The Description of Wales
by Geraldus Cambrensis
Book I
Chapter IX
Of their sober supper and frugality
Not addicted to gluttony or drunkenness, this people who
incur no expense in food or dress, and whose minds are
always bent upon the defence of their country, and on the
means of plunder, are wholly employed in the care of their
horses and furniture. Accustomed to fast from morning till
evening, and trusting to the care of Providence, they
dedicate the whole day to business, and in the evening
partake of a moderate meal; and even if they have none, or
only a very scanty one, they patiently wait till the next
evening; and, neither deterred by cold nor hunger, they
employ the dark and stormy nights in watching the hostile
motions of their enemies.
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