updated_at,id,text,theme,metaphor,work_id,reviewed_on,provenance,created_at,comments,context,dictionary
2013-06-12 18:50:07 UTC,8721,"And therefore to conclude, all thinges, but specially the whole life of man, is a certeine kinde of contention and strife. But in the meane while, omitting this externall strife, wherof we entreated erewhile, which I would God it were lesse, & therefore lesse knowne to all men: how great is the internall contention, not only against an other, but as I haue saide, against our owne kinde, not against an other particular person, but against our selfe, and that in this bodily outward couering, which is the most vile and base part of our selues? and euerie one hath continuall warre with him selfe in the most secret closet of his minde. For as touching this our bodie, with how contrarie humours it aboundeth and is troubled, enquire of those that are called naturall Phylosophers: but with how diuerse and contrarie affections the minde striueth against it selfe, let euerie one enquire of none other than him selfe, and answere him selfe, with how variable and vncerteine motion of minde hee is drawne sometime one way, some time an other: he is neuer whole, nor neuer one man, but alwayes dissenting & deuided in himselfe. For, to speake nothing of other motions, to will, to nill, to loue, to hate, to flatter, to threaten, to mock, to deceiue, to feigne, to iest, to weepe, to pitie, to spare, to bee angrie, to bee pleased, to slide, to bee cast downe, to bee aduanced, to stumble, to stande vp, to goe forwarde, to turne backe, to begin, to leaue of, to doubt, to erre, to bee deceiued, to be ignorant, to learne, to forget, to remember, to enuie, to contemne, to wonder, to loath, to despise, and to haue in admiration, and such like, than whiche truly there can bee nothing imagined more vncerteine, and with which the life of man ebbeth and floweth vncerteinly, from the beginning to the ending without intermission. For what tempests and madnesse is there in these foure passions, to wit, to hope or desire, and to reioice, to feare and to bee sorie, whiche trouble the poore and miserable minde, by driuing him with sodeine windes and gales, in course far from the hauen into the middes of the dangerous rocks? Which passions, some one way, and some another, yea diuersly diuerse haue expressed in lesse than in an whole verse. And as Saint Augustine writeth, the Poet Virgil hath comprised in a most knowne veritie: of which passions truly I am not ignorant, that more and lesse may bee said on both sides. As for me I haue not much studied for shortnesse nor copie, but I haue set downe in writing such matter as in order hath offered it selfe to me, out of the common course of mans life, that I might not werie the Reader, either with scarcitie or tediousnesse. And let not the name of Fortune grieue thee, which is repeated not onely in the superscriptions and tytles, but also in the woork: For truly thou hast often heard mine opinion, concerning fortune. But when I foresawe that this Doctrine was most necessarie, specially for such as were not furnished with learning, I haue vsed in their behalfe the common and knowne woord, not being ignorant, what other men generally, & most briefly. S. Hierome thinketh of this matter, where he sayth, that there is neither Fortune nor destinie, so that the common sort shall acknowledge and perceiue here their manner of speaking: as for the learned, which are but scarce, they will vnderstand what I meane, and shall not bee troubled with the vsuall woord. Of the one part of this twoofold woorke, concerning passions and fortune, wee haue saide alredie, what wee thought good, & of the other we will now speake, what wee shall see conuenient.",Psychomachia,"""And euerie one hath continuall warre with him selfe in the most secret closet of his minde.""",3420,,"Reading MacDonald's History of the Concept of Mind (Ashgate, 2003), 211.",2003-10-08 00:00:00 UTC,"REVISIT and chase down text. Had cut this? — ""[Allegorical battle] within every individual takes place in the concrete, ordinary world familiar to contemporary readers. Reason and 4 passions contend
[Rem. I. xxiii]""","",""
2012-05-15 20:42:08 UTC,8766,"MARCUS
O heavens, can you hear a good man groan
And not relent, or not compassion him?
