Here are the quotations for this week (October 31st to Nov 6th)
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 (October 24th to 31st) are as follows:
1. (…'He held up one of his big hands. "Gentlemen," he says - slow he spoke, but his voice carried far - "I have to think of our country.) 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 "Below the Mill Dam" in Traffics and Discoveries. .
3. (…'But he hadn't really done anything when you knew him, had he ?'…) This is from "Simple Simon" in Rewards and Fairies.
Good wishes to all, John R
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