"Now, we can argue the procedure of my very quick and crude test. We can argue the validity of my sword, or of my blow. But, if you like, I can quote you a passage from a book Natural Magick dating to 1558 or thereabouts that indicates that this is the kind of performance that men of that time would expect from mail."
or we can just call you a renaisance festival geek with wayyyyy to much free time and deflect your argument all together.
