“Evan of Wales,” says Froissart, “was the son of a Prince of Wales, whom King Edward, for some reason I am ignorant of, had put to death, and seized his principality, which he had given to his son the Prince of Wales.” Evan having gone to France to lay his complaint before the French King, received the command of a body of men, and much annoyed the English on many occasions; he eventually laid siege to the town of Mortmain in Poitou; during the siege it was his custom to seat himself in the open air, to have his hair combed and plaited, attended only by one John Lamb, by whom, on one of these occasions, he was treacherously stabbed to death with a short Spanish dagger, and not the singular weapon represented by the illuminator. It appears from an entry relating to the expenses of the war, that Lamb received a hundred francs recompense for this deed, as one exceedingly agreeable to the Prince of Wales. [Illustration: <f>The Earl of Flanders receives the men of Ghent.</f>] PLATE XXXI. EARL OF FLANDERS AND CITIZENS OF GHENT. This Illumination represents an interview between the citizens of Ghent and the Earl of Flanders, and is very carefully executed in every detail. It was principally selected, however, for the purpose of introducing a portion of the rich border which surrounds the page of which it forms a part. [Illustration: <f>The Earl of Flanders directing the Repairs of Oudenarde.</f>] PLATE XXXII. THE EARL OF FLANDERS REPAIRS OUDENARDE. This Illumination has been selected for the purpose of showing masons at work in the fifteenth century, which it does in a very graphic and interesting manner. [Illustration: <f>The Duke of Brittany and the Earl of Buckingham concerting the Siege of Nantes.</f>] PLATE XXXIII. THE EARL OF BUCKINGHAM AND THE DUKE OF BRITTANY CONCERT THE SIEGE OF NANTES. The Earl of Buckingham (the Compte de Bouquinghé, as he is called in the Chronicles,) being appointed to the command of a force despatched to the assistance of the Duke of Brittany, their meeting is thus described by Froissart:-- “Fair brother of Brittany,” said the Earl, “it shall not be long, if you follow my advice, before you punish these rebels; for, with the forces which you have yourself, and those we have brought, with the additional reinforcements that may arrive from England every day, we shall bring your subjects into such a state of submission that they will gladly throw themselves on your mercy. With these, and such like speeches, they conversed for a long time, when each returned to his hotel. On the morrow they rode out together; it was then settled that the council,” &c. &c. The Illumination exhibits the arms of Brittany and England correctly; and the rich housings of the leaders’ horses are executed with good effect. [Illustration: <f>The Battle of Montiel.</f>] PLATE XXXIV. THE BATTLE OF MONTIEL.