A school examination paper contained the question:--“Write down all
you know about Henry VIII,” and one of the small boys answered as
follows:--
“King Henry 8 was the greatest widower that ever lived. He was born
at Anne Domini in the year 1066. He had 510 wives besides children.
The first was beheaded and afterwards executed, and the second was
revoked. She never smiled again. But she said the word ‘Calais’ would
be found on her heart after death. The greatest man in this reign
was Lord Sir Garret Wolsey--named the Boy Bachelor. He was born at
the age of fifteen unmarried. Henry 8 was succeeded on the throne by
his great-grandmother, the beautiful Mary, Queen of Scots, sometimes
called Lady of the Lake or the Lay of the Last Minstrel.”
157. Two boys, A and B, run round a ring in opposite directions till
they meet at the starting point, their last meeting place before this
having been 990 yards from it. If A’s rate to B’s be as 5 to 3, find
the distance they have travelled.