• Soi artny to Scotland to lay wafte Eqgland. Thu twas planned by the dukes of Berry and Bur-gundy, who at that time governed the realm at their pleafure, and the conftable of France* but the whole was kept very fecret. T CHAP. LXXI. . THE LORD DESTOURNAY ASSEMBLES FORCES TO RETAKE OUDENARDE.—HE CONQUERS IT BY STRATAGEM. "VTOU have beforeiieard how Francis Atremen * took by fcalado the town of Oudenarde, while the treaties for a truce were negotiating before Bergues and Bourbourg, to the great fur-prife of Tournay and the adjacent towns. The garrifon of Oudenarde, during this time, had overrun the country : and done much mifchief to the territories of Tournay ; the whole eftate of the lord Deftournay was under their fubjec-tion. They had at the feaft of Chriftmas col-lected his rents and duty-fowls, from the towns belonging to him, for their own ufe, which dif-pleafed him and his friends exceedingly. He therefore-declared, that whatever truce or res-pite there might be between the kings of France and England with the Flemings, he fhould not pay any attention to it, but would exert him-felf in doing thejn as much damage as he was able,