Oh, but once my memories had pulsed with the blood-heat of life. In desperation, I forced myself to recall that once, I had walked with kings and conversed in languages never heard in this land. Once I had stood at the prow of a Sea Wolf ship and sailed oceans unknown to seamen here. I had ridden horses through desert lands, and dined on exotic foods in Arab tents. I had roamed Constantinople’s fabled streets, and bowed before the Holy Roman Emperor’s throne. I had been a slave, a spy, a sailor. Advisor and confidant of lords, I had served Arabs, Byzantines, and barbarians. I had worn captive’s rags, and the silken robes of a Sarazen prince. Once I had held a jeweled knife and taken a life with my own hand. Yes, and once I had held a loving woman in my arms and kissed her warm and willing lips...Death would have been far, far better than the gnawing, aching emptiness that was now my life.
Stephen R. LawheadTag: death despair memories holy-roman-emperor
To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to my horse - German.
Charles VTag: holy-roman-emperor languages humorous-quotes
Servitude of any sort is distasteful to all men, but especially objectionable is subjection to others in the case of those who ought to rule.
Ulrich von HuttenTag: leadership holy-roman-emperor remonstrance servitude 1520
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