It
used to say :
HIC IACET ARCTURUS
ANGLIE
REX QUONDAM REX
FUTURUS
in rather wobbly capitals on a piece of
broken millstone. In 1259, however, a
passing blacksmith in need of a bit of something to sharpen scythes on removed
the original memorial, and the spot remained unmarked until the middle of the
twentieth century, when the appropriate government department replaced it with
a large concrete slab bearing the suitable inscription:
NO DOGS
which is, considered all in all, perhaps the
finest obituary a man can ask for.
(from Faust Among
Equals by Tom Holt)
7*/10. The complete review is here.
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