Posted by Imre Wacha on June 06, 2002 at 15:46:59 from 213.253.215.4 user iwacha.
I'm not English, not a historian, especially not an expert of the history of England. I've my last lesson on history almost 30 years ago. So it is a shame or not - don't know "who it was who asked the executioner to sharpen his axe and cut boldly, when the clumsy fellow got nervous and took three blows to lop off a head of English chivalry or something like that." (PD. Blazed Trail - Puffin; p228)