tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586839561546113426.post5943218420105702035..comments2021-03-22T20:21:04.710-07:00Comments on Wand’rings in the Wilderness of Ziph: Usurpers and Trespassers in the Scottish woodsSteve Spencerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09329594317366074590noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586839561546113426.post-17369366467772822132010-12-27T23:20:57.211-08:002010-12-27T23:20:57.211-08:00I received a most curious message today from our r...I received a most curious message today from our recent "guest." It<br />read:<br /><br />"The ransom is paid, and my companion and I have our freedom returned. Poach on my lands again, and you will be met with force.<br /><br />I have no fear of Greyfriars. I meet friends there all of the time..." <br /><br />Indeed, the ransom was a remarkable sum, I must admit. Quite a nice return on the investment of a couple of arrows in Roberge's considerable backside. Someone apparently found our guest worth retrieving, though I cannot fathom why. Perhaps in his clan he is the crazy uncle whom everyone loves, but no one has the heart to correct his unwarranted indolence. In any event, he must know that the King can never "poach" what already belongs to him, as all the land and everything thereon surely does. I feel we may meet again, this "Comyn" and I.SteveSpencer824https://www.blogger.com/profile/01074902663353575262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586839561546113426.post-87579412494884204682010-12-26T22:38:40.484-08:002010-12-26T22:38:40.484-08:00You speak an infinite deal of nothing, commoner, a...You speak an infinite deal of nothing, commoner, awaiting by my mercy a ransom which has yet to materialize. Scotland HAS a King: Edward, and needs no other. However, if you ARE ransomed, I would avoid the Greyfriars Monastery, if I were you.SteveSpencer824https://www.blogger.com/profile/01074902663353575262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-586839561546113426.post-18691380583597759022010-12-26T20:03:15.965-08:002010-12-26T20:03:15.965-08:00I, Sirrah, am heir to the throne of Scotland. Your...I, Sirrah, am heir to the throne of Scotland. Your tresspassing and poaching on my family lands will be dealt with at a future date, on the field of honour.<br /><br />John ComynMedic252https://www.blogger.com/profile/01968210277399355668noreply@blogger.com