tarrying in MULBERRY shade
Art Neuendorffer
The Mulberry Tree
http://www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/p_0637.htm
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A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Act 5, Scene 1
Prologue And Thisby, tarrying in MULBERRY shade,
His dagger drew, and died.
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MULBERRY, n. [OE. moolbery, murberie, AS. murberie,
where the first part is fr. L. morum MULBERRY.]
1. (Bot.) The berry or fruit of any tree of the genus {MORUS};
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MULBERRY Heb. bakah, "to weep;" rendered "Baca" in Ps. 84:6.
The plural form of the Hebrew bekaim is rendered "MULBERRY trees"
in 2 Sam. 5:23, 24 and 1 Chr. 14:14, 15. The tree here alluded to
was probably the aspen or trembling poplar. By "the sound of a going
in the tops of the MULBERRY trees" we are to understand a rustling
among the trees like the marching of an army. This was the signal
that the Lord himself would lead forth David's army to victory.
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"Kalin MacGruder" <kmac...@hotmail.com> wrote :
> I believe that Sir Philip Sidney, author of the Acadia
> and the sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella, is the
> actual author of "Shakespeare's" works. In evidence:
>
> The Hilliard portrait of 1588 probably belongs to the
> same anonymous writer of the account of Sidney's "death",
> commissioned by that same writer as a remembrance for
> him of Sidney. In his account of Sidney's faked death, the
> anonymous writer says, of this deathbed account:
>
> "...for I spake thus unto him: 'Sir, if you hear what
> we say, let us by some means know it, and if you still
> have your inward joy and consolation in God, hold up
> your hand.' With that, he lifted up his hand, and
> stretched it forth on high, which we thought he could
> scarcely have moved;" (From "Sir Philip Sidney", ed
> by Katherine Duncan-Jones, p318).The purple of the hat
> probably refers to the bloody nature of Sidney's death,
> as this Elegy by Roydon on Sidney tells us:
>
> "Alcides' speckled poplar tree,
> The palm, that monarchs do obtain,
> With love-juice stained the MULBERRY,
> The fruit that dews the poet's brain." (lines 13-16)
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MULBERRY, Heb. bakah, "to weep;" rendered "BACA" in Ps.84:6.
The plural form of the Hebrew bekaim is rendered "mulberry trees"
BAY, n. [F. baie a berry, the fruit of the laurel and other trees,
fr. L. BACA, a berry.] In the plural, an honorary garland or
crown bestowed as a prize for victory or EXCELLENCE/ARETÉ,
anciently made or consisting of branches of the laurel.
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T O T H E O [N] L i E B E G E T T E R O
F T H E S E [I] n s U I N G S O N N E T
S M *r* W h a [L] L h a] P P I [N] E S S E A
N D *t* h a t [E] T [E|r] N I T [I] E P R O M
I S *E* D B Y O U [R|e] V E R [L] I V I N G
P O *E* t W i s h [E|t] H T H [E] W E L L W
I S *h* I N G A [d V e] N T U R E R I N S
E t *T* I N G
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<<The Isleworth [Syon] monastery was granted by James I to the
9th Earl of Northumberland, whose descendants still hold it.
The present mansion is mostly the work of *INIGO JONES*,
the ancient *MULBERRY-trees* in the garden being, it is said,
the sole relic of the conventual domain.>>
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23 July => St. BRIDGET's feastday
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http://www.marie-stuart.co.uk/Castles/Lochleven.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09319b.htm
Lochleven (from leamhan, an ELM-tree)
<<On 23 July 1567, at Lochleven, Mary Queen of Scots was forced
to sign an act of withdrawal in favor of her one-year-old son,
who was crowned as James VI five days afterward at Scone.>>
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<<On 23 July 1567, while practicing fencing with Edward Baynam,
a TAILOR, in the backyard of Cecil's house in the Strand, the
seventeen-year-old Oxford killed an unarmed undercook named
THOMAS BRINCKNELL
with a thrust to the thigh. A packed jury instructed by CECIL
found that Brincknell had caused his own death by wilfully
hurling himself on Oxford's rapier.>>
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'And I have only to add, sir,' said Mr. Pickwick, now thoroughly
angry, 'that I consider you a rascal, and a--a--ruffian--and--
and worse than any man I EVER saw, or heard of, except
that PIOUS & sanctified VAGABOND in the MULBERRY LIVERY.'
