He harried the Limousin and laid siege to the castle of Chalus; while directing an assault he was wounded in the shoulder by a crossbow bolt, and, the wound mortifying from unskilful treatment or his own want of care, he died on the 6th of April 1199.
But neither the British nor the French could afford to divert great military resources from the main theatre of war in western Europe to the Aegean, and so the struggle for the Straits ended in mortifying discomfiture for the Allies.
At 15s 6d for the former, and 25s the latter, it is not the world's cheapest way of mortifying the flesh.
The doctor and valet lifted the cloak with which he was covered and, making wry faces at the noisome smell of mortifying flesh that came from the wound, began examining that dreadful place.
Having your pants fall down is bad enough, but what is mortifying is that Greg is wearing Wonder Woman underwear-because he was too lazy to do laundry.