Marcus, attend him in his ecstasy,
That hath more scars of sorrow in his heart
Than foemen's marks upon his battered shield,
But yet so just that he will not revenge.
Revenge the heavens for old Andronicus!
(IV.i.122-8)","","""Marcus, attend him in his ecstasy, / That hath more scars of sorrow in his heart / Than foemen's marks upon his battered shield, / But yet so just that he will not revenge.""",3446,2012-05-15,HDIS,2003-08-04 00:00:00 UTC,"•I've included twice: 'Body'->'Injury' and 'War'->'Shield'
•Chiron, and Demetrius have been discovered as Lavinia's rapists
• reviewed 2003-10-23","Act IV, scene i",""
2009-09-14 19:33:46 UTC,8777,"MARCUS
O, calm thee, gentle lord, although I know
There is enough written upon this earth
To stir a mutiny in the mildest thoughts,
And arm the minds of infants to exclaims.
My lord, kneel down with me; Lavinia, kneel;
And kneel, sweet boy, the Roman Hector's hope,
All kneel
MARCUS
And swear with me -- as, with the woeful fere
And father of that chaste dishonoured dame
Lord Junius Brutus sware for Lucrece' rape --
That we will prosecute by good advice
Mortal revenge upon these traitorous Goths,
And see their blood, or die with this reproach.
(IV.i.82-93)","","""To stir a mutiny in the mildest thoughts, / And arm the minds of infants to exclaims.""",3446,2003-10-23,HDIS,2003-08-04 00:00:00 UTC,•Old problem: does mutiny belong with 'War' or 'Government'? (REVISIT.),"Act IV, scene i. Lavinia has just written out ""Stuprum. Chiron. Demetrius."" in the sand and Tamora's sons are discovered",""
2013-06-12 14:00:03 UTC,8789,"LADY ANNE
No? Why? When he that is my husband now
Came to me as I followed Henry's corpse,
When scarce the blood was well washed from his hands,
Which issued from my other angel husband
And that dear saint which then I weeping followed --
O when, I say, I looked on Richard's face,
This was my wish: ""Be thou"", quoth I, ""accursed
For making me, so young, so old a widow,
And when thou wedd'st, let sorrow haunt thy bed;
And be thy wife -- if any be so mad --
More miserable made by the life of thee
Than thou hast made me by my dear lord's death.""
Lo, ere I can repeat this curse again,
Within so small a time, my woman's heart
Grossly grew captive to his honey words
And proved the subject of mine own soul's curse,
Which hitherto hath held mine eyes from rest --
For never yet one hour in his bed
Did I enjoy the golden dew of sleep,
But with his timorous dreams was still awaked.
Besides, he hates me for my father Warwick,
And will, no doubt, shortly be rid of me.
(IV.i.65-86)","","""Within so small a time, my woman's heart / Grossly grew captive to his honey words / And proved the subject of mine own soul's curse.""",3452,,HDIS,2003-08-07 00:00:00 UTC,"•This is really a personification and probably doesn't belong in this database. Ah well.
•I've since changed my mind.","Act IV, Scene i",""
2009-09-14 19:33:49 UTC,8888,"CONSTABLE
If the English had any apprehension, they
would run away.
ORLEANS
That they lack -- for if their heads had any
intellectual armour, they could never wear such heavy
headpieces.
RAMBURES
That island of England breeds very valiant
creatures. Their mastiffs are of unmatchable courage.
ORLEANS
Foolish curs, that run winking into the mouth
of a Russian bear, and have their heads crushed like
rotten apples. You may as well say, ``That's a valiant
flea that dare eat his breakfast on the lip of a lion.""
