Rupert, spying remotely on a Cavalier council of war, sees:
Charles I;
his own brother, Maurice;
Goring;
Digby;
Eythin;
Legge.
I do not understand the reference to the Virgin Islands in Maurice's Wikipedia article.
Rupert thinks of Legge as "...good Will Legge..." (p. 197) but, of the others:
Goring is a villain;
Digby is a conniver;
Eythin is greedy.
"...what fine Cavaliers. I'd liefer have a bluff and honest Cromwell. No matter what one's side in any strife, some allies would make better enemies...." (ibid.)
Who are our allies or enemies longer term? For what happens when a soldier of the Calormene god, Tash, meets Aslan, follow the link from Scriptural And Symbolical Texts. In an Ishtarian death dream, former enemies fight the Demon Sun. See War On Ishtar II.
6 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
I think Prince Maurice died near the Virgin Islands because he was apparently acting as a privateer commissioned by the exiled Charles II to attack Cromwellian shipping at the time.
I looked up Goring and Digby and I can see why Prince Rupert was disgusted by them. But, I also recalled Rupert thinking during the Battle of Marston Moor that he could love Goring like a brother because of his courage.
And in the 1644 of A MIDSUMMER TEMPEST Cromwell had not yet done the things that has made him such a sinister figure in British history.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean,
Date and place of death! I have just never noticed the info presented like that b4.
Paul.
Kaor, PaUl!
Well, Prince Maurice was ACTING for the exiled Charles II at the time he died.
Ad astra! Sean
Cromwell was ruthless, but by the standards of the time not exceptionally so; he generally acted in accordance with the laws of war as they were commonly understood in the 1640's.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
Granted, but I don't have to like Cromwell or think he was good for Britain or Ireland.
Ad astra! Sean
He was an able ruler, but mostly what he did was a more disciplined continuation of Stuart policy abroad. He did bring the British Isles into a legislative union, which was constructive -- Charles II should have worked harder to maintain that, IMHO.
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