I arrived just after the meeting had started and found myself dobbed in to take the minutes.

In addition to the ordinary tilting armour extra pieces were worn : The grandguard and volant piece, very often riveted together; the elbow or pasguard, and the manifer or miton gauntlet for the bridle hand.

For one, don't stage a full-frontal assault on her bean.

Along with the rise of modern states came the establishment of statewide official currencies with the aim of protecting the corresponding markets and increasing trade within state territories.