[Moo] Ordinances of Richard II

[siegfriedmcclure at aol.com]

I read "hardy" as "foolhardy".

This appears to be a "Don't shout fire in a movie theater" law.

Siegfried

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X. ITEM, that no one be so hardy as to cry "havok," under pain of losing his head, and that he or they that shall be the beginners of the said cry shall likewise be beheaded, and their bodies afterwards be hanged up by the arms. 
  
  
Can anyone elaborate on the significance of this item? Obviously I know what the word means and can understand the sentiment of the order. 
  
Marcolo 
  
  
  
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