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From: "James C. Woodard" <>
Subject: Re: Tudors..Undeserving ??
Date: Fri, 8 Aug 1997 00:44:55 GMT


--
JCW
"No brag, just fact" Walter Brennan from a circa 1967 weekly tv series

D. Spencer Hines <> wrote in article
<>...
> James C. Woodard wrote:
> >
> > D. Spencer Hines <> wrote in article
> > <>...
> > >> You bet, about the memory. We note that you do not even recall the
date
> > > of the Battle of Hastings. It was, of course, 14 October 1066.
> > >
> > What does kaboodle's memory or the accuracy of the date of the battle
of
> > Hastings have to do with whether anyone wish [sic] to challenge Willy
or his
> > descendants' right to the throne? Once again you have successfully
diverted
> > the duscussion [sic] from it's [sic] intended path.
>
> The question as to "whether anyone would wish to "challenge" William The
> Conqueror or his descendants' rights to the British throne ---- is a
> totally inane one.
I agree, but again beside the point.
>
> All of the reasonable possible "challengers" have multiple descents from
> William The Conqueror. Don't you understand that?
Even a fool can state the obvious, but again beside the point
>
> Do you think it's cute to refer to William The Conqueror as "Willy?" ---
> It's just silly and puerile.
> --
>
Yes, and I should have put it in quotes to show that I thought so.
> D. Spencer Hines --- "Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed Nomini Tuo da
> gloriam, propter misericordiam Tuam et veritatem Tuam." Henry V,
> [1387-1422] King of England --- Ordered it to be sung by his prelates
> and chaplains --- after the Battle of Agincourt, 25 Oct 1415, --- while
> every able-bodied man in his victorious army knelt, on the ground.
> [Psalm CXV, Verse I]
>
You didnt answer my question which is; What does kaboodle's memory or the
accuracy of the date of the battle of
> > Hastings have to do with whether anyone wishes to challenge Willy or
his
> > descendants' right to the throne?

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