 Henri bluntly told Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon, that the overall accord would bring chaos and ruin to France.Nevertheless, the king signed the treaty in his attempts to outflank the Guise and become leader of the Catholic League himself.On 18 July he went in person to the Parlement of Paris to hold a "lit de justice" and force the Parlement to register the terms of the treaty, giving them the effect of law, as well as royal prerogative.