Parlement had been allowed to return on…
November 1787 CE
Encouraged, Loménie, with the support of the King, had gone beyond the intent of the Parlement, which was to grant specific loans.
He had proposed an Emprunt Successif (Successive Loan) until 1792, giving the King a blank check.
When Parlement delayed, the King had resorted to a ruse; he scheduled a Royal Hunt for November 19.
On this day at 11:00 AM the King and his peers noisily enter the session of Parlement dressed in hunting clothes.
They will confer with each other and have the decisions registered immediately, they say.
Nearly the entire government is now face-to-face.
They argue the problems and issues concerned until dusk, some six hours later.
Parlement believes that the problem has gone beyond the government and needs the decisions of the Estates General, which does not correspond to the King's concept of monarchy.
At the end of the day, the King demands the registration of the Successive Loan.
The Duc d'Orléans (a previous Notable, a relative of the King, and an ardent revolutionary), known as Philippe Égalité, asks if this is a Royal Session of the Peers or a Session of Parlement
On being told it is a Royal Session he replies that edicts are not registered at Royal Sessions.
The King retorts, Vous êtes bien le maître (do as YOU will) with some sarcasm as the King's will is legally required, and strode angrily from the session with a retinue.
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