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-The Project Gutenberg eBook of Illuminated illustrations of Froissart;, by
-Jean Froissart
-
-This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and
-most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions
-whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms
-of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at
-www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you
-will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before
-using this eBook.
-
-Title: Illuminated illustrations of Froissart;
- Selected from the ms. in the Bibliothèque royale, Paris, and
- from other sources
-
-Author: Jean Froissart
-
-Compiler: Henry Noel Humphreys
-
-Release Date: February 03, 2021 [eBook #64454]
-
-Language: English
-
-Character set encoding: UTF-8
-
-Produced by: Turgut Dincer, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed
- Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was
- produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital
- Library.)
-
-*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ILLUMINATED ILLUSTRATIONS OF
-FROISSART; ***
-
-
-
-
- +------------------------------+
- | Phrases between <f> a<nd </f>|
- | are in Old English Font in |
- | the original book. |
- | (eBook transcriber's note.) |
- +------------------------------+
-
-
-
- [Illustration:
-
- ILLUMINATIONS
- FROM THE
-
- MS
-
- FROISSART
- IN THE
- BIBLIOTHEQUE ROYALE
- PARIS
- AND OTHER SOURCES]
-
-
-
-
- ILLUMINATED
-
- ILLUSTRATIONS OF FROISSART.
-
-
- SELECTED FROM
-
- <f>The MS.</f>
-
- IN THE BIBLIOTHÈQUE ROYALE, PARIS,
-
- AND FROM OTHER SOURCES.
-
-
- BY H. N. HUMPHREYS, ESQ.
-
-
- LONDON:
- WILLIAM SMITH, 113, FLEET STREET.
-
- MDCCCXLV.
-
-
-
-
- LIST OF PLATES,
-
- WITH
-
- REFERENCES TO SMITH’S EDITION OF “FROISSART,” IN TWO VOLUMES.
-
-
-PLATE VOL. PAGE
-
- I. QUEEN ISABELLA ON HER VOYAGE TO ENGLAND I. 10
-
- II. EXECUTION OF SIR HUGH SPENCER I. 13
-
- III. CORONATION OF KING EDWARD THE THIRD I. 14
-
- IV. FUNERAL OF PHILIP OF VALOIS I. 202
-
- V. EDWARD THE THIRD TAKES BERWICK I. 34
-
- VI. SURRENDER OF BRISTOL TO QUEEN ISABELLA I. 11
-
- VII. ROBERT BRUCE DEFIES EDWARD THE THIRD I. 16
-
- VIII. EARL OF PEMBROKE ATTACKED BY THE SPANISH FLEET I. 472
-
- IX. SIR GODFREY DE HARCOURT ENCOUNTERING THE MEN OF AMIENS I. 158
-
- X. FROISSART IN HIS STUDY I. TITLE
-
- XI. A FEMALE ATTENDANT SERVING WINE TO A GROOM II. TITLE
-
- XII. THE DUKE OF BRITTANY AND HIS BARONS I. 592
-
- XIII. PHILIP VAN ARTEVELDE HARANGUING THE PEOPLE I. 724
-
- XIV. TAKING OF OUDENARDE BY FRANCIS ATREMEN II. 8
-
- XV. THE BATTLE OF ROSEBECQUE I. 746
-
- XVI. DEATH OF JOSSE DE HALLEBIN I. 641
-
- XVII. COMBAT BETWEEN NICHOLAS CLIFFORD AND A FRENCH KNIGHT I. 634
-
- XVIII. JACOB VAN ARTEVELDE HOLDING STATE IN GHENT I. 42
-
- XIX. VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF NAPLES TO POPE CLEMENT I. 572
-
- XX. GALEAS VISCONTI ARRESTING HIS UNCLE II. 32
-
- XXI. FUNERAL OF JEHAN DE LYON I. 586
-
- XXII. BEHEADING OF SILVESTER BUDES I. 574
-
- XXIII. DUKE OF BURGUNDY ENTERING CHARTRES I. 324
-
- XXIV. EARL OF FLANDERS SOLICITING AID OF CHARLES VI. OF FRANCE I. 722
-
- XXV. MURDER OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY I. 658
-
- XXVI. EDWARD THE THIRD BEFORE RHEIMS I. 274
-
- XXVII. INTERVIEW BETWEEN RICHARD II. AND THE INSURGENTS I. 657
-
-XXVIII. LORD CHARLES OF BLOIS OBTAINING POSSESSION OF JUGON I. 115
-
- XXIX. BATTLE OF POICTIERS I. 217
-
- XXX. ASSASSINATION OF EVAN OF WALES I. 546
-
- XXXI. EARL OF FLANDERS AND CITIZENS OF GHENT I. 594
-
-XXXII. EARL OF FLANDERS REPAIRING OUDENARDE I. 599
-
-XXXIII. EARL OF BUCKINGHAM AND DUKE OF BRITTANY CONCERTING THE SIEGE OF
-NANTES I. 618
-
- XXXIV. THE BATTLE OF MONTIEL I. 386
-
- XXXV. THE CANON OF ROBESART TAKING JAFFRE I. 688
-
- XXXVI. JOHN BALL PREACHING I. 654
-
-
-
-
-ADVERTISEMENT.
-
-
-The volume of Illuminated Illustrations of Froissart, from the
-celebrated MS. in the British Museum, has created so much interest in
-the subject among the subscribers to that work, that many letters have
-been received requesting the publication of another volume to illustrate
-the remaining portion of the Chronicles: the MS. in the Museum
-containing unfortunately only the fourth book. When that beautiful MS.
-went to the British Museum with the Harleian Collection, a sort of
-tradition went with it to the effect, that the remaining portion of the
-MS. was in the Bibliothèque du Roi, at Paris, and that impression still
-prevails among connoisseurs. Having determined, at the solicitation of
-our subscribers, to publish a second volume illustrating the remaining
-portion of the Chronicles, I went to Paris, in the full hope of
-discovering the other portion of the Museum MS., but found that no such
-volumes exist in the Bibliothèque du Roi, nor is there any record of
-their having been there. That splendid library, however, contains
-several MSS. of Froissart; among others, a very beautiful one of the
-first book, which is the earliest known, and the standard authority for
-that portion of the Chronicles, but it has only one small illumination
-on the first page. Many other portions of the Chronicles of different
-ages possess no remarkable interest; but one magnificent and perfect MS.
-of all four books is a truly splendid work of art, far surpassing, in
-many respects, the Museum MS. It is evidently one of the splendid books
-executed for Louis of Bruges, Lord of Gruthyse, who died in 1492, and
-the MS. was probably executed about 1460 or 70. This Lord of Gruthyse,
-as is well known, was one of the greatest patrons of art of that age,
-and had a peculiar passion for richly illuminated books, of which he
-created a library which, after that of the Duke of Burgundy, was the
-most celebrated in all Flanders. Van Praet collected a most interesting
-list of the books still in existence which once formed part of this
-celebrated library, and classed this MS. of the Chronicles of Froissart
-among the most beautiful. The Gruthyse library passed to his son, Jean
-of Bruges, and afterwards to Louis XII. of France, who added it to the
-library founded at the Château de Blois, by his father Charles of
-Orleans; from that library it was brought to the Bibliothèque Royale of
-Paris. The arms of Gruthyse have been, in every instance in which they
-occur in the illuminations, painted over by those of France; but in some
-places the more recent colour has peeled off a little, exposing the
-shield beneath, and in every instance the Gruthyse arms may be easily
-discerned by holding the parchment to the light.
-
-This magnificent work of middle-age art will furnish most of the
-Illustrations in the present volume. But a few will be added from other
-sources, which will add to the variety and interest of the work even if
-inferior in execution.
-
-I may here mention that I searched all the other public libraries of
-Paris, in hope of meeting with the lost volumes of our museum MS.,
-finding in that of the Arsenal a very beautiful and complete MS. of the
-Chronicles, with the borders in colours and gold, but the miniatures
-only in black and white, of about the same date as the Museum MS. The
-remaining volumes of _that_ MS., however, could nowhere be discovered,
-and it is to be feared are lost. But the Gruthyse MS., being undoubtedly
-a finer work, will no doubt afford our subscribers greater gratification
-than the lost books, could they have been found.
-
- H. N. H.
-
-LONDON,
-
-_January, 1844_.
-
-[Illustration: <f>Isabella, Queen of Edward II. on her voyage to England,
-with Sir John of Hainault.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE I.
-
-QUEEN ISABELLA ON HER VOYAGE TO ENGLAND.
-
-
-Before commencing the History of Edward III., with which Froissart
-commences his Chronicles, he devotes a few short chapters to the latter
-events of the previous reign. In Chapters VIII. and IX. he relates the
-arrival of Isabella, Queen of Edward II., in Hainault, and the
-determination of Sir John of Hainault, brother to the Earl, to accompany
-her to England with an armed force, and restore her and her son to their
-rank and influence, usurped by the Spencers, the favourites of the weak
-monarch. The Illumination,[1] which is most beautifully executed,
-represents the Queen on her voyage; Sir John of Hainault is conversing
-with her; and she is accompanied by several ladies of her suite. Many
-interesting details of costume are carefully and accurately executed,
-and the whole miniature forms a most pleasing composition.
-
-[Illustration: <f>Execution of Sir Hugh Spencer.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE II.
-
-EXECUTION OF SIR HUGH SPENCER.
-
-
-Froissart relates that so many powerful Barons joined the party of Queen
-Isabella and her son, that they determined to besiege the city of
-Bristol, where the King and the Spencers then were. The King and the
-younger Spencer retired to the Castle, whilst the elder Spencer, then
-ninety years of age, and the Earl of Arundel, who had married his
-grand-daughter, remained in the town; which being surrendered by the
-citizens, they were taken prisoners and executed in front of the Castle,
-in sight of the King and the younger Spencer. The weak King and his
-favourite, seeing no other chance of escape, embarked secretly in a
-small boat at the back of the Castle, thinking to gain the coast of
-Wales, but being driven back by stress of weather, they were perceived
-and captured. The King was sent under strong guard to Berkely Castle, by
-the advice of the Barons, where he remained a prisoner till his death;
-thus closing one of the most inglorious reigns of the English annals.
-Sir Hugh Spencer was led to Hereford, where the feast of All Saints was
-celebrated with great magnificence, in honour of the noble foreigners,
-who had so mainly contributed to the successful termination of the cause
-of the Queen and Prince Edward. Chapter XIII., at the head of which is
-the Illumination represented in Plate II., commences “Quant la feste fut
-passée le Messᵉ Huon, qui point nestoit aimé la,” &c. &c.--“_when the
-feast was over, Sir Huon, who was not beloved in those parts_, was
-brought before the Queen and the assembled Barons and Knights.” He was
-condemned to death, and executed with horrible mutilation, being affixed
-to a high ladder in the market-place, in order that the disgusting
-ceremony might be visible to all the assembled populace[2].
-
-The Illumination is executed with exquisite care and neatness, and the
-whole page surrounded with an elaborately wrought border of great
-beauty. Our plate only takes in a portion of one column and the
-adjoining angle of the border.
-
-[Illustration: <f>Coronation of Edward III. on Christmas day 1326.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE III.
-
-THE CORONATION OF KING EDWARD III.
-
-
-Edward II. being formally deposed in a general assembly of the great
-Barons, his eldest son was called to the throne, and crowned on
-Christmas-day, 1326, in the sixteenth year of his age, “during the
-lifetime of his father.”
-
-The Illumination only represents the group immediately surrounding the
-King, but is very carefully executed; the white draperies in particular
-being very elaborately finished. The chair or throne bears sufficient
-resemblance to that (so called) of Edward the Confessor, in Westminster
-Abbey, as to lead one to suppose that a description, or perhaps a rough
-sketch, had been furnished to the artist.
-
-[Illustration: <f>The funeral of Philip of Valois, King of France.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE IV.
-
-THE FUNERAL OF PHILIP OF VALOIS, KING OF FRANCE.
-
-
-Charles, son of Philip the Fair, having died in the year 1326 without
-heirs male, though thrice married, the twelve Peers and Barons of France
-assembled at Paris, and with one consent gave the throne to Philip of
-Valois, nephew of Philip the Fair, to the exclusion of Isabella, Queen
-of England, and her son, who stood in the more direct line, she being
-sister to the late king; the Council, however, determined, according to
-Froissart, “that the kingdom of France was of such great nobleness, that
-it ought not to fall by succession to a female;” thus, says Froissart,
-“as it seemed to many people, the succession went out of the right line,
-which has been the occasion of the most destructive wars and
-devastations of countries, as well in France as elsewhere, as you will
-learn hereafter; the real object of this history being to relate the
-great enterprises and deeds of arms achieved in these wars; for, from
-the time of good Charlemagne, King of France, never were such feats
-performed.”
-
-The son of Isabella, when crowned King Edward III., was soon persuaded
-to lay claim to the throne of Philip, who, during a reign of twenty-four
-years, maintained the war with various success, suffering among his
-reverses the ever-memorable defeat of Crecy. He died at Nogent-le-roi,
-in the year 1350, and his burial, which took place at St. Denis, is
-graphically delineated in the accompanying Illumination.
