end straiten the Flemings, who were dtawnnp in the clofest order, and gain a great advantage ever them. Notice.of this intended movement Wm fent to the rear-guard, of which the count tPEui the count de Blois, the count de St, Pol; thé count de Harcourt, the count de Ghâtilloit and the lord de la Fere were commanders* .. . The young lord de Haurel diff layed hid ban-ner this day before the count de Blois, who alfo knighted fir Chômas dlstre, and the bastard fir James de Hameth. According to the re-port of the heralds, there were this day created four hundred and fixty-feven knights. The lord de Cliffou, fir John de Vienne and fir William de Langres, having made their.re* port to the king, left him and Vfent. to their post in the van-guard. Shortly afterwards, the oriflamme was difplayed by fir Peter dfcVjii&en who bore it. . Some fay (as they find it Written) that it was never before difplayed against Chris-tians, and that it was a matter of great doubt during the march whether it fhould be. xlif-played or not.» Howeyer, the matter shoving been fully confidered, they refblrad to-dtfpky it, becamfe the Flemings followed opinions con* trary fo.that of pope Clement,, and ealied them-selves Urbanists; for which the Trench faid they were rebellious and out of the pale of the cluirch,. This was the. principal c^uie why it had been brought and difplayed m. Flanders. The oriflamme * was a moft excellent ban-ner, * The oriflamme was a facrtd banner carefully prefennéd in ; 223