Title: Greatest things about the 1600's
Post by: nofuture on 07 June, 2006, 08:31:29 PM
Post by: nofuture on 07 June, 2006, 08:31:29 PM
'Twas t'riffic
Title: Re: Greatest things about the 1600...
Post by: House of Usher on 07 June, 2006, 08:36:27 PM
Post by: House of Usher on 07 June, 2006, 08:36:27 PM
I'll put in a vote against witch hunts, plagues and live executions.
:-P
:-P
Title: Re: Greatest things about the 1600...
Post by: longmanshort on 07 June, 2006, 08:36:28 PM
Post by: longmanshort on 07 June, 2006, 08:36:28 PM
THE MOST INTERESTING THING ABOUT KING CHARLES I IS THAT HE WAS 5'6" TALL AT THE START OF HIS REIGN, BUT ONLY 4'8" AT THE END OF IT...
BECAUSE OF...
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protecteur of England
PURITAN
Born in 1599 and died in 1658
SEPTEMBER
Was at first
ONLY
MP for Huntingdon
BUT THEN
He led the Ironside Cavalry at Marston Moor
in 1644 and won.
Then he founded the new model army
And praise be, beat the Cavaliers at Naseby
And the King fled up North like a bat to the
Scots.
SPOKEN: BUT UNDER THE TERMS OF JOHN PIMM'S SOLEMN LEAGUE AND COVENANT, THE SCOTS HANDED KING CHARLES I OVER TO...
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protecteur of England
AND HIS WARTS
Born in 1599 and died in 1658
SEPTEMBER
But alas
OY VAY!
Disagreement then broke out
BETWEEN
The Presbyterian Parliament and the Military who meant
To have an independent bent.
And so...
The 2nd Civil War broke out
And the Roundhead ranks
Faced the Cavaliers at Preston, Lancs
And the King lost again, silly thing
STUPID GIT
SPOKEN: AND CROMWELL SEND COLONEL PRIDE TO PURGE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN ROYALISTS LEAVING BEHIND ONLY THE RUMP PARLIAMENT...
Which appointed a High Court at Westminster
Hall
To indict Charles I for...tyranny
OOOOHHH!
Charles was sentenced to death
Even though he refused to accept that the court
had...jurisdiction
SAY GOODBYE TO HIS HEAD
Poor King Charles laid his head on the block
JANUARY 1649
Down came the axe, and...
SPOKEN: IN THE SILENCE THAT FOLLOWED, THE ONLY SOUND THAT COULD BE HEARD WAS A SOLITARY GIGGLE,
FROM...
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protecteur of England
OLE
Born in 1599 and died in 1658
SEPTEMBER
Then he smashed
IRELAND
Set up the Commonwealth
AND MORE
He crushed the Scots at Worcester
And beat the Dutch at sea
In 1653 and then
He dissolved the Rump Parliament
And with Lambert's consent
Wrote the instrument of Government
Under which Oliver was Proctector at last
The end!
BECAUSE OF...
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protecteur of England
PURITAN
Born in 1599 and died in 1658
SEPTEMBER
Was at first
ONLY
MP for Huntingdon
BUT THEN
He led the Ironside Cavalry at Marston Moor
in 1644 and won.
Then he founded the new model army
And praise be, beat the Cavaliers at Naseby
And the King fled up North like a bat to the
Scots.
SPOKEN: BUT UNDER THE TERMS OF JOHN PIMM'S SOLEMN LEAGUE AND COVENANT, THE SCOTS HANDED KING CHARLES I OVER TO...
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protecteur of England
AND HIS WARTS
Born in 1599 and died in 1658
SEPTEMBER
But alas
OY VAY!
Disagreement then broke out
BETWEEN
The Presbyterian Parliament and the Military who meant
To have an independent bent.
And so...
The 2nd Civil War broke out
And the Roundhead ranks
Faced the Cavaliers at Preston, Lancs
And the King lost again, silly thing
STUPID GIT
SPOKEN: AND CROMWELL SEND COLONEL PRIDE TO PURGE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN ROYALISTS LEAVING BEHIND ONLY THE RUMP PARLIAMENT...
Which appointed a High Court at Westminster
Hall
To indict Charles I for...tyranny
OOOOHHH!
Charles was sentenced to death
Even though he refused to accept that the court
had...jurisdiction
SAY GOODBYE TO HIS HEAD
Poor King Charles laid his head on the block
JANUARY 1649
Down came the axe, and...
SPOKEN: IN THE SILENCE THAT FOLLOWED, THE ONLY SOUND THAT COULD BE HEARD WAS A SOLITARY GIGGLE,
FROM...
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protecteur of England
OLE
Born in 1599 and died in 1658
SEPTEMBER
Then he smashed
IRELAND
Set up the Commonwealth
AND MORE
He crushed the Scots at Worcester
And beat the Dutch at sea
In 1653 and then
He dissolved the Rump Parliament
And with Lambert's consent
Wrote the instrument of Government
Under which Oliver was Proctector at last
The end!
Title: Re: Greatest things about the 1600...
Post by: Dark Jimbo on 07 June, 2006, 08:47:11 PM
Post by: Dark Jimbo on 07 June, 2006, 08:47:11 PM
The contiuning career of Shakespeare.
Samuel Pepys.
When Cromwell's short-lived, badly planned Commonwealth died a well-deserved death, and Charles II came back to reclaim his throne. Huzzah! Long live the King!*
*This also produced a rather nice side-effect; although we had to endure some miserable puritan rule, when Charles returned from the continent he brought back with him a fashionable new drink that all the French were going crazy for - Tea. If England didn't have tea today, I don't know what I'd do, so 1652 stands as a good year.
