in return, the king of england said that he would before he died convert to catholicism. that was the deal. and apparently both kings, the king of england and the king of france thought this was a great deal, although understandably they both realized it was maybe a deal that should be kept secret from their subjects. but they made this deal in 1670, and after this deal was made for the duration of his time on the throne, king charles ii of england, he really was secretly on the payroll of another country. and in terms of the deal, regardless of how the agreed-upon religious conversion thing worked out, not actually sure if it did, history is a little fuzzy on the issue. but regardless of the converting to be a catholic issue, even if you remove from the equation