The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-01-03
NUMBER AZ.


Close to him, on his right hand. sat sigis,
king OF Melinde; age had silvered his hair and
bowed his head, yet was he eager for the COM
bat. In that company he felt his martial ard0r
return, and boasted that he would yet perform
glorious feats of arms The countenancc of
the old man inspired respect; 1t bore the i'm
press OF goodness and gentleness. Certainly
the good sigis would never have taken arms
against the Flemings had he known the rsal
state OF the case; but he had been persuaded,
as many Others had been, that they were bad
Christians, and worse than Saracens, and that
1t was q good work in the sight Of God to
| chastise and exterminate them.
On the left hand of the count sat BalthAaar.
king Of Majorca, an impetuous and daring war-
rior, the gaze of whose dark eyes 1t was
scarcely possible to endure. A wild giAdnsan
lighted up his features; for ho hoped now 20
re-conquer his kingdom, which had been seized
by the Moers. Near him sat De Catilion, tha
late governor-general of Flanders, the man
who, as the tool of Queen Joanna, was tho
cause of all this disturbance. His was the
guilt that so many Frenchmen had been put to
death in Brnges and in Ghentj and on his
tyrant head lay the blood of oil that were slain
in this quarrel. He remembered how disgrace
fully he had been expelled from Bruges; ho
craved no petty revenge; and he sat with Joy
in his heart and smiles on his face for he held
it impossible that the Flemings could oppose
the combined might Of so many kings, princes,
and counts Next to him, and like him, eagerly
thirsting for revenge, was his brother, Guy do
st. Pol There might be distinguished aIsu
Thibaud, Duke of Lorraine, between Measures
John de Bsrlas and Renanld de Trie; he had
come TO the aid of the French with six hundred
horse and two Thousand archers. On tho left
side of the table, next to Messire Henry de
Ligny, sat Rodolf de Nesle, n brave and noble
hearted knight; on bis face were depicted dis
pleasure and SORROW; 1t was evident that the
ferocious threats which the knights utter
ing against Flanders were not to his taste.
About the middle of the right side, between
Lonis de Clermont and Count John d'Anmale,
sat Godfrey of Brabaut, who had brought the
French fre hundred horse. Near him sat ono
whose gigantic form might well strike the
behoder with astonishment it was the Zee
lander, Hugh van Arckel he raised his head
proudly above the surrounding knights, and
his powerful frame sufficiently indicated how
terrible adversary he must be on the BATTLE
field For many years he had had no other
abode than the camp. Everywhere known and
renowned for bis feats of arms, be had gath
cred around him q troop of eight hundred in
trepid men, we'll accustomed to war and with
them he roved from place to place wherever
there was fighting to be done. Many n time
had he decided battle in favor of the prince
whom he was aiding; and he and bis men
were liberally covered with wounds and sears.
War was his element and bis life; peace and
repose were unendurRbie to him. Now he had
Aoined the French host, because many OF bis
old companions in arms were there; impelied
only by love of fighting, he recked little for
whom or in what cause he did battle.
Besides these were present, amongst otherS.
Simon do Piedmont, Louis de Beaujeu, FrOald.
of Douay, Ain de Bretagne. At the
further end of the table, and apart from, them,
was n group Of knights. It was the least
place; and as the French woald not
.dmit them to their company, they had found
themselves obliged to occupy It. And truly
he French were in the right they were con-
emptible beneath contempt; for while their
assals, as genuine FlemIngs, were asserting
heir couDtry's cause, these their feudal lords
yere banquetiDg with the foe! What blindness
ouId lead these degenerate traitors to tear.
ke vipers, the bosom Of their mother They
ere marching under hostile banner to she'd
le blood of their brethren and bosom friends
D the soil of their common fatheFland; and for
hat 7 that the country which gave them birth
light be made q land Of alaves, aud hunblsd
eneAth the yoke of the alien. They had time
, feel that shame and contempt were their
Drtion, aud to feel at their hearts the gnAW-
Ig worm. The names Of these recreants have
zen handed DOWN to postarity: amongst napy
hers, Henry van Bantashsms 0sldof van
InGhsns, Arnold van Eyckhove, and hfn
sainaha AEnoI4 van Ho htad. Fillls WA