posted 11-29-2004 06:55 PM               

It was by a Moorish or Saracen writer, warning about the Normans in a rather negative way, and went something like this:

"Beware the Normans, for they are a treacherous race, much enamored of fine weapons and fast horses..."

My interest? Well,I'm a Norman and my father, my brothers and I have always enjoyed our gun collections & such and my eldest brother used to race NASCAR. If I can find the quotation, I'd like to put it on plaques as Christmas presents for the family.

posted 12-06-2004 09:17 AM               

"specially marked by cunning, despising their own inheritance in the hope of winning a greater, eager after both gain and dominion, given to imitation of all kinds, holding a certain mean between lavishness and greediness, that is, perhaps uniting, as they certainly did, these two seemingly opposite qualities. Their chief men were specially lavish through their desire of good report. They were, moreover, a race skilful in flattery, given to the study of eloquence, so that the very boys were orators, a race altogether unbridled unless held firmly down by the yoke of justice. They were enduring of toil, hunger, and cold whenever fortune laid it on them, given to hunting and hawking, delighting in the pleasure of horses, and of all the weapons and garb of war."