Roars of laughter, and shouts of "Vivent les gueulx" shook the walls of the stately mansion, as they were doomed never to shake again.

The shibboleth was invented.

The conjuration which they had been anxiously seeking was found.

Their enemies had provided them with a spell, which was to prove, in after days, potent enough to start a spirit from palace or hovel, forest or wave, as the deeds of the "wild beggars," the "wood beggars," and the "beggars of the sea" taught Philip at last to understand the nation which he had driven to madness.
When the wallet and bowl had made the circuit of the table, they were suspended to a pillar in the hall.

Each of the company in succession then threw some salt into his goblet, and, placing himself under these symbols of the brotherhood, repeated a jingling distich, produced impromptu for the occasion.
By this salt, by this bread, by this wallet we swear, These beggars ne'er will change, though all the world should stare.
This ridiculous ceremony completed the rites by which the confederacy received its name; but the banquet was by no means terminated.