(III.vii.132-42)","","""That they lack -- for if their heads had any / intellectual armour, they could never wear such heavy / headpieces.""",3469,,HDIS,2003-08-27 00:00:00 UTC,"","Act III, scene viii. The French survey the English army at Agincourt",""
2009-09-14 19:33:50 UTC,8902,"ROSENCRANTZ
The single and peculiar life is bound
With all the strength and armour of the mind
To keep itself from noyance; but much more
That spirit upon whose weal depends and rests
The lives of many. The cease of majesty
Dies not alone, but like a gulf doth draw
What's near it with it. It is a massy wheel
Fixed on the summit of the highest mount,
To whose huge spokes ten thousand lesser things
Are mortised and adjoined, which when it falls
Each small annexment, petty consequence,
Attends the boist'rous ruin. Never alone
Did the King sigh, but with a general groan.
(III.iii.11-23)","","One's life is ""bound with all the strength and armour of the mind / To keep itself from noyance.""",3474,,HDIS,2003-08-01 00:00:00 UTC,•And the king's is more so.,"Act III, scene iii. The king tells R. & G. that Hamlet will be dispatched to England",""
2009-09-14 19:34:00 UTC,9170,"KING HENRY
What stronger breastplate than a heart untainted?
Thrice is he armed that hath his quarrel just;
And he but naked, though locked up in steel,
Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
(III.ii.232-5)","","""What stronger breastplate than a heart untainted?""",3548,,HDIS,2003-07-30 00:00:00 UTC,"","Act III, scene ii. Warwick and Suffolk have just exited fighting",""
2009-09-14 19:34:01 UTC,9174,"KING HENRY
O Thou eternal mover of the heavens,
Look with a gentle eye upon this wretch.
O, beat away the busy meddling fiend
That lays strong siege unto this wretch's soul,
And from his bosom purge this black despair.
(III.iii.19-23)","","""O, beat away the busy meddling fiend / That lays strong siege unto this wretch's soul.""",3548,,HDIS,2003-07-30 00:00:00 UTC,•Archictecture of War? REVISIT,"Act III, scene iii. See Beaufort's speech in a previous entry. Henry's follows ",""
2009-09-14 19:34:01 UTC,9179,"KING HENRY
O piteous spectacle! O bloody times!
Whiles lions war and battle for their dens,
Poor harmless lambs abide their enmity.
Weep, wretched man, I'll aid thee tear for tear;
And let our hearts and eyes, like civil war,
Be blind with tears, and break, o'ercharged with grief.
(II.v.73-78)","","""Weep, wretched man, I'll aid thee tear for tear; / And let our hearts and eyes, like civil war, / Be blind with tears, and break, o'ercharged with grief.""",3549,,HDIS,2003-08-01 00:00:00 UTC,"","Act II, scene v.",""
2009-09-14 19:34:01 UTC,9182,"KING HENRY
My queen and son are gone to France for aid,
And, as I hear, the great commanding Warwick
Is thither gone to crave the French King's sister
To wife for Edward. If this news be true,
Poor Queen and son, your labour is but lost --
For Warwick is a subtle orator,
And Louis a prince soon won with moving words.
By this account, then, Margaret may win him --
For she's a woman to be pitied much.
Her sighs will make a batt'ry in his breast,
Her tears will pierce into a marble heart,
The tiger will be mild whiles she doth mourn,
And Nero will be tainted with remorse
To hear and see her plaints, her brinish tears.
Ay, but she's come to beg; Warwick to give.
She on his left side, craving aid for Henry;
He on his right, asking a wife for Edward.
She weeps and says her Henry is deposed,
He smiles and says his Edward is installed;
That she, poor wretch, for grief can speak no more,
Whiles Warwick tells his title, smooths the wrong,
Inferreth arguments of mighty strength,
And in conclusion wins the King from her
With promise of his sister and what else
To strengthen and support King Edward's place.
O, Margaret, thus 'twill be; and thou, poor soul,
Art then forsaken, as thou went'st forlorn.
(III.i.28-54)","","""Her sighs will make a batt'ry in his breast, / Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.""",3549,,HDIS,2003-08-01 00:00:00 UTC,•I've included twice: Battery and Marble.,"Act III, scene i.",""