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XV. (a) translation of froissart. 159to our lady of Ardewbourge, and ther^ herd masse and dyned,and than;2e toke his horse and rode to Gaunt, where the quenereceyued hym with great ioye : and all his caryage cameafter, lytell and lytell. Than the kyng wrote to therle ofHeynault, and to theym within the castell of Thyne, certy- 95fieng them of his arryuall. And whan therle knewe therof,& that he had dysconfyted the army on the see : he dysloged,and galie leaue to all the souldyours to depart. And tokewith hym to Valencennes al the great lordes, and ther^feasted them honourably, and specially the duke of Brabant, tooand Jaques Dartuell. And ther^ Jaques Dartuell, openly inthe market place, in the presence of all the lordes, and ofall such as wold here hym, declared what right the kyngof Englande had to the crowne of Fra7zce, and also whatpuyssaunce the thre countreis were of, Flaunders, Heynault, 105and Brabant, surely ioyned in one alyance. And he dydeso by his great wysedom and plesaunt wordes, that allpeople that harde hym praysed hym moche, and sayd howehe had nobly spoken. & by great experye/zce. And thus hewas greatly praysed, & it was sayd /kat he was well worthy noto gouerne //ze countrey^ of Flaunders. Than the lordesdeparted, and promysed to mete agayne within .viii. dayesAndat Gaunt to se the kyng of England, and so they dyd.the kyng feasted them honorably, and so dyd the quene, whowas as than nuly purifyed of a sonne called John, who was 115after duke of Lancastre, by his wyfe, doughter to dukeHenry of La;zcastre. Than ther^ was a couwsell set to be atVylleuort ", and a day lymitted.^ So in Myddylton's edition ; Pynson has ' countie.'2 Printed ' Vyllenort.'