him, and make him perform the _Office_ of a _Good King_, as the present Necessities of the _Publick_ required."--These are _Gillius_'s Words, lib. 4. fol. 152. The Annals intituled the Chronicles of _Lewis the Eleventh_, printed at _Paris_ by _Galliottus_ fol. 27. have these Words.----"The first and chiefest of their Demands was, That a _Convention_ of the _Three States_ should be held; _because in all Ages it had been found to be the only proper Remedy for all Evils, and to have always had a Force sufficient to heal such sort of Mischiefs_."--Again, Pag. 28. "An Assembly was called on Purpose to hear the Ambassadors of the Great Men, and met on the 24th Day in the Town-House at _Paris_; at which were present some Chosen Men of the University, of the Parliament, and of the Magistrates. The Answer given the Ambassadors, was, That _what they demanded was most just_; and accordingly a _Council_ of the _Three Estates_ was summon'd."--These are the Words of that Historian.--From whence the Old Saying of _Marcus Antoninus_ appears to be most true.--"Etsi omnes molestae semper seditiones sunt, justas tamen esse nonnullas, & prope necessarias: eas vero justissimas maximeque necessarias videri, cum populus Tyranni saevitia oppressus auxilium a legitimo Civium conventu implorat. Altho' all Sorts of Seditions are troublesome, yet some of them are just, and in a Manner necessary; but those are extraordinary just and necessary, which are occasion'd when the People oppress'd by the Cruelty of a Tyrant, implores the Assistance of a Lawful Convention." _Gaguinus_, in his Life of _Lewis_ the _Eleventh_, pag. 265. gives us _Charles_, the Duke of _Burgundy's_ Answer to that King's Ambassadors. "_Charles_ (says he) heard the Ambassadors patiently, but made Answer, That he knew no Method so proper to restore a firm Peace, at a Time when such great Animosities, and so many Disorders of the War were to be composed, as a _Convention of the Three Estates_. Which when the Ambassadors had by Special Messengers communicated to King _Lewis_, he hoping to gain his Point by Delays, summon'd the _Great Council_ to meet at _Tours_, on the Kalends of _April_ 1467; and at the appointed Time for the _Convention_, they came from all Parts of the Kingdom, &c."