A deputation was appointed by the generality to visit the estates of the Walloon provinces.

Another was sent by the authorities of Brussels.

The Marquis of Havre, with several colleagues on behalf of the states-general, waited upon the Viscount of Ghent, by whom they were received with extreme insolence.

He glared upon them, without moving, as they were admitted to his presence; "looking like a dead man, from whom the soul had entirely departed." Recovering afterwards from this stony trance of indignation, he demanded a sight of their instructions.

This they courteously refused, as they were accredited not to him, but to the states of Artois.