Mojo, The Bard, & Me

 Today’s Totally Random Lines

 

Anointed, I implore so much expense of thy royal sweet breath as will utter a brace of words.

Armado

Love’s Labour’s Lost             Act V, Scene ii, Line 519

Okay, no context today, mostly form. Well, a little context.

Today’s lines are preceded in the text by the stage direction Enter Armado, and immediately followed by the further stage direction Converses apart with the King, and delivers him a paper. So that whatever is going on, Armado enters and interrupts with Today’s Totally Random Line.

Having said that, it’s a pretty solid interruption. Honestly, he starts off with addressing the King as anointed. That’s pretty good. It seems appropriate when addressing a king, but it’s not one I’ve run into before, as far as I can remember. And then he implores the king. He doesn’t just ask, he implores. And what does he implore: the expense of thy royal sweet breath. Well as far as interruptions go, this is one sweet interruption.

We should all get this sort of treatment when being interrupted. I know that I would be much more willing to listen to anyone interrupting me if they started with anointed, I implore so much expense of thy sweet breath as will utter a brace of words. See, I took out the word royal (since I’m not a king) and it still sounds really great. This is one of those lines that I wish I could remember, but I know I never will.

Anointed, I implore so much expense of thy sweet breath as will utter a brace of words.

Zzzzzzz.

When this guy gets comfortable it doesn't matter how sweetly you put it. He's simply not going to have his nap interrupted. Period.