-
-The architectural portion of the picture is very carefully drawn, and
-the dresses of the figures bearing the coffin are executed in a very
-beautiful manner. The style of arrangement is somewhat different from
-many other of the Illuminations in this noble MS.; the figures being
-fewer and larger in proportion to the picture, and the landscape portion
-made quite subordinate, whilst it is generally treated with extreme care
-as a principal feature of the composition.
-
-[Illustration: <f>Edward the third takes Berwick.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE V.
-
-EDWARD III. TAKES BERWICK.
-
-
-Froissart commences the XXVIth Chapter of his first Book as follows,
-“You have heard related all that passed between the English and Scotch,
-during the three years that the truce lasted:--and for one year more the
-two nations were at peace. This had not happened before for two hundred
-years, during which they had been constantly at war with each other. It
-fell out that king Edward was informed that the young king David of
-Scotland, who had married his sister, kept possession of Berwick, which
-of right belonged to his kingdom, and which king Edward his ancestor had
-held, and the king his father also, very peaceably for a long time
-afterwards. He was also informed, that the kingdom of Scotland was
-dependant on his crown as a fief, and that the young king of Scots, his
-brother-in-law, had never acknowledged it, or done homage for it. The
-king of England therefore sent ambassadors to the king of Scots, to
-request that he would withdraw his people from the city of Berwick and
-give him possession of it, as it was his just inheritance, and had
-always appertained to the kings of England his predecessors. They also
-summoned him to come and do his homage for the kingdom of Scotland,
-which he ought to hold from the crown of England as a fief----”
-
-The answers of the King of Scotland, a youth of fifteen, being
-unsatisfactory, it was determined, on the meeting of Parliament, that
-the King should lead a powerful army into Scotland: an invasion
-consequently took place, the King passed Berwick, penetrating as far as
-Dunbarton, and laying waste the country in every direction,--then making
-a “handsome retreat,” as our Chronicler describes it, he came before
-Berwick, which, after an obstinate resistance, was compelled to
-surrender. “The king,” continues Froissart, “made his public entry into
-Berwick with great pomp and sounding of trumpets, and tarried there
-twelve days. He appointed as governor thereof a knight called Sir Edward
-Baliol, with whom he left, when he quitted Berwick, many young knights
-and esquires, to assist him in keeping the conquests he had made from
-the Scots, and to guard the frontiers. The king and all his people then
-returned towards London, and gave full liberty for every man to go to
-his own home. He himself went to Windsor, where he chiefly resided.”
-
-The Illumination is in the same style as the surrender of Bristol,
-exhibiting great care in the landscape, to the picturesque features of
-which the artist seems to have paid peculiar attention. His castles, for
-instance, are never represented as new, as in many other MSS. is always
-the case; but the weather stains are introduced with clever and pleasing
-tinting, and the parasitic weeds or climbing plants, the tenants of old
-walls, are made to minister to the general picturesqueness of the
-composition, each in its proper situation, with almost the skill of a
-modern landscape painter.
-
-[Illustration: <f>Bristol surrenders to Queen Isabella &c&c.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE VI.
-
-BRISTOL SURRENDERS TO QUEEN ISABELLA.
-
-
-This Illumination represents a group of citizens, assembled at one of
-the principal gates, in the act of surrendering the city to the Queen
-and her party. The whole picture forms a beautiful and spirited
-representation of the period;--the town gate, the turreted walls, the
-house roofs, with the gray cathedral towering above them--the civic
-costumes of the citizens, the brilliant armour and rich housings of the
-knights and their horses, surrounding the Queen, and the characteristic
-treatment of the distant landscape--all tend to exhibit with wonderful
-faithfulness the striking features of an epoch, of which we have no
-other pictorial record than the Illuminations contained in the wonderful
-manuscripts of the period.
-
-[Illustration: <f>Robert Bruce sends a defiance to Edward III.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE VII.
-
-ROBERT BRUCE, KING OF SCOTLAND, DEFIES KING EDWARD III.
-
-
-“It happened that Robert, King of Scotland, who, though brave, had
-suffered much in his wars with England, having often been defeated by
-King Edward, grandfather of the young king, being at this time very old,
-and afflicted with leprosy, hearing that the King (Edward II.) had been
-taken prisoner, and deposed, and his counsellors put to death, thought
-this a favourable opportunity to send a defiance to the present King, as
-yet a youth, whose barons were not on good terms with each other, and to
-attempt the conquest of some part of England. About Easter, 1327, he
-sent a defiance to King Edward and all the country; informing them that
-he would enter the kingdom, and burn it as far as he had done before,
-after the defeat of Stirling.”
-
-The Illumination represents the King receiving the messenger of Bruce in
-an open vestibule or pavilion, who, on one knee, delivers the defiance
-of his master to the English nation. In the background, the river Thames
-is seen, with the Scottish vessel at anchor. The whole is executed with
-great care and neatness.
-
-Great armies were raised on either side, but, like most of the wars of
-that period, conducted without any settled object. The affair ended
-without any gain to either party--the great suffering of the unfortunate
-people of the Borders being the only permanent result. A truce for three
-years shortly followed, during which King Robert, of Scotland, died.
-
-[Illustration: <f>The Earl of Pembroke attacked by the Spanish Fleet,
-before la Rochelle</f>.]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE VIII.
-
-THE EARL OF PEMBROKE ATTACKED BY THE SPANISH FLEET.
-
-
-This is one of the finest Illuminations of the splendid MS. in the
-Bibliothèque Royale, and exhibits, in a most striking manner, the great
-features of a naval combat of the period. The immense number of figures,
-all in appropriate and energetic action, and the general effect of
-multitude and movement, forcibly call to mind the celebrated, though
-uncompleted, picture of Raphael, of the Battle of Constantine and
-Maxentius, so ably finished by his great pupil, Julio. But it is
-impossible, in a plate coloured in by hand in large numbers, to convey
-an adequate idea of the extreme beauty and careful execution of every
-minute part of this beautiful Illumination; though our Plate will convey
-an excellent general idea of the composition and effect.
-
-The Earl of Pembroke was appointed by King Edward III., in 1372, to
-command an expedition sent to the assistance of the Gascons and
-Poitevins.[3]
-
-[Illustration: <f>Sir Godfrey de Harcourt encounters the men of Amiens on
-their way to Paris.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE IX.
-
-SIR GODFREY DE HARCOURT ENCOUNTERING THE MEN OF AMIENS.
-
-
-Sir Godfrey de Harcourt, who had espoused the cause of the English, in
-consequence of his disgrace and banishment by the court of France,
-performed many deeds of great bravery, but was eventually defeated and
-slain at the battle of Coutantin. Froissart gives the following spirited
-account of his death:--“The army of Sir Godfrey would not keep the order
-he had appointed, according to the promise made to him; but the greater
-part fled, and could not withstand the French. Sir Godfrey, on seeing
-this, declared, that he would prefer death to being taken; and arming
-himself with a battle-axe, halted where he was; he placed one foot
-before the other, to be firmer; for he was lame of one leg, though very
-strong in his arms. In this position he fought a long time most
-valiantly, so that few dared to encounter his blows: when two Frenchmen
-mounted their horses, and placing their lances in their rests, charged
-him at the same time, and struck him to the ground: some men-at-arms
-immediately rushed upon him with their swords, which they ran through
-his body, and killed him on the spot. The greater part of his army were
-slain or made prisoners, and those who were able to escape returned to
-Saint Sauveur le Viscomte. This happened in the winter of 1356, about
-Martinmas.”
-
-The Illumination (one of the most beautifully drawn and executed of the
-MS.), represents the defeat, by Sir Godfrey, of a body of men from
-Amiens, on their march to join the King of France.
-
-[Illustration: <f>Froissart in his Study.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE X.
-
-FROISSART IN HIS STUDY.
-
-
-This Illumination is taken from an odd volume of a MS. of Froissart’s
-Chronicles, among the royal MSS. now in the British Museum. It contains
-few illuminations beyond the present subject, which forms a sort of
-frontispiece, or title-page, in which the illuminator has not, as usual,
-represented the principal event of the first chapter, but has thought it
-more appropriate to picture the author of the book in his study. He is
-just receiving a letter from some person of note, (as appears from the
-bearer wearing the arms or badge of his lord upon his breast,) whilst a
-clerk, or amanuensis, is busily employed in transcribing what we may
-suppose to be a portion of the famous Chronicles. The present plate only
-represents a portion of the original illumination, in which, not only
-the interior of Froissart’s study is exhibited by the usual device, an
-excision of a portion of the wall, but also the exterior of the
-building, with a side-entrance, court-yard, and a distant view; a
-portion of which is given in the next plate.
-
-The present plate conveys a very vivid and pleasing impression of a
-comfortably furnished apartment of the fifteenth century; the whole
-being executed with great care; but the figures are inferior to many
-works of the period, and are principally interesting on account of the
-costume.
-
-[Illustration: <f>A female attendant serving wine to a groom.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XI.
-
-A FEMALE ATTENDANT SERVING WINE TO A GROOM.
-
-
-This subject is another portion of illumination, partly given in the
-previous plate, and forms the principal part of the exterior view. A
-groom is holding the horse of the messenger, who, in the previous plate,
-delivers the letter, whilst a female attendant is serving him with wine,
-from a tankard of precisely similar form to those still used in many
-parts of Belgium. Though, in some respects, rudely drawn, it forms a
-very characteristic group, and serves to convey an idea of the entire
-Illumination, which is surrounded by a rich border, the whole, nearly
-occupying the entire page of a large folio volume; leaving space only
-for an enriched capital, and four or five lines of the beginning of the
-chapter.
-
-[Illustration: <f>The Duke of Brittany and his Barons.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XII.
-
-THE DUKE OF BRITTANY AND HIS BARONS.
-
-
-This Illumination is from another volume, containing a portion of
-Froissart’s Chronicles, among the Royal MSS. in the British Museum, from
-which several of the ensuing subjects will be selected, some with
-remarkably rich borders. The present subject represents a meeting of the
-Barons of Brittany to remonstrate with their Lord, the Duke.
-
-[Illustration: <f>Philip van Artevelde preaching.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XIII.
-
-PHILIP VAN ARTEVELDE HARANGUING THE PEOPLE.
-
-
-The story of Philip van Artevelde, the Rienzi of Flanders, has been
-rendered popular, in the highest sense of the term, by the noble drama
-of Mr. Taylor. In the present Illumination, we see him exhibited, by a
-nearly contemporary artist, haranguing the people in the market-place of
-Ypres. The artist, although in a rude manner, has attempted to exhibit
-the scene at the moment when Philip, at the close of his oration,
-exclaimed:--“Let all those who are determined to remain true to the
-cause, according to the oath they took, gallantly lift up their hands to
-heaven as a token of their loyalty;”--an example, if one were wanting,
-that at public meetings then, as now, a majority was determined by a
-show of hands.
-
-The commencement of the chapter, given under the Illumination,
-is--“Cestui meschret se passa, on le mist en oubliance et Phle’
-Dartevelle se parti de Bruges et vint a Ypre ou il fut recuelli a grand
-joye et pietre du Bois sen vint a Commines ou le plat pays etoit
-assemble et la entendi a ses besoignes et fut tous.” Of which the
-following is Johnes’s translation:--“This affair passed off, and was
-soon forgotten. Philip van Artevelde departed from Bruges, and came to
-Ypres, where he was most joyfully received. Peter Du Bois went to
-Comines, where all the inhabitants of the flat country were assembled,
-and instantly began his preparations, and all--” which relates to the
-destruction of the bridges, to oppose the entry of the army of the King
-of France into Flanders.[4]
-
-[Illustration: <f>The taking of Oudenarde by Francis Atremen.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XIV.
-
-THE TAKING OF OUDENARDE, BY FRANCIS ATREMEN.
-
-
-Froissart tells us that Francis Atremen, Peter du Bois, Peter le Nuitre,
-and other captains of the Artevelde party, having returned from the
-siege of Ypres, “were daily and nightly imagining how they could annoy
-their enemies.” Among their various plans the favourite one was the
-taking of Oudenarde, which had successfully resisted all their former
-attempts. The men of Oudenarde holding the Ghent men in contempt, were
-grown somewhat careless; and the governor, Gilbert de Lienegen, being
-absent, no doubt causing the watch and general discipline to be still
-more lax, Francis Atremen and his followers stormed the place by
-surprise, with ladders, as represented in the Illumination. The
-operation was much facilitated by the ditches being dry, the inhabitants
-having emptied them of water to get the fish. The captors pillaged the
-town, sending out all the women and children in the meanest dress they
-had, who were forced to take refuge in Mons, Arras, and other places.
-
-[Illustration: <f>The Battle of Rosebecque.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XV.
-
-THE BATTLE OF ROSEBECQUE.
