How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
In this vast mortuary, in which so many corpses and so many crimes have rotted together, many of the great of the world, and many innocent people, have successively been laid to rest, from Enguerraud du Marigni, who made a present of Montfaucon to the King, and who was a good man, to the Admiral de Coligni, who was the last to be brought there, and who was also a good man. (XI.IV.6)
What's with the King and hanging good men? Isn't the whole point that bad people are supposed to be the ones who get punished? Well, the point is that the justice system exists based on the whims of the King. Montfaucon symbolizes this arbitrary monarchical power; good and bad—and guilt and innocence—actually have nothing to do with it.