[Illustration: <f>The Funeral of Jehan de Lyon.</f>] PLATE XXI. THE FUNERAL OF JEHAN DE LYON. Froissart enters into great detail upon the subject of the petty quarrels which he supposes led to the revolt of Ghent. The favour of Jehan de Lyon with the Earl of Flanders, and his subsequent disgrace, he makes one of the principal causes. It is well known that Jehan de Lyon was the leader of the first serious rising, and the founder of the association called White-hoods. After the taking of Bruges, he was seized with sudden illness, at the small town of Damme, “after having supped in great revelry with the ladies of the place,” whence he was carried on a litter to Ardenburg, where he died. From the swelling of his body and other symptoms, it is supposed he was poisoned by some agent of the Earl of Flanders. “His body was conveyed to Ghent, where he was much beloved by all except the party of the earl. The clergy went out to meet the body, and conducted it into the town with as much solemnity as if it had been that of the earl himself.” This is the passage illustrated by the Illuminator. [Illustration: <f>The beheading of Silvester Budes.</f>] PLATE XXII. BEHEADING OF SILVESTER BUDES. Silvester Budes, marching against Pope Urban the Sixth, was defeated by Sir John Hawkwood, who commanded the Papal forces, and carried prisoner to Rome: he was in daily expectation of being put to death, when he effected his escape, and took shelter with the rival Pope--Clement, at Avignon; he was, however, unfavourably received, and at the instigation of the Cardinal of Amiens, whose baggage and plate he had formerly plundered to pay his soldiers, he was beheaded in the city of Mascon. The Illumination represents the headsman performing his office with a two-handed sword, in the presence of the Pope and Cardinal. [Illustration: <f>The Duke of Burgundy and his Army.</f>] PLATE XXIII. THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY ENTERING CHARTRES. The Duke of Burgundy having received the command of an expedition from his brother, Charles the Fifth of France, after taking several towns and castles, retired to Chartres to recruit his forces: his entrance into that town appears to be the subject of the present Illumination, which, surrounded by a rich border, forms the frontispiece to a manuscript of the Chronicles of Froissart, which are unfortunately incomplete, the first volume only being preserved in the collection of the British Museum. The background, and some unimportant features, have been slightly compressed, to accommodate the subject to the size of our work; in other respects, the Plate is an exact copy of the original, which exhibits in an interesting manner the party-coloured uniform of the Archers, and many other details of contemporary costume. [Illustration: <f>The Earl of Flanders soliciting the aid of Charles</f> VI. <f>of France.</f>] PLATE XXIV. THE EARL OF FLANDERS SOLICITING AID OF CHARLES VI. OF FRANCE.