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legion, to send help to the apartments. He knocked and, giving 

 his name, declared he wished to stay by the side of the king and 

 save him. He was admitted. ^^^ At the same time Bourcet who, 

 by way of another stairway, had rushed to the king, reached his 

 chamber with' a few national guards. Tliey found the king, the 

 queen, and the prince royal, Madame Royale and Madame Eliza- 

 beth.^''* Aclocq says he hastened to the king, seized him by the 

 waist and insisted that it was necessary for him to present himself 

 to the crowd. Then, grasping his majesty's hand, he swore to 

 perish rather than see him insulted. The king at once con- 

 sented.^''^ With Aclocq and Bourcet, he passed to his cabinet, on 

 through his bed chamber and thence into the ceil- de-h ecu j . He 

 was accompanied by Madame Elizabeth, who heroically refused 

 to leave her brother, and by his three ministers, Beaulieu, Lajard, 

 and Terrier.^"" In the ocil-dc-hocuj the king was joined by Marshal 

 Mouchy, the gendarmes D'Hervilly and Canolle, Guinguerlot and 

 Vinfrais, officers of gendarmerie, LaChesnaye, the chief of the 

 sixth legion, and some volunteers of the national guard, Fontaine, 

 ■Gosse, Bidaut, Lecrosnier and Guibout.^"^ The guards all testify 

 to the little protection that the king had. Aclocq took the king's 



"' " Rapport d'Aclocq." Aclocq is much praised by otlier witnesses for 

 his devotion this day. Cf. Paroy, Mcinoires, 298. 



'■** " Rapport d'Aclocq " ; Bourcet in Revolution frangaise, XVII, 73. 



"^ " Rapport d'Aclocq " ; " Declaration de Fontaine " ; Paroy, Memoires, 

 300. The statement that Aclocq told the king that it was necessary to 

 present himself to the people is supported by Fontaine. The other evi- 

 dence of demonstrative affection is Aclocq' s, supported by Paroy, a friend 

 of the king and queen. In the Archives nationales (C 222, 160"") is a 

 letter from Bourcet to the king, dated July 9, 1792, recallng his devotion. 



^°*" Rapport d'Aclocq"; Bourcet in Revolution frangaise, XVII, 73; 

 " Declaration de Fontaine." Madame Elizabeth's presence by the side of 

 the king is not mentioned by Bourcet, but it is by Aclocq and Fontaine. 

 She is likewise mentioned in the " Declaration de Lecrosnier," in the 

 " Declaration de Guingerlot," and in the " Deposition de Rougeville." 



'" " Rapport d'Aclocq " ; Bourcet in Revolution frangaise, XVII, 73 ; 

 " Declaration de Guingerlot " ; " Declaration de LaChesnaye " ; " Declara- 

 tion de Fontaine;" "Declaration de Lecrosnier"; "Declaration de 

 Bidaut;" "Declaration de Gosse;" "Declaration de Guibout ; " Report 

 of Niquille and Gautier to the police in the Archives nationales, F'4387. 



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