-
-
-The Illuminator, in this attempt to convey an idea of the battle of
-Rosebecque, has not omitted the story of the White Dove, related by
-Froissart, who tells that he heard from the Lord d’Estonnenort, who
-witnessed it as well as many others, that when the oriflamme was
-displayed, a white dove hovered round, and making several circles,
-settled on one of the banners of the King of France; which was
-considered an omen of victory. The Chronicle informs that it was the
-general opinion among men of arms, that the defeat and death of Philip
-van Artevelde, at the battle of Rosebecque, was owing to his having, in
-over-confidence in his numbers and anxiety to engage more quickly,
-quitted a strong position, which he had taken up with great judgment, to
-fight at a disadvantage in one where the compact mass of his Flemish
-infantry could be assailed on all sides by the cavalry of France. The
-consequence was the well-known defeat and slaughter of Rosebecque, in
-which disastrous conflict Froissart states the loss of the Flemings to
-have exceeded, in the battle and pursuit, upwards of thirty thousand.
-When once seized with panic, they were unable to offer any resistance,
-and in one dense disorderly crowd were slain without mercy. Froissart
-describes the pursuit by the French, as making a noise “greater than if
-all the armourers of Bruxelles and Paris had been there working at their
-trade,” so constant was the clattering of maces and battle-axes on the
-helmets of the unfortunate Flemings, making a din that prevented any
-other sound being heard. Such was the last scene in the career of Philip
-van Artevelde, whose bold but ill-matured and irregular attempt to free
-Flanders from the despotic government of its feudal tyrants could
-scarcely have been successful under any circumstances at that period.
-His body was sought among the slain, and hanged upon a tree.
-
-Froissart exhibits strongly the aristocratic prejudices of the time in
-his concluding remarks on this event; which, he says, was “very
-honourable to all Christendom as well as to the nobility and gentry; for
-had those lowbred peasants succeeded, there would have been unheard-of
-cruelties practised, to the destruction of all gentlemen, by the common
-people.[5] The banners of the Flemings in illumination are very
-interesting, as exhibiting the implements of the different trades,
-precisely as in the flags of trades-unions of the present day.
-
-[Illustration: <f>Messire Josse de Hallebin, killed before Ghent.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XVI.
-
-DEATH OF JOSSE DE HALLEBIN.
-
-
-This Illumination represents the death of Sir Josse de Hallebin, at the
-passage of Long-pont, one of the innumerable encounters and disasters
-consequent upon the revolt of Flanders.
-
-[Illustration: <f>Combat between Nicolas Clifford and a French Knight.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XVII.
-
-COMBAT BETWEEN NICHOLAS CLIFFORD AND A FRENCH KNIGHT.
-
-
-This Illumination has been selected as exhibiting the mode and
-ceremonial of a single combat, and though coarsely and somewhat
-carelessly executed, it portrays, with considerable graphic effect, the
-arrangements, and positions of the witnesses, judges, and combatants, on
-such occasions.
-
-It is intended to represent the encounter between an English esquire,
-named Nicholas Clifford, and a French knight, the latter of whom was
-slain.
-
-[Illustration: <f>Jacob Van Arteveld holding his state in Ghent.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XVIII.
-
-JACOB VAN ARTEVELDE HOLDING STATE IN GHENT.
-
-
-Though so frequently occurring in illuminated manuscripts of the
-fifteenth century, it has so happened that our selection of subjects has
-not fallen on one containing a portraiture of the Fool or Jester--a
-prominent figure in the social groups of that period.
-
-In the present miniature the artist has attempted to exhibit the great
-state kept by Jacob van Artevelde, who, after assuming the supreme power
-in Flanders, surrounded himself with men-at-arms, numerous attendants,
-not omitting the Jester, it would seem, and such a train of retainers as
-was usual with the great Lords and Sovereigns of that time.
-
-[Illustration: <f>The Queen of Naples visits Pope Clement at Rome.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XIX.
-
-VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF NAPLES TO POPE CLEMENT.
-
-
-Queen Joan of Naples, the daughter of Louis of Sicily, remaining without
-heirs, having been four times married, determined to fulfil the last
-request of her father, to the effect that, should she die without
-offspring, she should surrender Naples, and all her other possessions,
-to the church. For this purpose she met Clement, Pope of Avignon, at
-Fondi, which interview is represented in the accompanying Illumination.
-Pope Clement, as is well known, made over these possessions to the Duke
-of Anjou, brother to the King of France.
-
-[Illustration: <f>Galeas of Milan surprises and imprisons his Uncle.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XX.
-
-GALEAS VISCONTI ARRESTS HIS UNCLE.
-
-
-Galeas Visconti, count of Vertus, imagining that his uncle, Sir Bernabo
-Visconti, duke of Milan, had some intention of dispossessing him of his
-Lordships, proved himself the keener politician of the two, by being
-beforehand with his uncle and arresting him. He the more easily formed a
-party for this purpose, as Sir Bernabo had cruelly oppressed that part
-of Lombardy over which he ruled. Sir Galeas fixed upon the opportunity
-of his uncle’s passing from one castle to another, to waylay him, by
-three ambuscades, as represented in the Illumination, which it was
-impossible to escape. The person of Sir Bernabo being thus treacherously
-secured, he was thrown into prison, where he died shortly after, as it
-is supposed, by foul means.
-
-The cotemporary opinion respecting events of this description may be
-inferred from the circumstance that Galeas Visconti, becoming thus duke
-of Milan, was enabled to marry his daughter to the then most powerful
-prince in Europe, Charles VI., king of France.
-
-[Illustration: <f>The Funeral of Jehan de Lyon.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXI.
-
-THE FUNERAL OF JEHAN DE LYON.
-
-
-Froissart enters into great detail upon the subject of the petty
-quarrels which he supposes led to the revolt of Ghent. The favour of
-Jehan de Lyon with the Earl of Flanders, and his subsequent disgrace, he
-makes one of the principal causes. It is well known that Jehan de Lyon
-was the leader of the first serious rising, and the founder of the
-association called White-hoods. After the taking of Bruges, he was
-seized with sudden illness, at the small town of Damme, “after having
-supped in great revelry with the ladies of the place,” whence he was
-carried on a litter to Ardenburg, where he died. From the swelling of
-his body and other symptoms, it is supposed he was poisoned by some
-agent of the Earl of Flanders. “His body was conveyed to Ghent, where he
-was much beloved by all except the party of the earl. The clergy went
-out to meet the body, and conducted it into the town with as much
-solemnity as if it had been that of the earl himself.” This is the
-passage illustrated by the Illuminator.
-
-[Illustration: <f>The beheading of Silvester Budes.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXII.
-
-BEHEADING OF SILVESTER BUDES.
-
-
-Silvester Budes, marching against Pope Urban the Sixth, was defeated by
-Sir John Hawkwood, who commanded the Papal forces, and carried prisoner
-to Rome: he was in daily expectation of being put to death, when he
-effected his escape, and took shelter with the rival Pope--Clement, at
-Avignon; he was, however, unfavourably received, and at the instigation
-of the Cardinal of Amiens, whose baggage and plate he had formerly
-plundered to pay his soldiers, he was beheaded in the city of Mascon.
-The Illumination represents the headsman performing his office with a
-two-handed sword, in the presence of the Pope and Cardinal.
-
-[Illustration: <f>The Duke of Burgundy and his Army.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXIII.
-
-THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY ENTERING CHARTRES.
-
-
-The Duke of Burgundy having received the command of an expedition from
-his brother, Charles the Fifth of France, after taking several towns and
-castles, retired to Chartres to recruit his forces: his entrance into
-that town appears to be the subject of the present Illumination, which,
-surrounded by a rich border, forms the frontispiece to a manuscript of
-the Chronicles of Froissart, which are unfortunately incomplete, the
-first volume only being preserved in the collection of the British
-Museum. The background, and some unimportant features, have been
-slightly compressed, to accommodate the subject to the size of our work;
-in other respects, the Plate is an exact copy of the original, which
-exhibits in an interesting manner the party-coloured uniform of the
-Archers, and many other details of contemporary costume.
-
-[Illustration: <f>The Earl of Flanders soliciting the aid of
-Charles</f> VI. <f>of France.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXIV.
-
-THE EARL OF FLANDERS SOLICITING AID OF CHARLES VI. OF FRANCE.
-
-
-The Earl of Flanders, finding his own force insufficient to cope with
-his revolted subjects, sought the aid of the young Charles the Sixth of
-France, whose assistance, readily granted, led to the defeat of the
-Flemings, and the death of Philip Van Artevelde, at the famous battle of
-Rosbecque. The Illumination represents the Earl soliciting the aid of
-the King of France at Peronne, where the interview took place.
-
-[Illustration: <f>The Murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXV.
-
-THE MURDER OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.
-
-
-In the revolt headed by Wat Tyler, John Ball, and others, many excesses
-were committed; among others, the murder of the Archbishop of
-Canterbury, in the Tower, which, according to Froissart, happened in the
-following manner:--“The king having agreed to a parley with the rebels
-in a meadow at Mile End, passed out of the Tower with his retinue, for
-the purpose of proceeding there; the mob, taking advantage of the open
-gates, rushed in, and running from chamber to chamber, at last found the
-Archbishop of Canterbury, who was Chancellor of England, and put him
-instantly to death.” They also murdered the Prior of St. John’s, and a
-Franciscan Friar, a doctor of physic, as represented in the
-Illumination.
-
-[Illustration: <f>Edward III. before Rheims.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXVI.
-
-EDWARD III. BEFORE RHEIMS.
-
-
-The present Plate represents King Edward the Third before the city of
-Rheims, whence it appears his followers proceeded to pillage the country
-round to a considerable distance in every direction, which our
-chronicler naïvely terms, “seeking adventures.” After seven weeks, the
-siege was abandoned, without attempting any serious assault; and the
-scene of operations transferred to Troyes and other places in Champagne,
-where a similar mode of warfare was carried on. The illuminator has
-bestowed extraordinary pains in the enrichment of the tents and in
-delineating the cannon and other preparatives for a siege. This Plate is
-from the fine Manuscript in the Bibliothèque Royale, Paris.
-
-[Illustration: <f>Interview on the Thames between Richard II and the
-Insurgents.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXVII.
-
-INTERVIEW BETWEEN RICHARD II. AND THE INSURGENTS.
-
-
-In the commencement of the Wat Tyler rebellion, an interview was
-attempted between the king and the rebels at Rotherhithe, which is thus
-described by Froissart:--
-
-“On Corpus Christi day, King Richard heard mass in the Tower of London,
-with all his Lords, and afterwards entered his barge, attended by the
-Earls of Salisbury, Warwick, and Suffolk, with other knights. He rowed
-down the Thames towards Rotherhithe, a manor belonging to the Crown,
-where were upwards of ten thousand men, who had come from Blackheath to
-see the king and to speak to him: when they perceived his barge
-approach, they set up such shouts and cries as if all the devils in hell
-had been in their company. They had their knight, Sir John Newtoun, with
-them: for in case the king did not come and they found he had made a
-jest of them, they would, as they threatened, have cut him to pieces.
-When the king and his lords saw this crowd and the wildness of their
-manner, there was not one among them so bold and determined but felt
-alarmed: the king was advised by his barons not to land, but to have his
-barge rowed up and down the river. ‘What do you wish for?’ demanded the
-king; ‘I am come hither to hear what you have to say.’ Those near him
-cried out, ‘We wish thee to land, when we will remonstrate with thee and
-tell thee more at our ease what our wants are.’ The Earl of Salisbury
-then replied for the king, and said, ‘Gentlemen, you are not properly
-dressed, or in fit condition for the king to talk with you.’ Nothing
-more was said; for the king was advised to return to the Tower of
-London, from whence he had set out.”
-
-[Illustration: <f>Lord Charles of Blois obtains possession of the town of
-Jugon.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXVIII.
-
-LORD CHARLES OF BLOIS OBTAINING POSSESSION OF JUGON.
-
-
-Between the feasts of St. Remy and All Saints in the year 1342, a rich
-merchant of Jugon was taken prisoner by a follower of the Lord Charles
-of Blois. Being in fear of his life, he agreed to betray the town into
-the hands of the Lord Charles, upon being set free; and he had every
-opportunity of doing so, as he was so much respected that none had any
-suspicion of his intentions. The gate was thrown open at midnight, and
-Lord Charles obtained possession of the place, but the citizens having
-retreated to the castle, and with them the treacherous merchant, his
-treason was soon discovered, and he was hanged outside the battlements
-before the surrender of the castle.
-
-[Illustration: <f>The Battle of Poictiers.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXIX.
-
-BATTLE OF POICTIERS.
-
-
-The present beautiful Illumination is a spirited composition full of
-movement and invention, representing the great victory of Poictiers
-gained by the Black Prince over King John of France, whose army numbered
-seven to one of the English. The Illumination is especially intended to
-exhibit the great havoc and confusion caused by the English archers
-among the French horsemen, which, as Froissart asserts, mainly
-contributed to the fortune of the day.
-
-[Illustration: <f>EVAN of Wales assassinated before Mortmain-sur-mer.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXX.
-
-ASSASSINATION OF EVAN OF WALES.
-
-
-“Evan of Wales,” says Froissart, “was the son of a Prince of Wales, whom
-King Edward, for some reason I am ignorant of, had put to death, and
-seized his principality, which he had given to his son the Prince of
-Wales.” Evan having gone to France to lay his complaint before the
-French King, received the command of a body of men, and much annoyed the
-English on many occasions; he eventually laid siege to the town of
-Mortmain in Poitou; during the siege it was his custom to seat himself
-in the open air, to have his hair combed and plaited, attended only by
-one John Lamb, by whom, on one of these occasions, he was treacherously
-stabbed to death with a short Spanish dagger, and not the singular
-weapon represented by the illuminator. It appears from an entry relating
-to the expenses of the war, that Lamb received a hundred francs
-recompense for this deed, as one exceedingly agreeable to the Prince of
-Wales.
