• SNARK (1/2)

    From Arthur Neuendorffer@21:1/5 to All on Sat Sep 25 15:07:45 2021
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    The Hunting of the Snark By Lewis Carroll
    Fit the Fourth The Hunting

    The Bellman looked uffish, and wrinkled his brow.
    "If only you'd spoken before!
    It's excessively awkward to mention it now,
    With the Snark, so to speak, at the door!

    "We should all of us grieve, as you well may believe,
    If you never were met with again—
    But {S}ur{E}ly, {M}y m{A}n, w{H}en {T}he voyage began,
    You might have suggested it then?
    .......................
    . <= 3 =>
    .
    . .B. u .t
    . {S} u .r
    . {E} l .y,
    . {M} y .m
    . {A} n, w
    . {H} e .n
    . {T} h .e
    . .v. o .y
    . .a. g .e
    . .b. e .g
    . .a. n,
    .
    {THAMES} -3 : only Carroll "voyage." ------------------------------------------------- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland#Background

    <<Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was published in 1865, three years after Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and the Reverend Robinson Duckworth rowed in a boat, on 4 July 1862, up the {THAMES} with the three young daughters of Henry Liddell (the Vice-Chancellor
    of Oxford University and Dean of Christ Church): Lorina Charlotte Liddell (aged 13, born 1849) ("Prima" in the book's prefatory verse); Alice Pleasance Liddell (aged 10, born 1852) ("Secunda" in the prefatory verse); Edith Mary Liddell (aged 8, born 1853)
    ("Tertia" in the prefatory verse). ------------------------------------------------------------------- https://www.etymonline.com/word/chimney#etymonline_v_11267

    chimney (n.) late 13c., "furnace;" late 14c., "smoke vent of a fireplace, vertical structure raised above a house for smoke to escape to the open air;" from Old French cheminee "fireplace; room with a fireplace; hearth; chimney stack" (12c., Modern
    French cheminée), from Medieval Latin caminata "a fireplace," from Late Latin (camera) caminata "fireplace; room with a fireplace," from Latin caminatus, adjective of caminus "furnace, forge; hearth, oven; flue," from Greek kaminos "furnace, oven, brick
    kiln," which is of uncertain origin. Jamieson [1808] notes that in vulgar use in Scotland it typically was pronounced "chimley." From the same source are Old High German cheminata, German Kamin, Russian kaminu, Polish komin. Chimney-corner "space beside
    a fireplace" is from 1570s. ------------------------------------------------------------------- http://JV.Gilead.org.il/butcher/jwe.html

    <<Every word of Chapter 41, describing "Harry's" bird-nesting in
    the crags of an old castle, is invented from beginning to end.>>

    CHAPTER 41: Hunger
    The Hardwigg version of Verne's _Journey to the Centre of the Earth_

    W
    hile seated thus at my leisure, I looked up at the ruins of
    an old castle, at no great distance. It was the remains of an
    historical dwelling, ivy-clad, and now falling to pieces.
    While looking, I saw two eagles circling about the summit of a lofty
    tower. I soon became satisfied that there was a nest. Now, in all
    my collection, I lacked eggs of the native eagle and the large owl.
    My mind was made up. I would reach the summit of that tower,
    or perish in the attempt. I went nearer, and surveyed the ruins.
    The old staircase, years before, had fallen in. The outer walls were,
    however, intact. There was no chance that way, unless I looked
    to the ivy solely for support. This was, as I soon found out, futile.
    There remained the CHIMNEY, which still went up to the top, and
    had once served to carry off the smoke from every story of the tower.
    Up this I determined to venture. It was narrow, rough, and therefore
    the more easily climbed. I took off my coat and crept into the
    CHIMNEY. Looking up, I saw a small, light opening, proclaiming
    the summit of the CHIMNEY.
    Up- up I went, for some time using my hands and knees, after the
    fashion of a CHIMNEY SWEEP. It was slow work, but, there being
    continual projections, the task was comparatively easy. In this way,
    I reached halfway. The CHIMNEY now became narrower. The atmosphere
    was close, and, at last, to end the matter, I stuck fast.
    I could ascend no higher.
    I was unable to move either way, and was doomed to a terrible and
    horrible death, that of starvation. In a boy's mind, however, there
    is an extraordinary amount of elasticity and hope, and I began
    to think of all sorts of plans to escape my gloomy fate.>> --------------------------------------------------------------------
    Moby Dick - Melville CHAPTER 4

