the mother of m. de treville had served her so faithfully in her wars against the league that in default of money -- a thing to which the bearnais was accustomed all her life , and who constantly paid her debts with that of which she never stood in need of borrowing , that is to say , with ready wit -- in default of money , we repeat , she authorized her , after the reduction of paris , to assume for her arms a golden lion passant upon gules , with the motto fidelis et fortis .