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In the course of research on the British Army of the eighteenth century I was able to obtain two very exciting documents: the 1722 and 1749 British Army Articles of War. I won't quote the titles here because they are very verbose, but from what I can tell the contents is much the same, concerning penalties for various crimes, which range from those you'd expect, such as mutiny, to those you wouldn't expect, such as insulting the Royal Family (to which I, a fairly committed anti-monarchist, am both horrified and amused). What is especially striking, however, is the typeface: the 1722 version is printed in blackletter, while the 1749 version is printed in Roman type. My knowledge of printing history isn't strong, but I find this change interesting, and wonder at it.

Should anyone wish for either of these PDFs, please send me a message. They aren't available freely online, but I am fortunate that my alma mater contains some of the best collections in the world, so I was able to gain access. I would like to make them more freely available online at some point, but that would require me to work out how in the first place.

Reading DK Broster's The Flight of the Heron has reminded me once again what a weird city Edinburgh is, and so I thought I would put down a few of my thoughts on the city, as someone who lived in the Old Town for several years and who knows it fairly well.

( On Edinburgh )

A couple bits from my selkie story, in which Bush is a selkie and Hornblower, having lost Hotspur's first lieutenant to an accident and in desperate need of another, steals Bush's skin. He realises quite quickly what he's done and returns it, but instead of killing him as he expects, Bush asks to stay on as lieutenant for reasons of his own.

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I realised after writing this that I wanted a different POV. So here it goes, on the scrap pile.

HH/WB, the usual.

( Kingston )

sanguinity wanted drunken kissing fic. I wrote drunken kissing fic. (As per, I reserve all rights to edit this at will, but for now...)

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( Vodka and Caviar )

I knew there was a drabble kicking around my WIP folder.

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( River )

 I've been doing some reading (as you do) about 18th/19th century dining, and I came across this fascinating bit of trivia: apparently at certain chop-houses, roast beef was served with "gill-ale", which is an ale made with ground ivy (from what I've read, in place of hops.) Now, of course, it's very difficult to find such a thing nowadays, but BUT I have found that apparently Lincoln College, Oxford serves it on May 25th to students of Brasenose!

(For the record, I don't know if it actually contains ivy, but the tradition is it does. That being said, All Souls no longer does their Duck Hunt with a real duck, so we shall see.)

Maria Mason did not lie to herself.

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