Today’s Totally Random
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Let us withdraw into the other room.
Clarence
King Henry the Fourth
Part II Act IV,
Scene iv, Line 88
Clarence is Prince Henry’s brother, Thomas of Clarence, so why we’re not referring to him as Prince Thomas I’m not sure. Lots of people in the history plays have several names, like Clarence. His name is Thomas, but he’s the Duke of Clarence, so mostly he gets referred to as simply Clarence. I know, it’s a bit confusing.
Anyway, Clarence, Gloster, Warwick, and Prince Henry are in King Henry’s bedroom, and Clarence is suggesting that they all get out of there and let the sleeping King Henry alone. How all these guys ended up in the king’s bedroom in the first place is beyond me, but there they are.
It reminds me of
that time that I was having back problems and I couldn’t move without intense
pain. Patrice had to call an ambulance to take me into the hospital, and I found
myself in my own bedroom with a couple of EMTs and a Cheshire cop: in my
bedroom! With all the pain I was in it was still crossing my mind at the time, “what
are all these people doing in my bedroom?”
Now, in the king’s case, he’s asleep. I have no idea if he’s suffering any back pain, but he’s asleep. Meantime, all these other guys are convinced that the king is on his deathbed. If I’m not mistaken, they’re right. Luckily for me, I was not on my deathbed. Also luckily for me, since I’ve been doing exercises since then to build up my core, my back has been a lot better. Knock on wood.
Hey, Mr. Blagys, I think you should stick to the Shakespeare
stuff; nobody’s going to want to hear about the Cheshire cop in your bedroom.
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