To: spokeshave
Poor Canute. He wasn't arrogant enough to believe he could affect the tides. He was demonstrating the sniveling obsequiousness of his counselors. He was trying to humiliate them. IIRC, Canute was a practicing Christian.
71 posted on
07/25/2013 6:32:20 AM PDT by
1010RD
(First, Do No Harm)
To: 1010RD
73 posted on
07/25/2013 6:35:40 AM PDT by
dfwgator
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