[149] Ibid.
[150] “Chronique de Flandre.” Froissart. Paradin.
[151] “Chronique de Flandre.”
[152] A curious relic of this ancient custom still survives in villages in the west of England, where, after the marriage of a widow or widower, the villagers will sometimes assemble at night outside their house blowing horns, beating drums, and making hideous noises.
[153] The “Religieux de St. Denis” says this ball was at the hôtel St. Paul; but Juvenal des Ursins, who from his position at Court was certain to have known where it took place, and was most likely himself at the ball, declares it was at the hôtel de la Reine Blanche, we will therefore accept his authority, which De Sauval considers conclusive.
[154] Froissart, t. xiii. c. 32, p. 240. “Relig. de St. Denis,” liv. xii. c. 9, p. 255. Juvenal des Ursins, p. 93. Monstrelet, t. i. pp. 312 and 423. Also Barante, “Ducs de Bourgogne,” t. ii. p. 197.
[155] “Relig. de St. Denis,” liv. xiv. p. 93.
[156] Sismondi.
[157] “Relig. de St. Denis,” liv. xv. c. 14, p. 324.
[158] Juvenal des Ursins. The “Relig. de St. Denis” relates this ghostly story, but places it in 1397.