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SIR JOHN FROISSART
Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the adjoining countries
from the latter part of the reign of Edward II to the coronation of Henry IV. Vol.6
page 138
, fil CHAP.xlllL
fHE-DUIE OP BURGUNDY INSTIGATES _ HIS
PHEW KING CHARLES TO MAKE WAR ON GHENT . AND ITS ALLIES, AS WELL IN REVENGE FOR
. THE BURNT TILLAGES AS TO ASSIST IN THJ5 • RECOVERY OF FLANDEHS^FQR TIJE EAftL, WHQ WAS HIS VASSAL. • ' . ;
THE duke pf Burgundy was not forgetful of the engagements he had entered into with his lord and father the earl of Flanders. He fet out from Bapaume attended by fir Guy de la, Trimouiile and fir John de Vienne, admiral of France, who were very defirous the earl fhould be aflifted,- Thefe two were the principal per-? , Jons of his council. . They continued their jour* pey until they arrived at Senlis, where the kin^ was with his two uncles of Berry and Bourbon. He was received with joy, and then was afked what was the news in Flanders, pind how the fiege of Oudenarde was going on. The duke of Jjurgurçdy made very prudent replies to thefe firft queftions of the king and his uncles ; but when he found an opportunity, he drew his bro* ther the duke of Berry afide, and explained to him how the Ghent men, in the infolence of their pride, were endeavouring to be mailers every where and to deftroy all gentlemen; that they had already burnt and pillaged part of the king-dom of France, which was much to the prejudice and dishonour of the realm, and ought not to b% patiently borne.
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