Shake-speare. . . thy PIOUS FELLOWES give The world thy Workes
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Q2 & Folio: "CLAMBRING TO HANG, AN ENVIOUS SLIVER BROKE"
V E R O N I L V E R I U S
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MULBERRY: the artificial harbor which would be put in place;
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http://www.csj.org/studyindex/studycrthk/study_pseddoscience/study_factcoinc
idence.htm
<<While the Allied Forces were planning the Normandy invasion
of June 6, 1944, the following code words were used
(and were among the best kept secrets of the war):
UTAH & OMAHA for the beaches where the landing would take place;
MULBERRY, for the artificial harbor which would be put in place;
NEPTUNE, the overall plan for Naval operations;
OVERLORD the entire planned invasion itself.
33 days before the invasion, on May 3, 1944, UTAH,
appeared as an answer in the London Daily Telegraph crossword.
13 days before the invasion,
on May 23, OMAHA appeared similarly;
6 days before the invasion,
on May 31, MULBERRY appeared;
and 4 days before the invasion, on June 2, 1944
both NEPTUNE & OVERLORD appeared:
11 across: "Some big-WIG like this has stolen it at times."
Sure that a spy was sending the code through the
newspaper in the crossword puzzles, security forces
descended on the "Daily Telegraph" offices, convinced that
they had uncovered a German spy. Instead what they found was
a very shocked and shaken schoolteacher by the name of
Leonard DAWE, who had been drafting the crossword puzzles
for the "Daily Telegraph" for the past twenty years.
It took a bit of convincing, but DAWE finally managed to
convince the spy catchers that it was all a huge coincidence,
and that he had never, and would never spy FOR THE ENEMY."
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Art Neuendorffer
Art Neuendorffer
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1614 Thomas Freeman: "to Master W. Shakespeare"
Then let thine own works thine own worth upraise,\
And help t'adorn thee with desERVE'd BAYS.\
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1640 *Wit's Recreation*: To Master William Shakespeare
Shakespeare, we must be silent in thy praise,
'Cause our encomiums will but blast thy BAYS,
Which *ENVY* could not, that thou didst so well
*Let thine own HISTORIES prove thy chronicle*
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Edward de VERE's "A crown of BAYS"
http://www3.telus.net/oxford/oxfordspoems.html#3
A crown of BAYS shall that man WEAR
That triumphs over me,
For black and tawny WILL I WEAR,
Which mourning colours be.
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<<The Isleworth [Syon/St. BRIDGET] monastery was
granted by James I to the 9th Earl of Northumberland.
The present mansion is mostly the work of *INIGO JONES*,
the ancient *MULBERRY-trees* in the garden being, it is said,
the sole relic of the conventual domain.>>
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23 July => St. BRIDGET's feastday
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http://www.marie-stuart.co.uk/Castles/Lochleven.htm
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09319b.htm
Lochleven (from leamhan, an ELM-tree)
<<On 23 July 1567, at Lochleven, Mary Queen of Scots was forced
to sign an act of withdrawal in favor of her one-year-old son,
who was crowned as James VI five days afterward at Scone.>>
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<<On 23 July 1567, while practicing fencing with Edward Baynam,
a TAILOR, in the backyard of Cecil's house in the Strand, the
seventeen-year-old Oxford killed an unarmed undercook named
THOMAS BRINCKNELL
with a thrust to the thigh. A packed jury instructed by CECIL
found that Brincknell had caused his own death by wilfully
hurling himself on Oxford's rapier.>>
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Q2 & Folio: "CLAMBRING TO HANG, AN ENVIOUS SLIVER BROKE"
V E R O N I L V E R I U S
A L
G E
A N
B K
O C
N N
[D] I
R
B
S
A
M
O
H
T
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'And I have only to add, sir,' said Mr. Pickwick, now thoroughly
angry, 'that I consider you a rascal, and a--a--ruffian--and--
and worse than any man I EVER saw, or heard of, except
that PIOUS & sanctified VAGABOND in the MULBERRY LIVERY.'
Shake-speare. . . thy PIOUS FELLOWES give The world thy Workes
Art Neuendorffer
John Hanson, First President
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http://users.erols.com/fmoran/MD/hanson.html
<<John Hanson was born in Maryland on April 3, 1715 at MULBERRY
Grove, Maryland and died at Oxon Hill on November 22, 1783.
