“Count Phebon,” Ivan said, in his driest and most pedantic voice, “dislikes warriors but likes antiquitaries.[…]”

Tie this rope in a knot for me, please.

For quality control, Parliament in 1503 required all London-made pewter to be stamped with the maker's symbol or touchmark.

San Manuel and the neighboring towns around Mount Banahao, in Laguna, are famous for lanzones. The story goes that it used to be a wild fruit in the mountain that nobody attempted to eat because the locals knew it was poisonous.