From: Senji Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2016 01:21:55 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Reply X-Git-Url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/ucgi/~jdamery/git?a=commitdiff_plain;h=133fcbb3c71b158dbd0e7af8c7422a39db9f69b0;p=ArtibusWiki.git Reply --- diff --git a/Chronicle/Downtime/Correspondences/AskingAboutMarriage.mdwn b/Chronicle/Downtime/Correspondences/AskingAboutMarriage.mdwn index dfaf7259..5793bfea 100644 --- a/Chronicle/Downtime/Correspondences/AskingAboutMarriage.mdwn +++ b/Chronicle/Downtime/Correspondences/AskingAboutMarriage.mdwn @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ -From Alexios, Summer 1222 - -To the respected Mathieus of House Jerbiton, Johannes Roth sends greetings and good wishes: +From Johannes, Summer 1222 +> To the respected Mathieus of House Jerbiton, Johannes Roth sends greetings and good wishes: +> > My friend Alexios has spoken much of your wisdom and understanding, and thus, being > unsure where else I might turn, I am venturing to contact you in this matter, and hope > that you will not take it amiss that I have done so, whether you are able or willing @@ -15,7 +15,41 @@ To the respected Mathieus of House Jerbiton, Johannes Roth sends greetings and g > I know you have many claims on your time, but I am hoping nonetheless that you might > be able to offer me some advice on how I might proceed; I would be most grateful no > matter how much or how little. +> +> Yours with respect, +> +> Johannes ex Guernicus -Yours with respect, +From Mathieus, Summer 1222 -Johannes ex Guernicus +> To Johannes Roth, Quaesitor of Stonehenge, +> +> I am, of course, willing to offer my advice. This question is one +>that I have been asked about on many an occasion, although few of +>those who ask seem to go on to fulfil their course of action. +> +> The problem is complicated, of course, because there's no commonly +>accepted status for an Hermetic Magus. Many of my charges are in +>fact full members of the nobility; and for them I recommend that they +>proceed in exactly the way they would if they were any other younger +>son or daughter. +> +> In your case as one outside of the supporting structure of the +>nobility I suspect you're going to have to make some kind of +>compromise. +> +> Potential options might be, firstly a Maga of the Order; secondly +>the younger daughter of an impoverished nobleman; thirdly the +>daughter of a prosperous merchant or craftsman hoping to rise in the +>world; fourthly the daughter of one of your Academic compatriots at +>Cambridge or Oxford; or fifthly abandon any concept of your correct +>place in the world and court anyone you please and submit yourselfs +>to the arrows of public opinion. +> +> In the first or second case I might be able to arrange +>introductions. Or indeed in the fourth case in respect of Paris. +> +> I hope that this overview has been helpful; do please feel free to +>consult me further. +> +> Mathieus.