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English was a great language for oaths.

Excerpt… Gaza, November, 1323 The good captain had his mast re-stepped and re-rigged four days following the arrival of Johanna and company, after which they were forced to wait two interminable weeks for a favorable wind. His pilgrims, thoroughly bored with the delights of Gaza’s bazaars and women, were impatient to depart. They said so,…

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There were those who looked as if they would as soon murder the woman out of hand than endure another episode of her fits.

Excerpt… October, 1324, the Holy Land THE CONVULSING WOMAN screamed again. She had a painfully loud and piercing scream which the rock walls of the cave only enhanced. Everyone in earshot cringed. Some cursed. And there were those who looked as if they would as soon murder the woman out of hand than endure another…

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