All of these pieties have a similar ring, as well they should, for they all reflect a centuries - old Anglo -
Saxon article of faith: a man who plays games is a right guy.
The
Saxon prophet summed it up in a piece called The Keys (1530): «We know pretty well that the Romans do not consider us Germans to be human beings, but empty shells and shadows... they think that when a cardinal lets wind, the Germans believe a new
article of faith is born.»