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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I now ask: "Where, oh Baron, is your defense of noble Trelac?" Why do you build walls between friends? Why to you lie to cover your actions? With defenders such as you we may need more enemies. </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I once thought of you as a friend and defender of all that is honorable and good. What do you hope to gain by building a wall? I have not known you as long as some, but I always thought you to be an honorable man. What has happened since you have become a Baron? What has happened to the good men and women of Bonwicke? Have you come under some evil spell? Are you listening to those who would fill your head with visions of wealth and ambition? The small shire of Trelac certainly has nothing to gain by promoting hostilities between us. I beg you to turn from the path of you are taking, and become a Defender and friend of Trelac once more.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Rizardo d'Artusio, a true Defender of Trelac and past Defender of Bonwicke</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: HE Chiang <chiang@nts-online.net><BR>To: Ansteorra <ansteorra@lists.ansteorra.org>; "Western Region of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <western@lists.ansteorra.org><BR>Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 8:37:21 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [Western] Ansteorra Digest, Vol 26, Issue 53<BR><BR> My Dear Friend,<BR>I did not believe you could be so easily deceived. I have always held <BR>Blacklake and it people, in the highest of regards. I have always felt like <BR>it was a home away from home, so to speak. I have been its named defender <BR>more times than just about anyone else. Has it not occurred to you that the <BR>message you intercepted was to set up Bonwicke and myself? As far as not <BR>denying the tax collectors, or their being mine, I have sent no tax <BR>collectors to Blacklake or Crossroads for that matter. I have sent no one
<BR>except a few surveyors, fence builders and a few men to guard them.<BR> My feelings about tax collectors is well known, and has been low these <BR>many years. More than one tax collectors has met his match with me. Granted <BR>things have not been as well in western Ansteorra, lately, but still I have <BR>seen no cause to send anyone to collect any taxes. I think instead that many <BR>are trying to use old rumors and lies about me toward their own ends.<BR> May haps one day soon, the west will be calm again.<BR> I am and remain, humbly your friend,<BR> Chiang<BR><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Chris England" <<A href="mailto:drachenhohle@suddenlink.net" ymailto="mailto:drachenhohle@suddenlink.net">drachenhohle@suddenlink.net</A>><BR>To: <<A href="mailto:ansteorra@lists.ansteorra.org" ymailto="mailto:ansteorra@lists.ansteorra.org">ansteorra@lists.ansteorra.org</A>>; "Western Region of Ansteorra - SCA,
<BR>Inc." <<A href="mailto:western@lists.ansteorra.org" ymailto="mailto:western@lists.ansteorra.org">western@lists.ansteorra.org</A>><BR>Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 8:06 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [Western] Ansteorra Digest, Vol 26, Issue 53<BR><BR><BR>> You are not innocent in all of this Chiang! Your "small fence"! HA! A<BR>> stone fortified wall manned with armed men! Your "southern border" is <BR>> many<BR>> miles north of where that monster was built! Aside from all of this there<BR>> have been 'tax collectors' running all though my shire of Blacklake taking<BR>> everything that wasn't nailed down! None of which you have denied! And <BR>> now<BR>> I intercept this report from the captain of Trelac's guard...<BR><BR>------all the lies and crap snipped for brevity------------<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Western mailing list<BR><A
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