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And so, he who had terrified many with the sword of his tongue was himself slain with the sword: and the Scots flayed him, and divided his skin into little bits, non quidem ad reliquias, sed ad contumelias.

— Walter of Guisborough

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Hereford B. George, Battles of English History (London: Methuen & Co, 1895) pp. 42–43

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