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Thenceforth the votes of a noble, a bishop, or a deputy all counted alike. THENCEFORTH THE VOTES OF A NOBLE A BISHOP OR A DEPUTY ALL COUNTED ALIKE
e mode of taxing which might divide the burthens between the whole nation, instead of making the peasants pay all and the nobles and clergy nothing. Louis decided on calling together the Notables, or higher nobility; but they were by no means disposed to tax themselves, and only abused his ministers. He then resolved on convoking the whole States-General of the kingdom, which had never met since the reign of Louis XIII. 2. The States-General.--No one exactly knew the limits of the powers of the States-General when it met in 1789. Nobles, clergy, and the deputies who represented the commonalty, all formed the assembly at Versailles; and though the king would have kept apart these last, who were called the _Tiers Etât_, or third estate, they refused to withdraw from the great hall of Versailles. The Count of Mirabeau, the younger son of a noble family, who sat as a deputy, declared that nothing short of bayonets should drive out those who sat by the will of the people, and Louis yielded. SE SOME MODE OF TAXING WHICH MIGHT DIVIDE THE BURTHENS BETWEEN THE WHOLE NATION INSTEAD OF MAKING THE PEASANTS PAY ALL AND THE NOBLES AND CLERGY NOTHING LOUIS DECIDED ON CALLING TOGETHER THE NOTABLES OR HIGHER NOBILITY BUT THEY WERE BY NO MEANS DISPOSED TO TAX THEMSELVES AND ONLY ABUSED HIS MINISTERS HE THEN RESOLVED ON CONVOKING THE WHOLE STATES GENERAL OF THE KINGDOM WHICH HAD NEVER MET SINCE THE REIGN OF LOUIS THIRTEENTH TWO THE STATES GENERAL NO ONE EXACTLY KNEW THE LIMITS OF THE POWERS OF THE STATES GENERAL WHEN IT MET IN SEVENTEEN EIGHTY NINE NOBLES CLERGY AND THE DEPUTIES WHO REPRESENTED THE COMMONALTY ALL FORMED THE ASSEMBLY AT VERSAILLES AND THOUGH THE KING WOULD HAVE KEPT APART THESE LAST WHO WERE CALLED THE TIERTA OR THIRD ESTATE THEY REFUSED TO WITHDRAW FROM THE GREAT HALL OF VERSAILLES THE COUNT OF MIHRABOT THE YOUNGER SON OF A NOBLE FAMILY WHO SAT AS A DEPUTY DECLARED THAT NOTHING SHORT OF BAYONETS SHOULD DRIVE OUT THOSE WHO SAT BY THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE AND LEWIS YIELDED
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