This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands,-- This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England. ~~William Shakespeare, Richard III



Sunday, September 5, 2010

This Day in History...

September 5, 1174 - Canterbury Cathedral was destroyed by fire.

September 5, 1548 – Catherine Parr, sixth (and last) wife of Henry VIII, died in childbirth with her fourth husband's (Thomas Seymour) child.

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