Saturday, December 13, 2025

Eleanor de Astlye - Order of the Silver Brooch

What should these skills this manifold,   
Mean, this chill autumn day? 
After summer comes dark and cold 
Crafting under the candles’ sway 

Of the East Kingdom’s full compass
King Donovan and Queen
Mengha, both do concur en masse
Silver Brooch is hers. As We’ve seen

Her manner, method, mode and mind
Elenor’s ready to discern 
The more learned, the more she’s behind
And the more behind, more’s to learn!

As such at Hundred Minutes War
Rusted Woodlands Shire
We now have raised her to the fore: 
Eleanor de Astlye’s Brooch acquired

Word Count 91
Illumination by Marian Kirkpatrick


KEY Proverbs of Chaucer

A8

B6

A8

8B


PROVERB QUESTION: (What do these skills earn?)

A8 What should these skills this manifold,   

B6 Mean, this chill autumn day? 6

A8 After summer comes dark and cold 

B8 Crafting under the candles’ sway 


ANSWER: (Silver brooch) & REQUIRED INFO 

A8 Of the East Kingdoms full compass

B6 King Donovan and Queen

A8 Mengha, both do concur en masse

B8 Silver Brooch is hers as We’ve seen


INFODUMP FOR RECIPIENT

A8 Her manner, method, mode and mind

B6 Elenor’s ready to discern 

A8 The more learned, the more she’s behind

B8 And the more behind, more’s to learn


REQUIRED INFORMATION & CONCLUSION

A8 As such at Hundred Minutes War

B6 Rusted Woodlands Shire

A8 We now have raised her to the fore: 

B8 Eleanor de Astlye’s Brooch acquired




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