6o Mae Darling 



It was during these opening days of the states general that the 

 government gave a play at the chateau, evidently for the enter- 

 tainment of the deputies gathered at Versailles.^"® It was an- 

 nounced in the hall of the third estate, according to the Recit. 

 that there were two hundred tickets for this entertainment for 

 the deputies of the third estate. The commons evidently did not 

 respond very enthusiastically to this offer, for the Recit tells of 

 some complaints that were made because of this extra expense. 

 Some thought that the deputies ought not to make use of the 

 tickets ; others maintained that the tickets should be used out of 

 respect for the king, but that " they should ask later that the 

 king do nothing out of the ordinary for their entertainment, for 

 fear that their constituents who were suffering most might be 

 offended by this increase in expenses. "^^^ 



During the interval, beginning Alay ii and ending May 13, 

 the clergy had, on May 11, completed the election of their com- 

 missioners for the conferences,^'^ and on May 13 the Bishop of 

 Lydda informed the third estate that the election had taken 

 place.^'- 



A number of other matters of minor importance came up in 

 the chamber of the clerg}^ during this period. On May 11 the 

 deputies from Dauphine who were protesting against the elections 

 in their province, came into the hall of the clergy and made their 

 protest.^^^ They were answered by the Archbishop of Vienne, 

 who claimed that it was the business of the states general to 



inedits, 15. The Rccit states that this motion was proposed on May 11, 

 discussed, the vote begun on May 12 and completed on May 13. Duques- 

 noy says that the decision was taken on May 12, no mention being made 

 of any action on May 11. 



^^^ Recit des seances des deputes des communes, 14; Duquesnoy, I, 14. 



^''° Recit des seances des deputes des communes, 14. 



i''! Thibault, 185; Coster, 11 mai; Proccs-verbal historique, 48; Vallet, 

 Recit, 16; Boulle, in Revue de la revolution, XI, Documents inedits, 19, 20. 



1^2 Jallet, 56; Thibault, 190; Proccs-verbal historique, 57; Vallet, Recit, 

 21. The names of the commissioners were: the Archbishop of Bordeaux, 

 the Archbishop of Vienne, Coster, Dillon, Richard, cure de Clisson, Thi- 

 bault and Lecesve. 



i'3 Thibault, 186; Coster, 11 mai; Vallet, Recit, 11; Jallet, 54. 



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