A few well-turned paragraphs were added on the subject of the administration of justice--"without which the republic was a dead body without a soul"-- in the Bishop's most approved style, and the discourse concluded with a fervent exhortation to the provinces to trample heresy and heretics out of existence, and with the hope that the Lord God, in such case, would bestow upon the Netherlands health and happiness.
After the address had been concluded, the deputies, according to ancient form, requested permission to adjourn, that the representatives of each province might deliberate among themselves on the point of granting or withholding the Request for the three millions.

On the following day they again assembled in the presence of the King, for the purpose of returning their separate answers to the propositions.
The address first read was that of the Estates of Artois.

The chairman of the deputies from that province read a series of resolutions, drawn up, says a contemporary, "with that elegance which characterized all the public acts of the Artesians; bearing witness to the vivacity of their wits." The deputies spoke of the extreme affection which their province had always borne to his Majesty and to the Emperor.

They had proved it by the constancy with which they had endured the calamities of war so long, and they now cheerfully consented to the Request, so far as their contingent went.

They were willing to place at his Majesty's disposal, not only the remains of their property, but even the last drop of their blood.