[1] [2] But this courteous letter little auailed, for dailie the Gascoignes reuolted from the prince, and turned to the French part. Moreouer, Ia. Meir. another occasion of grudge chanced to renew the malice betwixt the K. of England, and the French king. For whereas yée haue heard, that the earle of Flanders had affianced his daughter and heire to the lord Edmund of Lang|lie, earle of Cambridge, a shift was made, name|lie by the earles mother the countesse of Arthois, who was all French, that notwithstanding the same af|fiance,Philip duke of Burgognie marieth ye erle of Flanders daughter. she was married to Philip duke of Burgog|nie, who was surnamed the Hardie, by this occasion, as I. Meir saith. It chanced, that whilest he was priso|ner in England with his father, he was vpon a time appointed to wait at the table, where his father and the king of England sat togither at meat. And bi|cause a noble man of England that was appointed likewise to attend at the same table,The cause of his surname le Hardie. serued first the king of England before the king of France, this Philip vp with his fist, and tooke the English lord a blow on the eare, saieng; Wilt thou serue the king [page 402] of England first, where the French king sitteth at the same table? The Englishman out with his dagger, & would haue striken the said Philip, but the king of England streictlie charged him to the contrarie, and praising the déed of the yoong stripling, said vnto him, Vous estes Philip le hardie, Thou art (said he) the hardie Philip. And so from that daie he bare that name euer after. There be other that saie, how he tooke that sur|name, bicause in the batell of Poictiers he abode still with his father till the end of the battell, without shewing any token of feare, or faintnes of courage.