any inclination to fight : but bccaufe they were fo fmall a body, and fo well fortified, they would not fooli/hly lofe an advantage by quitting their camp. Some knights advanced from each army to ikirmifh -, and, as ufual in fuch cafes, fometimes one fide gained, and fomerimes the other. • The earl of Flanders, at this time, was very anxious for the honour and reputation of the duke of Burgundy, his fon-in-law ; he refided in a hand-ibme houfc which he had lately built near to Ghent*: he frequently heard from or fcnt to the duke, by mefièngers who were conftandy em-ployed on this fervice. The earl ftrongly ad-vifed his fon-in-law, for his own honour, not to exceed, on §ny account, the orders which he had received from his brother the king of France, or from his council. We will now return to the affairs of the diftant provinces, where the knights had frequemly more employment, and met with adventures in greater abundance than any where elfe, on account of the war being carried on more vigorously* 5 CHAP;