Jean Froissart

“The matter of this book is valor, and is compiled for the pleasure and instruction of noble men.”

“The deeds of the past are an inspiration to the present, and a warning to the future.”

“For to say the truth, it is a great grace of God when a prince is beloved of his subjects, and that he may reign in peace.”

“There is no man that hath power to order the winds.”

“Of all the nations in the world, the English are the most proud and arrogant.”

“For nothing is so much to be dreaded as a battle in which the combatants are of the same nation.”

“It is the custom of the English to be very joyous on the occasion of a victory.”

“The Scots are a hardy race, and much inured to war.”

“A man must have suffered much to know how to pity others.”

“So many great marvels and fair feats of arms have been accomplished in the wars... that their like should be properly related and put in perpetual memory.”