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A Canto X concerns the operation of mercenaries in the Renaissance wars in Italy: And the poor devils dying of cold, outside Sorano And from the other side, from inside the chateau, Orsini, Count Pitigliano, on the 17th of November: "Siggy, darlint, wd. you stop making war on "insensible objects, such as trees and domestic vines, that have "no means to hit back ... but if you will hire yourself out to a "commune (Siena) which you ought to rule than "serve..." I wonder if Blackwater will get their poet? Roger On 10/30/07, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Yeah, they didn't then work for companies like Blackwater.... > > Doug > On 29-Oct-07, at 11:37 AM, Johanna lepro green wrote: > > > Mercenaries must have done a better job back then tho. > Douglas Barbour > 11655 - 72 Avenue NW > Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9 > (780) 436 3320 > http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/ > > Latest book: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) > http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 > > It's the first lesson, loss. > Who hasn't tried to learn it > at the hands of wind or thieves? > > Jan Zwicky > -- My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/ "In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons." Roman Proverb