No one would dare to appear to be so unreasonable when dealing
with another kind of increase that occurred to France, namely the new
provinces added to the kingdom since the last Estates-General. Nobody
has dared to say that these new provinces should not have their own representatives
over and beyond those represented at the Estates of 1614. But
it is surely the case that, like additional territory, manufacture and the arts
also create additional wealth, taxes, and population. Why, since it is so
easy to make a comparison between an increase of this type and an increase
of territory, refuse also to give the former a number of representatives
over and beyond the number dispatched to the Estates of 1614?