His mother was of Swedish descent, having been connected closely to
the Royal Family of Gustavus Adolphus. In 1626 the King of Sweden
contemplated sending a colony to America, but the German war engaged
his attention & when the King was slain, Col. Hanson also fell by his
side. Col Hanson left four sons, who were placed under the immediate
protection of the Royal Family and Queen Catherine placed them under
special care of the Governor of New Sweden, with whom they came to
Delaware in the 17th Century. Later this Swedish colony was broken
up by the Dutch Governor of New Netherlands and many of
the Swedes took refuge under Lord Baltimore, in Maryland.>>
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(_The Life of William Shakespeare_ - Books Inc.):
http://www.johnrausch.com/PuzzleWorld/toc.asp?t=_cat/io001.htm&m=cat/io000.h
tm
<<In *the garden* of this house it is believed that Shakespeare planted
a mulberry tree, about the year 1609. In 1609, King James was anxious
to introduce the mulberry (which had been imported about half a century
earlier). On the 25th November, 1609, £935 were paid out of the
public purse for the planting of mulberry trees "near the palace
of Westminster." The mulberry tree, said to have been planted by
Shakespeare, was in existence up to about the year 1755; and in the
spring of 1742, Barrick, Macklin, and Delane the actor, were entertained
under it by Sir Hugh Clopton. New Place remained in possession of
Shakespeare's successors until the Restoration; it was then purchased by
the Clopton family: about 1752 it was sold by the executor of Sir Hugh
to a clergyman of the name of Francis Gastrell, who, on some offence
taken at the authorities of the borough of Stratford, on the subject
of rating the house, PULLED IT DOWN, and cut down the mulberry tree.
According to a letter in the Annual Register of 1760,
the wood was bought by a silver-smith,
who "made many odd things of it for the curious.">>
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original 1609 preface to _Troilus & Cressida_:
A never writer to an ever reader: news
[ An E.Ver writer to an E.Ver reader: news ]
10 Apr 1609 => First Virginia Charter
23 Apr 1609 => Admiral Sir George Somers' will
23 May 1609 => Second Virginia Charter
30 May 1609 => Sonnets registered
Sept 1609 => 'I mighte stay another yeare at New Place'
-- town clerk Tom Greene
Theseia 8 Oct 1609 => John Clarke, founder of Newport, R.I. born
25 Nov 1609 => £935 for mulberry tree planting at Westminster
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9 Mar 1759 => cluster of Sun, Mercury,
Venus, Mars, Saturn, Uranus.
14 Apr 1759 => Handel dies
1759 => Francis Gastrell PULLED New Place DOWN
and cut down the mulberry tree.
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http://shakespeare.spyk.com/William-Shakespeare-Life/wheeleraccount/wheelera
ccount.htm
ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF SHAKSPEARE.
by , Charles Henry Wheeler 1833
<<Mrs. Shakspeare survived her husband eight years, dying in 1623, at the
age
of sixty-seven. Of Shakspeare's family, the son died in 1596; the eldest
daughter, Susanna, married Dr. John Hall, a physician of Stratford, who is
said to have obtained much reputation and practice. She brought her husband
an only child, Elizabeth, who was married, first to Thomas Nashe, Esq. and
afterwards to Sir John Barnard, of Abingdon, in Northamptonshire, but had no
issue by either of them. The second daughter, Judith, married Thomas Quiney,
a gentleman of good family, by who she had three children; but as none of
them reached their twentieth year, they left no posterity. Hence our poet's
last descendant was Lady Barnard, who was buried at Abingdon, Feb. 17,
1669-70. Dr. Hall, her father, died Nov. 25, 1635, and her mother, July 11,
1649, and were both interred in Stratford church. Our poet's house &
lands continued in the possession of his descendants to the time of the
Restoratiorm, when they were re-purchased by the Clopton family, the
original proprietors. Sir Hugh Clopton, who was knighted by King George I,
died in 1751, and his executor sold the estate to a clergyman of
large fortune, who resided in it but a few years, and in consequence of a
disagreement with his neighbours respecting a parochial assessment,
peevishly pulled down the house, sold the materials, and left the town. To
defeat the curiosity of the numerous strangers who were led to visit this
classic ground, he had some time before cut down the MULBERRY-tree, which
Shiakspeare is known to have planted, and had piled it as a stack of
firewood, lo the great vexation, loss, and disappointment, of the
inhabitants of Stratford. But an honest silversmith, bought the whole stack,
and converted it into a number of toys and implements, which were eagerly
purchased by the curious. The purpose to which one of these trifles was
applied gave rise to an occurrence, harmless, and perhaps laudable in
itself, though by many considered as verging on the mock-heroic. The
corporation of Stratford having presented Garrick with the freedom of the
town in a box made from the wood of the tree, this incident suggested to him
the idea of a festival in commemoration of Shakspeare, upon the very spot
where he was born; and the plan was carried into execution in the autumn of
l769. Temporary buildings were raised-entertainments suited to every taste
were provided-and company of all ranks, from the most distant parts of the
kingdom, assembled to celebrate the memory of the poet. The jubilee lasted
three days; but the weather was exceedingly unfavourable, and the pleasure
enjoyed was by no means equal to thrat which the enthusiastic admirers of
Shakspeare had anticipated, though Garrick exerted all his talents to
gratify both the eye and the understanding. He composed several songs for
music, with an ode of considerable length to the honour of his hero; and
having expended a large sum of money upon various parts of the
entertainment, took a method of reimbursing himself, which gives a laughable
finale to this overflow of enthusiasm-the jubilee was converted into a
dramatic representation, during, the following winter, in London,
and became so popular, that it was repeated night after night
to the most crowded audiences.>>
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Art Neuendorffer
lyra
> The Mulberry Tree
> http://www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/p_0637.htm
> A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Act 5, Scene 1
>
> Prologue And Thisby, tarrying in MULBERRY shade,
> His dagger drew, and died.
