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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.7
page 96
derabourg, andJ will teÛ yon how- it happened; Thaïe two were much difple&fed at tie -conti-nued trçubles in Flanders, iufomuch that they converfed together on the fubject, when Roge* laid .to » James, ' Whoever could interfere be*
' tween this our native town of Ghent, which is fo jnuch oppreffed, and the duke of Burgundy our natural lord would do a deed of great charity-and acquire by it grace from God and praife from - men i for the differences and confufion which are fo unbecoming would by thia means he put an end to/
f You fpeak truly, Roger,' replied James ; € j)ut j| w£jj ^ a diflicuit and dangerous thing to do,, on account of Peter du Bois : no one dares talk of peace from fear of him, for if he knew of it, thofe who had meddled in the bufinefs would inftantly be put to death/ ( What f faid Roger, *• fhajl things then remain always ai they are f There muft be an end to it/ € Tell me how/ anfwered James, c and I will cheerfully liften to you/ Roger replied, ' You are the principal butcher i$ the market, the richeft and pioft re^ fpected ; yon can talk fecretly and boldly with your moft confidential friends and brethren in trade ; and when you (hall find they underftand you, by degrees you can draw them paore for* ward. I, on thé other hand, who a mariner, and wejl beloved by all fuch fort of people, whqfe courage I know, and who hate the war, h $m they have loft much by it, will remonftratfc
^wittj fome c|f them on the fubject, and they will induce others to incline the feme way ; when we
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