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From: Paul <>
Subject: Re: for horse or for foot
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 1999 21:02:30 -0700


Forgot to say; "Kings Men" and "Kings Foot" were quite nearly
synonymous. So it was that the expression "...all the King's Horse and
all the King's Men.... " referred to the entirety of his armed might,
i.e., the most powerful of all forces in early times. Paul

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