The Earl of Oxford, making a bow to Queen Elizabeth I, happened to let out a fart, about which he was so ashamed that he went into exile for seven years.
On his return, the Queen welcomed him home with the words, "My lord, we have forgot the fart."
John Aubrey in Brief Lives (c. 1693)
Helen Rose Sanford de Sales La Terrière 1947-2026
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