On being shown a relic said to be a bone of St. Elizabeth, he (Sigismund) turned it over and remarked that it… — Barbara W. Tuchman
On being shown a relic said to be a bone of St. Elizabeth, he (Sigismund) turned it over and remarked that it could just as well be that of a dead cobbler.
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