.tri Jafr #ords; and faid with much good humorii** * What were you fpeaking of, my fair unclesy a| this moment with lb much earneftnéfs? I should like to hear it, if it be proper for me to know/ * Yes, my lord,' anfwered the duke of Berry $ c for what we were difc offing perfonally concern* you. Your uncle, my brother of Burgundy, has juft been complaining to me of the Flemings: thofe villains of Flanders have driven the earl their lord out of his country, and all the gentle-men; (. They are 'now* to the amount of a hun-dred thoufand men, befiegirjg Oudenarde, under a captain called Philip von Artaveld, an English* man for courage, who hasNfworn he will neve* break up the fiege until he has had his will on thofe of the town, unlefs you shall force him to it. This refervation he has made. Now* what do you fay to this ? will you âffift your coufin of Flanders to regain his inheritance, of which peafants^ in their pride and cruelty have depriv* ed him?' € By my faith, my dear uncles/ replied thé king, I have a very great inclination fo to do^ and in God's name let us march thither. I wish for nothing more than to try my ftrength in arms, for never hitherto have I had armour on. It i$ necefTary, therefore, if I wish to reign with ho-nour and glory, that I learn the art of war/ The two dukes, looking at each other, werf much delighted with what the king had faid; and the duke of Berry added,—* My lord, you Jaave very properly fpok^n, and you are bound t€T