On this day in 1593, Henry IV decided that Paris was worth a Mass. He insisted on drawing the line, however, at “Here I Am, Lord.” “Not for all the empires in the world,” he was heard to grumble as he knelt before the Archbishop.
Edited by H. Albertus Boli, LL.D.
On this day in 1593, Henry IV decided that Paris was worth a Mass. He insisted on drawing the line, however, at “Here I Am, Lord.” “Not for all the empires in the world,” he was heard to grumble as he knelt before the Archbishop.