Love alone diminishes not
but shines with its own light,
makes an end to discord
softens the fires of hate
restores the peace of the world,
brings together the sundered,
redresses wrongs and injures none.
Nor can that endure which has not
its foundations upon love.
Treaty of Union at Horodlo, Poland, 1413
A defensive alliance against the Teutonic Knights of the Poles (Christians) and Lithuanians (Old Religion.) Words might be used for opening, closing, candle lighting, wedding, and even a funeral. The treaty writing warriors had no idea what latter generations might make of their work.
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