An anonymous pamphlet published in summer 1555 painted a terrifying picture of a Protestant England in which the fabric of society had been eroded, '... all good order broken, the magistrates contempned, and the people so farre divided that the father dread the childe, the marchaunt hys prentysce, the master hys man . . . Amitie and friendship was fled the realme, truth and trust was outtroden, al good maners and nurture in youth exiled, the very norishe of chastetee in maydens cast of cleane, so that what eche man liked and lusted, that he thought lawful...'
This communistic free-for-all cannot have been what people remembered of Edward’s reign. Perhaps they thought it had all happened in the next parish, or just over the hill. This was what became of England in rebellion against Catholicism and accepting the word of priests like babes. A few Protestant worthies were put to the sword, and far more innocents, in an attempt at correction. Anyone notice certain harmonies in this stuff and the reaction of Obama's modest national health plans? The last line of the ancient text kills me - surely it cannot be that Catholic maydens were ever the epitome of chastetee, or there would never have been any practice for us Proddie lads until forced to settle down to the ice cold domesticity of one of our own! I can only hope that Che Obama gets on with collapsing the fabric of US society by letting everyone have health insurance! Marxism works in mysterious ways indeed! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
