"Then your majesty accepts?"
"There is only one difficulty, duke."
"What is it?"
"Want of money."
"Sire, I have found a method. Six months ago a tax was levied on shooting and fishing."
"Well?"
"The first payment produced 65,000 crowns, which have not yet been disposed of."
"I destined it for the war, duke."
"The first interest of the kingdom is the safety of the king."
"Well; there still would remain 20,000 crowns for the army."