To name the sum though e’er so high,
Sign’d by’s most Christian Majesty.
The Duke de Graves with it was sent,
Who begg’d he’d write the sum’s content
Into the Blank with his own pen,
But down he threw it with disdain,
Saying, Bills and Bonds will seem but froth,
If Sovereigns cannot keep their troth.
Then came the Count de Maurepas,
With Charles to argument the cause;