Mojo, The Bard, & Me

 

Today’s Totally Random Lines

  

I thank you. Let’s withdraw;

And meet the rise as it seeks us. We fear not

What can from Italy annoy us; but

We grieve at chances here. – Away!

Cymbeline

Cymbeline           Act IV, Scene iii, Line 34

Let’s see: Cymbeline is the play about the people around an ancient king of Britain named Cymbeline. It’s scene four here, so we’re obviously well into the play. Without getting into too much context, at this point in the play Cymbeline is in a bit of a tizzy. His daughter is missing (she’ll be back), his stepson is missing (dead, he won’t be back), and his wife is sick with a fever (I’m not sure what happens with her). To complicate matters, an invading Roman force has just landed. All in all, Cymbeline’s not having a good day. 

One of his lords has just told Cymbeline to buck up and put his troops in motion against the Romans. The king is responding to the lord with Today’s Lines. By the sound of Cymbeline's reply, it does look like he's going to buck up. 

And that’s about it. I’m afraid I don’t have any commentary on Today’s Lines, political or otherwise. If you find that disappointing, I've put a link below to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's Substack post of the day. It's about rising to the occasion, sort of like Cymbeline in Today's Line. Kareem has a pretty good blog, but you have to pay for it unless, like me, you're content to just get the preview. So here you go.

Tucker Who?, History Has No Delete Button, & Show Me the Money

  

 Apparently, this guy doesn’t have much to add either. Nor does he seem interested in Kareem's post. To each, his own.