[MR] Fw: A Letter from King Richard

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LOL period e-mail* scam :)  I love it

-Takeda

*e-mail = escuyer mail

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim <jsfrodo at yahoo.com>
To: Atlantia List <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Fri, Feb 5, 2010 11:18 am
Subject: Re: [MR] Fw: A Letter from King Richard


That is entirely too funny!!  A tip of the hat to the originator for 
just the
right kind of twisted humor.
 
Mathias

--- On Fri, 2/5/10, James Matterer <jlmatterer at yahoo.com> wrote:


Read it all, if you dare......

Begin forwarded message:
>
>
> Richard I, by the grace of God, august King of England, sends his 
most kind
greetings.
>
> Because I know that you especially desire to hear from me and to 
learn the
state of my prosperity, I think it fitting to first tell you of 
this.
>  Due to
our most precarious state, I ask that you maintain the utmost secrecy 
regarding
this sensitive correspondence.
>
> I have hidden in France a large sum of foreign gold worth at least 
300,000
pounds silver. Regretfully, I find myself unable to convey this wealth 
back to
England. To be brief, I have been imprisoned in Germany due to a 
hostile regime.
In addition to the indignity of false imprisonment, Henry VI has 
demanded an
unreasonably cruel ransom of 65,000 pounds silver.
>
> Therefore, I offer the following arrangement. If you will send the 
ransom of
65,000 pounds silver to Henry VI, on my release I shall procure the
aforementioned gold. On our return to England, you shall receive one 
half of the
foreign gold I carry. Let my seal on this letter be proof of my honesty 
in this
matter. Once more, I would entreat you to maintain the secrecy of this 
matter to
better ensure that we return with the gold without interference.
>
> 
> In brief therefore, God willing, I shall return to England. I 
render to you
the gratitude which you deserve for the very great fidelity which you 
have shown
to me. And with the full intention of worthily rewarding your services, 
I ask
you to continue the same.
>
> ---------------
> Aoife, feeling ... umm...  inspired by those curious Nigerian fellows 
& taking
a break from practicing for K&Q Bardic.  Opening & closing phrasing 
stolen
ruthlessly from King Conrad of 
Germany:http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1148conrad2.html 

>
> We now return you to your regularly scheduled 21st century spam.
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