[1] This duke feining himselfe as a neuter betwixt the king of Romans, and the rebels of Flanders, re|quired of the lords of Bruges, that he might enter peaceablie into their towne according to his estate, with a certeine number of men of armes, to com|municate with them diuerse matters of great weight, and sent before his cariages and herbengers to make prouision. They of Bruges were in no doubt of him, so that his men of warre entered in|to the citie in good order, and he followed. They that went before, inquired for innes and lodgings, as though they would haue rested there all the night, and so went foorth still in order asking after lodgings, till they came at the gate that leadeth directlie to|ward Dam, distant from Bruges a Flemish mile, which is called the bulworke of Bruges.