And yet now he appeals to me on behalf of a war-mongering, thieving tyrant ravaging and pillaging my land both day and night! Get out, Master Traitor, false liar, deceitful agent of simony, and if I ever catch sight of you in street or field I swear to you that you'll rue the day!
— Richard the Lionheart Medieval

English king, Crusader

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Expressed in a fit of rage to a legate attempting to mediate a dispute, likely concerning his brother John or King Philip II of France.

Date / Period

c. 1190s

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Strange & Unusual

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