Jean Froissart Quote

Walter, go back to Calais and tell its commander that this is the limit of my clemency: six of the principal citizens are to come out, with their heads and their feet bare, halters round their necks and the keys of the town and castle in their hands. With these six I shall do as I please, and the rest I will spare.

Chroniques (1369–1400), Book I

Walter, go back to Calais and tell its commander that this is the limit of my clemency: six of the principal citizens are to come out, with their...

Walter, go back to Calais and tell its commander that this is the limit of my clemency: six of the principal citizens are to come out, with their...

Walter, go back to Calais and tell its commander that this is the limit of my clemency: six of the principal citizens are to come out, with their...

Walter, go back to Calais and tell its commander that this is the limit of my clemency: six of the principal citizens are to come out, with their...