YodaMaster said:
Thanks but all following entries could be improved too:
ok, here is the first batch
original text
EVENTNAME258020;Baroque helicopter;;;;;;;;;;
EVENTHIST258020;In 1641 the Polish Royal court was visited by famous Italian scientist Tito Livio Buratini. He was a really brilliant figure: specialist in architecture, mining, physics, mechanics, hydraulics, metrology, engravings... The Italian was warmly welcomed by the King and settled in Poland. It was his initiatives to build in Ujazdow castle (near Warsaw) one of contemporary Europe's biggest observatorie and to construct an extremely complex hydraulic mechanism, to create very precise scales. He also offered to replace all the countless European systems of length measures by one integral metric system. In February 1648 De Nuaire, secretary of Queen Ludwika Maria of Poland, wrote to the famous Parisian astronomer Marino Marsene that in Warsaw Buratini demonstrated 'a model of 4 or 5 foots in length, which with the help of flex placed under the tail, could rise to the air: the flex was moving a spring and a wheel placed inside. This model could rise a cat sitting in it.' Later De Nuaire wrote that the Italian constructed 'a flying ship', which could transport a man. Soon Europe was full of rumours that at the Polish court a 'flying dragoon' was invented, which could transport three men from Warsaw to Constantinople within 12 hours!;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME258020A;Let's fly;;;;;;;;;;
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revision
EVENTNAME258020;Baroque helicopter;;;;;;;;;;
EVENTHIST258020;In 1641 the Polish Royal court was visited by
the famous Italian scientist Tito Livio Buratini
, who specialized in architecture, mining, physics, mechanics, hydraulics, metrology
and engravings
among other things. The Italian was warmly welcomed by the King and settled in Poland. It was his initiatives to build
in Ujazdow castle (near Warsaw) one of contemporary Europe's biggest observatorie
s in Ujazdow castle (near Warsaw) and to construct an extremely complex hydraulic
mechanism, to create very precise scale
s. He also
proposed to replace all the countless European systems of length measures by one integral metric system. In February 1648 De Nuaire, secretary of Queen Ludwika Maria of Poland, wrote to the famous Parisian astronomer Marino Marsene that in Warsaw Buratini demonstrated 'a model of 4 or 5 foots in length, which with the help of flex placed under the tail, could rise to the air: the flex was moving a spring and a wheel placed inside. This model could rise a cat sitting in it.' Later De Nuaire wrote that the Italian constructed 'a flying ship', which could transport a man. Soon Europe was full of rumours that at the Polish court a 'flying dragoon' was invented, which could transport three men from Warsaw to Constantinople within 12 hours!;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME258020A;Let's fly;;;;;;;;;;
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original text:
EVENTNAME258021;Cheap Money;;;;;;;;;;
EVENTHIST258021;The hard situation in the Kingdom and the endless wars emptied the treasury and in March 1659 the Sejm decided to support the King's initiative regarding the minting of two million zlotys in cheap copper solids worth a third of their original value. New mints were opened in Brest, Kounia (Kaunas), Vilna, Malbork and Ujazdow to provide the state with this inflated money. There, and also in Krakow, Oliwa and Bydgoszcz mints were used for these purposes. Tito Livio Buratini was soon appointed to execute this decision of the Sejm.;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME258021A;We need money;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME258021B;We do not want to destroy our economy;;;;;;;;;;
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revision:
EVENTNAME258021;Cheap Money;;;;;;;;;;
EVENTHIST258021;
Because of endless wars and economic decline the Polish treasury was often empty. In March 1659 the Sejm decided to support the King's initiative
to mint two million zlotys in cheap copper solids worth
only a third of their original value. New mints were opened in Brest, Kounia (Kaunas), Vilna, Malbork and Ujazdow to provide the state with this inflated money
, the mints in Krakow, Oliwa and Bydgoszcz
mints were
also used for these purposes. The
Italian scientist Tito Livio Buratini was soon appointed to execute this decision of the Sejm.;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME258021A;We need money;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME258021B;We do not want to destroy our economy;;;;;;;;;;
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original text:
EVENTNAME258022;30 Polish groszes;;;;;;;;;;
EVENTHIST258022;The difficult financial problems forced the country to search all possible sources to finance the army that was fighting the foes of the Kingdom.Such a possibility was offered by Andrew Tynf, main commissary of the Polish mints. He suggested minting 'zloty' – the coin of 30 groszes denomination, but with 60 percent less silver in it than in ordinary coins. The only compensation was the phrase engraved on them: Dat Pretium Servata Salus Potior Q3 Metallo Est ('The desire to save Fatherland is higher than price of metal'). The Sejm accepted this offer.;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME258022A;More money for the army;;;;;;;;;;
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revision:
EVENTNAME258022;30 Polish groszes;;;;;;;;;;
EVENTHIST258022;
Because of financial problems
Poland was forced to
find new sources
of money to finance the army that was fighting
its many foes
of the Kingdom.
Such a possibility was offered by Andrew Tynf, main commissary of the Polish mints
. He suggested
a solution, namely minting
the 'zloty' –
a coin
worth 30 groszes
denomination - but with 60 percent less silver in it than in ordinary coins. The only compensation was the phrase engraved on
the coins: Dat Pretium Servata Salus Potior Q
uo Metallo Est ('The desire to save
the Fatherland is
larger than
the price of metal'). The Sejm accepted this
proposal.;;;;;;;;;;
ACTIONNAME258022A;More money for the army;;;;;;;;;;
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btw I'm not entirely sure about the latin, neither about whether it should indeed be "quo" or the translation, I'll look at it again tonight when I have my dictionary.
Edit: I'll also post this in the 1.51 bug thread.