"Retourne to hym, and to them that sent you hyther, and say to them that they sende no more to me for any adventure that falleth, as long as my sonne is alyve; and also say to them that they suffre hym this day to wynne his spurres; for if God be pleased, I woll this journey be his and the honoure therof, and to them that be aboute hym."
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Edward III, as quoted by , Chroniques (tr. Lord Berners), Ch. CXXX; origin of "Let the boy win his spurs"
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