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<DIV>Ldy Tamsin <BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">----- Forwarded Message ----<BR>From: agnarr <agnarr@suddenlink.net><BR>To: "Western Region of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <western@lists.ansteorra.org><BR>Sent: Friday, August 1, 2008 2:52:14 AM<BR>Subject: Re: [Western] Regional fighter practice<BR><BR>Your Excellency,<BR> I was only wanting you to know that I deeply appreciated the horses your <BR>guard was giving me when I passed through your lands. Your Guards was very <BR>adamant that they were 'A gift for the wondrous U'. I am by no means <BR>wondrous, and will be the first to say so, but these fine guards of yours <BR>were so polite, how could I refuse? I was surprised at the time that they <BR>did not say anything or even rise from their rest under the trees to see me <BR>off when I left them, but I thought that they were just tired. But from <BR>your message and its tone makes me hope that
nothing ill has happened to <BR>them, as I have never meant harm to your guards, or to you; as doing so <BR>would be as if I was causing harm to the Crown itself. If something ill has <BR>occurred to them, I suggest that one not eat the afore mentioned fish. <BR>Maybe that fishmonger can shed some light on the fish.<BR> If these horse were not meant for me, then I will return them to you, or <BR>your guards, and until such time that they are returned, I will stop using <BR>them to work my fields. You after all these years should know that I do not <BR>intentionally go about causing harm to others, but since you started <BR>building that new wall, a lot of shady characters and individuals of ill <BR>repute have been traveling thru this area. I have not been this concerned <BR>about the individuals on the roads and in this area since the late Respoili <BR>was around and causing trouble.<BR> As for the individuals that
recently came to my manor claiming to be tax <BR>collectors, I suspect that they were not from the Crown, for those <BR>individuals who come from the Kingdom to collect the taxes due, wear the <BR>livery of the Kingdom proudly, have proper identification,and paperwork <BR>showing what I am to pay, and carry themselves as a person who is about the <BR>Kings business. In addition, when the true tax collectors arrive to collect <BR>the Kingdom's due, they are most courteous and have a manner that properly <BR>reflects the greatness of this Kingdom.<BR> The one's that recently showed up here, however, did not wear the proper <BR>livery, had no form of identification to show that they were about the <BR>business of the Kingdom. In fact, they carried no paperwork to show what I <BR>was to pay, which is by itself suspicious. As who has ever heard of a <BR>tax-man without his ledger showing what an individual is to pay? I
imagine, <BR>that even in your Barony, your Reeves keeps plenty of proper records that <BR>show what is due in taxes, by the individuals members of Bonwicke, and what <BR>they have already paid in the past several years.<BR> These individuals were very suspicious to me; not only by their manners, <BR>which was very rude, but by their whole demeanor. Each of them was so hard <BR>to understand by their speech, that I at first, thought they had rocks in <BR>their mouths. These individuals were disrespectful, not only to my <BR>household, but also to the banner of the Kingdom which is displayed with <BR>pride on the wall of my manor. In fact my friend, I had to stop one of them <BR>from using it to wipe his hands and face on when he finished drinking <BR>something out of a bladder he carried, that smelled like spoiled milk.<BR> They were also extremely shabby looking in their appearance. Not only <BR>was their
skin very dirty, but also their clothes, which was filthy, ragged, <BR>full of holes, and was very smelly, as if they spent a lot of their time on <BR>horseback. Trust me they were not about the King's business.<BR> If you wish I will gladly sit down and discuss this matter in person <BR>with you at the upcoming fighter practice, on the 11th.<BR><BR>I remain in Service to the Kingdom and the Dream.<BR><BR>Agnarr<BR><BR><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "HE Chiang" <<A href="mailto:chiang@nts-online.net" ymailto="mailto:chiang@nts-online.net">chiang@nts-online.net</A>><BR>To: "Western Region of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <<A href="mailto:western@lists.ansteorra.org" ymailto="mailto:western@lists.ansteorra.org">western@lists.ansteorra.org</A>><BR>Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 11:08 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [Western] Regional fighter practice<BR><BR><BR>> HL Agnar,<BR>> Maybe I am a bit confused by your missive.
