| The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare: thou shouldst have heard in how miry a place, how she was
bemoiled; how he left her with the horse upon her; how he beat me
because her horse stumbled; how she waded through the dirt to
pluck him off me: how he swore; how she prayed, that never prayed
before; how I cried; how the horses ran away; how her bridle was
burst; how I lost my crupper; with many things of worthy memory,
which now shall die in oblivion, and thou return unexperienced to
thy grave.
CURTIS.
By this reckoning he is more shrew than she.
GRUMIO.
The Taming of the Shrew |
The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from Catherine de Medici by Honore de Balzac: hands of that child," she added.
During the time that Catherine was explaining matters to the cardinal,
Queen Mary whispered a few words to the grand-master.
"What is all this about?" asked the young king, who was left alone in
the midst of the violent clash of interests.
"The proofs of what I was telling to your Majesty have not been long
in reaching us," said the cardinal, who had grasped the papers.
The Duc de Guise drew his brother aside without caring that he
interrupted him, and said in his ear, "This makes me lieutenant-
general without opposition."
A shrewd glance was the cardinal's only answer; showing his brother
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