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<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:navy;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Friends:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:navy;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:navy;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>I have been asked my
HL <span class=SpellE>Vincenzo</span> to post his words to this list.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Please accept my apologies for the slight
delay in posting this message as <span class=SpellE>Vincenzo’s</span> messenger
was exiled to the far reaches of my borders, and was only recently discovered and
released from quarantine. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>;-)<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:navy;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
color:navy;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>~<span class=SpellE>Aslyn</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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wave windowtext 3.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'>
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padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><font size=3 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Mistress <span class=SpellE>Aslyn</span>,<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Could you do me the kindness of posting my
thank you note to the Barony listed below?<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>YIS,<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>HL <span class=SpellE>Vinenzo</span> <span
class=SpellE>Cellini</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Unto the Baron and Baroness and the Generous
People of <span class=SpellE>Stargate</span>, I do send greetings. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>As your new Artisan, I would like to express
my appreciation for your hospitality and for bestowing this honor upon me. I
promise to complete any task concerned with my title as swiftly as possible and
to the best of my ability. The gifts I received were extraordinary,
particularly the carved table. As a wood artisan myself, I was touched by this
well made and beautifully carved table. I will treasure it always. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Being a Florentine, I especially enjoyed the
theme and seeing my fellow countrymen in their finest apparel. I found all the
populace to be most gracious and welcoming. And this, of course, added greatly
to my enjoyment of the event. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>I look forward to my next visit to your
great Barony.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Yours in Service,<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b><font
size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>HL <span class=SpellE>Vincenzo</span> <span
class=SpellE>Cellini</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=SpellE><b><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>Stargate</span></font></b></span><b><font
color=navy><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold'>
Artisan</span></font></b><font color=navy><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:
Arial;color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:State><st1:place><font size=3 color=purple face=Arial><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple;mso-no-proof:
yes'>Texas</span></font></st1:place></st1:State><font color=purple><span
style='mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:purple;mso-no-proof:yes'>: Scaring the
bejezzus out of the other states since 1845.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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