. The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet : containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy; of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English; their expulsion thence; and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries ... Beginning at the year MCCCC., where that of Sir John Froissart finishes, and ending at the year MCCCCLXVII, and continued by others to the year MDXVI . ed the partyof king Henry and of the duke of Burgundy. CHAPTER CXXII.—THE COMMONALTY OF GHENT RISE AGAINST THEIR MAGISTRATES. A
. The chronicles of Enguerrand de Monstrelet : containing an account of the cruel civil wars between the houses of Orleans and Burgundy; of the possession of Paris and Normandy by the English; their expulsion thence; and of other memorable events that happened in the kingdom of France, as well as in other countries ... Beginning at the year MCCCC., where that of Sir John Froissart finishes, and ending at the year MCCCCLXVII, and continued by others to the year MDXVI . ed the partyof king Henry and of the duke of Burgundy. CHAPTER CXXII.—THE COMMONALTY OF GHENT RISE AGAINST THEIR MAGISTRATES. At this season, the commonalty of Ghent rose in arms, to the amount of fifty thousand,against their magistratesf. Having assembled about ten oclock in the morning, they wentto the square of the market-place, and drew up in front of the hall where the magistrates * Brunclaj^ Q, Brownlow. sedition lasted twelve, not two days only, and was appeased ■f The cause of this commotion was the baseness of the by the promise of a new coinage.—Pontua Heuterus, ingold and silver coin struck in the dukes name. The vit. Philippi Boni. THE CHRONICLES OF ENGUERRAND DE MONSTRELET. e07 were. They were obliged instantly to speak with them, or they would have forced anentrance through the doors and windows. When the magistrates appeared, they immediately put to death the deacon of smalltrades, called John Boelle, one of the sheriffs, named Jean Danielvan Zenere, with one of. Insurrection of Ghent.—Composed from con temporary authorities. This View exhibits the domestic - architecture of the times. the counsellors called Jason Habit. The other magistrates were in fear of their lives fromthe cruelties they saw committed before their eyes; the mob, however, were contented withwhat they had done. The commonalty then marched away in a body for the abbey ofSaint Pierre, to destroy a wood that was hard by; from thence they went to St. Barron,to recover some hereditary rents they had paid the church
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