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In the fourteenth century it was said that over seventy 201 202 OLD CONTINENTAL TOWNS thousand of its citizens were trained to arms, while the industrial population was large and thriving. Prince John, third son of Edward IIL of England, was born here, and took the name of John of Ghent. The Emperor Charles V. Was also born in Ghent, in the old palace that has disappeared. The history of this city, which was probably founded in the days of the Nervii, is nebulous until the tenth century, but in... 1297 the town was strong enough to resist a big English army, and the prosperity of Ghent was envied by the rest of Europe. Its busy looms gave employment to many thousands of weavers, and most of the wool used was supplied by England. Edward III. Invited Flemish weavers to his country, and kept up friendly relations with Flanders. English wool was, however, still the chief supply of Bruges and Ghent, and the trade in one year enriched the coiFers of Edward III. With ^30, 000 in duties. Erasmus declared that there was no other town in Christendom that could be compared with Ghent, in " size, power, political con- stitution, or the culture of its inhabitants.
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