About four or five days after the taking of the town, the king began to employ his friends about the duke, to propose his return into France; and he himself broke the matter to him very discreetly, telling him, that if he had still any occasion of his assistance, he should freely let him know it and he would willingly stay longer, but that if his presence could be of no farther importance, he desired to be dismissed, that he might return to Paris, and see the peace published in the court of parliament.[259] (For in France it is a custom that all treaties of peace should be published in that court, or otherwise they are void, though indeed the king’s power is very great.) Besides, he desired of the duke that they might have another interview next summer in Burgundy, and enjoy the conversation of one another for a month together. At length the duke consented he should go, yet not without murmuring a little. The duke ordered the articles of peace to be read to the king, that, if he repented of anything, it might be altered. He offered it likewise to his choice, whether he would stand to it or not, and some little apology he made for his bringing him thither. He desired one thing more, which was, that the king would permit a new article to be added in favour of the Lord du Lau, the Lord d’Urfé, and Poncet de Rivière[260] and that he would promise that the lands and preferments, which they had enjoyed before the war, should be restored to them again. This proposition did not please the king at all, for he thought it very unreasonable that those who were not of his party should be comprehended in the peace. Besides, they were servants to the Lord Charles, the king’s brother, and not to the king. However, the king replied that he would consent to it, upon condition that the duke would do the same for the Count of Nevers[261] and the Lord of Croy; upon which answer the duke pressed it no farther. This answer of the king’s was looked upon to be a very wise one, for the duke hated those two gentlemen, so that he would never consent to their restoration. In all the rest, the king told the duke he would alter nothing, but confirm whatever had been sworn at Peronne. In this manner his departure was agreed on, and the king took his leave of the duke[262], who conducted him about half a league, but at their last departure the king said to him, “If my brother, who is in Bretagne, should not be satisfied with the appanage, which for your sake I have given him, what would you have me do?” The duke hastily replied, without considering what he said, “If he should not, it is your part to see him satisfied, but I shall leave that to yourselves.” From which question and answer important actions did afterwards proceed, as you shall hear in the proper place.