Sir,
For
holy offices I have a time; a time
To
think upon the part of business which
I
bear i’the state; and nature does require
Her
times of preservation, which perforce
I,
her frail son, amongst my brethren mortal,
Must
give my tendance to.
-Cardinal Wolsey
King Henry The Eighth Act III, scene ii, line 144
Without getting into context and, instead, simply dwelling
on the lines given; Wolsey is telling the king that he spends some of his time
on his job as a religious leader, some of his time on serving the king in
business of state, and some of his time eating, sleeping and taking care of
other physical needs. He has stated these three in the order God, country, self;
using seven words for God, fourteen for country, and twenty-three for self. The
order is certainly not coincidence, but I wonder if the number of words is indicative
of anything?
What do you think?
Well, I'm not sure it's very relevant, but I decided to put in a pic of myself out in nature. This was back in the day when I gave more tendance to nature. Of course, by 'nature', I mean the natural world, the outdoors. That's not exactly how Will is using 'nature' in today's Totally Random line, but, oh well.
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