All my desire is to apply a remedy thereto, and, with God's help, we will bring it to pass." The good folks departed, charmed with such familiarity, so prodigal of hope; but facts before long gave the lie to words.

"When the time came for renewing at Rheims the claim for local taxes, the people showed opposition, and all the papers were burned in the open street.
The king employed stratagem.

In order not to encounter overt resistance, he caused a large number of his folks to disguise themselves as tillers or artisans; and so entering the town, they were masters of it before the people could think of defending themselves.

The ringleaders of the rebellion were drawn and quartered, and about a hundred persons were beheaded or hanged.

At Angers, at Alencon, and at Aurillac, there were similar outbursts similarly punished." From that moment it was easy to prognosticate that with the new king familiarity would not prevent severity, or even cruelty.