SC - Re: Peaches and King John

[L Herr-Gelatt and J R Gelatt]

 and that King
>John hastened his death by indulging in 'a surfiet of peaches and ale' It
>seems that going by "Gardens", that they weren't everyday sort of fruit,
>but rather a royal indulgence.
>Lady Beatrix
> >> > 

Yes, I read an account where they were pilfered from a Monastary he had
seized and occupied, and he actually died of something a little
worse...dysentary. It seems the peaches weren't quite ripe, and he ate a lot
of them over several days.

Talk about instant Karma!

Aoife

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