ntt@dciem.UUCP (Mark Brader) (01/17/84)
dartvax!tomj (Thos. Johnston) writes: >..During the reign of Edward III of England, treason was defined to include >having sexual relations with the sovereign's wife, the wife of the sovereign's >eldest son, or the sovereign's eldest daughter unmarried. The purpose, of >course, was to protect the line of decent. ^^^^^^ Amusing. (Also interesting.) Mark Brader