• This knight was indeed a valiant gentleman; but not a little given to romance, when he spake of himself.

    John Evelyn: This knight was indeed a valiant gentleman; but not a little given to romance, when he spake of himself.
    E. S. de Beer (ed.) 'The Diary of John Evelyn' (1955) vol. 3, p. 40 (6 September 1651)