than encourage the execution of such edicts as they had formerly ratified; and thereupon they trumped up a declaration which had been registered two years before for the establishment of the Chamber of Domain, which was a terrible charge upon the people, had very pernicious consequences, and which the Parliament had passed, either through a surprise or want of better judgment.  The people mutinied, went in crowds to the Palace, and used very abusive language to the President de Thore, Emeri’s son.  The Parliament was obliged to pass a decree against the mutineers.

The Court, overjoyed to see the Parliament and the people together by the ears, supported the decree by a regiment of French and Swiss Guards.  The Parisians were alarmed, and got into the belfries of three churches in the street of Saint Denis, where the guards were posted.  The Provost ran to acquaint the Court that the city was just taking arms.  Upon which they ordered the troops to retire, and pretended they were posted there for no other end than to attend the King as he went to the Church of Notre Dame; and the better to cover their design, the King went next day in great pomp to the said church, and the day after he went to Parliament, without giving notice of his coming till very late the night before, and carried with him five or six edicts more destructive than the former.  The First President spoke very boldly against bringing the King into the House after this manner, to surprise the members and infringe upon their liberty of voting.  Next day the Masters of Requests, to whom one of these edicts, confirmed in the King’s presence, had added twelve colleagues, met and took a firm resolution not to admit of this new creation.  The Queen sent for them, told them they were very pretty gentlemen to oppose the King’s will, and forbade them to come to Council.  Instead of being frightened, they were the more provoked, and, going into the Great Hall, demanded that they might have leave to enter their protest against the edict for creating new members, which was granted.

The Chambers being assembled the same day to examine the edicts which the King had caused to be ratified in his presence, the Queen commanded them to attend her by their deputies in the Palais Royal, and told them she was surprised that they pretended to meddle with what had been consecrated by the presence of the King.  These were the very words of the Chancellor.  The First President answered that it was the custom of Parliament, and showed the necessity of it for preserving the liberty of voting.  The Queen seemed to be satisfied; but, finding some days after that the Parliament was consulting as to qualifying those edicts, and so render them of little or no use, she ordered the King’s Council to forbid the Parliament meddling with the King’s edicts till they had declared formally whether they intended to limit the King’s authority.  Those members that were in the Court interest artfully took advantage