“Take care that none of them escapes.”

—  Charlemagne

Quoted in Notker's The Deeds of Charlemagne (translated 2008 by David Ganz). Referring to conspirators against Pope Leo III.

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King of the Franks, King of Italy, and Holy Roman Emperor 748–814

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