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Literature | Drowned in a Butt of Malmsey George, Duke of Clarence, being allowed to choose by what death he would die, chose drowning in malmsey wine (1477). See the continuation of Monstrelet, 196; Fulgosus, ix. 12; Martin du Bellais's Memoirs (year 1514). Admitting this legend to be an historic fact, it is not unique: Michael Harslob, of Berlin, wished to meet death in a similar way in 1571, if we may credit the inscription on his tomb: - "In cyatho vini pleno cum musca periret, Sic, ait Oeneus, sponte perire velim." ' "When in a cup of wine a fly was drowned. So, said Vinarius, may my days be crowned." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 52 4F 57 4E 45 44 49 4E 41 42 55 54 54 4F 46 4D 41 4C 4D 53 45 59 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01010010 01001111 01010111 01001110 01000101 01000100 00100000 01001001 01001110 00100000 01000001 00100000 01000010 01010101 01010100 01010100 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01001101 01000001 01001100 01001101 01010011 01000101 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D R O W N E D   I N   A   B U T T   O F   M A L M S E Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0052 004F 0057 004E 0045 0044 0049 004E 0041 0042 0055 0054 0054 004F 0046 004D 0041 004C 004D 0053 0045 0059 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)385249574839382434823523655545424940247354647533959 |
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