"Free lance" Quotes from Famous Books
... Some sympathisers offered aid but it was aid that there was possible danger in accepting. Many of the outlaws from Liege, who had been expressly excluded from the terms of the peace, had joined the ranks of a certain free lance company called "The Companions of the Green Tent," as their only shelter was the interlaced branches of the forest. To Dinant came this band to aid in her defence.[18] At one time it seemed as though a peaceful ... — Charles the Bold - Last Duke Of Burgundy, 1433-1477 • Ruth Putnam |