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Edward Woodville, Lord Scales
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“It is little to lose a few teeth in the service of him, who has given me all. Our Lord, who reared this fabric, has only opened a window, in order to discern the more readily what passes within.”
Edward Woodville, Lord Scales (died 1488) first seen 1486 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Peter Martyr, Opus Epistolarum, b. 1, ep. 62; and Andrés Bernáldez, Reyes Católicos, MS, ch. 78. In 1486 Edward went to Spain to aid Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille in the Reconquista of Granada. "There cam…
“See ye not what glory ye will win for yourselves; how great gratification ye will give the king, your gracious Lord; how ye will show the loyal spirit of the men of the Wight so bravely, and your affection for myself so strongly, that needs must I ever treasure it in my memory, and seek to requite your love with all my wealth, with all the favour in which I am held by the King? And know ye not that it is in a just and politic cause we draw our swords? This wily king of France, this man who consorteth with buffoons and barbers, who heedeth no principle of law or right, and is dead to all chivalrous influences, seeketh to possess himself of the Good Duke's lands, and of his daughter, the fair Anne, lawfully espoused to Maximilian, the ruler of the Low Countries, our trustworthy ally. And if his crafty designs ripen into success, see ye not what a dangerous foe would hold the seaboard of the Channel, and threaten the peace and safety of our shores? Wherefore, Knights and Gentlemen, gather ye round my standard, and let us show the men of France that we are the sons of those who conquered at Poictiers, Creçy and Agincourt!”
Edward Woodville, Lord Scales (died 1488) first seen 1488 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Speech to the knights and gentlemen of the Isle of Wight, beseeching them to join his personal expedition in support of the Duke of Brittany. Woodville, along with many of his islanders and Breton allies, went on to die…