IntheFrenchWarsofReligion,HenryⅣemployedmanyforeignmercenaries.ThedaybeforethebattleofIvry,ColonelSchomberg,anxioustosecurehisGermantroops'obedience,cametothekingtourgethepaymentofhismen'sarrears.ButHenry,irritatedinthemidstofhisanxieties,dismissedhimsaying,"Isthisatimetocomeforpay?"
NextdayHenrysawSchombergattheheadofhistroops,lookingdepressed.HerodeuptoSchombergandsaidaloud,"MonsieurSchomberg,Iamconvincedofyourvalour.Ihaveoffendedyouandentreatyoutopardonme.""Itistrue,"answeredSchomberg,"thatyourMajestywoundedmeyesterday,buttodayyoukillme.Foryourconductatthisinstantwillforcemetosacrificemylifeinyourservice."Andthatdayhewasslain,fightingbyHenry'sside.