ard es , ▁or ▁market ▁women , ▁to ▁Vers a illes , ▁to ▁demand ▁bread ▁and ▁justice ▁against ▁the ▁royal ▁body gu ards ▁who ▁had ▁supposed ly ▁dis res pected ▁the ▁revolution . ▁Pres ent ing ▁himself ▁as ▁the ▁sp ok esp erson ▁for ▁the ▁women ' s ▁gr iev ances , ▁Ma ill ard ▁presented ▁the ▁following ▁statement ▁before ▁the ▁Const itu ent ▁Assembly : ▁« ▁N ous ▁som mes ▁à ▁Vers a illes ▁pour ▁dem ander ▁du ▁pain ▁et ▁en ▁même ▁temps ▁pour ▁pun ir ▁les ▁gard es ▁du ▁corps ▁qui ▁ont ▁ins ulté ▁la ▁c oc arde ▁patri ot ique 1 . ▁», ▁or ▁“ We ▁have ▁come ▁to ▁Vers a illes ▁to ▁demand ▁bread , ▁and ▁to ▁request ▁the ▁pun ishment ▁of ▁the ▁royal ▁body - gu ards ▁who ▁have ▁ins ult ed ▁the ▁patri otic ▁co ck ade ”. ▁This ▁latter ▁statement ▁referred ▁to ▁rum ors ▁that , ▁at ▁the ▁ban quet ▁of ▁October ▁ 2 , ▁ 1 7 8 9 , ▁put ▁on ▁for ▁the ▁visit ing ▁Fland ers ▁regiment ▁by ▁the ▁royal ▁body gu ards , ▁the ▁national ▁co ck ade ▁had ▁been ▁tr ample d ▁under foot . ▁The ▁march ers ▁themselves ▁behav ed ▁ ▁viol ently ▁on ▁the ▁ 5 th , ▁ins ult ing ▁the ▁Queen ▁and ▁the ▁pri ests ▁they ▁met ▁in ▁the ▁National ▁Assembly , ▁and ▁cl ash ing ▁with ▁the ▁gu ards ▁of ▁the ▁palace . ▁( The ▁ 6 th ▁was ▁a ▁dis aster ▁for ▁which ▁he ▁was