Editorial note — Chapter V
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[Footnote 1: He had departed with Adolph de la Marck on November 19th.—Archives du Nord. See Du Fresne de Beaucourt, vi., 113. No mention of this seems to appear elsewhere.]
[Footnote 2: Chastellain (iii., 233) says that he heard the story from the clerk of the chapel, sole witness of this family quarrel. The duke was so angry that it was hideous to see him.]
[Footnote 3: La Marche, ii., 418; Du Clercq, ii., 237; Chastellain, iii., 230, etc. In the last the narrative is more elaborate. The author dwells much on the danger to the young countess in her delicate state of health.]
[Footnote 4: "Thus there was much coming and going: and it was ordered by Monseigneur le Dauphin that Monseigneur de Ravestein and the king-at-arms of the Toison d'Or should go to Dendermonde to learn the wishes of the Count of Charolais and his intentions, of which I am entitled to speak for I was despatched several times to Brussels in behalf of my said Seigneur of Charolais, to ask the advice of the Chancellor Raulin as to the best method of conducting the present affair"—(La Marche, ii., 419.)]
[Footnote 5: La Marche, ii., 420. One of these, Guillaume Biche, went to France and La Marche says that he himself often went to him to obtain valuable information.]
[Footnote 6: La Marche, ii., 418.]
[Footnote 7: Du Clercq, ii., 239.]
[Footnote 8: Chastellain, iii., 308.]
[Footnote 9: Du Fresne de Beaucourt, vi., 123. Thierry de Vébry to the Count de Vaudemart.]
[Footnote 10: Du Fresne de Beaucourt, vi., 123.]
[Footnote 11: Les Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles, ed. A.J.V. Le Roux. The stories are, as a rule, only retold tales.]
[Footnote 12: "The spectacle was not witnessed by Count Charolais nor by Louis the Dauphin, nor by the Lord of Croy, whom for certain reasons he was unwilling to take with him." (Meyer, P.322.)]
[Footnote 13: Kervyn, Hist. de Flandre, v., 23. At this time Philip was ignoring a peremptory summons to appear before the Parliament of Paris.]
[Footnote 14: Meyer, p. 321. All the legends were in Latin. Inveni quem diligit anima mea.]
[Footnote 15: Du Fresne de Beaucourt, vi., 267.]
[Footnote 16: Report of an eye-witness. (Duclos, v., 195.)]
[Footnote 17: Du Fresne de Beaucourt. vi., 326.]
[Footnote 18: Lavisse, ivii., 321.]
[Footnote 19: IV., 21.]
[Footnote 20: Chastellain, iv., 45.]
[Footnote 21: Chastellain was not present, but he says of Philip's suite (iv., 47): "From what I have been told and what I have seen in writing, it was a wonderful thing and its like had never been seen in this kingdom."]
[Footnote 22: "And I, myself, assert this for I was there and saw all the nobles" (Chastellain, iv., 52).]
[Footnote 23: When return presents were distributed to the nobles Philip received a lion, Charles a pelican.]
[Footnote 24: Chastellain, iv., 115.]
[Footnote 25: Lavisse, ivii., 325.]