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they therefore "want lodgings at the expense of the fanatics only."The three day's occupation results for the latter and for the town in a cost of 20，000 livres.[33] They begin by breaking everything in the church of the Récollets， and wall up its doors. They then expel unsworn ecclesiastics from the town， and disarm their partisans. The club of Apt， which is the sole authority， remains in session three days： "the municipal bodies in the vicinity appear before it， apologize for themselves， protest their civism， and ask as a favor that no detachment be sent to their places. Individuals are sent for to be interrogated"； several are proscribed， among whom are administrators， members of the court， and the syndic-attorney. Anumber of citizens have fled； -- the town is purged， while the same purging is pursued in numbers of places in and out of the district.[34] It is， indeed， attractive business. It empties the purses of the ill-disposed， and fills the stomachs of patriots； it is agreeable to be well entertained， and especially at the expense of one's adversaries； the Jacobin is quite content to save the country through a round of feastings. Moreover， he has the satisfaction of playing king among his neighbors， and not only do they feed him for doing them this service， but， again， they pay him for it.[35] - All this is enlivening， and the expedition， which is a "sabbath，" ends in a carnival. Of the two Marseilles divisions， one， led back to Aix， sets down to "a grand patriotic feast，" and then dances fandangoes， of which "the principal one is led off by the mayor and commandant"；[36]

the other makes its entry into Avignon the same day， with still greater pomp and jollity.

IV.

The Jacobins of Avignon.-- How they obtain recruits. - -Their robberies in the Comtat. -- The Avignon municipality in flight or in prison. -- Murder of Lécuyer and the Glacière massacre. -- Entry of the murderers， supported by their Marseilles allies. -- Jacobin dictatorship in Vaucluse and the Buches-du-Rh？ne.

Nowhere else in France was there another nest of brigands like it： not that a great misery might have produced a more savage uprising； on the contrary， the Comtat， before the Revolution， was a land of plenty.

There was no taxation by the Pope； the taxes were very light， and were expended on the spot. "For one or two pennies， one here could have meat， bread， and wine."[37] But， under the mild and corrupt administration of the Italian legates， the country had become "the safe asylum of all the rogues in France， Italy， and Genoa， who by means of a trifling sum paid to the Pope's agents， obtained protection and immunity." Smugglers and receivers of stolen goods abounded here in order to break through the lines of the French customs. "Bands of robbers and assassins were formed， which the vigorous measures of the parliaments of Aix and Grenoble could not wholly extirpate. Idlers， libertines， professional gamblers，"[38] kept-cicisbeos， schemers， parasites， and adventurers， mingle with men with branded shoulders， the veterans "of vice and crime， "the scapegraces of the Toulon and Marseilles galleys." Ferocity here is hidden in debauchery， like a serpent hidden in its own slime， here all that is required is some chance event and this bad place will be transformed into a death trap.

The Jacobin leaders， Tournal， Rovère， the two Duprats， the two Mainvielles， and Lécuyer， readily obtain recruits in this sink. - They begin， aided by the rabble of the town and of its suburbs， peasants enemies of the octroi， vagabonds opposed to order of any kind， porters and watermen armed with scythes， turnspits and clubs， by exciting seven or eight riots. Then they drive off the legate， force the Councils to resign， hang the chiefs of the National Guard and of the conservative party，[39] and take possession of the municipal offices.