human
My boy, exclaimed the missionary,
gpt
William of Normandy's horses wear armour, said Ned.
human
I have seen pictures of them,--as much armour as a man weareth.
gpt
Not many of them, replied Father Brian.
human
Here and there one, perhaps, if the owner of the horse can afford that kind of harness. Not many can, for armour costeth money. The man that made the pictures may have had some of that armour in his head.
gpt
Thou meanest in his eye, said Ned.
human
There were loads of it, anyhow, and if a horse loaded like that were to stumble and fall, he'd be likely to stay down.
gpt
Any man that goeth down to-day will stay down, responded the missionary.
human
The Northumberland levies that follow in the rear have come to take revenge for the slaughter at Fulford. It is a cruel, heathenish business, from first to last. I will be glad when the whole world shall be civilised, as it is around Clontarf.