It is the course of things from time immemorial; the king only lets go when the people tear away. There is an old charter which puts the matter naively: apropos of fidelity: ~Civibus fidelitas in reges, quoe tamen aliquoties seditionibus interrypta, multa peperit privileyia~.
C’est la marche immémoriale. Le roi ne lâche que quand le peuple arrache, il y a une vieille charte qui dit la chose naïvement, à propos de fidélité : Civibus fidelitas in reges, quæ famen aliquoties seditionibus interrupta, multa peperit privilegia.)