"Nobility was worth nothing," ran a Burgundian song.[489] [Footnote 489: Le Roux de Lincy, _Chants historiques et populaires du temps de Charles VII_, Paris, 1862, in 18mo, p.

28.] But generally being of noble birth saved one's life.

As for those burghers brave enough to defend themselves, they were likely to perish.

There were no fixed rules with regard to them; sometimes several were hanged; sometimes only one, sometimes all.

It was also lawful to cut off their heads or to throw them into the water, sewn in a sack.