70 Jeanette Needham. 
tion of some seemingly illegal credentials belonging to the 
deputations of St. Pierre le Moutier of the city of Lyons, and 
to M. Ricard of the sénéchaussée of Toulon, had proved their 
legitimacy and the assembly ratified the report. 
The most of the time, however, had been given to the clergy 
who had joined the assembly. Of these, ninety-nine had pre- 
sented their true credentials and were voted full powers by the 
assembly, but eleven had brought papers merely announcing 
their election. In accordance with custom, these were granted 
two weeks in which to secure their proper credentials and the 
privilege of a provisional seat in the meantime. 
In addition to this work, the day seemed to be made the 
occasion for a clearing up of past minutes. Those of the sessions 
of the afternoon of June 13 and the forenoon of June 14 were 
read. They contained the record of the verification of the 
credentials of those answering to the roll-call of June 12 and 
June 13 and were presented to acquaint the upper orders with 
what had been done. The new members appear to have recog- 
nized without question the legitimacy of the assembly’s action. 
VIII 
On the same day, while the national assembly was thus pur- 
suing its course almost as if a royal session had never occurred, 
the minority of the clergy and the chamber of the nobility 
made the first declaration of the king the main subject of dis- 
cussion. Both finally passed decrees of acceptance, but more 
than a hundred nobles felt obliged to explain or justify their 
attitude in the matter, by submitting a large number of protests 
and declarations. The minority of the clergy, however, evi- 
dently acted without such careful examination of the declara- 
tion and without making any individual reservations. 
The session of the latter opened with the usual religious 
ceremony.! Following that, the Cardinal de la Rochefoucauld 
60 Procés-verbal, No. 7, 24; Point du jour, 1, 51; Assemblée nationale, I, 229- 
230. The Point du jour says that the minutes of the royal session were read, 
but no other source refers to their reading on this day. 
1 Barmond, Récit, 270. 
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