Væ victis! Those who lose must pay the piper. “Cʹest le loi du pays de Béarn que le battu paie lʹamende.” Again, “Cʹest la coutume, de Lorris, les battus paient lʹamende.” This is certainly the general custom in law and war.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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