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.
[Footnote 4.9: Vide Menagiana, Vol. I.]
'We'll pay them off.'
'Sire, there are not sixty thousand crowns in the treasury.'
'I'll pawn the best jewel in my crown,' quoth Francis.
'Your honour stands pawned already in this matter.'
'Then, Monsieur,' said the king, 'by ___, we'll go to war with 'em.'