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A Question About The Lyrics (for Raymond)

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Ragnar

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Friday, February 25th 2005, 7:15pm

Hi !

I've got a really important question about the lyrics on the first three ToT-Albums.
I will give now an example:
"Soothing ale for a parchéd sot..." (A hamlet for a slothful vassal).
Why is there an apostrophe (´) over the -e- in parchéd ?
When I read Shakespeare, the simple past was formed like this:
Either kill'd or killed but there is no apostrophe on the -e-.
And now another example:
"Dove-feathered raven..."(A hamlet...)
Now there is no apostrophe on the -e- in feathered.
Can you tell me when one has to put the apostrophe on the -e- and when not ?
Are there any rules ?
(Sorry for my bad Englisch).