Ah!
THE KING.
Rules he not war
And peace, finances, states? Makes he not laws,
Edicts, mandates, and ordinances too?
Through treachery he broke the Catholic league;
He strikes the house of Austria—friendly
To me—to which the Queen belongs.
DUKE DE BELLEGARDE.
Ah, sire,
He lets you keep a vivary within
The Louvre. You have your share.
THE KING.
Then he intrigues
With Denmark.
DUKE DE BELLEGARDE.
But he let you fix the marc
Among the jewelers.
THE KING (whose ill-humor increases).