[1] [2] King Edward promising to make a dukedome of the countie of Flanders, Froissard. for an augmentation of ho|nour to the countrie, there came vnto Sluse to the king, Iaques van Arteueld, and a great number of [page 368] other, appointed as councellors for their chéefest townes.A councell [...]elden in the king of Eng|lands ship. The king with all his nauie lay in the hauen of Sluse, where, in his great ship called the Catha|rine, a councell was holden vpon this foresaid pur|pose: but at length, those of the councellors of the chee|fest townes misliked the matter so much, that they would conclude nothing, but required respit for a mo|neth, to consult with all the cõmunaltie of the coun|tries and townes, and as the more part should be in|clined, so should the king receiue answer. The king and Iaques Arteueld would faine haue had a shorter daie, and a more towardlie answer, but none other could be gotten.