he dismissed them with an answer from himself, to the effect that he did not object to the government of the Five Thousand, but insisted that the Four Hundred should be deposed and the Council of Five Hundred reinstated in power:
Oro har, aholkatzen zien tinko eutsi eta etsaien aurrean ez makurtzeko, zeren, hiria kontserbatzen zen bitartean, elkarren artean hitzarmenen batera heltzeko itxaropen handiak baitzeuden;