Ah, I see, Doug. Yes, half a man am I, in the spirit of Martin.
On Fri, Apr 19th, 2013 at 12:48 AM, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 'to uphold'..., Bill.
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> Doug
> On 2013-04-17, at 11:25 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
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> > ?
> > best, Doug?
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> > On Thu, Apr 18th, 2013 at 1:10 AM, Douglas Barbour
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> >> Do your best, Bill <g>.
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> >> Doug
> >> On 2013-04-16, at 2:24 AM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
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> >>> US rap star Fifty Cent may have had an ancestor in St Martin: Fifty
> >> Percent?
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> >>> Fourth century Martin,
> >>> later bishop of Tours,
> >>> reputedly gave half of his cloak
> >>> to a near-naked beggar at Amiens.
> >>> Which half I wonder?
> >>>
> >>> On awakening, he discovered
> >>> it had been restored to wholeness.
> >>> Beggar back to chilly I presume.
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> >>> Martin's reconstructed cloak
> >>> lived on as an alleged relic.
> >>> At least one Frankish king,
> >>> come the Middle Ages,
> >>> carried it into battle with him;
> >>> oaths were sworn on it.
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> >>> By all that's cloaksome
> >>> and wind-whipped,
> >>> I swear ... to uphold
> >>> the spritual thrust of
> >>> Martin 's semi-gesture.
> >>>
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> >> Douglas Barbour
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> >> Continuations & Continuations 2 (with Sheila E Murphy)
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> >> Recording Dates
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> Douglas Barbour
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> Latest books:
> Continuations & Continuations 2 (with Sheila E Murphy)
> http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=962
> Recording Dates
> (Rubicon Press)
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> Reserved books. Reserved land. Reserved flight.
> And still property is theft.
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