The peasants in the midst of the uprising immediately followed with shouts:
"Don't be afraid! Everyone, charge!"
"Let's fight those nobles!"
"We outnumber them, don't be afraid! Beat them up!"
However, it was the nobles who initiated the attack.
Two gunshots rang out from the ranks of the nobility. The leading "Commander" immediately frowned, turned his head, and shouted:
"Who's firing indiscriminately?!"
The Southern Netherlanders who had just fired the shots hid behind others, and started to agitate loudly:
"We must show these damned peasants our strength!"
"Dammit! They're rioting, use our swords to defend the city hall!"
"For His Majesty the King, warriors, teach those peasants a lesson!"
Most of the nobles who had come here were young men; stirred up by these words, they immediately felt their blood boil, and another twenty or thirty began to raise their guns and shoot.