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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bardolph, post: 8166158, member: 96174&quot;]The story is that Lady Godiva&#039;s husband, Leofric, Earl of Mercia, introduced new taxes that the poorer people were unable to pay. She begged him to cancel the&nbsp; taxes. He said he would if she would ride naked&nbsp; through the streets of Coventry.&nbsp; To his surprise, she&nbsp; accepted. The&nbsp; people showed their gratitude by closing&nbsp; their windows and staying indoors so as not to see her as she rode past- all except&nbsp; Peeping Tom, who in some versions of the tale was struck blind[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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