We give express charge, that in our marches through the country, there be
nothing compelled from the villages, nothing taken but paid for, none of
the French upbraided or abused in disdainful language; for when lenity
and cruelty play for a kingdom, the gentler gamester is the soonest
winner. William Shakespeare,
Henry V, Act III Scene 6. One of the opening paragraphs of this interesting monograph by Lt Colonel Kenneth M. DeTreux that sums it up.
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