    <<My sensations were STRANGE. Let me try to explain them. When I was
    a child, I well remember a somewhat similar circumstance that befell me; whether it was a reality or a dream, I never could entirely settle.
    The circumstance was this. I had been cutting up some caper or
    other- I think it was trying to crawl up the CHIMNEY, as I had
    seen a little SWEEP do a few days previous; and my stepmother who,
    somehow or other, was all the time whipping me, or sending me to bed supperless,- my mother dragged me by the legs out of the CHIMNEY
    and packed me off to bed, though it was only two o'clock in the
    afternoon of the 21st June, the longest day in year in our hemisphere.>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cymbeline Act 4, Scene 2

    GUIDERIUS Thou thy worldly task hast DONE,
    Home art GONE, and ta'en thy wages:
    Golden lads and girls all must,
    As CHIMNEY-SWEEPers, come to dust. ------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.wedding-garter.com/traditions.htm

    <<There are many myths and traditions associated with CHIMNEY sweeps
    many of reasons for which are lost in the mists of time. One reason from folklore is that when on one occassion King George II's carriage horses
    bolted the only person to attempt to stop them was a small sooty figure
    of a man, a CHIMNEY sweep. It is considered extremely good luck, if on
    the journey to the Church you see a CHIMNEY sweep and even greater good
    luck if you saw the sweeps brush emerging out of the top of the CHIMNEY.
    So to this day to see a CHIMNEY sweep and receive the Kiss of Luck
    after the wedding ceremony is supposed to bring good fortune
    to the newly married couple.>> ------------------------------------------------------------
    Now as the ladder of life 'as been strung,
    You may think a sweep's on the bottom most rung.
    Though I spends me time in the ashes and smoke,
    In this 'ole wide world there's no happier bloke.
    Up where the smoke is all billered and curled,
    'Tween pavement and stars, Is the CHIMNEY sweep world.
    When there's 'ardly no day nor hardly no night,
    There's things 'alf in shadow and 'alfway in light,
    On the rooftops of London, coo, what a sight! ---------------------------------------------------------------
    Sylvie and Bruno Concluded (Chap. 23)
    Lewis Carroll

    The Other Professor is to recite a Tale of a Pig--I mean a Pig-Tale,"
    he corrected himself. "It has Introductory Verses at the beginning,
    and at the end."

    "It ca'n't have Introductory Verses at the end, can it?" said Sylvie.

    "Wait till you hear it," said the Professor: "then you'll see.
    I'm not sure it hasn't some in the middle, as well." . . .

    When the Other Professor had recited this Verse, he went across to the fire-place, and put his head up the CHIMNEY. In doing this, he lost
    his balance, and fell head first into the empty grate, and got so firmly
    fixed there that it was some time before he could be dragged out again.

    Bruno had had time to say "I thought he wanted to see
    how many peoples was up the CHIMBLEY."

    And Sylvie had said "CHIMNEY--not CHIMBLEY."

    . . . . . .

    "No," said Bruno with great decision. "The Lesson are 'not to try
    again'!" "Once there were a lovely china man, what stood on the
    CHIMBLEY-piece. And he stood, and he stood. And one day he tumbleded
    off, and he didn't hurt his self one bit. Only he would try again.
    And the next time he tumbleded off, he hurted his self welly much,
    and breaked off ever so much varnish."

    "But how did he come back on the CHIMNEY-piece after his first tumble?"
    said the Empress. (It was the first sensible question she had asked in
    all her life.)

    "I put him there!" cried Bruno. --------------------------------------------------
    (n)IL VERO
    (m)RO EVIL
    --------------------------------------------------
    Chap. 19 _Oliver Twist or the Parish Boy's Progress_ by Charles Dickens


    'Never mind wot it is!' replied Sikes. 'I want a boy, and he musn't be a big 'un. Lord!' said Mr. Sikes, reflectively, 'if I'd only got that young boy of NED, the CHIMBLEY-sweeper's! He kept him small on purpose, and let him out
    by the job. '

    Your father walks rather too quick for you, don't he, my man?' inquired the driver: seeing that Oliver was out of breath.

    'Not a bit of it,' replied Sikes, interposing. 'He's used to it.

    Here, take hold of my hand, NED. In with you!'

    Thus addressing Oliver, he helped him into the cart; and the driver,
    pointing to a heap of sacks, told him to lie down there, and rest himself.