-
-[Illustration: <f>The Earl of Flanders receives the men of Ghent.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXXI.
-
-EARL OF FLANDERS AND CITIZENS OF GHENT.
-
-
-This Illumination represents an interview between the citizens of Ghent
-and the Earl of Flanders, and is very carefully executed in every
-detail. It was principally selected, however, for the purpose of
-introducing a portion of the rich border which surrounds the page of
-which it forms a part.
-
-[Illustration: <f>The Earl of Flanders directing the Repairs of
-Oudenarde.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXXII.
-
-THE EARL OF FLANDERS REPAIRS OUDENARDE.
-
-
-This Illumination has been selected for the purpose of showing masons at
-work in the fifteenth century, which it does in a very graphic and
-interesting manner.
-
-[Illustration: <f>The Duke of Brittany and the Earl of Buckingham
-concerting the Siege of Nantes.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXXIII.
-
-THE EARL OF BUCKINGHAM AND THE DUKE OF BRITTANY CONCERT THE SIEGE OF
-NANTES.
-
-
-The Earl of Buckingham (the Compte de Bouquinghé, as he is called in the
-Chronicles,) being appointed to the command of a force despatched to the
-assistance of the Duke of Brittany, their meeting is thus described by
-Froissart:--
-
-“Fair brother of Brittany,” said the Earl, “it shall not be long, if you
-follow my advice, before you punish these rebels; for, with the forces
-which you have yourself, and those we have brought, with the additional
-reinforcements that may arrive from England every day, we shall bring
-your subjects into such a state of submission that they will gladly
-throw themselves on your mercy. With these, and such like speeches, they
-conversed for a long time, when each returned to his hotel. On the
-morrow they rode out together; it was then settled that the council,”
-&c. &c.
-
-The Illumination exhibits the arms of Brittany and England correctly;
-and the rich housings of the leaders’ horses are executed with good
-effect.
-
-[Illustration: <f>The Battle of Montiel.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXXIV.
-
-THE BATTLE OF MONTIEL.
-
-
-Don Pedro, King of Castille, having been excommunicated by the Pope, and
-his bastard brother, Don Henry, having been legitimated and declared
-king, a fierce contention commenced between them--Pedro seeking
-alliances among the Moors and Jews of Spain; and Henry assistance from
-the free companies of France and Brittany. After many vicissitudes and
-battles, gained and lost, on both sides, a decisive engagement took
-place near Montiel, which ended in the complete rout of the army of
-Pedro. Froissart thus commences his description of this famous
-battle:--“This battle, of Spaniards against Spaniards, and two brother
-kings with their allies, near Montiel, was very grand and horrible. Many
-were the good knights on King Henry’s side; such as Sir Bertrand du
-Guesclin, Sir Godfrey Ricon, Sir Arnold de Simonsin, Sir Gauvain de
-Bailleul, Le Bègue de Villaines, Alain de St. Pot, Aliot de Calais, and
-the Bretons who were there. From the kingdom of Arragon were the
-Viscount de Rocabarti, the Viscount de Rodais, and many other good
-knights and squires, whom I cannot name, who performed various gallant
-deeds of arms, as, in truth, they had full need: they had strange people
-to encounter, such as Moors and Portuguese. The Jews who were there very
-soon turned their backs, and would not fight; but those from Granada and
-Bellmarine fought valiantly: they were armed with bows and lances, of
-which they made good use, and behaved themselves right well. Don Pedro
-was in the midst, and, with intrepid courage, fought valiantly with his
-battle-axe, that scarcely any dared to come near him.” Seeing all hope
-of escape vain, Pedro surrendered himself to the Bègue de Villaines, who
-promised not to give him up to his brother, and concealed him in his own
-tent; but “he had not been there an hour, when King Henry and the
-Viscount de Rocabarti, with their attendants, but not in great numbers,
-came hither. As soon as King Henry had entered the chamber where Don
-Pedro was, he said, ‘Where is the son of a Jewish whore, who calls
-himself King of Castille!’ Don Pedro, who was a bold as well as a cruel
-man, stepped forward, and said, ‘Why, thou art the Son of a whore, and I
-am the son of Alphonso.’ On saying this, he caught hold of King Henry in
-his arms, began to wrestle with him, and being the strongest, threw him
-down under him upon a ‘materat de soye,’ and placing his hand on his
-poniard, he would infallibly have killed him, if the Viscount de
-Rocabarti had not been present, who, seizing Don Pedro by the legs,
-turned him over, by which means, King Henry being uppermost, immediately
-drew a long poniard, which he wore in his sash, and plunged it into his
-body. His attendants entered the tent, and helped to despatch him. * * *
-Thus died Don Pedro, King of Castille, who had formerly reigned in great
-prosperity. Those who had slain him, left him three days unburied, which
-was a pity, for the sake of humanity; and the Spaniards made their joke
-upon him.”
-
-This is one of the finest and most elaborate Illuminations of the famous
-MS. of the Bibliothèque Royale;--the number of single combats, the
-picturesque costumes of the Moors, and the general rush and confusion of
-the _melée_, (in the midst of which Pedro is seen wielding his
-formidable battle-axe,) are most capitally pourtrayed, and every part is
-finished with the greatest care and precision. The landscape exhibits
-the romantic, rocky character which distinguish nearly all the finest of
-the pictures in these beautiful volumes; and in the present instance it
-is treated with great care and finish.
-
-[Illustration: <f>The Chanoine of Robesart takes Jaffre.</f>]
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-PLATE XXXV.
-
-THE CANON OF ROBESART SURPRISES THE TOWN OF JAFFRE.
-
-
-This Illumination represents one of the exploits of the warlike Canon of
-Robesart. To convey an idea of surprise, the illuminator has exhibited
-an inhabitant of the town coming out of the gate, fingering his
-walking-stick with an air of self-satisfaction that evidently shows he
-has no idea even of the approach of the enemy--who already stand ranged
-close to the walls, with a formidable piece of artillery, which looks as
-likely to be detrimental to themselves as their adversaries.
-
-[Illustration: <f>John Ball Preaching.</f>]
-
-
-
-
-PLATE XXXVI.
-
-JOHN BALL PREACHING.
-
-
-John Ball, a priest, was one of the chief instigators of the rebellion
-of 1381. He harangued the people of his village every Sunday after mass;
-and as he preached equality of rank and property, he was soon popular
-among the lower orders; and when the men of Kent, Essex, &c., &c.,
-marched to London, he, with Jack Straw, and Wat Tyler, became one of
-their leaders. After the fall of Wat Tyler, and the dispersion of the
-rebels in Smithfield, John Ball and Jack Straw concealed themselves in a
-ruin, but were betrayed by their own men, and beheaded. In this
-Illumination the names of John Ball and Waultre le Tieullier are written
-in white on the respective dresses, which would seem to render it
-probable that they are actual portraits.
-
-
-FOOTNOTES:
-
-[1] This and the following Illuminations are from the famous Gruthyse
-MS. in the Paris Library.
-
-[2] See Smith’s Edition of Froissart, vol. i., page 13.
-
-[3] For a most interesting account of his meeting with the Spanish
-fleet off Rochelle, his defeat, captivity, and death, see Smith’s
-edition of Froissart, Vol. I. pp. 470, 471, 475, and 501.
-
-[4] See Smith’s edition of Froissart, vol. i. page 724.
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-[5] See Smith’s edition of Froissart, vol. i. p. 746.
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-height="550"
-alt="ILLUMINATIONS
-FROM THE
-
-MS
-
-FROISSART
-IN THE
-BIBLIOTHEQUE ROYALE
-PARIS
-AND OTHER SOURCES"
-/></a></div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_ii" id="page_ii">{ii}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_iii" id="page_iii">{iii}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h1>
-<span class="redd">ILLUMINATED</span><br />
-<br />
-ILLUSTRATIONS &nbsp; OF &nbsp; FROISSART.</h1>
-
-<p class="c"><small>SELECTED FROM</small><br />
-<br />
-<span class="eng"><big><span class="redd">The MS.</span></big></span><br />
-<br />
-IN THE BIBLIOTHÈQUE ROYALE, PARIS,<br />
-<br /><small>
-AND FROM OTHER SOURCES.</small><br />
-<br />
-&mdash;&mdash;&mdash;<br />
-<br />
-BY H. N. HUMPHREYS, ESQ.<br />
-<br />
-<br />
-LONDON:<br /><span class="redd">
-WILLIAM SMITH, 113, FLEET STREET.</span>
-<br />&mdash;<br /><small>
-MDCCCXLV.</small><br />
-<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_v" id="page_v">{v}</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_iv" id="page_iv">{iv}</a></span></p>
-
-<h2><a name="LIST_OF_PLATES" id="LIST_OF_PLATES"></a>LIST OF PLATES,</h2>
-
-<p class="c"><small>WITH</small><br /><br />
-REFERENCES TO SMITH’S EDITION OF “FROISSART,” IN TWO VOLUMES.</p>
-
-<table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="font-size:90%;">
-<tr><td class="rt"><small>PLATE</small></td><td>&nbsp;</td>
-<td class="rt"><small>VOL.</small></td>
-<td class="rt"><small>PAGE</small></td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_I">I.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_I">QUEEN ISABELLA ON HER VOYAGE TO ENGLAND</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">10</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_II">II.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_II">EXECUTION OF SIR HUGH SPENCER</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">13</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_III">III.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_III">CORONATION OF KING EDWARD THE THIRD</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">14</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_IV">IV.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_IV">FUNERAL OF PHILIP OF VALOIS</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">202</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_V">V.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_V">EDWARD THE THIRD TAKES BERWICK</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">34</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_VI">VI.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_VI">SURRENDER OF BRISTOL TO QUEEN ISABELLA</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">11</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_VII">VII.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_VII">ROBERT BRUCE DEFIES EDWARD THE THIRD</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">16</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_VIII">VIII.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_VIII">EARL OF PEMBROKE ATTACKED BY THE SPANISH FLEET</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">472</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_IX">IX.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_IX">SIR GODFREY DE HARCOURT ENCOUNTERING THE MEN OF AMIENS</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">158</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_X">X.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_X">FROISSART IN HIS STUDY</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt"><span class="smcap">Title</span></td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XI">XI.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XI">A FEMALE ATTENDANT SERVING WINE TO A GROOM</a></td><td class="rt">II.</td><td class="rt"><span class="smcap">Title</span></td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XII">XII.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XII">THE DUKE OF BRITTANY AND HIS BARONS</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">592</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XIII">XIII.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XIII">PHILIP VAN ARTEVELDE HARANGUING THE PEOPLE</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">724</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XIV">XIV.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XIV">TAKING OF OUDENARDE BY FRANCIS ATREMEN</a></td><td class="rt">II.</td><td class="rt">8</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XV">XV.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XV">THE BATTLE OF ROSEBECQUE</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">746</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XVI">XVI.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XVI">DEATH OF JOSSE DE HALLEBIN</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">641</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XVII">XVII.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XVII">COMBAT BETWEEN NICHOLAS CLIFFORD AND A FRENCH KNIGHT</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">634</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XVIII">XVIII.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XVIII">JACOB VAN ARTEVELDE HOLDING STATE IN GHENT</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">42</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XIX">XIX.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XIX">VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF NAPLES TO POPE CLEMENT</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">572</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XX">XX.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XX">GALEAS VISCONTI ARRESTING HIS UNCLE</a></td><td class="rt">II.</td><td class="rt">32</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXI">XXI.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXI">FUNERAL OF JEHAN DE LYON</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">586
-<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_vi" id="page_vi">{vi}</a></span></td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXII">XXII.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXII">BEHEADING OF SILVESTER BUDES</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">574</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXIII">XXIII.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXIII">DUKE OF BURGUNDY ENTERING CHARTRES</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">324</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXIV">XXIV.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXIV">EARL OF FLANDERS SOLICITING AID OF CHARLES VI. OF FRANCE</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">722</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXV">XXV.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXV">MURDER OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">658</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXVI">XXVI.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXVI">EDWARD THE THIRD BEFORE RHEIMS</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">274</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXVII">XXVII.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXVII">INTERVIEW BETWEEN RICHARD II. AND THE INSURGENTS</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">657</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXVIII">XXVIII.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXVIII">LORD CHARLES OF BLOIS OBTAINING POSSESSION OF JUGON</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">115</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXIX">XXIX.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXIX">BATTLE OF POICTIERS</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">217</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXX">XXX.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXX">ASSASSINATION OF EVAN OF WALES</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">546</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXXI">XXXI.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXXI">EARL OF FLANDERS AND CITIZENS OF GHENT</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">594</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXXII">XXXII.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXXII">EARL OF FLANDERS REPAIRING OUDENARDE</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">599</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXXIII">XXXIII.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXXIII">EARL OF BUCKINGHAM AND DUKE OF BRITTANY CONCERTING THE SIEGE OF NANTES</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">618</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXXIV">XXXIV.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXXIV">THE BATTLE OF MONTIEL</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">386</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXXV">XXXV.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXXV">THE CANON OF ROBESART TAKING JAFFRE</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">688</td></tr>
-
-<tr><td class="rt" valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXXVI">XXXVI.</a></td><td valign="top"><a href="#PLATE_XXXVI">JOHN BALL PREACHING</a></td><td class="rt">I.</td><td class="rt">654</td></tr>
-</table>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_1" id="page_1">{1}</a></span></p>
-
-<h3><a name="ADVERTISEMENT" id="ADVERTISEMENT"></a>ADVERTISEMENT.</h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">The</span> volume of Illuminated Illustrations of Froissart, from the
-celebrated MS. in the British Museum, has created so much interest in
-the subject among the subscribers to that work, that many letters have
-been received requesting the publication of another volume to illustrate
-the remaining portion of the Chronicles: the MS. in the Museum
-containing unfortunately only the fourth book. When that beautiful MS.
