The same Passage, and in almost the same Words, is recorded in the Book of Annals, _fol. 64._ and in the Great Chronicle, _Vol. 4. fol. 242._ where these very remarkable Words are further added.--"In that Council it was appointed, that certain approved Men shou'd be chosen out of each of the _Estates_, who shou'd establish the Commonwealth, and take care that Right and Justice shou'd be done." But _Gillius_ in the Place above-mention'd says: "After the Battel at _Montlebery_, many well-affected and prudent Men were elected to be _Guardians_ of the _Publick Good_, according as it had been _agreed_ upon between the _King_ and the _Nobles_; among whom the Count of _Dunois_ was the Principal, as having been the chief Promoter of that Rising."--For it had grown into Custom after the Wealth of the _Ecclesiasticks_ was _excessively_ increas'd, to divide the People into Three _Orders_ or _Classes_, whereof the _Ecclesiasticks_ made one; and when those _Curators_ of the _Commonwealth_ were chosen, Twelve Persons were taken out of each Order. So that it was enacted in that _Council_, that 36 Guardians of the Republick shou'd be created, with Power, by common Consent, to redress all the Abuses of the Publick. Concerning which Thing, _Monstrellettus_, Vol. 4. fol. 150 writes thus: "In the first Place (says he) it was decreed, that for the re-establishing the State of the Commonwealth, and the easing the People of the Burthen of their Taxes, and to compensate their Losses, 36 Men shou'd be elected, who shou'd have _Regal Authority_; viz. 12 out of the _Clergy_, 12 out of the _Knights_, and 12 _skilful_ in the Laws of the Land; to whom Power should be given of inspecting and enquiring into the Grievances and Mischiefs under which the Kingdom laboured, and to apply Remedies to all: And the King gave his Promise _in Verbo Regis_, That whatsoever those 36 Men shou'd appoint to be done, he wou'd ratify and confirm." _Oliver de la Marck_, a _Flemming_, in his History, _cap. 35._ writes the same Thing, and mentions the same Number of 36 _Guardians_ or _Curators_ of the _Commonwealth_. And he farther adds; "That because the King did not stand to his Promise, but _violated_ his _Faith_, and the _Solemn Oath_ which he had publickly sworn, a most _cruel War_ was kindled in _Francogallia_, which set it all in a Flame, and continued near 13 Years. Thus that King's Perjury was punish'd both by his own Infamy, and the People's Destruction."