I'm just saying, it's no wonder I thought "I have resolved X" was a perfectly legitimate way to say things :P

You would fit in well in the 18th century!

So I want to hear about this guy! is he like the tragic Fredersdorf

Kind of! Not to fear, he's on my list of things to talk about! I just need to reread the highly inaccurate but more memorable section in Massie and then the more accurate and less memorable in Hatton to get the events straight in my head so I can pass them on.