The statutes reproduced the wording of the petition and the King’s reply, but the King and his advisors often took the initiative of amending the wording of the petition fairly extensively, and in some cases failed to keep to the reply that had been given.
Ces statuts devaient exprimer le libellé de la pétition et la réponse du roi, mais il arrivait souvent que le roi et ses conseillers prennent l’initiative de modifier le libellé de la pétition de façon substantielle et, dans certains cas, ne respectent pas la réponse donnée .