[1] And although the king caused certeine of those that had doone this outrage to be hanged: yet the Fle|mings bare this & other iniuries in their minds, & meant to be reuenged thereof, before the English|men departed out of their countrie, and therefore there drew out of sundrie parts into the citie of Gant by small companies, to the number of foure thou|sand men of armes, besides a great multitude of footmen, and when they perceiued themselues strong inough (as they tooke the matter) at the day amongst them appointed, and considered in their minds, that

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they clustred togither, and vnder the leading of the earles sonnes, William and Robert, they did first set vpon the Englishmen that were in their lodgings,The [...]|mings set [...] the Eng|lishmen in their lodg|ings. of whom they slue diuerse, and after comming foorth into the streets, they ment to haue made slaughter of all the residue: but by the noise that was raised, the king had warning in what state the matter stood, and therewith getting him to armour, came foorth of his lodging, and streightwaies his people flocked a|bout him. And furthermore, the footmen which were lodged in the suburbes, hearing of this tumult, got them to armour, & approching the gates, found them shut: but with fire which they kindled with straw, wood, butter and tallow, and other such things, they burnt vp the same gates and so got in, losing not past six persons that were slaine at the first entring.