"He left Flanders on leave at one o'clock yesterday morning and was in London after fourteen months' fighting before sundown.

And they couldna help a boy who'd come home frae Flanders with both legs gone.

The very day on which it expired, Charles, Count of Valois, and brother of Philip the Handsome, entered Flanders with a powerful army, surprised Douai, passed through Bruges, and, on arriving at Ghent, gave a reception to its magistrates, who came and offered him the keys.

"The spies of the Cardinal have tracked you hither, and you must quit Flanders without delay.

They had heard him say that, if he could obtain a hearing and credit, he would in a little while restore Flanders to good estate, and they would recover all their gains without standing ill with the King of France or the King of England.