I am astonished, said _Francis_ the First, (that day fortnight) speaking to his minister as he entered the closet, that we have had no answer from _Switzerland_. ----Sire, I wait upon you this moment, said Mons. _le Premier_, to lay before you my dispatches upon that business. --They take it kindly, said the king. --They do, Sire, replied the minister, and have the highest sense of the honour your majesty has done them----but the republick, as godmother, claims her right, in this case, of naming the child.
In all reason, quoth the king----she will christen him _Francis_, or _Henry_, or _Lewis_, or some name that she knows will be agreeable to us. Your majesty is deceived, replied the minister ----I have this hour received a dispatch from our resident, with the determination of the republick on that point also. ----And what name has the republick fixed upon for the Dauphin? ----_Shadrach_, _Meshech_, _Abed-nego_, replied 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.

'I am astonished,' said Francis a fortnight later, to his minister, 'that we have had no answer from Switzerland.'
'Sire, I have this moment brought you their reply.'
'They take it kindly?' said the king.
'They do, Sire, and have the highest sense of the honour your majesty has done them - but the republic, as godmother, claims her right of naming the child.'
'Probably,' quoth the king, 'she will christen him Francis, or Henry, or some name that she knows will be agreeable to us.'
'Your majesty is deceived,' replied the minister. 'I have received a message from our ambassador, with the republic's decision on that point.'
'And what name has the republic fixed upon for the prince?'
'Shadrach, Meshech, Abed-nego,' replied the minister.
'By Saint Peter's girdle, I will have nothing to do with the Swiss,' cried Francis. 