’d already in this matter, answered Monsieur le Premier .
Then, Mons. le Premier , said the king, by⸻we’ll go to war with ’em.