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wish ;" that constituents alone can free the deputies from the oath 

 they have taken.*^ Some said they would submit to the vote by 

 head when the first two orders consented to it ;*^ others said they 

 would yield when the majority of nobles were wilhng;** some 

 made protests against the vote by head*^ while some more radical 

 ones insisted that they would not abandon the vote by order until 

 they had been given new instructions.*^ Many stated that they 

 had already asked for new instructions or would do so in the 

 .near future.*^ The deputies differed as to what their attitude 

 towards the assembly would be while awaiting these new in- 

 structions but three courses of action were suggested: to remain 

 in the assembly, but take no part in the deliberations ;*® to have 

 consultative voice ;*^ to absent themselves from the assembly and 

 remain in the chamber of nobles. ^° 



There were nine different views, expressing the attitude of the 

 majority of the nobles towards decrees which the assembly had 

 voted in the past or would vote in the future: no recognition of 

 ideas contrary to the decree of May 28 f'^ no decree to be voted till 

 new instructions had been given f^ decrees not to be effective 

 till new instructions had been granted ;^^ protest against all de- 

 crees which were not in harmony with the vote by order or which 



41 Nos. 44, 72>. 



42 No. 2. 



43 No. 40. 



44 Nos. 60, 70. 



45 Nos. 15, 50, 58, 61, 72. 



46 Nos. 12, 14, 16, 22, 25, 26, 27, 30, 31, 45, 72- 



" Nos. 6, 15, 17, 20, 30, 38, 40, 43, 51, 52, 58, 61, 62, 70, 71. 



48 Nos. 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30, 32, 33, 36, 37, 

 39, 41, 42, 43, 45, 47, 48, 49, 54, 56, 57, 58, 60, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 73 ; 

 total 42. 



49 Nos. 32, 36, 37, 48, SI, 52, 55, 58, 67, 68, 69. 



50 Nos. 18, 22, 61. 



51 Nos. 14, 9. 



This decree states that the nobles considered it their duty to work on 

 the constitution and that they declared for deliberation by order and that 

 they would continue to insist on this vote by order. 



52 Nos. 73, 49. 



53 No. 61. 



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