'SOS J CHAP. IH. i *EÎER DU BOIS WITH THE REMAtKDEft OF tilt " ARMY RETIRE TO GHENT. AFTER HAVING BEEN IN DANGER OF HIS LIFE, HE BESIEGES COURTEAY* • ' ' /^\F the fix thoufand men, of which the army at ^ leaft confifted, that Rafle'de HaraeUc and - John de Launoy had brought from Ghent- or that neighbourhood, or who were ferving the men of Ghent for pay and had been marched thither, there did not efcape more than three hundred ; the reft were (lain in the field or in the town, or had been burnt in the church. Peter du Bois, not-withftanding he had a fine army, could not give them the fmalleft afiiftance, on account of the marfhes and ftagnant waters which were between him and the earl's army. . He marched ^away with his men drawn up ia order of battle, faying to them,—c Come, let us proceed flowly towards Ghent. Raffe de Harcelle and John de Launoy have had very bad fuccefs ; they are defeated. I know not what may happen to us, if we Ihould be purfued, and attacked by the earl's army : let us keep in a body and combat boldly, as good men Ihould do when they fight for YOL. V. X their