In the past, Mao Pao was ferried across the river [in time of danger] because earlier he had set free a tortoise,⁵ and the marquis of Sui received a pearl because he had saved a snake.⁶ …⁶ Sui was a principality (in Sui County in modern Hupeh Province) in the Warring States period. The marquis of Sui once saved a wounded snake. In return, the snake searched for a large pearl in the river and gave it to the marquis.

Under Henry IV. appeared a large martel, or hammer, called the Besague, apparently intended more for throwing than combat. In the reign of Edward IV. are found garnished spears, having a head called a coronal, a vamplate, or ...

“[…] keep your soft liberal yack and MSW feminism out of the main of department life. You empowered women are like a- a- hey Cap, what's the mayor's word for it? Cuntocracy?” “Gynocracy.” Parseeman whistled a single high note. “That's it, and believe me, this is the wrong ideology to have around here. You're better off with communism.”

We beguiled the hours away