city of Paris, to the profit of the king, his uncles* anjl minifters, the fum of four hundred thoufand francs. They never aiked any but the princi-pal perfons as to their means of payment, who thought themfelves happy to efcape with only a ' fine. They were ordered to carry their armour in bags, each man his own, to the caftle of Beauté, which is now called the caftle of Vin-cennes, where they were thrown into the great tower, with the mallets. In this manner were the Parifians punifhed, as " an example to the other towns of the kingdom of France. *ïn addition, they were taxed with fub-. fidies, aides, gabelles, fouages, with the twelfth and thirteenth penny, and many other vexations. The flat country was alfo completely ranfacked. 'CHAP. XLEX. - SEVERAL OP THE PRINCIPAL C1T1-2ENS-0P MRfS: AEE BEHEADED' WITH JOHN -DES -MABETS, • AND-. MANY OTHERS IN THE DIFFERENT TOWNS AND CITIES IN FRANCE. THE king and his council arretted and threw into prifon whatever perfons they pleafed. Many were drowned ; but, in order to calm the fears of the others, proclamation was made in-the • king's name in all the ftreets and fquareis of Paris, that no one, under pain of depth*. iJ^uffJ» hurt the inhabitants, nor pillage their houfes. . . This 25»