> MULBERRY, n. [OE. moolbery, murberie, AS. murberie,
> where the first part is fr. L. morum MULBERRY.]
> 1. (Bot.) The berry or fruit of any tree of the genus {MORUS};
>
> MULBERRY: the artificial harbor which would be put in place;
> http://www.csj.org/studyindex/studycrthk/study_pseddoscience/study_factcoinc
> > Art Neuendorffer
An anagram of
Leonard Dawe...
"O LAND!", we read...
"O land, we dare!"
lyra
Art Neuendorffer
This is the way we wash our clothes,
Wash our clothes, wash our clothes.
This is the way we wash our clothes,
So early in the morning.
This is the way we iron our clothes,
Iron our clothes, iron our clothes.
This is the way we iron our clothes,
So early in the morning.
This is the way we sweep the floor,
Sweep the floor, sweep the floor.
This is the way we sweep the floor,
So early in the morning.
This is the way we scrub the floor,
Scrub the floor, scrub the floor.
This is the way we scrub the floor,
So early in the morning.
Here we go 'round the mulberry bush,
The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush.
Here we go 'round the mulberry bush,
So early in the morning.
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The tedious dance of life?
(The Wandering Jew tarrying in MULBERRY shade)
or the Dance of Death in ring-a-round-a-rosy
& Bergman's _The Seventh Seal_?
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<<And so down to the heart of [Stratford] the nexus of buildings
dominated by the grey-stone tower of the Gild-Chapel built
by Hugh Clopton. When Leland was here,
'about the body of this chapel was
curiously painted the Dance of Death.'
The interior was sadly ravaged by the Reformation - paintings
white-washed. We have with much effort recovered something
of the painted DOOM upon the chancel-arch.>>
_William Shakespeare, a biography_ by A.L. Rowse. p. 18
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<<Alice did not like shaking hands with either of them first, for fear of
hurting the other one's feelings; so, as the best way out of the difficulty,
she took hold of both hands at once: the next moment they were dancing round
in a ring. This seemed quite natural (she remembered afterwards), and she
was not even surprised to hear music playing: it seemed to come from the
tree under which they were dancing, and it was done (as well as she could
make it out) by the branches rubbing one across the other, like fiddles and
fiddle-sticks.
`But it certainly WAS funny,' (Alice said afterwards, when she was telling
her sister the history of all this,) `to find myself singing "HERE WE GO
ROUND THE MULBERRY BUSH." I don't know when I began it, but somehow I felt
as if I'd been singing it a long long time!'
The other two dancers were fat, and very soon out of breath. `Four times
round is enough for one dance,' Tweedledum panted out, and they left off
dancing as suddenly as they had begun: the music stopped at the same
moment.>>
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"Why, what's the matter?" "Nothing Pooh Bear, nothing. We can't all, and
some of us don't. That's all there is to it" "Can't all what?" said Pooh,
rubbing his nose. "Gaiety. Song-and-dance. Here we go round the mulberry
bush." "Oh!" said Pooh. He thought for a long time, and then asked, "What
mulberry bush is that?" "Bon-hommy," went on Eeyore gloomily. "French word
for meaning bonhommy," he explained. "I'm not complaining, but There It Is."
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Here we go round the prickly pear
Prickly pear prickly pear
Here we go round the prickly pear
At five o'clock in the morning.
From The Hollow Men, by T.S.Eliot
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THE KNIGHTS ON RHODES leave RHODES: Jan. 1, 1523
Pope ADRIAN VI dies Sept. 14, 1523
Hans Sachs' _The Nightingale of Wittenberg_ 1523
Hans Holbein starts Dance of Death drawings 1523
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<<John Adams visited [Stratford] with Thomas Jefferson in
April, 1786, and recorded his impressions: "A MULBERRY TREE that he
planted has been cutt down, and is carefully preserved for Sale.>>
- Warren Hope & Kim Holsten, The Shakespeare Controversy (1992),
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Art Neuendorffer