Prince Andrew wished to leave at once, but Princess Mary persuaded him to stay another day.
Wizards and impostors persuaded the multitude to follow them into the desert, and an Egyptian, claiming to be a prophet, led his followers to the Mount of Olives to see the walls of Jerusalem fall at his command.
Thiers, who was then president of the Republic, persuaded them to reconsider this decision.
He also persuaded his colleagues to grant some rather scandalous pensions, and Fox's acquiescence in this abuse after his recent agitation against Lord North's waste did him injury.
He was then persuaded by Abbot Herluin to open a school in the xvi.