You could make this into a P bewitched P poem, Patrick, it reads like one
surprised in the drift of mail,
Rebecca
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>Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 10:10:41 -0000
>From: Patrick Mc Manus <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Royal Poems
>To: [log in to unmask]
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>That James 1&6 who tried the North Berwick witches who made them confess
to
>going to sea in sieves-he personally supervised the torture of some of the
>accused-his book Demonology 1604 is depressing reading hope Blair has not
>yet seen it
>Luv P
>P bewitched P
>
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>poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robin Hamilton
>Sent: 14 January 2006 11:16
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>Subject: Re: Royal Poems
>
><<
>One of my favourite unintentional historical ironies is the below. It's by
>James the Ist (of England, the VIth of Scotland).
>
>It's advice to his SON on how to be a succesful king.
>
>Loe heir my sone a mirrour viue and fair
>Quhilk schawis the schadow of a vorthie king
>Loe heir a booke, a paterne dois ¸ow bring
>Quhilk ¸e sould preass to follow mair and mair ...
>
> SNIP
>
>(James was a truly awful poet)
>
>Best
>
>Dave
>>>
>
>Well, it doesn't help if your software screws up and transliterates the yogh
>
>as a comma -- ,ou make the impenetrable even less penetrable if ,ou do this.
>
>The early Scots printers solved this problem by using "z" for the yogh, as
>is still instanced in the putative leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir
>Menzies Campbell, pronounced "mingus" (as in Charley the jazzman), thus his
>affectionate sobriquet, "Ming".
>
>Incidentally, dave, it's Jimmy the Sixth and One -- he reigned as the sixth
>James in Scotland *before* he became the first James to try to civilize the
>English.
>
>R. Rodent (deceased)
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Patrick Mc Manus" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 1:01 PM
>Subject: Re: Royal Poems
>
>
>> Being a simple
>> very elderly person
>> I never can understand
>> How in a demoracy
>> We can get royalty
>>
>> P:-))
>> Democracy??
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