His legs and thighs were similarly covered in plate, his loins by a mail apron over which was a short skirt of horizontal, overlapping plate 'tonlets'. His torso was protected by breast and back plates, the former reinforced […]

The hy auter he strypte naked; There on he stode, and craked; He shoke downe all the clothys, And sware horryble othes Before the face of God, […]

They wanted a lesson, and they would get it; but it would take three months at least to bring them to heel.

The president received a briefing on the situation before going to the press conference.