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The Battle of the Bastille
Armed crowds assembled then at this place from all quarters, till the great fortress seemed confronted by the whole city in arms. Negotiations took ace with the governor de lournay, but the people persistently shouted, we want the bastille. The soldiers thereupon surrendered on condition that their lives should be spared. But the provost of the merchants did not get off so easily. On the corpse of de loune, a letter had been found in which flascell had stated that he was amusing the parisians with cockades and promises.