(Isn't that a lovely word to go look up?)
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
You’re right, I had to look it up.
Gongfermors or gong-scourers were men who went round emptying medieval previes and cesspits.
Where there was no convenient moat or stream, people dug a pit, or used a removable barrel. In either case the sewage had to be removed in due course. In 1281, 13 men took five nights to clear the cloaca at Newgate Prison-—on triple pay! At Hampton Court in Henry VIII’s time the gongfermors had a formidable task.