[36] These particulars as to the family of Philippe de Comines, Jeanne de la Clite, and George Halluin, we owe to the kindness of Monsieur Leuridan, Archiviste of Roubaix. The accounts hitherto published contain manifest errors. For instance, Dupont represents Jeanne de Wazières as Dame de Comines et de Halewin, and when the property comes to Jeanne de la Clite she is only Dame de Comines, and as such marries the Seigneur of Halewin (Halluin). Monsieur Leuridan’s account of the Seigneurs of Comines will appear shortly in the fourteenth volume of the _Bulletin de la Commission historique du Nord_, under the title of _Recherches sur les Sires de Comines_. [37] De Barante, _Histoire des Ducs de Bourgogne_, xi. 196. [38] Philippe de Comines, book vi. chap. 2. [39] Molinet, chap. lix. [40] The Halluins formed a numerous and powerful family, of which the Seigneur of Halluin was the head. At the battle of Gavre, 1453, Jean Halluin, husband of Jeanne de la Clite, is said to have brought forty-four knights on to the field, every one of the blood and every one of the name of Halluin. Le Glay, _Catalogue descriptif des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque de Lille_, preface, xviii. [41] Jeanne de la Clite had been created Vicomtesse de Nieuport. [42] George Halluin was sent on one occasion as Ambassador extraordinary to Henry VIII. of England. Like Veltwick (see p. 54) he was, it would appear, the joint envoy of the brothers Charles V. and Ferdinand. Foppens, in his _Bibliotheca Belgica_, says he was sent by the Emperor. With this statement compare the following extract of a letter from Lord Berners to Wolsey dated Calais, June 29, 1524. ‘On this Wednesday, the 29th, there came to Calais, Mons. de Halwyn from the Archduke of Ostrych (Ferdinand) with 20 horse.’ Halluin asks Berners to inform the Cardinal of his arrival, and intends crossing as soon as he can obtain a safe conduct. See Brewer’s _Letters and Papers of the Reign of Henry VIII._, vol. iv. part 1, p. 191. [43] Published at Strasburg, 1512. [44] The following inscription was placed over the tomb of Despauteres in the church of Comines:— Epitaphium doctissimi viri JOHANNIS DESPAUTERII, quondam hujus oppidi ludi-magister. Hic jacet unoculus visu præstantior Argo, Flandrica quem Ninove protulit et caruit. Obiit 1520. Requiescat in pace. The following is a free translation of his epitaph somewhat amplified. Underneath this stone doth lie The famous master of one eye, That eye it served him for a hundred, To catch his scholars when they blundered. His birthplace is at Ninove seen, His fame and glory in Comines. [45] The famous Ἐγκώμιον Μωρίας, dedicated to Sir Thomas More. George Halluin published a French translation of the work. [46] This visit to Erasmus at Louvain is mentioned in Strauss’s _Life of Ulrich von Hutten_, English translation, p. 215. [47] These notes are still preserved in the library of the cathedral at Arras.