Oh, I do love typos. This one is from Wikipedia :-
“…Pembroke though, was much delayed; although he was in Plymouth by May, his feet could not be available until June…”
What a wonderful image this conjures!
The Earl of Pembroke’s missing feet….!
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Reminds me of the “feet of fines”. Never quite figured that out…
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… or “fleet of foot” …
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