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It is better to eat the dog than be eaten by the dog', Montagu had remarked quietly to the king, after being dismissed from Mortimer's presence.

Literature is a means to delight the mind and embolden the spirit.

Justice is a relative concept in all ages. The fourteenth century is no exception.

Pope John's advisers were worried about the freedom to speak and to come and go to and from the council.

All leaders who go to war in the name of God are either zealots or hypocrites.

Oscar Wilde once quipped, "The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything and the young know everything.

In Elizabethan England you will only find small codpieces. Large ones, stuffed with wool and looking like an erect male member, are out of date

Guy de Chauliac's advice to those wishing to avoid infection is as follows: 'Go quickly, go far, and return slowly.

At Eton boys are woken at 5 a.m.; lessons begin at 6 a.m. and go on to 8 p.m. Teaching is generally in Latin and is a matter of learning by rote,