Prompted me to look some stuff up ...

I always thought "surfeit" meant "plenty", but apparently it means "excess" ...

And since he died in Normandy, it could have been brook lampreys. They may be small, but so are sardines.

Anyway, I learned something new.


On 3/18/2023 4:41 PM, Bob W PDML wrote:
Fascinating. One of our medieval kings is said to have died ‘of a surfeit of 
lampreys’, though presumably not brook lampreys as they seem to small to eat.

On 18 Mar 2023, at 20:29, Toine <to...@repiuk.nl> wrote:

This fish is very rare and if present an indication of water quality. I had
the opportunity to see them because they were just being counted.

https://repiuk.nl/new/_1033255/

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