To this conference, which they had under their feals appointed to be ' holden at Cambray on the twelfth day in the enfuing January, the two ' dukes came, attended by their councils. The duchefs of Brabant came thither alfo, who was the mover in the bufinefs. She firft ad-dreffed the duke of Burgundy, faying ; € He was the greateft prince on earth, and had very fine children: fhe, however, would be more happy if they were. placed in a different fitua-tion from what they actually occupied, which would increafe their worth; and, for, the pre-fent, flie could neither fee nor point out any better place than Hainault, Holland and Zea-land, which would unite the whole country to-gether, and give greater fear and alarm to its enemies ; for, fair nephew/ added fhe to the duke of Burgundy, c I know for a truth, that the duke of Lancafter, who is fo powerful in England, ' is extremely anxious for his daughter to efpoufe my nephew, William of Hainaultj and I certainly wifh fuch good fortune may fall to your, children rather than to the Englifh/ - * My good aunt/ replied the duke of Bur-gundy. € I return you my thanks, and, as a proof that I believe you, I fhall allow you to unite my daughter Margaret with the youth of Hainault/ - Upon fuch good fuccefs, fhe in-stantly began to treat of this marriage. Duke * Albert, to whom the propofition was quite new, replied very courteoufly, but faid, he had not with him thofe whom he wifîied tô confuit on the fubject* f And what adviôe do»you want ?' B b 2 * • ànfwerëd 371