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From: Liz Read <>
Subject: Re: The Puzzle Epitaph
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 20:26:38 GMT
References: <0mddht8idnsva1ijak4q75ar0fubnmfumv@4ax.com>, <200106010648.f516m8C95448@smtp.freeola.enta.net>


On 1 Jun 2001 00:42:05 -0600, wrote:

>Liz Read <> wrote...
>
>> What a splendid epitaph. I would imagine it has something to do with
>> the Civil War, when the Roundheads captured the town and resisted two
>> attempts by the Cavaliers to recapture it. <<

>
>IT cannot be a Civil War grave, since the supposed death date given
>at the end, April 17 1641, is 16 months BEFORE the Civil War began!
>Charles I raised his standard at Nottingham on August 22 1642.

Thanks for correcting me, my knowledge of History is sadly deficient
and I'm only just beginning to rectify this. I should really have
checked the dates before I posted.

Liz Read

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