The other nobles and knights joined their entreaties to those of Sir Walter Manny, and the king finally consented to yield in some degree.

He demanded that six of the most notable burghers of the town, with bare heads and feet, and with ropes about their necks and the keys of the fortress in their hands, should deliver themselves up for execution.

On these conditions he agreed to spare the rest.

With these terms Sir Walter Manny returned to Sir John of Vienne.
The governor left the battlements, and proceeding to the market-place ordered the bell to be rung.

The famished and despairing citizens gathered a haggard crowd to hear their doom.