St. Louis threatened by a Saracen soldier during the crusades, "Dub me a knight or I will kill you" a Mameluke or Turkish guard, said to him one day. "Become a Christian, and I will knight you, but not till then" answered Louis, and the man held his peace and let him go. Louis IX, 1214 – 1270, aka Saint Louis. King of France. From The Book of Saints and Heroes, published 1912.

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