"Celebrating the age of the Bard, RenFaires provide a balm to the spirit, a respite from the modern storm, a step back in time, a rare opportunity to rub starched linen elbows with the occasional jongleur???In other words, these most rare and precious of gatherings are a time to inflict some serious old-school torture.Ye Olde Newsflashe: If you???re carrying a lute, you clay-witted codpiece, you???" . . . .