{Military Circles}[26th April 1990]

[Redbook7:129][19900426:1025]{Military Circles}[26th April 1990]

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Such fun!

(The order (1) – (4) also happens to be, I believe, the chronological order of their institution in England: ie:

(1) King Henry VIII’s Navy;

(2) Queen Elizabeth I’s secret service (under Lord Burleigh, William Cecil);

(3) the first standing army, under [Oliver] Cromwell; and

(4) the Air Force formed from military flying units in the 20^th century.

I should have preferred it to have turned out the other way round, but of course that is scarcely possible.

(The cardinal boxes** are a speculative afterthought)

*cf 1 K[ings] 19:11-13:

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11 And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: 12 And after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. 13 And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah?

( – Authorised/King James Version of the Bible)

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**[ie the boxes at the cardinal points]

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