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longdog wrote: From 1351

When a man doth compass or imagine the death of our lord the King, or of our lady his Queen or of their eldest son and heir.

If a man do violate the King's companion, or the King's eldest daughter unmarried, or the wife of the King's eldest son and heir.
Did I read that correctly; f***ing the King's mistress is treason?
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longdog wrote: From 1351

When a man doth compass or imagine the death of our lord the King, or of our lady his Queen or of their eldest son and heir.

If a man do violate the King's companion, or the King's eldest daughter unmarried, or the wife of the King's eldest son and heir.
Did I read that correctly; f***ing the King's mistress is treason?
No. I think it's for situations like his fiancée or like with the Duke of Edinburgh at present, he isn't a king but is covered by the rules as companion of the queen.
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I think it came under the heading of if it could be construed as a threat against the sovereign then it could be counted and punished as treason. They were pretty flexible about interpreting those laws as I recall when it suited their purposes. So if predicting, even wrongly, the death of the sovereign then I would suspect it could be stretched, and was, at need.
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notorial dissent wrote:So if predicting, even wrongly, the death of the sovereign then I would suspect it could be stretched, and was, at need.
If you are referring to the 'compass or imagine' bit I don't think predicting the death of the sovereign is what was meant... One thing we can predict with utter certainty is that they will all die just the same as the rest of us.

I have vague recollections of looking this up before when arguing with a footler on YouToob and 'compass or imagine the death of the sovereign' is just an extremely archaic way of saying 'conspiring to bump off'.
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Unh no. I was referring to another of the treason statutes. Just saying that the "companion" bit could probably have been stretched to include just about anyone that suited their purposes, and since the sovereign's paramour could have had a drastic affect on things, like the sovereign's mind or attitude towards things, then it is not to far out of line, I think.
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I read that France had a law against using divination concerning the king's health and well being. I can understand why. If someone went around saying "The Mad Cave Hermit of Gascony has foreseen the King's death this very year!" it would cause a lot of anxiety throughout the country, factional jockeying at court, and maybe some plots abroad.
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grixit wrote:I read that France had a law against using divination concerning the king's health and well being. I can understand why. If someone went around saying "The Mad Cave Hermit of Gascony has foreseen the King's death this very year!" it would cause a lot of anxiety throughout the country, factional jockeying at court, and maybe some plots abroad.
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Before. And there was some concern about him, but he managed to gain important friends. That's why he's still a subject of discussion as opposed to a footnote.
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grixit wrote:Before. And there was some concern about him, but he managed to gain important friends. That's why he's still a subject of discussion as opposed to a footnote.
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ArthurWankspittle wrote:
Arthur Rubin wrote:
longdog wrote: From 1351

When a man doth compass or imagine the death of our lord the King, or of our lady his Queen or of their eldest son and heir.

If a man do violate the King's companion, or the King's eldest daughter unmarried, or the wife of the King's eldest son and heir.
Did I read that correctly; f***ing the King's mistress is treason?
No. I think it's for situations like his fiancée or like with the Duke of Edinburgh at present, he isn't a king but is covered by the rules as companion of the queen.
It's to do with lines of succession, basically if a person were to try and insert their line into the royal one and usurp the Kings. I suppose the modern analogy would be to prevent a Joffrey.
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Just finished reading this epic tale of lifelong fail and while I have sympathy for his family; sadly I can't think of any more fitting tribute to the life of the "Greatest Common Law Attorney" than wasting the time of the courts in his honor.
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