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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 84
weço. forced tq fly mto fifabtnfc and Hainanît
and the greater part to beg .tleic breadi • Ihere ftill, ' however^ retrained a conittey de-pendant on the Qja&tre Metiers, mbotcfe ' Ghentf draw aHiUs'pÂ&vifion, which their enemie* ccmld not pravétif, • . ' * • .. This u&otejwiater of 1382,. the earl and' coim* try of Flanders had raueb eonftraineJ 'GShent that nothing could enter the place by land or water: he had perfuaded the duke of Brabant and duke Albert to (hut up their countries fo effectually, that no provifious could be ex-ported thence, but fècrètîy, and with a great rifk to thofe who attempted it. It was thought by the moft intelligent, that it could not be long before they periflied through famine, for all the ftore-houfes of corn were empty, and the people could not obtain bftèad for money : when the bakers had baked any, it was ne0e£-%y tç guard their fhops, for the populace who were ftarving would hptfebrokenlltem open* It was melancholy to hear thefe poor peoplfe, (&r. men, womçn and children-, of good fubftance, were in this miferable plight,) make their daily complaints and cries to Philip von Atra~ veld,' their commander iti chief He txx<greafc cowipaflion on them, apd madb lèverai very good regulations! for which be was much praifedu He ordered the graaafiès of the moaaflteiies and rich men to be typemé, • attd divided the com among thepoor, at a fixed price/ By fuch means he gave comfort to the towÉ of Ghent, and; go-* verned it well. Soptetimes there came to them
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