    They turned round to the left, a short way past the public-house; and then, taking a right-hand road, walked on for a long time: passing many large
    gardens and gentlemen's houses on both sides of the way, and stopping for nothing but a little beer, until they reached a town. Here against the wall
    of a house, Oliver saw written up in pretty large letters, 'H A M P T O N.' --------------------------------------------------------------------
    14 pieces: "hideOUS PHANTOM" [TOUS par UNG]

    .hide S
    . . . O
    . . . U
    . . . H A M P T O N

    <<Fagin . . . looked less like a man, than like some
    [hideOUS PHANTOM], moist from the grave, and worried
    by an evil spirit. He sat crouching over a cold hearth,
    wrapped in an old torn coverlet,>> -- Oliver Twist ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.bartleby.com/39/23.html

    Preface to the First Folio Edition of Shakespeare’s Plays
    Henrie Condell and Iohn Heminge (1623)

    TO THE GREAT VARIETY OF READERS

    FROM the most able, to him that can but spell: There you are number’d. We had rather you were weighd. Especially, when the fate of all Bookes depends vpon your capacities: and not of your heads alone, but of your purses. Well! it is now publique, & you
    wil stand for your priuiledges wee know: to read, and censure. Do so, but buy it first. That doth best commend a Booke, the Stationer saies. Then, how odde soeuer your braines be, or your wisedomes, make your licence the same, and spare not. Iudge your
    sixe-pen’orth, your shillings worth, your fiue shillings wo[R]th at a time, or higher, so you rise to th[E] iust rates, and welcome. But, what euer [Y]ou do, Buy. Censure will not driue a Tra[DE], or make the Iacke go. and though you b[E] a Magistrate
    of wit, and sit on the Stage at Black-Friers, or the Cock-pit, to arraigne Playes dailie, know, these Playes haue had their triall alreadie, and stood out all Appeals; and do now come forth quitted rather by a Decree of Court, then any purchas’d
    Letters of commendation.
    .
    [E.DYER] -31
    ------------------------------------------------------------ http://shakespeareauthorship.com/eulogies.html
    .
    The Second Folio of Shakespeare's works (1632), in addition to the
    eulogies from the First Folio, contains three additional ones. The
    first of these, "An Epitaph on the admirable Dramaticke Poet, W.
    Shakespeare," was unsigned in the Folio, but later appeared in John
    Milton's 1645 Poems with the date 1630.
    .....................................
    An EPITAPH On the admirable Dramatick Poet,
    WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
    .
    WHat needs my Shakes{P}eare for his honour'd b{O}nes,
    The labour of an Ag{E}, in piled stones,
    Or tha{T} his hallow'd Relique{S} should be hid
    Under a Starre-y pointing Pyramid?
    Dear Son of Memory, great Heir of Fame,
    What need'st thou such dull witnesse of thy Name?
    Thou in our wonder and astonishment
    Hast built thy self a lasting Monument.
    .
    {POETS} 19 : Prob. in first sentence ~ 1 in 450 --------------------------------------
    SHAKE-SPEARES
    {S}ONNE{T}S.
    Nev{E}r bef{O}re Im{P}rinted.
    ..............................
    . <= 5 =>
    .
    . {S} O (N) N E
    . {T} S. N e (V)
    . {E} r. b e .f
    . {O}(R) e I .m
    . {P} r. i n .t
    . e d.
    .
    {POETS} -5 : Prob. ~ 1 in 960
    ------------------------------------
    . (S)hake-sp(E)ares
    . So(N)Nets.
    . Ne(V)Er befo(R)E ImprinTED.
    .....................................
    . <= 7 =>
    .
    . (S) h a .k e -s p
    . (E) a r .e s {S}o
    . (N) N E{T} s. N e
    . (V){E}R b. e. f{O}
    . (R) E I m {P} r i
    . .n. T E D.
    .
    (RVNES) -7: Prob. ~ 1 in 353 -----------------------------------------------------------
    . GOOD FREND FO_{R} [ I E ] {SUS}'_S(AKE)__ FOR[BE]ARE,
    ___ TO DIGG THE D_{U} [ S(T)] ___ EN(CLO)ASED [HE]ARE:
    __ BLESTE BE Ye MA_{N} Y(T)___ SPA[RE]S THES STONES,
    __ AND CVRST BE H_{E} Y(T)___ MO[VE]S MY BONES. ............................................... http://library.thinkquest.org/5175/images/grave1.jpg -------------------------------------------------------------
    . . . . . . . . . . . <= 28 =>
    .
    . G O O D F R E N D F O (R) I E S U S S A K E F O R B E A R
    . E,T O D I G G T H E D (U) S T E N C L O A S E D H E A R E: .............................................................
    . B L E S E B E Y e M A (N) Y t S P A R E S T H E S S T O N
    . E S,A N D C U R S T B (E) H E Y t M O V E S M Y B O N E S.

