Here are some interesting bits to quote:
On rural life
"but stay within the greenwood lest we all meet dole and woe." p.30
On the impersonal nature of randomness:
"When the flood cometh, it sweepeth away grain as well as chaff." p.28
A good warning for the poker table:
"For thus men sometimes overreach themselves through greed and guile." p.60
curtal friars are friars
"A friar who served as an attendant at the gate of a monastery court. As a curtal dog was not privileged to hunt or course, so a curtal friar virtually meant a worldly-minded one.
hauberk
a shirt of mail. see photo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauberk
On rural life
"but stay within the greenwood lest we all meet dole and woe." p.30
On the impersonal nature of randomness:
"When the flood cometh, it sweepeth away grain as well as chaff." p.28
A good warning for the poker table:
"For thus men sometimes overreach themselves through greed and guile." p.60
curtal friars are friars
"A friar who served as an attendant at the gate of a monastery court. As a curtal dog was not privileged to hunt or course, so a curtal friar virtually meant a worldly-minded one.
hauberk
a shirt of mail. see photo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauberk
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