Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe nlọghachi nke Maximilian gasịrị, Philip keere òkè n'ụzọ dị irè n'ịkwụsị nnupụisi nke obodo Flemish (Ypres, Bruges na Ghent). Mgbe e jidere Maximilian na Bruges, Philip wepụtara onwe ya iweghara ọnọdụ ya dị ka onye e ji eji, ka e wee nwee ike ịtọhapụ Maximilian na May 16, 1488 n'okpuru ọnọdụ nke inye obodo ukwu nnwere onwe ka ukwuu. Ma, ozugbo a tọhapụrụ ya, Maximilian jụrụ imezu nkwekọrịta ahụ. N'ịbụ onye aghụghọ nke Onyenwe ya wutere nke ukwuu, Filip sonyeere obodo ndị ahụ na-enupụ isi ma ghọọ ọchịagha ha. Ọ gbalịrị iso Eze Charles nke Asatọ nke France jikọọ aka, ma o nwetaghị nkwado nke ndị agha. Mgbalị ndị ọzọ iji soro ndị
Dutch Hooks, Brabant ma ọ bụ Liège edugaghị na ihe ọ bụla. A manyere ya ịhapụ ebe ikpeazụ o wusiri ike, Sluis, n'October 12, 1492. N'ihe atụ ya "Weisskunig", Maximilian ga-ekwu na "eze na-acha anụnụ anụnụ" zụtara Philip; Koenigsberger na-ekwu na ezinụlọ Cleves "na-adabere ruo ọtụtụ afọ" na iguzosi ike n'ihe ya na Philip na-agbanwe agbanwe "n'ihi ya, ọ gaghị abụrịrị ihe ijuanya nye ndị ya na ha dịkọrọ ndụ".