The Renaissance was an age in which
more individuals felt the value of
their human being….
The government of England was a
limited mockery. From the womb of
Henry VIII, Protestantism was born.
He found walking difficult because he
had an abbess on his knee…..
Queen Elizabeth was the Virgin
queen because she liked virgin olive
oil. Her navy defeated the Spanish
armadillo….
It was an age of great inventions and discoveries. Gutenberg
invented the Bible. Another important invention was the
circulation of blood….And Francis Drake circumcised the world in
his 100 foot clipper. The greatest writer of the Renaissance was
Shakespeare. He always carried a spear, and hence the name.
He lived in Windsor with his merry wives. The clown in one of his
plays is called Touchdown. Romeo and Juliet are an example of
a heroic couplet…. The next great author was John Milton. He
wrote Paradise Lost. Then his wife died and so he wrote Paradise
Regained….
During the Renaissance America began. Columbus was a great
navigator who discovered America while cursing about the
Atlantic. …Later Pilgrims crossed the ocean and this was called
Pilgrim’s Progress….
One of the causes of the Revolutionary war was that the English
put tacks in their tea….
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