provost for the Prague garrison, of Sigismund's camp
“I keep these bastards in line and guard the bloody baggage carts. It is a thankless task and the pay is shit.”
Things Walter had written, latest first, with the glosses of his neighbours.
the eve of Holy Trinity, at Vespers
Jan is a greedy whoreson. A man keeps watch while another man picks up a heavy saddlebag that isn't his, and what does the watcher get? Bugger all. Ernest better back me up on this or I will have a word with the captain about a certain chest.
Nota scribaeDictated leaning on a tent pole. He shouted the last part and smelled strongly of thin ale.
the Tuesday after Ascension, at None
If Thomas tells me one more time about buying Adleta out of her contract, I will break his jaw. You can buy a woman's time for a tenth of the coin he is hoarding. Stop bleating and drink your ale.
She is a good woman, Walter, not that a brute like you would know one.
the second day of Easter week, at Prime
Daniel is a lying bastard. We were on patrol walking the tree line and he broke and ran the second he heard axes in the brush. I had to fall back. It is not my fault Lambert was too slow to keep up with us.
You fled first, you coward. You practically trampled me running from simple woodcutters.
Shut your hole, Daniel, or I will shut it for you.
Nota scribaeThe man insisted on recording this, though he kept looking over his shoulder as he spoke.
the Monday after St Gregory, at Sext
The spring crossing was a bloody mess. Carts slipping in the mud, men shouting, and poor Stephen going under. But a smart man keeps his eyes open when things fall off the wagons. Too many fools were just watching the water.
the morrow of Candlemas, at Terce
I am sick to my back teeth of William, Robert, and Zdenyek pissing and moaning over Martin dying in the snow. Go behind the sutler's tent and settle it with your bare knuckles. The rest of us are trying to sleep.
It was Zdenyek who led him the wrong way in the drift.
You are a liar, William. The fierce wind confused us all.
Nota scribaeHe used a much fouler word for passing water, which I have not written.
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Keep your mouth shut, Walter. You did nothing but stand there.
Leave me out of this, you bastard. I have my own troubles.