Re: Ethilrist's men and total population

From: Chris Lemens <chrislemens_at_...>
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 09:28:11 -0700 (PDT)


Donald Oddy observes:
> . . . on those figures just about every
> able-bodied adult male is a soldier. The
> only sensible interpretation is that
> the majority of the foot soldiers are
> part-timers who also farm.

Maybe the figure does not include Sir E on the grounds that he is there less than half the time? I.e., he and most of his troop is away on campaign most of the time.

Chris Lemens

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