-went to the British Museum with the Harleian Collection, a sort of
-tradition went with it to the effect, that the remaining portion of the
-MS. was in the Bibliothèque du Roi, at Paris, and that impression still
-prevails among connoisseurs. Having determined, at the solicitation of
-our subscribers, to publish a second volume illustrating the remaining
-portion of the Chronicles, I went to Paris, in the full hope of
-discovering the other portion of the Museum MS., but found that no such
-volumes exist in the Bibliothèque du Roi, nor is there any record of
-their having been there. That splendid library, however, contains
-several MSS. of Froissart; among others, a very beautiful one of the
-first book, which is the earliest known, and the standard authority for
-that portion of the Chronicles, but it has only one small illumination
-on the first page. Many other portions of the Chronicles of different
-ages possess no remarkable interest; but one magnificent and perfect MS.
-of all four books is a truly splendid work of art, far surpassing, in
-many respects, the Museum MS. It is evidently one of the splendid books
-executed for Louis of Bruges, Lord of Gruthyse, who died in 1492, and
-the MS. was probably executed about 1460 or 70. This Lord of Gruthyse,
-as is well known, was one of the greatest patrons of art of that age,
-and had a peculiar passion for richly illuminated books, of which he
-created a library which, after that of the Duke of Burgundy, was the
-most celebrated in all Flanders. Van Praet collected a most interesting
-list of the books still in existence which once formed part of this
-celebrated library, and classed this MS. of the<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_2" id="page_2">{2}</a></span> Chronicles of Froissart
-among the most beautiful. The Gruthyse library passed to his son, Jean
-of Bruges, and afterwards to Louis XII. of France, who added it to the
-library founded at the Château de Blois, by his father Charles of
-Orleans; from that library it was brought to the Bibliothèque Royale of
-Paris. The arms of Gruthyse have been, in every instance in which they
-occur in the illuminations, painted over by those of France; but in some
-places the more recent colour has peeled off a little, exposing the
-shield beneath, and in every instance the Gruthyse arms may be easily
-discerned by holding the parchment to the light.</p>
-
-<p>This magnificent work of middle-age art will furnish most of the
-Illustrations in the present volume. But a few will be added from other
-sources, which will add to the variety and interest of the work even if
-inferior in execution.</p>
-
-<p>I may here mention that I searched all the other public libraries of
-Paris, in hope of meeting with the lost volumes of our museum MS.,
-finding in that of the Arsenal a very beautiful and complete MS. of the
-Chronicles, with the borders in colours and gold, but the miniatures
-only in black and white, of about the same date as the Museum MS. The
-remaining volumes of <i>that</i> MS., however, could nowhere be discovered,
-and it is to be feared are lost. But the Gruthyse MS., being undoubtedly
-a finer work, will no doubt afford our subscribers greater gratification
-than the lost books, could they have been found.</p>
-
-<p class="rt">
-H. N. H.<br />
-</p>
-
-<p class="hang">
-<span class="smcap">London</span>,<br />
-<i>January, 1844</i>.<br />
-<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_3" id="page_3">{3}</a></span></p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate1.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate1.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">Isabella, Queen of Edward</span> II. <span class="eng">on her voyage to England,
-with Sir John of Hainault.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_4" id="page_4">{4}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_5" id="page_5">{5}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_I" id="PLATE_I"></a>PLATE I.<br /><br />
-<small>QUEEN ISABELLA ON HER VOYAGE TO ENGLAND.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Before</span> commencing the History of Edward III., with which Froissart
-commences his Chronicles, he devotes a few short chapters to the latter
-events of the previous reign. In Chapters VIII. and IX. he relates the
-arrival of Isabella, Queen of Edward II., in Hainault, and the
-determination of Sir John of Hainault, brother to the Earl, to accompany
-her to England with an armed force, and restore her and her son to their
-rank and influence, usurped by the Spencers, the favourites of the weak
-monarch. The Illumination,<a name="FNanchor_1_1" id="FNanchor_1_1"></a><a href="#Footnote_1_1" class="fnanchor">[1]</a> which is most beautifully executed,
-represents the Queen on her voyage; Sir John of Hainault is conversing
-with her; and she is accompanied by several ladies of her suite. Many
-interesting details of costume are carefully and accurately executed,
-and the whole miniature forms a most pleasing composition.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_6" id="page_6">{6}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_7" id="page_7">{7}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate2.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate2.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">Execution of Sir Hugh Spencer.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_8" id="page_8">{8}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_9" id="page_9">{9}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_II" id="PLATE_II"></a>PLATE II.<br /><br />
-<small>EXECUTION OF SIR HUGH SPENCER.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Froissart</span> relates that so many powerful Barons joined the party of Queen
-Isabella and her son, that they determined to besiege the city of
-Bristol, where the King and the Spencers then were. The King and the
-younger Spencer retired to the Castle, whilst the elder Spencer, then
-ninety years of age, and the Earl of Arundel, who had married his
-grand-daughter, remained in the town; which being surrendered by the
-citizens, they were taken prisoners and executed in front of the Castle,
-in sight of the King and the younger Spencer. The weak King and his
-favourite, seeing no other chance of escape, embarked secretly in a
-small boat at the back of the Castle, thinking to gain the coast of
-Wales, but being driven back by stress of weather, they were perceived
-and captured. The King was sent under strong guard to Berkely Castle, by
-the advice of the Barons, where he remained a prisoner till his death;
-thus closing one of the most inglorious reigns of the English annals.
-Sir Hugh Spencer was led to Hereford, where the feast of All Saints was
-celebrated with great magnificence, in honour of the noble foreigners,
-who had so mainly contributed to the successful termination of the cause
-of the Queen and Prince Edward. Chapter XIII., at the head of which is
-the Illumination represented in Plate II., commences “Quant la feste fut
-passée le Messᵉ Huon, qui point nestoit aimé la,” &amp;c. &amp;c.&mdash;“<i>when the
-feast was over, Sir Huon, who was not beloved in those parts</i>, was
-brought before the Queen and the assembled Barons and Knights.” He was
-condemned to death, and executed with horrible mutilation, being affixed
-to a high ladder in the market-place, in order that the disgusting
-ceremony might be visible to all the assembled populace<a name="FNanchor_2_2" id="FNanchor_2_2"></a><a href="#Footnote_2_2" class="fnanchor">[2]</a>.</p>
-
-<p>The Illumination is executed with exquisite care and neatness, and the
-whole page surrounded with an elaborately wrought border of great
-beauty. Our plate only takes in a portion of one column and the
-adjoining angle of the border.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_10" id="page_10">{10}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_11" id="page_11">{11}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate3.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate3.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">Coronation of Edward</span> III. <span class="eng">on Christmas day 1326.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_12" id="page_12">{12}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_13" id="page_13">{13}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_III" id="PLATE_III"></a>PLATE III.<br /><br />
-<small>THE CORONATION OF KING EDWARD III.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Edward</span> II. being formally deposed in a general assembly of the great
-Barons, his eldest son was called to the throne, and crowned on
-Christmas-day, 1326, in the sixteenth year of his age, “during the
-lifetime of his father.”</p>
-
-<p>The Illumination only represents the group immediately surrounding the
-King, but is very carefully executed; the white draperies in particular
-being very elaborately finished. The chair or throne bears sufficient
-resemblance to that (so called) of Edward the Confessor, in Westminster
-Abbey, as to lead one to suppose that a description, or perhaps a rough
-sketch, had been furnished to the artist.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_14" id="page_14">{14}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_15" id="page_15">{15}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate4.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate4.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">The funeral of Philip of Valois, King of France.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_16" id="page_16">{16}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_17" id="page_17">{17}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_IV" id="PLATE_IV"></a>PLATE IV.<br /><br />
-<small>THE FUNERAL OF PHILIP OF VALOIS, KING OF FRANCE.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Charles</span>, son of Philip the Fair, having died in the year 1326 without
-heirs male, though thrice married, the twelve Peers and Barons of France
-assembled at Paris, and with one consent gave the throne to Philip of
-Valois, nephew of Philip the Fair, to the exclusion of Isabella, Queen
-of England, and her son, who stood in the more direct line, she being
-sister to the late king; the Council, however, determined, according to
-Froissart, “that the kingdom of France was of such great nobleness, that
-it ought not to fall by succession to a female;” thus, says Froissart,
-“as it seemed to many people, the succession went out of the right line,
-which has been the occasion of the most destructive wars and
-devastations of countries, as well in France as elsewhere, as you will
-learn hereafter; the real object of this history being to relate the
-great enterprises and deeds of arms achieved in these wars; for, from
-the time of good Charlemagne, King of France, never were such feats
-performed.”</p>
-
-<p>The son of Isabella, when crowned King Edward III., was soon persuaded
-to lay claim to the throne of Philip, who, during a reign of twenty-four
-years, maintained the war with various success, suffering among his
-reverses the ever-memorable defeat of Crecy. He died at Nogent-le-roi,
-in the year 1350, and his burial, which took place at St. Denis, is
-graphically delineated in the accompanying Illumination.</p>
-
-<p>The architectural portion of the picture is very carefully drawn, and
-the dresses of the figures bearing the coffin are executed in a very
-beautiful manner. The style of arrangement is somewhat different from
-many other of the Illuminations in this noble MS.; the figures being
-fewer and larger in proportion to the picture, and the landscape portion
-made quite subordinate, whilst it is generally treated with extreme care
-as a principal feature of the composition.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_18" id="page_18">{18}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_19" id="page_19">{19}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate5.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate5.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">Edward the third takes Berwick.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_20" id="page_20">{20}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_21" id="page_21">{21}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_V" id="PLATE_V"></a>PLATE V.<br /><br />
-<small>EDWARD III. TAKES BERWICK.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Froissart</span> commences the XXVIth Chapter of his first Book as follows,
-“You have heard related all that passed between the English and Scotch,
-during the three years that the truce lasted:&mdash;and for one year more the
-two nations were at peace. This had not happened before for two hundred
-years, during which they had been constantly at war with each other. It
-fell out that king Edward was informed that the young king David of
-Scotland, who had married his sister, kept possession of Berwick, which
-of right belonged to his kingdom, and which king Edward his ancestor had
-held, and the king his father also, very peaceably for a long time
-afterwards. He was also informed, that the kingdom of Scotland was
-dependant on his crown as a fief, and that the young king of Scots, his
-brother-in-law, had never acknowledged it, or done homage for it. The
-king of England therefore sent ambassadors to the king of Scots, to
-request that he would withdraw his people from the city of Berwick and
-give him possession of it, as it was his just inheritance, and had
-always appertained to the kings of England his predecessors. They also
-summoned him to come and do his homage for the kingdom of Scotland,
-which he ought to hold from the crown of England as a fief&mdash;&mdash;”</p>
-
-<p>The answers of the King of Scotland, a youth of fifteen, being
-unsatisfactory, it was determined, on the meeting of Parliament, that
-the King should lead a powerful army into Scotland: an invasion
-consequently took place, the King passed Berwick, penetrating as far as
-Dunbarton, and laying waste the country in every direction,&mdash;then making
-a “handsome retreat,” as our Chronicler describes it, he came before
-Berwick, which, after an obstinate resistance, was compelled to
-surrender. “The king,” continues Froissart, “made his public entry into
-Berwick with great pomp and sounding of trumpets, and tarried there
-twelve days. He appointed as governor thereof a knight called Sir Edward
-Baliol, with whom he left, when he quitted Berwick, many young knights
-and esquires, to assist him in keeping the conquests he had made from
-the Scots, and to guard the frontiers. The king and all his<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_22" id="page_22">{22}</a></span> people then
-returned towards London, and gave full liberty for every man to go to
-his own home. He himself went to Windsor, where he chiefly resided.”</p>
-
-<p>The Illumination is in the same style as the surrender of Bristol,
-exhibiting great care in the landscape, to the picturesque features of
-which the artist seems to have paid peculiar attention. His castles, for
-instance, are never represented as new, as in many other MSS. is always
-the case; but the weather stains are introduced with clever and pleasing
-tinting, and the parasitic weeds or climbing plants, the tenants of old
-walls, are made to minister to the general picturesqueness of the
-composition, each in its proper situation, with almost the skill of a
-modern landscape painter.<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_23" id="page_23">{23}</a></span></p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate6.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate6.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">Bristol surrenders to Queen Isabella
-&amp;c&amp;c.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_24" id="page_24">{24}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_25" id="page_25">{25}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_VI" id="PLATE_VI"></a>PLATE VI.<br /><br />
-<small>BRISTOL SURRENDERS TO QUEEN ISABELLA.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">This</span> Illumination represents a group of citizens, assembled at one of
-the principal gates, in the act of surrendering the city to the Queen
-and her party. The whole picture forms a beautiful and spirited
-representation of the period;&mdash;the town gate, the turreted walls, the
-house roofs, with the gray cathedral towering above them&mdash;the civic
-costumes of the citizens, the brilliant armour and rich housings of the
-knights and their horses, surrounding the Queen, and the characteristic
-treatment of the distant landscape&mdash;all tend to exhibit with wonderful
