Here are the quotations for this week (November 10th to 16th)
1. . ...'The Abbot of Wilton kept the best pack in the country. He enclosed
all the Harryngton Woods to Sturt Common. Aluric, a freeman, was
dispossessed of his holding. They tried the case at Lewes. But he got no
change out of William de Warrenne on the bench. William de Warrenne fined
Aluric eight and fourpence for treason, and the Abbot of Wilton
excommunicated him for blasphemy. Aluric was no sportsman...'
2. 'Henceforth I will give one dollar to the man on whose land Abu Hussein
is found. And another dollar' - he held up the coin - 'to the man on whose
land these dogs shall kill him. But to the man on whose land Abu Hussein
shall run into a hole such as is this hole, I will give, not dollars, but a
most unmeasurable beating.'
3. ... (he) desired more than he desired anything else at that moment, to
ride, and above all, to jump on a ninety guinea bay gelding with black
points and a slovenly habit of hitting his fences. He did not wish many
people to be privy to the matter...
The sources of last week's extracts (November 3rd to 9th) are as follows:
1. ("...Let me assure you that the treaty with Great Britain will be made
even though every city in the Union burn me in effigy."... ) This is from
'Brother Square-toes' in 'Rewards and Fairies'.
2. ("...There's centuries of work in your old bones if you'd only apply
yourself to it"... ) This is from 'Under the Mill Dam' in 'Traffics and
Discoveries'.
3. ("...'You tell me that that good ship's timber never done nothing
against winds and weathers since her upspringing...") This is from 'Simple
Simon' in 'Rewards and Fairies'.
Good wishes to all, John R
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