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Following the Equator
Part 7

CHAPTER LXI
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What is the meaning of 'Ich Dien'?
"10.

An honor conferred on the first or eldest sons of English Sovereigns.

It is nothing more than some feathers.
"11.

Ich Dien was the word which was written on the feathers of the blind King who came to fight, being interlaced with the bridles of the horse.
"13.

Ich Dien is a title given to Henry VII by the Pope of Rome, when he forwarded the Reformation of Cardinal Wolsy to Rome, and for this reason he was called Commander of the faith." A dozen or so of this kind of insane answers are quoted in the book from that examination.


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