The only titles of honour known in those days were Monseigneur , My Lord ; Illustres Seigneurs , applied in general to an assembly of nobles; and Beau Sire , or Fair Sir, which was not only bestowed upon kings, on all occasions, but, even as lately as the reign of St. Louis, was addressed to God himself.
— from Philip Augustus; or, The Brothers in Arms by G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford) James
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