Likewise I claim there's no difference between an usurping tyrant and an outlaw or a roaming brigand. This definition was given to Alexander: Because a tyrant, having an army, has the greater power to massacre and burn down house and home and raze all flat, they call him a general; but because an outlaw has only a small following and cannot do as much damage or bring the same ruin upon a country, he's called a thief or brigand. Not being book-learned, I won't quote a swarm of authorities but go on with the story I began.
- from Wright's adaptation of The Canterbury Tales, from "The Manciple's Tale," pg. 328.