-faithfulness the striking features of an epoch, of which we have no
-other pictorial record than the Illuminations contained in the wonderful
-manuscripts of the period.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_26" id="page_26">{26}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_27" id="page_27">{27}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate7.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate7.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">Robert Bruce sends a defiance to Edward </span>III.</p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_28" id="page_28">{28}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_29" id="page_29">{29}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_VII" id="PLATE_VII"></a>PLATE VII.<br /><br />
-<small>ROBERT BRUCE, KING OF SCOTLAND, DEFIES KING EDWARD III.</small></h3>
-
-<p>“<span class="smcap">It</span> happened that Robert, King of Scotland, who, though brave, had
-suffered much in his wars with England, having often been defeated by
-King Edward, grandfather of the young king, being at this time very old,
-and afflicted with leprosy, hearing that the King (Edward II.) had been
-taken prisoner, and deposed, and his counsellors put to death, thought
-this a favourable opportunity to send a defiance to the present King, as
-yet a youth, whose barons were not on good terms with each other, and to
-attempt the conquest of some part of England. About Easter, 1327, he
-sent a defiance to King Edward and all the country; informing them that
-he would enter the kingdom, and burn it as far as he had done before,
-after the defeat of Stirling.”</p>
-
-<p>The Illumination represents the King receiving the messenger of Bruce in
-an open vestibule or pavilion, who, on one knee, delivers the defiance
-of his master to the English nation. In the background, the river Thames
-is seen, with the Scottish vessel at anchor. The whole is executed with
-great care and neatness.</p>
-
-<p>Great armies were raised on either side, but, like most of the wars of
-that period, conducted without any settled object. The affair ended
-without any gain to either party&mdash;the great suffering of the unfortunate
-people of the Borders being the only permanent result. A truce for three
-years shortly followed, during which King Robert, of Scotland, died.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_30" id="page_30">{30}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_31" id="page_31">{31}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate8.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate8.jpg" width="600" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">The Earl of Pembroke attacked by the Spanish Fleet,
-before la Rochelle</span>.</p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_32" id="page_32">{32}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_33" id="page_33">{33}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_VIII" id="PLATE_VIII"></a>PLATE VIII.<br /><br />
-<small>THE EARL OF PEMBROKE ATTACKED BY THE SPANISH FLEET.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">This</span> is one of the finest Illuminations of the splendid MS. in the
-Bibliothèque Royale, and exhibits, in a most striking manner, the great
-features of a naval combat of the period. The immense number of figures,
-all in appropriate and energetic action, and the general effect of
-multitude and movement, forcibly call to mind the celebrated, though
-uncompleted, picture of Raphael, of the Battle of Constantine and
-Maxentius, so ably finished by his great pupil, Julio. But it is
-impossible, in a plate coloured in by hand in large numbers, to convey
-an adequate idea of the extreme beauty and careful execution of every
-minute part of this beautiful Illumination; though our Plate will convey
-an excellent general idea of the composition and effect.</p>
-
-<p>The Earl of Pembroke was appointed by King Edward III., in 1372, to
-command an expedition sent to the assistance of the Gascons and
-Poitevins.<a name="FNanchor_3_3" id="FNanchor_3_3"></a><a href="#Footnote_3_3" class="fnanchor">[3]</a></p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_34" id="page_34">{34}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_35" id="page_35">{35}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate9.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate9.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">Sir Godfrey de Harcourt encounters the men of Amiens on
-their way to Paris.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_36" id="page_36">{36}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_37" id="page_37">{37}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_IX" id="PLATE_IX"></a>PLATE IX.<br /><br />
-<small>SIR GODFREY DE HARCOURT ENCOUNTERING THE MEN OF AMIENS.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Sir</span> Godfrey de Harcourt, who had espoused the cause of the English, in
-consequence of his disgrace and banishment by the court of France,
-performed many deeds of great bravery, but was eventually defeated and
-slain at the battle of Coutantin. Froissart gives the following spirited
-account of his death:&mdash;“The army of Sir Godfrey would not keep the order
-he had appointed, according to the promise made to him; but the greater
-part fled, and could not withstand the French. Sir Godfrey, on seeing
-this, declared, that he would prefer death to being taken; and arming
-himself with a battle-axe, halted where he was; he placed one foot
-before the other, to be firmer; for he was lame of one leg, though very
-strong in his arms. In this position he fought a long time most
-valiantly, so that few dared to encounter his blows: when two Frenchmen
-mounted their horses, and placing their lances in their rests, charged
-him at the same time, and struck him to the ground: some men-at-arms
-immediately rushed upon him with their swords, which they ran through
-his body, and killed him on the spot. The greater part of his army were
-slain or made prisoners, and those who were able to escape returned to
-Saint Sauveur le Viscomte. This happened in the winter of 1356, about
-Martinmas.”</p>
-
-<p>The Illumination (one of the most beautifully drawn and executed of the
-MS.), represents the defeat, by Sir Godfrey, of a body of men from
-Amiens, on their march to join the King of France.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_38" id="page_38">{38}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_39" id="page_39">{39}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate10.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate10.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">Froissart in his Study.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_40" id="page_40">{40}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_41" id="page_41">{41}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_X" id="PLATE_X"></a>PLATE X.<br /><br />
-<small>FROISSART IN HIS STUDY.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">This</span> Illumination is taken from an odd volume of a MS. of Froissart’s
-Chronicles, among the royal MSS. now in the British Museum. It contains
-few illuminations beyond the present subject, which forms a sort of
-frontispiece, or title-page, in which the illuminator has not, as usual,
-represented the principal event of the first chapter, but has thought it
-more appropriate to picture the author of the book in his study. He is
-just receiving a letter from some person of note, (as appears from the
-bearer wearing the arms or badge of his lord upon his breast,) whilst a
-clerk, or amanuensis, is busily employed in transcribing what we may
-suppose to be a portion of the famous Chronicles. The present plate only
-represents a portion of the original illumination, in which, not only
-the interior of Froissart’s study is exhibited by the usual device, an
-excision of a portion of the wall, but also the exterior of the
-building, with a side-entrance, court-yard, and a distant view; a
-portion of which is given in the next plate.</p>
-
-<p>The present plate conveys a very vivid and pleasing impression of a
-comfortably furnished apartment of the fifteenth century; the whole
-being executed with great care; but the figures are inferior to many
-works of the period, and are principally interesting on account of the
-costume.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_42" id="page_42">{42}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_43" id="page_43">{43}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate11.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate11.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">A female attendant serving wine to a groom.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_44" id="page_44">{44}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_45" id="page_45">{45}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XI" id="PLATE_XI"></a>PLATE XI.<br /><br />
-<small>A FEMALE ATTENDANT SERVING WINE TO A GROOM.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">This</span> subject is another portion of illumination, partly given in the
-previous plate, and forms the principal part of the exterior view. A
-groom is holding the horse of the messenger, who, in the previous plate,
-delivers the letter, whilst a female attendant is serving him with wine,
-from a tankard of precisely similar form to those still used in many
-parts of Belgium. Though, in some respects, rudely drawn, it forms a
-very characteristic group, and serves to convey an idea of the entire
-Illumination, which is surrounded by a rich border, the whole, nearly
-occupying the entire page of a large folio volume; leaving space only
-for an enriched capital, and four or five lines of the beginning of the
-chapter.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_46" id="page_46">{46}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_47" id="page_47">{47}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate12.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate12.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">The Duke of Brittany and his Barons.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_48" id="page_48">{48}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_49" id="page_49">{49}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XII" id="PLATE_XII"></a>PLATE XII.<br /><br />
-<small>THE DUKE OF BRITTANY AND HIS BARONS.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">This</span> Illumination is from another volume, containing a portion of
-Froissart’s Chronicles, among the Royal MSS. in the British Museum, from
-which several of the ensuing subjects will be selected, some with
-remarkably rich borders. The present subject represents a meeting of the
-Barons of Brittany to remonstrate with their Lord, the Duke.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_50" id="page_50">{50}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_51" id="page_51">{51}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate13.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate13.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">Philip van Artevelde preaching.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_52" id="page_52">{52}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_53" id="page_53">{53}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XIII" id="PLATE_XIII"></a>PLATE XIII.<br /><br />
-<small>PHILIP VAN ARTEVELDE HARANGUING THE PEOPLE.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">The</span> story of Philip van Artevelde, the Rienzi of Flanders, has been
-rendered popular, in the highest sense of the term, by the noble drama
-of Mr. Taylor. In the present Illumination, we see him exhibited, by a
-nearly contemporary artist, haranguing the people in the market-place of
-Ypres. The artist, although in a rude manner, has attempted to exhibit
-the scene at the moment when Philip, at the close of his oration,
-exclaimed:&mdash;“Let all those who are determined to remain true to the
-cause, according to the oath they took, gallantly lift up their hands to
-heaven as a token of their loyalty;”&mdash;an example, if one were wanting,
-that at public meetings then, as now, a majority was determined by a
-show of hands.</p>
-
-<p>The commencement of the chapter, given under the Illumination,
-is&mdash;“Cestui meschret se passa, on le mist en oubliance et Phle’
-Dartevelle se parti de Bruges et vint a Ypre ou il fut recuelli a grand
-joye et pietre du Bois sen vint a Commines ou le plat pays etoit
-assemble et la entendi a ses besoignes et fut tous.” Of which the
-following is Johnes’s translation:&mdash;“This affair passed off, and was
-soon forgotten. Philip van Artevelde departed from Bruges, and came to
-Ypres, where he was most joyfully received. Peter Du Bois went to
-Comines, where all the inhabitants of the flat country were assembled,
-and instantly began his preparations, and all&mdash;” which relates to the
-destruction of the bridges, to oppose the entry of the army of the King
-of France into Flanders.<a name="FNanchor_4_4" id="FNanchor_4_4"></a><a href="#Footnote_4_4" class="fnanchor">[4]</a></p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_54" id="page_54">{54}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_55" id="page_55">{55}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate14.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate14.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">The taking of Oudenarde by Francis Atremen.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_56" id="page_56">{56}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_57" id="page_57">{57}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XIV" id="PLATE_XIV"></a>PLATE XIV.<br /><br />
-<small>THE TAKING OF OUDENARDE, BY FRANCIS ATREMEN.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Froissart</span> tells us that Francis Atremen, Peter du Bois, Peter le Nuitre,
-and other captains of the Artevelde party, having returned from the
-siege of Ypres, “were daily and nightly imagining how they could annoy
-their enemies.” Among their various plans the favourite one was the
-taking of Oudenarde, which had successfully resisted all their former
-attempts. The men of Oudenarde holding the Ghent men in contempt, were
-grown somewhat careless; and the governor, Gilbert de Lienegen, being
-absent, no doubt causing the watch and general discipline to be still
-more lax, Francis Atremen and his followers stormed the place by
-surprise, with ladders, as represented in the Illumination. The
-operation was much facilitated by the ditches being dry, the inhabitants
-having emptied them of water to get the fish. The captors pillaged the
-town, sending out all the women and children in the meanest dress they
-had, who were forced to take refuge in Mons, Arras, and other places.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_58" id="page_58">{58}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_59" id="page_59">{59}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate15.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate15.jpg" width="600" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">The Battle of Rosebecque.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_60" id="page_60">{60}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_61" id="page_61">{61}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XV" id="PLATE_XV"></a>PLATE XV.<br /><br />
-<small>THE BATTLE OF ROSEBECQUE.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">The</span> Illuminator, in this attempt to convey an idea of the battle of
-Rosebecque, has not omitted the story of the White Dove, related by
-Froissart, who tells that he heard from the Lord d’Estonnenort, who
-witnessed it as well as many others, that when the oriflamme was
-displayed, a white dove hovered round, and making several circles,
-settled on one of the banners of the King of France; which was
-considered an omen of victory. The Chronicle informs that it was the
-general opinion among men of arms, that the defeat and death of Philip
-van Artevelde, at the battle of Rosebecque, was owing to his having, in
-over-confidence in his numbers and anxiety to engage more quickly,
-quitted a strong position, which he had taken up with great judgment, to
-fight at a disadvantage in one where the compact mass of his Flemish
-infantry could be assailed on all sides by the cavalry of France. The
-consequence was the well-known defeat and slaughter of Rosebecque, in
-which disastrous conflict Froissart states the loss of the Flemings to
-have exceeded, in the battle and pursuit, upwards of thirty thousand.