Then again, I could really have done without the plague, and that pesky fire in London... what was it called?
Samuel Pepys.
When Cromwell's short-lived, badly planned Commonwealth died a well-deserved death, and Charles II came back to reclaim his throne. Huzzah! Long live the King!*
*This also produced a rather nice side-effect; although we had to endure some miserable puritan rule, when Charles returned from the continent he brought back with him a fashionable new drink that all the French were going crazy for - Tea. If England didn't have tea today, I don't know what I'd do, so 1652 stands as a good year.
Then again, I could really have done without the plague, and that pesky fire in London... what was it called?
Title: Re: Greatest things about the 1600...
Post by: longmanshort on 07 June, 2006, 08:50:49 PM
Post by: longmanshort on 07 June, 2006, 08:50:49 PM
*This also produced a rather nice side-effect;
That's as maybe, but we also have to live with the negative legacy of his return - Restoration theatre, the most pointless, annoying and pathetic excuse for some T&A in the history of Western civilisation.
Well, until Big Brother came along ...
That's as maybe, but we also have to live with the negative legacy of his return - Restoration theatre, the most pointless, annoying and pathetic excuse for some T&A in the history of Western civilisation.
Well, until Big Brother came along ...
Title: Re: Greatest things about the 1600...
Post by: Wake on 07 June, 2006, 09:21:05 PM
Post by: Wake on 07 June, 2006, 09:21:05 PM
It recently gave me a rare excuse for a fry-up breakfast.
Cheers,
Wake
Cheers,
Wake
Title: Re: Greatest things about the 1600...
Post by: longmanshort on 07 June, 2006, 09:30:36 PM
Post by: longmanshort on 07 June, 2006, 09:30:36 PM
Royalist scum ;)
Title: Re: Greatest things about the 1600...
Post by: +rufus+ on 07 June, 2006, 10:27:34 PM
Post by: +rufus+ on 07 June, 2006, 10:27:34 PM
Gibbets.
London should still have them at every bridge.
London should still have them at every bridge.
Title: Re: Greatest things about the 1600...
Post by: Wils on 07 June, 2006, 10:30:32 PM
Post by: Wils on 07 June, 2006, 10:30:32 PM
Dysentery!
Title: Re: Greatest things about the 1600...
Post by: DavidXBrunt on 07 June, 2006, 10:56:11 PM
Post by: DavidXBrunt on 07 June, 2006, 10:56:11 PM
Which Joan Collines pronounces Die-sentry.
Title: Re: Greatest things about the 1600...
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 08 June, 2006, 06:07:48 AM
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 08 June, 2006, 06:07:48 AM
In Australia the 1600s were completely brilliant, due to the place having not yet been discovered
Title: Re: Greatest things about the 1600...
Post by: Tanky on 08 June, 2006, 03:21:44 PM
Post by: Tanky on 08 June, 2006, 03:21:44 PM
PIRATES!
Title: Re: Greatest things about the 1600...
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 08 June, 2006, 06:07:27 PM
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 08 June, 2006, 06:07:27 PM
the discovery of potatoes must have been brilliant. What did everybody eat before potatoes?
Title: Re: Greatest things about the 1600...
Post by: SamuelAWilkinson on 08 June, 2006, 06:56:19 PM
Post by: SamuelAWilkinson on 08 June, 2006, 06:56:19 PM
Turnips, Floyd. Many, many turnips.
Title: Re: Greatest things about the 1600...
Post by: Cthulouis on 08 June, 2006, 08:14:25 PM
Post by: Cthulouis on 08 June, 2006, 08:14:25 PM
'In Australia the 1600s were completely brilliant, due to the place having not yet been discovered'
Apart from by the the native Aboriginies, but they so totaly don't count.
Apart from by the the native Aboriginies, but they so totaly don't count.
Title: Re: Greatest things about the 1600...
Post by: Wake on 08 June, 2006, 08:20:39 PM
Post by: Wake on 08 June, 2006, 08:20:39 PM
Bread - the underside often got burnt so the rich people got the upper crust. Bread was sometimes used as edible plates (trenchers).
Rice - apparently it was used as a packing material for imported china from the far east, so could be had fairly easily near the docks.
Pastry
Rice - apparently it was used as a packing material for imported china from the far east, so could be had fairly easily near the docks.
Pastry
Title: Re: Greatest things about the 1600...
Post by: Wake on 08 June, 2006, 08:22:05 PM
Post by: Wake on 08 June, 2006, 08:22:05 PM
Apart from by the native Aboriginies, but they so totaly don't count.
I assumed he meant it was brilliant FOR the native Aboriginies.
I assumed he meant it was brilliant FOR the native Aboriginies.
Title: Re: Greatest things about the 1600...
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 10 June, 2006, 07:56:53 PM
Post by: Floyd-the-k on 10 June, 2006, 07:56:53 PM
that's exactly what I meant Wake, thank you. For aboriginals it was a great time, especially compared to the post-Invasion period
anyway, back on topic. Restoration Comedys rocked! Probably.
The King James Bible is still a terrific read and even better if you can get an edition with the sucky introduction in which the translators tell King James how absolutely fanatastic he is and how his new bible will help people protect themselves from Popish Persons and self-conceited brethren (I think they mean Puritans)
anyway, back on topic. Restoration Comedys rocked! Probably.
The King James Bible is still a terrific read and even better if you can get an edition with the sucky introduction in which the translators tell King James how absolutely fanatastic he is and how his new bible will help people protect themselves from Popish Persons and self-conceited brethren (I think they mean Puritans)