1,600 years old would put it right around the time of the Saxon "invasion" and the flight of the Romans, who left instructions for the British to "fend for themselves". around the time of the collapse of the Roman Empire.
That's old, and a historically pivotal time.
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That's old, and a historically pivotal time.
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“Trouble rather the tiger in his lair than the sage among his books. For to you kingdoms and their armies are things mighty and enduring, but to him they are but toys of the moment, to be overturned with the flick of a finger.”
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake
― Gordon R. Dickson, Tactics of Mistake