Re: The Wars of the Roses

[John Cowan <cowan>]

Padrig Bryn yscrifef:

> > time of King Stephen) and doing as little as possible.
> > "The Cambrians,
> > throughout the war, did nothing in particu-lar/And did it very well."
> > -- W.S. Gilbert.
> 
> What history book is this from?

_Iolanthe_.

> Sellar & Yeatman mention in passing that
> "...King Stephen ought not be confused with King Stephen, the only
> (memorable) Hungarian king, of whom, being a Good Man a Good King and a
> Good Thing, it was thought would make a very Good Saint.  For all of
> that, he died of a surfeit in the usual way."

Yeah, well.  It was because of Stephen that the Plantagenets got on the
English throne at all. 

> Neat solutions.  Having such a miniscule background in History, I
> certainly couldn't do better.  Though I don't mind arguing a point every
> now and again.  :-)

Do, do.

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John Cowan					cowan@ccil.org
		e'osai ko sarji la lojban.