    (RUNE) 28 : Prob. ~ 1 in 33 : http://tinyurl.com/oqv5lmt ------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.mythographica.demon.co.uk
    .
    <<Odin, the god of *FATE, POETRY & UNCHAINING*, hung upon
    the *SHAKING* branches of Yggdrasil, the sacred Tree.
    For *nine days* and nine nights he suffered.
    Self wounded by his *SPEAR*, sacrificed by his hand, an
    offering unto himself. In agony & torment he stared into the
    bottomless depths of Niflheim, searching the dark pool in
    silence. Finally, with great effort, he reached down before
    him. His hand was chilled to the bone in the ice cold waters.
    With a cry of triumph he grasped the knowledge he sought
    .
    . the Sacred *RUNES* , their magic and their power.
    . He took the *RUNES* and he used them well.
    .
    He carved them upon the shaft of his *SPEAR*; he carved *RUNES*
    . upon all things. By this means he obtained power over all.>> -----------------------------------------------------
    Dedicatory Verse by Ignoto in Spenser's Faerie Queene. ....................................................
    TO looke upon a work[E] of [R]ar[E] (de)[V]is{E}
    The which a workman setteth out to view,
    A{N}d not to yield it the *DE(s)ERVED* prise,
    That {U}nto such a workmanship is dew,
    Doth eithe{R} prove the iudgement to be naught
    Or els doth shew a mind with *ENVY* fraught. ---------------------------------------------------------
    . . <= 3 =>
    .
    . .a w. {O}
    . .r k. [E]
    . .o f. [R]
    . .a r. [E]
    . (d e) [V]
    . .i s. {E}
    .
    [{E}(de/)VERE{O}] -3:
    Prob. [{E}.VERE] in 1st Ignoto line ~ 1 in 1,040 ---------------------------------------------------------
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <= 34 =>
    .
    . TOlookeuponaw{O}rk [E] of [R] ar [E](de)[V] is {E} Thewh
    . ichaworkmanse t te. t. ho. u. tt. o. vi. e. wA {N} dnott
    . oyieldittheDE(s)ER. V. ED. p. ri. s. eT. h. at {U} ntosu
    . chaworkmanshi p is. d. ew. D. ot. h. ei. t. he {R} prove
    . theiudgementt o be. n. au. g. ht


    {RUNE} -34
    ---------------------------------------------------------
    . . . . . . . . . . <= 34 =>
    .
    .{TERRATE (G) ITP. O P U L U S M[Æ] R E T O. LYMPUSHABE. T} ...........................................................
    . STAYPAS [S] ENG [E]R W H Y G O[E](S)T T H. OUBYSOFAST. R
    . EADIFTH [O] UCA. N[S]T W H O M{E}[N]V I O. USDEATHHAT. H
    . PLASTWI [T] HIN. T H[I]S M O(N|U} M[E]N T {SHAKSPEARE} W
    . ITHWHOM [E] QUI. C K N[A]T(U)R{E}{D}I[D]E {WHOSENAMED} O
    . THDeCKY [S] TOM. B E F A[R]M O{R}{E}t H[E] NCOSTSIEHA. L
    . LYTHEHA [T] HWR. I T T L E[A]V{E} S L I V. INGARTBUTP. A
    . GETOSER. V .EHI. S W I T T
    .
    {EUERE} 34
    (RUNES) -33 : Prob. in Roper array ~ 1 in 4930 ..........................................................
    the probability of David Roper's: {DE} next to {E.UERE}

    assuming that the 34 letters of the
    2nd line: {TERRA TEGIT POPULUS MÆRET OLYMPUS HABET}

