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Here, too, were the most ceremonious courtesy, the most splendid banquets, and the most wonderful display of jewels, plate, and cloth of gold. HERE TOO WERE THE MOST CEREMONIOUS COURTESY THE MOST SPLENDID BANQUETS AND THE MOST WONDERFUL DISPLAYS OF JEWELS PLATE AND CLOTH OF GOLD
ning little fiefs forming the country called the Netherlands, some belonging to the Empire, some to France. Philip had turned the scale in the struggle between England and France, and, as his reward, had won the cities on the Somme. He had thus become the richest and most powerful prince in Europe, and seemed on the point of founding a middle state lying between France and Germany, his weak point being that the imperial fiefs in Lorraine and Elsass lay between his dukedom of Burgundy and his counties in the Netherlands. No European court equalled in splendour that of Philip. The great cities of Ghent, Bruges, Antwerp, and the rest, though full of fierce and resolute men, paid him dues enough to make him the richest of princes, and the Flemish knights were among the boldest in Europe. All the arts of life, above all painting and domestic architecture, nourished at Brussels; and nowhere were troops so well equipped, burghers more prosperous, learning more widespread, than in his domains. SESSION OF ALL THE ADJOINING LITTLE THIEFS FORMING THE COUNTRY CALLED THE NETHERLANDS SOME BELONGING TO THE EMPIRE SOME TO FRANCE PHILIP HAD TURNED THE SCALE IN THE STRUGGLE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE AND AS HIS REWARD HAD WON THE CITIES ON THE SOMME HE HAD THUS BECOME THE RICHEST AND MOST POWERFUL PRINCE IN EUROPE AND SEEMED ON THE POINT OF FOUNDING A MIDDLE STATE LYING BETWEEN FRANCE AND GERMANY HIS WEAK POINT BEING THAT THE IMPERIAL THIEFS IN LORNINE AND ELSACE LAY BETWEEN HIS DUKEDOM OF BURGUNDY AND HIS COUNTIES IN THE NETHERLANDS NO EUROPEAN COURT EQUALLED IN SPLENDOR THAT OF PHILIP THE GREAT CITIES OF GHENT BRUGES ANTWERP AND THE REST THOUGH FULL OF FIERCE AND RESOLUTE MEN PAID HIM DUES ENOUGH TO MAKE HIM THE RICHEST OF PRINCES AND THE FLEMISH KNIGHTS WERE AMONG THE BOLDEST IN EUROPE ALL THE ARTS OF LIFE ABOVE ALL PAINTING AND DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE NOURISHED AT BRUSSELS AND NOWHERE WERE TROOPS SO WELL EQUIPPED BURGHERS MORE PROSPEROUS LEARNING MORE WIDE SPREAD THAN IN HIS DOMAINS
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