"Bèle, Prerie," [144]

Belev lace, [283]

Belgium (See also Flanders and Brabant)

lace industry (See also Antwerp, Brussels etc.)

application exported to France, annual value of, [252]

centres of, before 1665, 44 n[144]

development of, [138]

female education in, [112]-[113]

guipures made by, [410]

importance of, [112] and n[324]