Perhaps you have eaten some of <BR>> your own salad with some strange mushrooms or something. It would seem <BR>> from your letter that you took some horses that were bound for someone <BR>> else and perhaps cause injury to members of our area? I suppose also that <BR>> the reports too of missing people and the King's tax collectors in the <BR>> surrounds of the home of yourself and Ld Logan, being done in by the two <BR>> of you, maybe also true? I will have had a talk with HG Aaron about this <BR>> when he was on the Throne, and we decided that it would have to be looked <BR>> into and dealt with also.<BR>> In service and fief to the Crown,<BR>> HE Chiang<BR>> Baron of Bonwicke<BR>><BR>> ----- Original Message ----- <BR>> From: "agnarr" <<A href="mailto:agnarr@suddenlink.net" ymailto="mailto:agnarr@suddenlink.net">agnarr@suddenlink.net</A>><BR>> To: "Western Region of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <BR>>
<<A href="mailto:western@lists.ansteorra.org" ymailto="mailto:western@lists.ansteorra.org">western@lists.ansteorra.org</A>><BR>> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 8:56 PM<BR>> Subject: Re: [Western] Regional fighter practice<BR>><BR>><BR>>> Your Excellency -<BR>>> I want to publicly say that my recent travels thru your lands was very <BR>>> nice. Even though your new gate guards have a strange sense of humor. <BR>>> (When I first came up to the gate, they refused to grant me passage). And <BR>>> when my son mentioned that I was a great-bearded Buddha Belly, they <BR>>> jumped all over themselves to open the gate for me.<BR>>> But please understand that, I am very sorry for not stopping and visiting <BR>>> with you, but I was traveling through the lands of Bonwicke as I had <BR>>> business in the Shire of Adlersruhe. But in my travels, I did spend some <BR>>> time talking
with a lot of fine people about the current state of the <BR>>> preparations that you are making in the Barony, and they are all <BR>>> impressed with the needed upkeep of the Kings-road that goes from Treloc <BR>>> to Adlersruhe -- I must say that you have done a real good job on it <BR>>> too. Heck, I bet you could march a whole army on it now without anyone, <BR>>> breaking an ankle. You even impressed ole-man A.C. Kerly, You know the <BR>>> old-man that lives just north of the wall you have just built and you <BR>>> know how hard-nosed he is about things.<BR>>> Anyway, I finally ended up staying the night in the Shire of Adlersruhe <BR>>> and after seeing the sights there, and taking care of a bit of business, <BR>>> I returned back home all safe and sound. But I did want to thank your <BR>>> fine soldiers who gave me them 12 new horses. Are these men new to
your <BR>>> lands? I only ask, as I have not seen them before. Anyway, they stopped <BR>>> me at the waterwell in La Mesa, while I was watering my poor ole' <BR>>> animals, and when I approached their animals, to get a better look at the <BR>>> excellent horses, your men stood in front of me and all they would say <BR>>> was 'Chain horses, gift for the wondrous U!' Your Excellency, I was so <BR>>> impressed, and thankful, I went and made them a fresh fish salad using <BR>>> some of those new fast growing fish I found in a store in Aldersruhe. You <BR>>> know the ones that when you catch them they swell up to three times their <BR>>> normal size. Your men were so impressed they ate their meal with plenty <BR>>> of something they called 'ice', and then they went and fell asleep under <BR>>> a few nearby trees, they must have been trying to find me for sometime to
<BR>>> give me those horses, because they were so tired they did not even wave <BR>>> good-bye to me when I left.<BR>>> But the reason for this message is to let you know that whomever sold <BR>>> you those horses, your excellencies, does not know his horse-flesh very <BR>>> well so to speak. As these 12 horses; while it is true - that they are <BR>>> perfectly matched and being the purest white color I have seen in years - <BR>>> they have not been trained at all in pulling and they know nothing about <BR>>> being chained to a plow, or wagon for that matter. But don't fret your <BR>>> excellency, I will gladly take the time to train them to the duties <BR>>> required for farm-work. But I thought you might want to question your <BR>>> 'Master of Horses' more closely in the future, as these fine animals, are <BR>>> to me more suited for the tasks related to the
battlefield then the farm <BR>>> field.<BR>>><BR>>> Again Thanks for the Horses.<BR>>><BR>>> Agnarr<BR>>> _______________________________________________<BR>>> Western mailing list<BR>>> <A href="mailto:Western@lists.ansteorra.org" ymailto="mailto:Western@lists.ansteorra.org">Western@lists.ansteorra.org</A><BR>>> <A href="http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/western-ansteorra.org" target=_blank>http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/western-ansteorra.org</A><BR>>><BR>><BR>><BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> Western mailing list<BR>> <A href="mailto:Western@lists.ansteorra.org" ymailto="mailto:Western@lists.ansteorra.org">Western@lists.ansteorra.org</A><BR>> <A href="http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/western-ansteorra.org" target=_blank>http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/western-ansteorra.org</A><BR>>
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