It looks as if History and Levity are not related, for the pages of the Past are rich in rapine, conflagration, aberration and decapitation. It is remarkable how few of the kings of the past are called Happy Harry, Jovial John, Marmaduke the Merry, Laughing Larry, Chirpy Charles, and the Carnival King. Instead we find such soubriquets as Two-dagger page 14 Dave, Bloody Mary, Henry the Head-Hunter, Ethelred the Unruly, and Bullswool the Butcher—or, if we don't find them, it isn't their fault.