A circle of ink with a cross in the centre marks their anonymous adhesion to the petition.

Some female names are to be seen, and numerous names of children are discernible, from the inaccuracy of their hand, guided by another: poor babes, who professed the opinions of their parents, without comprehending them; and who signed the attestation of the passions of the people, ere their infant tongues could utter a manly sound.
XIV.
The municipal body had been informed at two o'clock of the murders committed at the Champ-de-Mars, and of the insults offered to the body of national guards sent to disperse the mob.

M.de La Fayette himself, who headed this detachment, had been struck by several stones hurled at him by the populace.

It was even reported that a man in the uniform of the national guard had fired a pistol at him, and that he had generously pardoned and released this man, who had been seized by the escort.

This popular report cast a halo of heroism around M.de La Fayette, and animated anew the national guard, who were devoted to him.