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           Meanwhile,hecasthiseyesoverthatunfortunatecity,whichcontainedsomuchdeepmiseryandsomanyheroicvirtues,andrecallingthesayingofLouisXI,hispoliticalpredecessor,ashehimselfwasthepredecessorofRobespierre,herepeatedthismaximofTristan’sgossip:"Divideinordertoreign."

           HenryIV,whenbesiegingParis,hadloavesandprovisionsthrownoverthewalls.ThecardinalhadlittlenotesthrownoverinwhichherepresentedtotheRochellaishowunjust,selfish,andbarbarouswastheconductoftheirleaders.Theseleadershadcorninabundance,andwouldnotletthempartakeofit;theyadoptedasamaximforthey,too,hadmaximsthatitwasofverylittleconsequencethatwomen,children,andoldmenshoulddie,solongasthemenwhoweretodefendthewallsremainedstrongandhealthy.Uptothattime,whetherfromdevotednessorfromwantofpowertoactagainstit,thismaxim,withoutbeinggenerallyadopted,neverthelesspassedfromtheoryintopractice;butthenotesdiditinjury.Thenotesremindedthementhatthechildren,women,andoldmenwhomtheyallowedtodieweretheirsons,theirwives,andtheirfathers,andthatitwouldbemorejustforeveryonetobereducedtothecommonmisery,inorderthatequalconditionsshouldgivebirthtounanimousresolutions.

           Thesenoteshadalltheeffectthathewhowrotethemcouldexpect,inthattheyinducedagreatnumberoftheinhabitantstoopenprivatenegotiationswiththeroyalarmy.

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