Pretty much agree with you and Pete on this one... that and the fact that every few months, a few of my friends and I get into a discussion of whether or not one of the verses from 'Grindin' constitutes a proper triple entendre... Them days I wasn't able/Abel, there was always cane/'caine/Kane ...good stuff to anger and annoy any literary types you know...

[…] every thing in the world is indifferent but sin.

Determination of minor head loss is simple and straightforward, and a standared nomograph in common use is included at the end of the chapter.

The passe-gardes we have mentioned are also clearly visible, and notice should be taken of the horizontal plates, called taces, extending from the breastplate to protect the hips. As we have seen in the last reign, two small pointed plates, called tuilles, are affixed by straps in the front to the lowest of the taces, so as to give a further protection to the thigh; and under them is visible a short tunic of mail, which, we thus learn, still continued in military use.