And blasphemously he compared himself to God.
And considering that the old arms of Dirk, and his device, were too mean for his new magnificence:
He sent to Bruges for painters in heraldry to fashion them afresh.
These painters put the old crow away in one quarter, and on a field argent and sable blazoned a heart gules and a sickle or, with this device: None can stand against me.
Moreover, he had this same blazon fashioned into a great standard which was flown from his castle keep. And also had it cut in stone over the gate. And on his shield, which he caused to be made larger so that the arrogant device might be seen to better advantage. And on his arms, his clothes, and wherever it could be put, there he had it as well.
XII. How Sir Halewyn jousted with a knight of England.
It so happened that at about this time My Lord of Flanders let call a tournament.
And sent out to all his lords and barons to come to Ghent for that purpose.
Halewyn went thither and set up his shield among the others.