summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
The Church was much more open in the 17th century regarding their deviancies.
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Groucho's Fact Hunt
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A grand chap was old Abiezer
He was jailed in Newgate prison for 'Heresy' after writing the above.After his release he published a pamphlet - 'Coppes return to the ways of righteousness' in which was even more heretical lol
Leon Rosselson has a song about him.
Abiezer Coppe, did away with sin
"my body is my church" he said, "God's dwelling is within."
"All I do is holy" Abiezer cried,
Gave his loving freely, a Ranter 'til he died
"A pox upon the pious, and on what the Scriptures teach,
I'd rather hear a Tinker curse than hear a vicar preach
Shameless in his pleasures, drank and smoke and swore,
Embracing as his fellow creatures beggar, thief and whore
The righteous said "The Devil will take Coppe and his kind".
"The Devil is God's backside", said Coppe "and Hell is a state of mind"
"Women are the only heaven, marriage is the only Hell"
Abiezer Coppe knew it very well.
Through the streets of London, Abiezer came,
heard the hungry cries for bread, he was a soul in pain.
When the nobles in their coaches passed, he charged with wild eyes
And gnashed his teeth in anger and then roared up to the skies"Hark, ye rich, ye nobles, ye shall reap soon what ye sow
For the day of doom is coming that will lay the mighty low.
And your property will canker, and your houses will decay
And the rust upon your silver will burn your flesh away""Community in all things, Abiezer said,
The naked shall have clothing, the hungry must have bread
The great man jails the cutpurse, the rich man starves the poor"
"Without property", said Abiezer "theft would be no more""Community in all things, Abiezer said,
The naked shall have clothing, the hungry must have bread
The great man jails the cutpurse, the rich man starves the poor"
"Without property", said Abiezer "theft would be no more"Condemned by Church and Parliament, attacked on every side
They banned his books and burned them, and he was seized and tried
The magistrates condemned him, for vile Blasphemy
He pelted them with nutshells, cried "will you my judges be?"
To Newgate jail they took him, the Ranters' dream was dead.
He had no taste for martyrdom "I will recant", he said
"I banished sin, but I have erred, it cannot be denied
that THESE are sins...greed, tyranny, hypocrisy and PRIDE!"
Abiezer Coppe did away with sin
"My body is my church," he said, "God's dwelling is within"
History disowned him, but his ghost it cannot kill
Haunts the rich and the righteous, drunk and dancing still.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Bernard Manning was a guard at Spandau prison.
Spadge Vernacular
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Spandau Ballet were named after Bernard Mannings early work attempts at entertainment
Billysgingham.
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In the film The Deerhunter, Chuck Aspegren who played the part of "Axel" never acted before or after the film.Also John Cazala who played "Stan" done all his parts first because of illness and never got to see the film, he died during the making of it.
Also the Deer Hunters iconic score 'Cavatina' - by Stanley Myers played so memorably by virtuoso John Williams was originally written for piano.
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Years ago urine was used for tanning animal skins, so families would use a pot for every to pee in and they would then sell it to a local tannery hence people where "piss poor'.
Billysgingham.
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Following on to that some people didnt have a pot, so " they haven't got a pot to piss in"
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Also known as a Kenwright.
chrismpw
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Which is why it's impossible to get a decent cup of tea atop Everest.
So no point in going.
bigjonny
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You could take a flask , a tartan one then you’d see it if you dropped it in the snow.
's OK mate, they're running the fix as we speak