Meanwhile the king, who, with more reason than the cardinal, showed his hatred for Buckingham, although scarcely arrived was in such a haste to meet the enemy that he commanded every disposition to be made to drive the English from the Isle of Re, and afterward to press the siege of La Rochelle; but notwithstanding his earnest wish, he was delayed by the dissensions which broke out between MM Bassompierre and Schomberg, against the Duc d’Angouleme.
Apenas llegado al campamento, el rey, que tenía tanta prisa por encontrarse frente al enemigo y que, con mejor derecho que el cardenal, compartía su odio contra Buckingham, quiso hacer todos los preparativos, primero para expulsar a los ingleses de la isla de Ré, luego para apresurar el asedio de La Rochelle; pero, a pesar suyo, se demoró por las disensiones que estallaron entre los señores de Bassompierre y Schomberg contra el duque de Angulema.