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Real tennis is still played, despite the overwhelming presence of the lawn variety. http://www.real-tennis.com/history/main.htmlBingley
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Didn't Henry the VIIIth die of gout, or something?
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hank had gout--you usually don't die from it.
its considered nowdays to be a form of arthritis--and it is largely treated by modifying food intake. Its painful, and can cause joint damage, (which results in limited mobility, which can cause other problems..)
Hank was in his late fifties, overweight, with gout, and other health problems, (some related to his obesity) and its not clear what he died of. i think he died of dyspepsia--but the symptoms of 'dyspepsia' (a vague term for upset stomache/heartburn) can also be the symptoms of a heart attack, or of bleeding ulcer.
-he also had dropsy--(swelling from retained fluid) an other symptom of poor cardio-vascular health--fluid retention is a common symptom of cardio/pulminary failure('congestive heart failure")and can lead to high blood presure.. and so on.
so take your pick!
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Siphilis?
I thought that was George III. Not mutually exclusive, I guess. (Have you been reading the Baroque Trilogy again?)
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There is much medico-historical speculation that George III suffered from Porphyria which caused his apparent insanity, rather than syphillis.
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> Have you been reading the Baroque Trilogy again? again? god, I can't get through it the first time... 
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Wolfie asks: "Have you been reading the Baroque Trilogy again?"
And the Vicar responds: I'm waiting for the Readers Digest condensed version to be published.
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Readers' Digest Condensed Version...
Hold not thy breath. Even if they reduced it by three-quarters it would still be 750 pages. As long as a later Harry Potter book, almost! But somebody in Baroquia - France or Germany or Saxony or whatever - was portrayed as a syphilitic King, as I recall.
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'Twas Jack Shaftoe, King of the Vagabonds.
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