Monday 18 January 2021

Van Rijn's War Cries

The Man Who Counts, XVIII, p. 260.

See Nicholas van Rijn. (Wikipedia.)

"'Je maintiendrai!'" ("I will maintain!")

"'God send the right!'" (Related to "Dieu et mon droit"?)

"Fram, fram, Kristmenn, Krossmen, Kongsmenn!'" ("Forward, forward, men of Christ, men of the cross, men of the king!") (See here, also for links to Poul Anderson's historical fiction.)

"Heineken's Bier!"

1 comment:

Sean M. Brooks said...

Kaor, Paul!

And we see mention of the Dutch royal arms and motto in Heinlein's novel DOUBLE STAR. Belonging to the pre-STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND period, when he was still writing interesting books!

Ad astra! Sean