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	Medici. His magnificence and his jewels were the admiration and envy of his contemporaries. He changed his religion backward and for­ward three or four times and finally under Henry iv. settled into Catholicism. For this reason, if for none other, he was hated most cordially by Sully who mentions him with dis­like in his Memoirs. According to Sully he was clever but arrogant; not very clear-headed for business, yet sometimes hit upon expedients which would escape more phlegmatic minds. We shall see further on how this estimate was borne out. Henry in. in a state of chronic. war and equally chronic poverty turned in his distress to his wealthy subject, and de Sanci responded as a wealthy and loyal subject should. The King needed troops to enable him to cope with the League. They must be faithful — therefore they must be Swiss, who would only come upon certain payment of their wages. In order to raise the money for these troops de Sanci of-