Exemplum autem de responso Ricardi regis Anglorum, facto magistro Fulconi viro bono et sancto…et hic interserere praeter rem non putavi. Cum inter ce… - Gerald of Wales

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Exemplum autem de responso Ricardi regis Anglorum, facto magistro Fulconi viro bono et sancto…et hic interserere praeter rem non putavi. Cum inter cetera vir ille sanctus regi dixisset; "Tres filias habetis, quae quamdiu penes vos fuerint, nunquam Dei gratiam habere poteritis, superbiam scilicet, luxuriam, et cupiditatem." Cui rex, post modicam quasi pausationem, "Jam," inquit, "maritavi filias istas, et nuptui dedi; Templariis superbiam, nigris monachis luxuriam, albis vero cupiditatem."

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About Gerald of Wales

Gerald of Wales (c. 1146 – c. 1223) was a churchman and writer of Welsh birth, and of mixed Welsh and Norman ancestry. He was born Gerald de Barri, but as an author is usually known as Giraldus Cambrensis or as Gerald of Wales.

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Alternative Names: Giraldus Cambrensis Girardus Barrius Girald de Barri Sylvester Giraldus Gerald de Barri Giraldo Cambrense Gerald de Barry Silvester Giraldus Cambrensis Girauld de Barri Gerallt Gymro Giraldo di Barri Giraud de Barri Giraud le Cambrien Sylvester Cambrensis Giraldus de Barri Silvester G. Cambrensis Giraldo Cambrese
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