It is not a job I like, I can tell you, but it is not for me to question orders." "I have a list of fifty men, all active and hearty fellows, who will make good soldiers," the mayor said.
"And of whom, no doubt, Southampton will be well rid," the officer said with a laugh.

"Truly, I pity the Earl of Peterborough, for he will have as rough a body of soldiers as ever marched to war.

However, it is usually the case that the sort of men who give trouble at home are just those who, when the time comes, make the best fighters.

I would rather have half a dozen of your reckless blades, when the pinch comes, than a score of honest plowboys.

How do you propose that I shall take them ?" "That I will leave entirely to you," the mayor said; "here is a list of the houses where they lodge.