We have received the addresses for removing the chancellor, and the counteraddresses from the lords and convocation; and you will know, before this reaches you, our sentiments of them here.

We're a bunch of old-schoolers.

This was in March 1471, when the young duke William was reported to be bringing 300 lances, 1,000 mounted crossbowmen and 200 culverineers on foot to reinforce Charles outside Amiens.

Many medicines taste bitter because they contain alkaloid (baselike) compounds. Quinine, caffeine, and the antihistamines are familiar examples.