John, King of England have involved only a few of his pack-horses. Modern historians assert that by October 1216 John faced a "stalemate", "a military situation uncompromised by defeat". John's illness grew worse and by the time he reached Newark Castle he was unable to travel any farther; John died on the night of 18/19 October. Numerous – probably fictitious – accounts circulated soon after his death that he had been killed by poisoned ale, poisoned plums or a "surfeit of peaches". His body was escorted south by a company of mercenaries and he was buried in Worcester Cathedral in front of the altar
Brittonicisms in English Breton. All continental languages do have external possessors, including the Scandinavian languages (e.g. Swedish: internal - "Hon tvättade hans hår"; external - "Hon tvättade håret på honom"). Old English used the external possessor, e.g., "Seo cwen het þa þæm cyninge þæt heafod of aceorfan", literally "The Queen ordered them the King the head to cut off", which is perfectly parallel to modern German: "Die Königin hieß sie, dem König den Kopf ab(zu)schneiden." Modern English must use the internal possessor: "The Queen ordered them to cut off the King's head". The statistical bias towards use of tag questions and answers in