tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300682946349532269.post4492035206016910942..comments2024-01-22T07:56:24.467-05:00Comments on Thing Finder: Devon, o Devon, in wind and rainCharleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17629826628363310792noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300682946349532269.post-6025081899339344612023-05-19T19:18:04.764-04:002023-05-19T19:18:04.764-04:00Realizing this is an old blog but I was struck by ...Realizing this is an old blog but I was struck by your mention of the foreigner Cornish Regiment when talking about the Devonshire regiment... ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300682946349532269.post-89644955956238961522020-03-06T09:02:50.089-05:002020-03-06T09:02:50.089-05:00I agree, having puzzled over this, writing up prog...I agree, having puzzled over this, writing up programme notes for the Stanford which our choir is singing. He is listing those attributes of the Spanish Inquisition which he sees as potentially binding the English should we have lost. The "Devil" is the Spaniard whom we have sent "howling" back to Hell with our victory. Lwaxannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15519861542100338215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300682946349532269.post-48861243400688669332019-03-20T16:09:48.872-04:002019-03-20T16:09:48.872-04:00Faggots being old term for the bundles of sticks f...Faggots being old term for the bundles of sticks for such a fire.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17629826628363310792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300682946349532269.post-23246551749694325922019-03-20T16:07:53.078-04:002019-03-20T16:07:53.078-04:00The accurate answer is that I do not know. My ass...The accurate answer is that I do not know. My assumption is that, looking at the drifting wreckage of the Armada, he is referencing the bad things which would have settled on England's neck had the Spaniards succeeded in their invasion. Fetter and Faith might reference the imposed Catholic religion. Faggot and Father might be the custom of burning heretics (as the English were seen to be). Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17629826628363310792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300682946349532269.post-53746629943784083182019-03-20T15:29:04.705-04:002019-03-20T15:29:04.705-04:00To what does the phrase "Faggot and father&qu...To what does the phrase "Faggot and father" refer?David Edmondshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14703520574706798158noreply@blogger.com