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a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 379 Flaundres..was i-ruled by þe kynges forsters.
a1513 R. Fabyan (1516) I. clxvi. f. lxxxxv The ruler thereof [sc. Flanders] was callyd the forester of the Kynge of Fraunce.