He went and slept at Senlis; hunted next day very early, and, on his return from hunting, finding his horses baited and ready, "What news ?" he asked.

"Sir," said D'Aubigne, "we are betrayed; the king knows all; the road to death and shame is Paris; that to life and glory is anywhere else." "That is more than enough; away!" replied Henry.
They rode all night, and arrived without misadventure at Alencon.

Two hundred and fifty gentlemen, having been apprised in time, went thither to join the King of Navarre.

He pursued his road in their company.

From Senlis to the Loire he was silent but when he had crossed the river, "Praised be God, who has delivered me!" he cried; "at Paris they were the death of my mother; there they killed the admiral and my best servants; and they had no mind to do any better by me, if God had not had me in his keeping.