my fignsbf ît s for it would not be a fit oppbrtu* nity until the bufinefs (hould be more fully afcer-tainedi he therefore made them greatly entreat him before hé would fpeak, or give any opinion on the fiibjeéh When he was prevailed on to (peak* he faid ; * Gentlemen,'if you wifh to riflç this bufi-. ( nefs, and put an end to it, you muft renew m an-cient cuftom that formerly fubfifted in the town, of Ghent ; I mean, you muft firft put on white hoods, ^nd choofe a leader, to whom every one may look* and rally at his fignal.' • " "' This harangue was eagerly liftened tô, mà they all cried out, c We will have it fo, we will have it fo ! now let us put on white hoods.1 White hoods were direftly made, and given out to thofe among them who loved war better than peace, and had nothing • to lofe. John Lyon waft elefted chief of the white hoods. He very willingly accepted of this office, to re-venge himfelf on his enemies, to embroil the towns of Ghent and Bruges with each other, and with the earl their lord. He was ordered, a$ their chief, to march againft the pioneers and diggers fromBruges* $nd had with him two hundred fuch people as pre-ferred rioting to quiet. Wheh Gilbert Matthew and his brothers faw the numbers of thefe white hoods, they were not too well pleafed : Stephen faid to his brothers, f Did not I well forewarn you, that this John Lyon would difcomfit us ? It would have been better if I had been believed, and had been allowed to have killed him, than to have fecn in him the fituatioa • he Wê