-When once seized with panic, they were unable to offer any resistance,
-and in one dense disorderly crowd were slain without mercy. Froissart
-describes the pursuit by the French, as making a noise “greater than if
-all the armourers of Bruxelles and Paris had been there working at their
-trade,” so constant was the clattering of maces and battle-axes on the
-helmets of the unfortunate Flemings, making a din that prevented any
-other sound being heard. Such was the last scene in the career of Philip
-van Artevelde, whose bold but ill-matured and irregular attempt to free
-Flanders from the despotic government of its feudal tyrants could
-scarcely have been successful under any circumstances at that period.
-His body was sought among the slain, and hanged upon a tree.</p>
-
-<p>Froissart exhibits strongly the aristocratic prejudices of the time in
-his<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_62" id="page_62">{62}</a></span> concluding remarks on this event; which, he says, was “very
-honourable to all Christendom as well as to the nobility and gentry; for
-had those lowbred peasants succeeded, there would have been unheard-of
-cruelties practised, to the destruction of all gentlemen, by the common
-people.<a name="FNanchor_5_5" id="FNanchor_5_5"></a><a href="#Footnote_5_5" class="fnanchor">[5]</a> The banners of the Flemings in illumination are very
-interesting, as exhibiting the implements of the different trades,
-precisely as in the flags of trades-unions of the present day.<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_63" id="page_63">{63}</a></span></p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate16.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate16.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">Messire Josse de Hallebin, killed before Ghent.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_64" id="page_64">{64}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_65" id="page_65">{65}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XVI" id="PLATE_XVI"></a>PLATE XVI.<br /><br />
-<small>DEATH OF JOSSE DE HALLEBIN.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">This</span> Illumination represents the death of Sir Josse de Hallebin, at the
-passage of Long-pont, one of the innumerable encounters and disasters
-consequent upon the revolt of Flanders.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_66" id="page_66">{66}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_67" id="page_67">{67}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate17.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate17.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">Combat between Nicolas Clifford and a French Knight.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_68" id="page_68">{68}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_69" id="page_69">{69}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XVII" id="PLATE_XVII"></a>PLATE XVII.<br /><br />
-<small>COMBAT BETWEEN NICHOLAS CLIFFORD AND A FRENCH KNIGHT.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">This</span> Illumination has been selected as exhibiting the mode and
-ceremonial of a single combat, and though coarsely and somewhat
-carelessly executed, it portrays, with considerable graphic effect, the
-arrangements, and positions of the witnesses, judges, and combatants, on
-such occasions.</p>
-
-<p>It is intended to represent the encounter between an English esquire,
-named Nicholas Clifford, and a French knight, the latter of whom was
-slain.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_70" id="page_70">{70}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_71" id="page_71">{71}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate18.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate18.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">Jacob Van Arteveld holding his state in Ghent.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_72" id="page_72">{72}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_73" id="page_73">{73}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XVIII" id="PLATE_XVIII"></a>PLATE XVIII.<br /><br />
-<small>JACOB VAN ARTEVELDE HOLDING STATE IN GHENT.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Though</span> so frequently occurring in illuminated manuscripts of the
-fifteenth century, it has so happened that our selection of subjects has
-not fallen on one containing a portraiture of the Fool or Jester&mdash;a
-prominent figure in the social groups of that period.</p>
-
-<p>In the present miniature the artist has attempted to exhibit the great
-state kept by Jacob van Artevelde, who, after assuming the supreme power
-in Flanders, surrounded himself with men-at-arms, numerous attendants,
-not omitting the Jester, it would seem, and such a train of retainers as
-was usual with the great Lords and Sovereigns of that time.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_74" id="page_74">{74}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_75" id="page_75">{75}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate19.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate19.jpg" width="600" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">The Queen of Naples visits Pope Clement at Rome.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_76" id="page_76">{76}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_77" id="page_77">{77}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XIX" id="PLATE_XIX"></a>PLATE XIX.<br /><br />
-<small>VISIT OF THE QUEEN OF NAPLES TO POPE CLEMENT.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Queen</span> Joan of Naples, the daughter of Louis of Sicily, remaining without
-heirs, having been four times married, determined to fulfil the last
-request of her father, to the effect that, should she die without
-offspring, she should surrender Naples, and all her other possessions,
-to the church. For this purpose she met Clement, Pope of Avignon, at
-Fondi, which interview is represented in the accompanying Illumination.
-Pope Clement, as is well known, made over these possessions to the Duke
-of Anjou, brother to the King of France.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_78" id="page_78">{78}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_79" id="page_79">{79}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate20.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate20.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">Galeas of Milan surprises and imprisons his Uncle.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_80" id="page_80">{80}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_81" id="page_81">{81}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XX" id="PLATE_XX"></a>PLATE XX.<br /><br />
-<small>GALEAS VISCONTI ARRESTS HIS UNCLE.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Galeas</span> Visconti, count of Vertus, imagining that his uncle, Sir Bernabo
-Visconti, duke of Milan, had some intention of dispossessing him of his
-Lordships, proved himself the keener politician of the two, by being
-beforehand with his uncle and arresting him. He the more easily formed a
-party for this purpose, as Sir Bernabo had cruelly oppressed that part
-of Lombardy over which he ruled. Sir Galeas fixed upon the opportunity
-of his uncle’s passing from one castle to another, to waylay him, by
-three ambuscades, as represented in the Illumination, which it was
-impossible to escape. The person of Sir Bernabo being thus treacherously
-secured, he was thrown into prison, where he died shortly after, as it
-is supposed, by foul means.</p>
-
-<p>The cotemporary opinion respecting events of this description may be
-inferred from the circumstance that Galeas Visconti, becoming thus duke
-of Milan, was enabled to marry his daughter to the then most powerful
-prince in Europe, Charles VI., king of France.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_82" id="page_82">{82}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_83" id="page_83">{83}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate21.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate21.jpg" width="600" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">The Funeral of Jehan de Lyon.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_84" id="page_84">{84}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_85" id="page_85">{85}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XXI" id="PLATE_XXI"></a>PLATE XXI.<br /><br />
-<small>THE FUNERAL OF JEHAN DE LYON.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Froissart</span> enters into great detail upon the subject of the petty
-quarrels which he supposes led to the revolt of Ghent. The favour of
-Jehan de Lyon with the Earl of Flanders, and his subsequent disgrace, he
-makes one of the principal causes. It is well known that Jehan de Lyon
-was the leader of the first serious rising, and the founder of the
-association called White-hoods. After the taking of Bruges, he was
-seized with sudden illness, at the small town of Damme, “after having
-supped in great revelry with the ladies of the place,” whence he was
-carried on a litter to Ardenburg, where he died. From the swelling of
-his body and other symptoms, it is supposed he was poisoned by some
-agent of the Earl of Flanders. “His body was conveyed to Ghent, where he
-was much beloved by all except the party of the earl. The clergy went
-out to meet the body, and conducted it into the town with as much
-solemnity as if it had been that of the earl himself.” This is the
-passage illustrated by the Illuminator.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_86" id="page_86">{86}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_87" id="page_87">{87}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate22.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate22.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">The beheading of Silvester Budes.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_88" id="page_88">{88}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_89" id="page_89">{89}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XXII" id="PLATE_XXII"></a>PLATE XXII.<br /><br />
-<small>BEHEADING OF SILVESTER BUDES.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Silvester</span> Budes, marching against Pope Urban the Sixth, was defeated by
-Sir John Hawkwood, who commanded the Papal forces, and carried prisoner
-to Rome: he was in daily expectation of being put to death, when he
-effected his escape, and took shelter with the rival Pope&mdash;Clement, at
-Avignon; he was, however, unfavourably received, and at the instigation
-of the Cardinal of Amiens, whose baggage and plate he had formerly
-plundered to pay his soldiers, he was beheaded in the city of Mascon.
-The Illumination represents the headsman performing his office with a
-two-handed sword, in the presence of the Pope and Cardinal.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_90" id="page_90">{90}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_91" id="page_91">{91}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate23.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate23.jpg" width="600" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">The Duke of Burgundy and his Army.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_92" id="page_92">{92}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_93" id="page_93">{93}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XXIII" id="PLATE_XXIII"></a>PLATE XXIII.<br /><br />
-<small>THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY ENTERING CHARTRES.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">The</span> Duke of Burgundy having received the command of an expedition from
-his brother, Charles the Fifth of France, after taking several towns and
-castles, retired to Chartres to recruit his forces: his entrance into
-that town appears to be the subject of the present Illumination, which,
-surrounded by a rich border, forms the frontispiece to a manuscript of
-the Chronicles of Froissart, which are unfortunately incomplete, the
-first volume only being preserved in the collection of the British
-Museum. The background, and some unimportant features, have been
-slightly compressed, to accommodate the subject to the size of our work;
-in other respects, the Plate is an exact copy of the original, which
-exhibits in an interesting manner the party-coloured uniform of the
-Archers, and many other details of contemporary costume.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_94" id="page_94">{94}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_95" id="page_95">{95}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate24.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate24.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">The Earl of Flanders soliciting the aid of Charles</span> VI. <span class="eng">of
-France.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_96" id="page_96">{96}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_97" id="page_97">{97}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XXIV" id="PLATE_XXIV"></a>PLATE XXIV.<br /><br />
-<small>THE EARL OF FLANDERS SOLICITING AID OF CHARLES VI. OF FRANCE.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">The</span> Earl of Flanders, finding his own force insufficient to cope with
-his revolted subjects, sought the aid of the young Charles the Sixth of
-France, whose assistance, readily granted, led to the defeat of the
-Flemings, and the death of Philip Van Artevelde, at the famous battle of
-Rosbecque. The Illumination represents the Earl soliciting the aid of
-the King of France at Peronne, where the interview took place.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_98" id="page_98">{98}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_99" id="page_99">{99}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate25.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate25.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">The Murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_100" id="page_100">{100}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_101" id="page_101">{101}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XXV" id="PLATE_XXV"></a>PLATE XXV.<br /><br />
-<small>THE MURDER OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">In</span> the revolt headed by Wat Tyler, John Ball, and others, many excesses
-were committed; among others, the murder of the Archbishop of
-Canterbury, in the Tower, which, according to Froissart, happened in the
-following manner:&mdash;“The king having agreed to a parley with the rebels
-in a meadow at Mile End, passed out of the Tower with his retinue, for
-the purpose of proceeding there; the mob, taking advantage of the open
-gates, rushed in, and running from chamber to chamber, at last found the
-Archbishop of Canterbury, who was Chancellor of England, and put him
-instantly to death.” They also murdered the Prior of St. John’s, and a
-Franciscan Friar, a doctor of physic, as represented in the
-Illumination.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_102" id="page_102">{102}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_103" id="page_103">{103}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate26.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate26.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">Edward</span> III. <span class="eng">before Rheims.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_104" id="page_104">{104}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_105" id="page_105">{105}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XXVI" id="PLATE_XXVI"></a>PLATE XXVI.<br /><br />
-<small>EDWARD III. BEFORE RHEIMS.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">The</span> present Plate represents King Edward the Third before the city of
-Rheims, whence it appears his followers proceeded to pillage the country
-round to a considerable distance in every direction, which our
-chronicler naïvely terms, “seeking adventures.” After seven weeks, the
-siege was abandoned, without attempting any serious assault; and the
-scene of operations transferred to Troyes and other places in Champagne,
-where a similar mode of warfare was carried on. The illuminator has
-bestowed extraordinary pains in the enrichment of the tents and in
-delineating the cannon and other preparatives for a siege. This Plate is
-from the fine Manuscript in the Bibliothèque Royale, Paris.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_106" id="page_106">{106}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_107" id="page_107">{107}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate27.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate27.jpg" width="600" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">Interview on the Thames between Richard</span>
- II. <span class="eng">and the
-Insurgents.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_108" id="page_108">{108}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_109" id="page_109">{109}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XXVII" id="PLATE_XXVII"></a>PLATE XXVII.<br /><br />
-<small>INTERVIEW BETWEEN RICHARD II. AND THE INSURGENTS.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">In</span> the commencement of the Wat Tyler rebellion, an interview was
-attempted between the king and the rebels at Rotherhithe, which is thus
-described by Froissart:&mdash;</p>
-
-<p>“On Corpus Christi day, King Richard heard mass in the Tower of London,
-with all his Lords, and afterwards entered his barge, attended by the
-Earls of Salisbury, Warwick, and Suffolk, with other knights. He rowed
-down the Thames towards Rotherhithe, a manor belonging to the Crown,
-where were upwards of ten thousand men, who had come from Blackheath to
-see the king and to speak to him: when they perceived his barge
-approach, they set up such shouts and cries as if all the devils in hell
-had been in their company. They had their knight, Sir John Newtoun, with
-them: for in case the king did not come and they found he had made a
-jest of them, they would, as they threatened, have cut him to pieces.
