shortly after, the plague raged in Ghent, the > aged Oriental was stricken with it and died, after having had his > bear > shaved - sorry, beard shaved - and having requested the abbot to send > a > portion to his mother at Antioch. > > Oriens. Though what his mother wanted with a portion of the bear, is not clear. Elasticus. ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%