St. Michel. They were under the efcort of that gallant knight le Barrois des Barres, who never quitted them in Brittany or Normandy, until they ' had arrived in Cherbourg. . In this manner did the army of the earl of Buckingham quit France by fea and by land. We will now return to the affairs of Flanders during that period, and fay how the men of Ghent behaved themfelves, and how the earl of Flanders, their lord,, perfifted in continuing an oppreflive and heavy war. CHAR XUX. THE WAR RECOMMENCES BETWEEN THE EARL OF FLANDERS AND THE INHABITANTS OF GHENT. —THE MEN OF GHENT AND OF YPRES ARE DISCOMFITED BY THE AMBUSCADES OF THE EAXL OF FLANDERS. TRUE it is, that the earl of Flanders at the be-ginning had very litte dread of the Flemings and men of Ghent, imagining he could conquer them by little and little, both by reafon and arms, iince John Lyon and John Pruniaux were dead : but the men of Ghent had ftill able captains in whom wholly they trufted, and by whom they were governed s fuch as Raffe de Harzelle, captain of f285