[Northkeep] Fwd: [gdh] hehe

Cisco Cividanes engtrktwo at gmail.com
Mon Feb 8 12:39:52 PST 2010


Wrong is so many ways... I love it.

Ivo

On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 1:57 PM,  <kevinkeary at aol.com> wrote:
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> Forwarded from "another list" because this deserves to go viral.
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> rom: "Amanda Lord" <librarianlord at yahoo.com>
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> ichard I, by the grace of God, august King of England, sends his most kind
> reetings.
> Because I know that you especially desire to hear from me and to learn the
> tate of my prosperity,  I think it fitting to first tell you of this.
> Due to our most precarious state, I ask that you maintain the utmost secrecy
> egarding this sensitive correspondence.
> I have hidden in France a large sum of foreign gold worth at least 300,000
> ounds silver.  Regretfully, I find myself unable to convey this wealth back
> o England.  To be brief, I have been imprisoned in Germany due to a hostile
> egime.  In addition to the indignity of false imprisonment, Henry VI has
> emanded an unreasonably cruel ransom of 65,000 pounds silver.
> Therefore, I offer the following arrangement.  If you will send the ransom
> f 65,000 pounds silver to Henry VI, on my release I shall procure the
> forementioned gold.  On our return to England, you shall receive one half
> f the foreign gold I carry.  Let my seal on this letter be proof of my
> onesty in this matter.  Once more, I would entreat you to maintain the
> ecrecy of this matter to better ensure that we return with the gold without
> nterference.
> In brief therefore, God willing, I shall return to England. I render to you
> he gratitude which you deserve for the very great fidelity which you have
> hown to me.  And with the full intention of worthily rewarding your
> ervices, I ask you to continue the same.
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> Aoife, feeling ... umm...  inspired by those curious Nigerian fellows &
> aking a break from practicing for K&Q Bardic.  Opening & closing phrasing
> tolen ruthlessly from King Conrad of Germany:
> ttp://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1148conrad2.html
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