-When the king and his lords saw this crowd and the wildness of their
-manner, there was not one among them so bold and determined but felt
-alarmed: the king was advised by his barons not to land, but to have his
-barge rowed up and down the river. ‘What do you wish for?’ demanded the
-king; ‘I am come hither to hear what you have to say.’ Those near him
-cried out, ‘We wish thee to land, when we will remonstrate with thee and
-tell thee more at our ease what our wants are.’ The Earl of Salisbury
-then replied for the king, and said, ‘Gentlemen, you are not properly
-dressed, or in fit condition for the king to talk with you.’ Nothing
-more was said; for the king was advised to return to the Tower of
-London, from whence he had set out.<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_111" id="page_111">{111}</a></span><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_110" id="page_110">{110}</a></span>”</p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate28.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate28.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">Lord Charles of Blois obtains possession of the town of
-Jugon.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_112" id="page_112">{112}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_113" id="page_113">{113}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XXVIII" id="PLATE_XXVIII"></a>PLATE XXVIII.<br /><br />
-<small>LORD CHARLES OF BLOIS OBTAINING POSSESSION OF JUGON.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Between</span> the feasts of St. Remy and All Saints in the year 1342, a rich
-merchant of Jugon was taken prisoner by a follower of the Lord Charles
-of Blois. Being in fear of his life, he agreed to betray the town into
-the hands of the Lord Charles, upon being set free; and he had every
-opportunity of doing so, as he was so much respected that none had any
-suspicion of his intentions. The gate was thrown open at midnight, and
-Lord Charles obtained possession of the place, but the citizens having
-retreated to the castle, and with them the treacherous merchant, his
-treason was soon discovered, and he was hanged outside the battlements
-before the surrender of the castle.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_114" id="page_114">{114}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_115" id="page_115">{115}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate29.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate29.jpg" width="600" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">The Battle of Poictiers.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_116" id="page_116">{116}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_117" id="page_117">{117}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XXIX" id="PLATE_XXIX"></a>PLATE XXIX.<br /><br />
-<small>BATTLE OF POICTIERS.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">The</span> present beautiful Illumination is a spirited composition full of
-movement and invention, representing the great victory of Poictiers
-gained by the Black Prince over King John of France, whose army numbered
-seven to one of the English. The Illumination is especially intended to
-exhibit the great havoc and confusion caused by the English archers
-among the French horsemen, which, as Froissart asserts, mainly
-contributed to the fortune of the day.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_118" id="page_118">{118}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_119" id="page_119">{119}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate30.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate30.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">EVAN of Wales assassinated before Mortmain-sur-mer.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_120" id="page_120">{120}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_121" id="page_121">{121}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XXX" id="PLATE_XXX"></a>PLATE XXX.<br /><br />
-<small>ASSASSINATION OF EVAN OF WALES.</small></h3>
-
-<p>“<span class="smcap">Evan</span> of Wales,” says Froissart, “was the son of a Prince of Wales, whom
-King Edward, for some reason I am ignorant of, had put to death, and
-seized his principality, which he had given to his son the Prince of
-Wales.” Evan having gone to France to lay his complaint before the
-French King, received the command of a body of men, and much annoyed the
-English on many occasions; he eventually laid siege to the town of
-Mortmain in Poitou; during the siege it was his custom to seat himself
-in the open air, to have his hair combed and plaited, attended only by
-one John Lamb, by whom, on one of these occasions, he was treacherously
-stabbed to death with a short Spanish dagger, and not the singular
-weapon represented by the illuminator. It appears from an entry relating
-to the expenses of the war, that Lamb received a hundred francs
-recompense for this deed, as one exceedingly agreeable to the Prince of
-Wales.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_122" id="page_122">{122}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_123" id="page_123">{123}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate31.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate31.jpg" width="600" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">The Earl of Flanders receives the men of Ghent.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_124" id="page_124">{124}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_125" id="page_125">{125}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XXXI" id="PLATE_XXXI"></a>PLATE XXXI.<br /><br />
-<small>EARL OF FLANDERS AND CITIZENS OF GHENT.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">This</span> Illumination represents an interview between the citizens of Ghent
-and the Earl of Flanders, and is very carefully executed in every
-detail. It was principally selected, however, for the purpose of
-introducing a portion of the rich border which surrounds the page of
-which it forms a part.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_126" id="page_126">{126}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_127" id="page_127">{127}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate32.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate32.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">The Earl of Flanders directing the Repairs of
-Oudenarde.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_128" id="page_128">{128}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_129" id="page_129">{129}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XXXII" id="PLATE_XXXII"></a>PLATE XXXII.<br /><br />
-<small>THE EARL OF FLANDERS REPAIRS OUDENARDE.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">This</span> Illumination has been selected for the purpose of showing masons at
-work in the fifteenth century, which it does in a very graphic and
-interesting manner.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_130" id="page_130">{130}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_131" id="page_131">{131}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate33.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate33.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">The Duke of Brittany and the Earl of Buckingham
-concerting the Siege of Nantes.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_132" id="page_132">{132}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_133" id="page_133">{133}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XXXIII" id="PLATE_XXXIII"></a>PLATE XXXIII.<br /><br />
-<small>THE EARL OF BUCKINGHAM AND THE DUKE OF BRITTANY CONCERT THE SIEGE OF
-NANTES.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">The</span> Earl of Buckingham (the Compte de Bouquinghé, as he is called in the
-Chronicles,) being appointed to the command of a force despatched to the
-assistance of the Duke of Brittany, their meeting is thus described by
-Froissart:&mdash;</p>
-
-<p>“Fair brother of Brittany,” said the Earl, “it shall not be long, if you
-follow my advice, before you punish these rebels; for, with the forces
-which you have yourself, and those we have brought, with the additional
-reinforcements that may arrive from England every day, we shall bring
-your subjects into such a state of submission that they will gladly
-throw themselves on your mercy. With these, and such like speeches, they
-conversed for a long time, when each returned to his hotel. On the
-morrow they rode out together; it was then settled that the council,”
-&amp;c. &amp;c.</p>
-
-<p>The Illumination exhibits the arms of Brittany and England correctly;
-and the rich housings of the leaders’ horses are executed with good
-effect.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_134" id="page_134">{134}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_135" id="page_135">{135}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate34.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate34.jpg" width="600" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">The Battle of Montiel.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_136" id="page_136">{136}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_137" id="page_137">{137}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XXXIV" id="PLATE_XXXIV"></a>PLATE XXXIV.<br /><br />
-<small>THE BATTLE OF MONTIEL.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">Don</span> Pedro, King of Castille, having been excommunicated by the Pope, and
-his bastard brother, Don Henry, having been legitimated and declared
-king, a fierce contention commenced between them&mdash;Pedro seeking
-alliances among the Moors and Jews of Spain; and Henry assistance from
-the free companies of France and Brittany. After many vicissitudes and
-battles, gained and lost, on both sides, a decisive engagement took
-place near Montiel, which ended in the complete rout of the army of
-Pedro. Froissart thus commences his description of this famous
-battle:&mdash;“This battle, of Spaniards against Spaniards, and two brother
-kings with their allies, near Montiel, was very grand and horrible. Many
-were the good knights on King Henry’s side; such as Sir Bertrand du
-Guesclin, Sir Godfrey Ricon, Sir Arnold de Simonsin, Sir Gauvain de
-Bailleul, Le Bègue de Villaines, Alain de St. Pot, Aliot de Calais, and
-the Bretons who were there. From the kingdom of Arragon were the
-Viscount de Rocabarti, the Viscount de Rodais, and many other good
-knights and squires, whom I cannot name, who performed various gallant
-deeds of arms, as, in truth, they had full need: they had strange people
-to encounter, such as Moors and Portuguese. The Jews who were there very
-soon turned their backs, and would not fight; but those from Granada and
-Bellmarine fought valiantly: they were armed with bows and lances, of
-which they made good use, and behaved themselves right well. Don Pedro
-was in the midst, and, with intrepid courage, fought valiantly with his
-battle-axe, that scarcely any dared to come near him.” Seeing all hope
-of escape vain, Pedro surrendered himself to the Bègue de Villaines, who
-promised not to give him up to his brother, and concealed him in his own
-tent; but “he had not been there an hour, when King Henry and the
-Viscount de Rocabarti, with their attendants, but not in great numbers,
-came<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_138" id="page_138">{138}</a></span> hither. As soon as King Henry had entered the chamber where Don
-Pedro was, he said, ‘Where is the son of a Jewish whore, who calls
-himself King of Castille!’ Don Pedro, who was a bold as well as a cruel
-man, stepped forward, and said, ‘Why, thou art the Son of a whore, and I
-am the son of Alphonso.’ On saying this, he caught hold of King Henry in
-his arms, began to wrestle with him, and being the strongest, threw him
-down under him upon a ‘materat de soye,’ and placing his hand on his
-poniard, he would infallibly have killed him, if the Viscount de
-Rocabarti had not been present, who, seizing Don Pedro by the legs,
-turned him over, by which means, King Henry being uppermost, immediately
-drew a long poniard, which he wore in his sash, and plunged it into his
-body. His attendants entered the tent, and helped to despatch him. * * *
-Thus died Don Pedro, King of Castille, who had formerly reigned in great
-prosperity. Those who had slain him, left him three days unburied, which
-was a pity, for the sake of humanity; and the Spaniards made their joke
-upon him.”</p>
-
-<p>This is one of the finest and most elaborate Illuminations of the famous
-MS. of the Bibliothèque Royale;&mdash;the number of single combats, the
-picturesque costumes of the Moors, and the general rush and confusion of
-the <i>melée</i>, (in the midst of which Pedro is seen wielding his
-formidable battle-axe,) are most capitally pourtrayed, and every part is
-finished with the greatest care and precision. The landscape exhibits
-the romantic, rocky character which distinguish nearly all the finest of
-the pictures in these beautiful volumes; and in the present instance it
-is treated with great care and finish.<span class="pagenum"><a name="page_139" id="page_139">{139}</a></span></p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate35.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate35.jpg" height="550" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">The Chanoine of Robesart takes Jaffre.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_140" id="page_140">{140}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_141" id="page_141">{141}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XXXV" id="PLATE_XXXV"></a>PLATE XXXV.<br /><br />
-<small>THE CANON OF ROBESART SURPRISES THE TOWN OF JAFFRE.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">This</span> Illumination represents one of the exploits of the warlike Canon of
-Robesart. To convey an idea of surprise, the illuminator has exhibited
-an inhabitant of the town coming out of the gate, fingering his
-walking-stick with an air of self-satisfaction that evidently shows he
-has no idea even of the approach of the enemy&mdash;who already stand ranged
-close to the walls, with a formidable piece of artillery, which looks as
-likely to be detrimental to themselves as their adversaries.</p>
-
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_142" id="page_142">{142}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_143" id="page_143">{143}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<hr />
-
-<div class="figcenter">
-<a href="images/i_plate36.jpg">
-<img src="images/i_plate36.jpg" width="600" alt="[Image unavailable.]" /></a>
-<div class="caption"><p><span class="eng">John Ball Preaching.</span></p></div>
-</div>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_144" id="page_144">{144}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<p><span class="pagenum"><a name="page_145" id="page_145">{145}</a></span>&nbsp; </p>
-
-<h3><a name="PLATE_XXXVI" id="PLATE_XXXVI"></a>PLATE XXXVI.<br /><br />
-<small>JOHN BALL PREACHING.</small></h3>
-
-<p><span class="smcap">John</span> Ball, a priest, was one of the chief instigators of the rebellion
-of 1381. He harangued the people of his village every Sunday after mass;
-and as he preached equality of rank and property, he was soon popular
-among the lower orders; and when the men of Kent, Essex, &amp;c., &amp;c.,
-marched to London, he, with Jack Straw, and Wat Tyler, became one of
-their leaders. After the fall of Wat Tyler, and the dispersion of the
-rebels in Smithfield, John Ball and Jack Straw concealed themselves in a
-ruin, but were betrayed by their own men, and beheaded. In this
-Illumination the names of John Ball and Waultre le Tieullier are written
-in white on the respective dresses, which would seem to render it
-probable that they are actual portraits.</p>
-
-<div class="footnotes"><p class="cb">FOOTNOTES:</p>
-
-<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_1_1" id="Footnote_1_1"></a><a href="#FNanchor_1_1"><span class="label">[1]</span></a> This and the following Illuminations are from the famous
-Gruthyse MS. in the Paris Library.</p></div>
-
-<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_2_2" id="Footnote_2_2"></a><a href="#FNanchor_2_2"><span class="label">[2]</span></a> See Smith’s Edition of Froissart, vol. i., page 13.</p></div>
-
-<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_3_3" id="Footnote_3_3"></a><a href="#FNanchor_3_3"><span class="label">[3]</span></a> For a most interesting account of his meeting with the
-Spanish fleet off Rochelle, his defeat, captivity, and death, see
-Smith’s edition of Froissart, Vol. I. pp. 470, 471, 475, and 501.</p></div>
-
-<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_4_4" id="Footnote_4_4"></a><a href="#FNanchor_4_4"><span class="label">[4]</span></a> See Smith’s edition of Froissart, vol. i. page 724.</p></div>
-
-<div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_5_5" id="Footnote_5_5"></a><a href="#FNanchor_5_5"><span class="label">[5]</span></a> See Smith’s edition of Froissart, vol. i. p. 746.</p></div>
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