The King desires our money/ The Queen our manors too/ The writ of ‘By what warrant’/ Will make a sad to-do.
— Eleanor of Castile, as recorded by Walter of Guisborough
— Eleanor of Castile, as recorded by Walter of Guisborough
10. Item, the justices shall have proclamation made in the counties through which they are to go that, with respect to those who do not have such arms as have been specified above, the lord king will take vengeance, not merely on their lands or chattels, but on their limbs.
— The Assize of Arms of 1181, proclaimed by King Henry II of England
— The Assize of Arms of 1181, proclaimed by King Henry II of England
prosperous beneath my rule.
i chose the best of its blood to serve me,
and the best among those to embrace the night.
—the erciyes fragments. iV (enoch)
—the erciyes fragments. iV (enoch)