A detachment of soldiers having been ordered to disperse the magistrates, a band of gentlemen, supported by an armed mob, went to protect the deliberations of the court.

Fifteen officers fought duels with fifteen gentlemen.

The court issued a decree of arrest against the holders of the king's commission.

The youth of Nantes hurried to the aid of the youth of Rennes.

The intermediary commission of the states ordered the bishops to have the prayers said which were customary in times of public calamity, and a hundred and thirty gentlemen carried to the governor a declaration signed by the noblesse of almost the whole province.