Rex Angliæ modo in Hybernia, modo in Anglia, modo in Normannia, volare potius judicandus est quam vel equum vel navem conscendere.

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This King, now in Ireland, now in England, now in Normandy, must fly, rather than ride or sail. | G. P. R. James, A History of the Life of Richard Cœur-de-Lion, King of England, vol. 1 (London: Saunders and Otley, 1841) p. 392 | The King of England, is now in Ireland, now in England, now in Normandy; he may rather be said to fly than go by horse or boat! | Anonymous, Henry the Second, Twelve English Statesmen (London: Macmillan & Co. [1888] 1926) ch. 9, p. 171 | Now in Ireland, now in England, now in Normandy, he must fly rather than travel by horse or ship. | A. L. Poole, From 'Domesday Book' to 'Magna Carta' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, [1951] 1958) ch. 10, p. 318 | Now in Ireland, now in England, now in Normandy, he must fly rather than go by horse or ship. | Stephen Usherwood, Reign by Reign (London: Michael Joseph, [1960] 1962) p. 18

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