The father of M. de Treville had served him so faithfully in his wars against the league that in default of money--a thing to which the Bearnais was accustomed all his life, and who constantly paid his debts with that of which he never stood in need of borrowing, that is to say, with ready wit--in default of money, we repeat, he authorized him, after the reduction of Paris, to assume for his arms a golden lion passant upon gules, with the motto FIDELIS ET FORTIS.
El padre del señor de Tréville le había servido tan fielmente en sus guerras contra la Liga que, a falta de dinero contante y sonante cosa que toda la vida le faltó al bearnés, el cual pagó siempre sus deudas con la única cosa que nunca necesitó pedir prestada, es decir, con el ingenio , que a falta de dinero contante y sonante, decimos, le había autorizado, tras la rendición de Paris, a tomar por armas un león de oro pasante sobre gules con esta divisa: Fidelis et fortis.