    provide the # key to the ELS array is ~ 1 in 106,000 ------------------------------------------------------------
    Dedicatory Verse to Oxford in {SPENSER's} The Faerie Queene: ...................................................
    To the right Honourable the Earle
    of Oxenford, Lord high Chamberlayne of
    England. &c.
    .
    REc(E)ive most Noble Lord in gentle gree,
    The unripe fruit of an u(N)ready wit:
    Which BY THY COUNT{E|N}aunc[E| D}oth cra[V|e} to bee
    D[E]f(E)nded f[R]om foule [E]n{V|I}es poisnous bit.
    Which so to doe may th(E)e right w{E|L}l befit,
    Sith th'antique glory of thine auncest{R}y
    *Under a SHADY VELE* is therein writ,
    And eke thin{E} owne lon(G) living memory,
    Succeeding them in TRUE nobility:
    And also for the love, which thou doest beare
    To *th'Heliconian YMPS* , and they to thee,
    They unto thee, and thou to them most dear[E]:
    Deare as thou a[R]t unto thy self[E], so love
    {T}h{A}t {L}o[V]e{S} & honours the[E], as doth behove. ..........................................
    [EVERE] 8,-13, 40
    {TALVS} 2
    .
    Prob. 3[E.VERE]s skip ~ 1 in 2,250
    Prob. {TALVS}/{TALUS}/{TALOS} skip 2 ~ 1 in 2,000 ................................................
    Sonnet 145

    . THose lips {T}h{A}t {L}o{V}e{S} owne hand did make,
    . Breath'd forth the sound that said I hate, --------------------------------------------------------------
    {SPENSER's} The Faerie Queene: Book V, the Book of Justice. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Faerie_Queene

    <<Artegal is the personification & champion of Justice. Artegal has
    a companion in [TALUS], a metal man who wields a flail & never sleeps
    or tires but will mercilessly pursue and kill any number of villains.
    [TALUS] obeys Artegal's command, and serves to represent justice
    without mercy (hence, Artegal is the more human face of justice).
    Later, [TALUS] does not rescue Artegal from enslavement by the wicked
    Radigund, because Artegal is bound by a legal contract to serve her.>> --------------------------------------------------------------
    _______ Sonnet 102 (Only Sonnet's *PUBLISH*)
    .
    . MY LOVE IS Strengthned though more weake in seeming
    . I love not lesse, thogh lesse the show appeare,
    . That love is marchandiz'd, whose ritch esteeming,
    .
    . The own[E]rs tongu[E] (DOTH} PUB[L]ISH {E}VER[Y] {WH}E{R}E) .
    . Ou[R] lov{E} was [N]ew, and th[E]n but in t[H]e spring,
    .
    .{WH}en I was wont to greet it with my laies,
    . As Philomell in summers front doth singe,
    . And stops his pipe in growth of riper daies:
    . Not that the summer is lesse pleasant now
    . Then when her mournefull himns did hush the night,
    . But that wild musick burthens *EVERy bow* ,
    . And sweets growne common loose their deare delight.
    . Therefore like her, I some-time hold my tongue:
    . Because I would not dull you wiTH MY SONGE. ..................................................
    . . . . . <= 8 =>
    .
    . . . T h(E)o w n [E]
    . . r s t(O)n g u [E]
    . .(D O T{H}P U B [L]
    . . I S H{E}V E R [Y]
    . .{W H}E{R}E)O u [R]
    . . l o v{E}w a s [N]
    . . e w,a n d t h [E]
    . . n b u t i n t [H]
    . . e s p r i n g,{W H}
    .
    Sidney friend/Queen's Champion:
    [HENRY LEE] -8 : Prob. in any Sonnet ~ 1 in 1765 ---------------------------------------------------
    . Last speech in the First Folio (1623):
    .
    . http://tinyurl.com/q7mtmcg
    . http://tinyurl.com/q3588wk
    ........................................
    Cymbeline: *LAUD WE THE GODS* ,
    . And let our crooked SMOAKES
    . climbe to their Nostrils
    . From our blest Altars.
    .
    . *PUBLISH* we
    .
    . {T}his Pe{A}ce [T]o [A]{L}[L] o[U]r [S]{U}biect{S}. ........................................
    . <= 6 =>
    .
    . . P. U .B .L. I .S
    . . H. w .e {T} h .i
    . . s. P .e {A} c (E)
    . .[T] o [A]{L}[L](O)
    . .[U] r [S]{U} b .i
    . . e .c. t {S}.
    .
    [TALUS] 2
    {TALUS} 6

