The first excerpt represents the element of Air. It speaks of mental influences and the process of thought, and is drawn from King James Bible: shepherd.
EZE 34:24 And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a
prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it.
EZE 34:25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause
the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in
the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
EZE 34:26 And I will make them and the places round about my hill a
blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there
shall be showers of blessing.
EZE 34:27 And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the
earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land,
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The second excerpt represents the element of Fire. It speaks of emotional influences and base passions, and is drawn from The Lamentable Tragedy of Locrine and Mucedorus by William Shakespeare: And comfort bring to our perplexed state.
Come, let us in and fortify our camp,
So to withstand their strong invasion.
[Exeunt.]
ACT III. SCENE III. Before the hut of a peasant.
[Enter Strumbo, Trompart, Oliver, and his son
William following them.]
STRUMBO.
Nay, neighbour Oliver, if you be so what, come,
prepare your self. You shall find two as stout
fellows of us, as any in all the North.
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