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A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times

CHAPTER XIX
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76.) The commencement of the chapter headed _Of the Commons (du commun)_ is, 'For the third and common estate the said folks do represent.

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.' and a few lines lower, comparing the kingdom with the human body, the compilers of the memorial say, 'The members are the clergy, the nobles, and the folks of the third estate.

(_Ibid.

after the report of Masselin, memorial of grievances,_ p.


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