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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.5
page 123
tizens of Ch*nt, ht engaged to command the can^t which die meppf Bruges had dog to be completely filled up ag^io. They quitted the earl very ami* cably, and returned t# Ghent i when they related all that had paffed with their totf» and how Willing he was to maintain all their franehifes * but he re^ qurftcdr m a proof q( their friendfhipi that the white hoods Ihould be laid afjde# As thefe words were fpctkpg, the officers of the earl brought in their prifoner from Erelo, and furrendered him Mp, by way of re-eftablifhing peace according to the orders they had received, which e$uied great joy in the town of Ghent*
John Lyon the chief of the white hoods, was prefent when the above anfwer was received, at-tended by ten or twelve of the principal of his /out. When they heard the earl's requcft for the white hoods to be laid afide, they were filent § but John Lyon addreffed the meeting, and faid, € My good people, you know and fee clearly at prefer* the value of thefe white hoods : have they not pre* lêrved for you, • and do they not guard better your franchifes, than thofe of red and black, or hoods of any other colour ? Many are they who are afraid of them s but be aflured, and remember I tell you ib, that as foon as the white hoods fhall be laid .aGde, according to, the ordinance which my lord wifhes to have ifued againft them, I will not give three farthings for all your privileges.* This fpeech fo deceived the people that they feparated, and the greater part returned to their homes, fay-ing, 5 Let him manage the bufinefs ; for he fpeaks
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