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FROM THE 'CHRONICLE OF THE CONQUEST OF GRANADA',
BY FRIAR ANTONIO
AGAPIDA COMMENTING ON LORD RIVER'S ENGLISH
CONTINGENT
TAKING PART IN THE LAST CRUSADE TO RID SPAIN OF THE MOORS:
'THEY WERE HUGE FEEDERS, ALSO,
AND DEEP CAROUSERS, AND
COULD NOT ACCOMODATE THEM-SELVES TO THE SOBER DIET
OF OUR TROOPS, BUT MUST FAIR EAT AND DRINK AFTER THE
MANNER OF THEIR OWN
COUNTRY. THEY WERE OFTEN NOISY AND UNRULY,
ALSO, IN THEIR WASSAIL, AND
THEIR QUARTER OF THE CAMP WAS PRONE
TO BE THE SCENE OF LOUD REVEL AND SUDDEN
BRAWL.......
THO' FROM A REMOTE, AND SOMEWHAT
BARBAROUS ISLAND, THEY
YET BELIEVED THEMSELVES THE MOST PERFECT MEN UPON
EARTH'
The Middlesex Regiment 1755-1966
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