The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-10-18
NUMBER 81.


Deconinck resisted; he was obliged to allew
| himself to be carried in triumph through or
the streets of the city.
Strange sight 1t was-that tumnltuous pro>.
cession. Thousands upon thousands, armed
with such weapons az the moment had offered.
axes, kniyes, spears, hammers, olnbs,--ran
hither and thither, shouting az if possessed.
Above their heads, upon the buekler, stood
Dsooninck, with the letters his hands and
feet; beside him marched the Butchers, with
barred arms and flashing axes. More than an
hour was thus consumed at last Deoonineh~
called to him the Deans and other principal
officers of the guilds, and informed them that
he must immediately confer with them upon n
matter of the greatest Importance to the COM
mon cause; he desired them, therefore. 70
assemble Mt his house that Same evening, In
order to concert together the necessary meas
ures.
He then addressed the people, thanking
them for their services and for the honor they
had shown him the irons were removed from
his hands and feet, and amid enthusiastic ac-
CARNATIONS, he was conducted by his fellow
citizens. TO- the door of his house in the Wool
Street.
CHAPTER TX.
Next morning, before suarise, John Van
Gistel, with his I.ilyards, stood ready, armed
at all points, in the vegetable-market, and
with them, in battle array, some three hundred
men-at-arms of their retsiners. The strictast
silence was maintained,-for the alarm once
given, their plot would fail. They awaited
patiently the first beams Of the morning san,
to fall upon the people and disarm them; then,
without moro ado, to hang Deconinck and
Breydel as rebels. and, finally, to coerce the
guilds into complete subsection. The SELF
same day De Chatilion was to make his entry
into the disarmed city, and to establish, onco
for ALL new form of government In Bruges.
Unfortunately for them, however Deconlnck'g
sagacity had penetrated their secret, and had
already provided the means for frustrating
their designs.
At the same momen', aud in equal silence.
the Cl0thworkers and Butchers, with detaeh-
meuts from some of the other trades, stood
drawn mp in arms in the Flemish Street. Da-s
connck aud Breydel were comforting together
at alittle distance from their corps, and laying
ont the plan for their mornings work. IL was
finally settled that the Clothworkers and
Butchers were to fall upon the Lilyards. while
inc men Oh tho uLuOE Buiahs ouDAhN iAt~sA.~
themselves masters of the city<gates, which
they were forthwith TO close, IN order to cut
off from the enemy all saceor from without.
Hardly was the plan Of operations agreed
upon, when ths>fnorning bell began to sound
from the church of st. Donatus, and the tramp
of Joha>Tau Gis,ers horses was heard in tho
distance; upon which the men of the guilds
At once set themselves in motion, and marched
a. t. Al ill
II was upon the great market place that tbs
two hostile bodies frst caught sight Of each
other the Lilyards Just turning the corner o.
Bride Street, while the Guildsmen were stSh
in the Flemish Street. Great wss the sston-
ishment of the French party at finding thetr
secret discovered; nevertheless, rs geod
knights and men Of valor, they determined 70
persevere, and were still confident OF success.
The trumpets soon gave forth their insPfras-
ing tones, and horse and rider dashed IN mead
long charge upon the citizens, who had nos yss
extricated themselves from the defiie Of the
Flemish Street. The levelled spears OF che
Lilyards were met by the "goOd-daySD OF the
Cloth workers, who in serried pbalanx awaited
the shock. But how great soever the courage
aud address of the GuildsmeD, their unfavOr-
able position made it impossible for them 70
hold their ground before the terrible onsioughs-
Five Of their front rank fell dead or wounded
to the ground, and so gave tho enemy's horse
men the opportunity Of breaking their aTTay5
three of their divisions were already driven
back the bodies of the Clothworkers stTeWed
the pavement and the LiIysEds, now desualng
themselves masters Of the field, triumPhantly
raised their war-cFy: Montjoie st. Denist
Francei Francep Deconinck in the foot heia
his ground valiSntly, "goOd. day" in hands
and for some time succeeded ia raDyi1g the
foremost ranks, who had alone to suppott thn
whole shock Of the eneny, the naErcwncsa g