at hfi de GctîÉelles were the Commanders ot the Flemings: they had about twenty-five lances* and ' quartered themfelves among them for feat etf diifenfions. An attack was made on Damme at which all the lords were prefent. William of Hàinault wâg made a knight by the king's hand, and that day he difplayed his banner: during the couffe of the fiege he {hewed himfelf an excellent knight* The French, by this aflault, loft more than they won, for Francis Atremen had with him fome Englifh archers who forely galled the aflailants: he had alfo many pieces of artillery, for the town, before it was furpxifed, was well provided; and Francis had ordered more thither from Ghent When he knew it was to be befieged. €HAP. VHl, SOME CITIZENS OF SLTJYS ARE BEAËADËD fOl TREASON TO THE FRENCH.—THE DUKÉ Of BURGUNDY ACQUIRES SLUYS FROM SIR WIL-IIAM DE NAMUR, BY AN EXCHANGE FOR THE LANDS OF BETHUNE. DURING the lege of Damme, fome of the principal citizens of Sluys who governed it, were accufed of high treafon againft the king of France ; they wanted to deliver the town to his enemies, to murder the governor and all his L 3 garrifon