Flemish relics; architectural, legendary, and pictorial, as connected with public buildings in Belgium . GRANDE PLACE ... ... ... ... 110 THE HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN AT BRUGES ... ... ... ... ... 117 THE HOTEL DE VILLE, BRUSSELS 141 THE CHURCH OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GUDULE, BRUSSELS 147 THE HOTEL DE VILLE AT LOUVAIN 151 THE CATHEDRAL OF MECHLIN 166 THE CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAJIE AT ANTWERP ... ... ... 164 THE CHURCH OF ST. JACQUES, ANTWERP ... ... ... ... ... 170 CLOISTERS IN THE PALACE AT LIEGE 174 THE HOTEL DE VILLE AT AUDENAERDE 179 $TE|lT$0ll$, HOTEL BE VILLE, BEUSSELS. Frontispiece INTERI


Flemish relics; architectural, legendary, and pictorial, as connected with public buildings in Belgium . GRANDE PLACE ... ... ... ... 110 THE HOSPITAL OF ST. JOHN AT BRUGES ... ... ... ... ... 117 THE HOTEL DE VILLE, BRUSSELS 141 THE CHURCH OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GUDULE, BRUSSELS 147 THE HOTEL DE VILLE AT LOUVAIN 151 THE CATHEDRAL OF MECHLIN 166 THE CATHEDRAL OF NOTRE DAJIE AT ANTWERP ... ... ... 164 THE CHURCH OF ST. JACQUES, ANTWERP ... ... ... ... ... 170 CLOISTERS IN THE PALACE AT LIEGE 174 THE HOTEL DE VILLE AT AUDENAERDE 179 $TE|lT$0ll$, HOTEL BE VILLE, BEUSSELS. Frontispiece INTERIOR OF THE CATSEDRAL, TOJJRNAY. 41 RUINS OF TSE ABBEY, TILLERS LA VILLE. 61 CHURCH OF ST. NICHOLAS AND BELFRY. GHENT 77 MAISON DES BATELIERS, GHENT. 89 HOTEL BE VILLE, YPRES 103 TOUR BES HALLES, BRUGES. 112 GRANBE PLACE, BRUSSELS. lU HOTEL BE VILLE, LOUVAIN. 151 THE CATHEDRAL, MECHLIN. 156 INTERIOR OF THE CATHEDRAL, ANTWERP 164 THE AISLES, SOUTH-SIDE, ANTWERP CATHEDRAL 165 THE CHURCH OF ST. JACQUES, ANTWERP 170 COURT OF THE BISHOPS PALACE, LIEGE 174 HOTEL BE VILLE, AUBENAERBE 179 FLEMISH EELICS. iHE Frankish race, which crossed the Rhine inthe third centurj, occupied in the first instancethe district known as Toxandria, which extendedfrom near Maestricht for twenty leagues alongthe Meuse, where now are Antwerp, Breda, andBois-le-Duc. Julian, when he defeated themain hody of the invaders of those provinceswhich the Eomans stjled the Belgicae, permitted the Saliaubranch of the Franks still to retain this district, on condition thatits people became allies of the empire, a condition which—it isneedless to remark to those who are acquainted with the antipathyso often exhibited between the Frankish and Germanic races—wasfulfilled in many a battle fought against the tribes which followed inthe footsteps of the imperial allies. In less ancient times the Franksappear more as the masters than the servants of the Romans;this was said especially of Merobaudes, one of their kings;


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