Looks as if Miller's growth spurt is over again. Prose zinged back to where it was, argument limp or nonexistent, poor social skills. Kate Sullivan
In a message dated 6/12/09 9:16:00 AM, [email protected] writes: > Regarding the Templars, I was recalling Chapter 12 of Jean De Joinville's > first person account of the Seventh Crusade. > > In that chapter, envoys from "The Old Man of the Mountain", i.e. the chief > of > the Hashshashins, visited King Louis in Acre to extort cash in the time > honored tradition of "you pay or you die".B The Hashanashins (or Assasins) > didn't have an army, but they did have a reputation for effective > infiltration > with no concern for their own safety. > > What was goodB King Louis to do? > > "On his return, the envoy found his majesty seated so as to have the > Master of > the Hospital on one side and the Master of the Temple on the other." The > upshot being, that instead of receiving tribute, "The Old man of the > mountain" > began to pay it. > > B B B B B B B B B B B ************* > > Is Sir William of Conger truly as fearsome as those 13th C. Templars? > > Perhaps. > > But as warriors grow old, in both Christendom as well as the Orient, we > often > find them leaving the battlefield andB entering the monastery. > > > ************** Shop Dellbs full line of Laptops now starting at $349! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221881320x1201406166/aol?redir=http:%2F%2 Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B215218036%3B37264217%3Bz)