    Prob. of 2[TALUS]'s with skip < 7
    in Last FF Speech: ~ 1 in 830,000

    Prob. of a Royal Flush = 1 in 649,739
    ........................................
    . Set we forward:
    . Let A Roman, and a Brittish Ensigne wave
    . Friendly toge(T)h(E)r: (S|O) (T)hrough Luds-Towne march,
    . And in the Temple of great *IUPITER*
    . Our Peace wee'l ratifie: Seale it with Feasts.
    . Set on there: NEVER was a Warre did cease
    . (Ere bloodie hands were wash'd) with such a Peace. ----------------------------------------------------
    . Start of {T}ristram {SHANDY}
    .
    I wish either my father or my mother, or indeed both of
    them, a(S) they were in d(U)ty both equal(L)y bound to it,
    h(A)d minded what (T)hey were about when they begot me; ..............................
    . <= 12 =>
    .
    . a (S) t h e y w e r e i n
    . d (U) t y b o t h e q u a
    . l (L) y b o u n d t o i t,
    . h (A) d m i n d e d w h a
    . t (T) h e y w e r e a b o
    . u t w h e n t h e y b e
    . g o t m e;
    .
    (TALUS) -12
    -------------------------------------------------------
    After his library FIRE of 1623 Ben Jonson (1572-1637)
    wrote of his LOSS in "An Execration upon Vulcan" .......................................................
    Thou mightst have had (me) perish, piece by peic[E],
    To light Tobacco, or sa[V]e roasted Geese.
    Sindg[E] Capons, or *poor Piggs* , d[R]oping their Eyes;
    Cond[E]mn'd me to the Ovens wit{H} the <PIES> ; .....................................................
    _________ <= 19 =>
    .
    . .h{O}u m i g h t s t h a v e h a d(m e)
    . {E}p{E}r i s h,p i{E}c e b y p{E}i c[E],
    . .T{O}l i g h t T{O}b a c c{O|O}r s a[V]
    . {E}r o a s t{E}d G{E|E}s{E}S i n d g[E]
    . {C}a p o n s{O}r p{O|O}r P i g g s,d[R]
    . {O}p i n g t h{E}i r{E}y e s;C o n d[E]
    . .m n'd m e t{O}t h e{O}v e n s w i t{H}
    . .t h e<P I{E}S>;
    .....................................
    [E.VERE] 19 : Prob. any skip ~ 1 in 1000
    19 {E.O.}s : Prob. ~ 1 in 52 --------------------------------------------------------
    . <= 19 =>
    .
    . T OTHEO (N) l {I} <E>B E G E T T E RO
    . F THESE (I) n {S} U<I>N G S O N N ET
    . S MrWha (L) L [H]A {P} <P>{I} (N){S}S{S}EA
    . N Dthat (E) T [E]R N <I> T (I) E<P>R OM
    . I SEDB Y O u [R]E V <E> R (L)<I>V I NG
    . <P>OEtW I s h [E]T H (T) H (E) W E L LW
    . <I>ShIN G a [d V e] N (T) u ReRI NS
    . <E>tTIN G fort H (T) t ........................................................
    . Probability of Upper & Lower (NILE)'s ~ 1/176,000
    . Probability of 4 oven <PIE>'s ~ 1/38,000 --------------------------------------------------------
    Inscribed to [GERT on the Isle of Wight]:

    [G I R T] with a boyish garb for boyish task,
    [E]ager she wields her spade: y(E)t loves as we(L)l
    [R]est o(N) a fr(I)end(L)y kn(E)e, i(N)tent to ask
    [T]he tale he loves to tell.
    .........................
    . . . <= 5 =>
    .
    . y (E) t .l. o
    . v .e. s .a. s
    . w .e (L) l. R
    . e .s. t .o (N)
    . a .f. r (I) e
    . n .d (L) y. k
    . n (E) e, i (N)
    . t .e. n t
    .
    (NILE) 4,-11 : Prob. of both in first stanza ~ 1 in 500 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
    <<The Least Successful Collector Betsy Baker played a central role in
    the history of collecting. She was employed as a servant in the house
    of John Warburton (1682-1759) who had amassed a fine collection of 58
    1st edition plays, including most of the works of Shakespeare. One day Warburton returned home to find 55 of them charred beyond legibility.
    Betsy had either burned them or used them as <PIE> bottoms.
    The remaining 3 folios are now in the British Museum.>>
    .
    . http://hometown.aol.com/clasz/Chap9.html
    .
    NOTE: some 60 manuscripts of plays of this period eventually come
    . into the hands of a collector named John Warburton* (1682-1759).
    .
    . Many are the only surviving co<PIES> of plays that had never
    . been printed. Unfortunately Warburton was careless with
    . them and his servant, Betsy Baker, made use of them
    . to light her stove and line the bottom of <PIES>.>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larder

    <<A pantry may contain a thrawl, a term used in [DERBY]shire, to
    denote *A STONE* slab or shelf used to keep food cool. These rooms
    would have been placed as low in the building as possible in order
    to use the mass of the ground to retain a low summer temperature.
    For this reason, a *BUTTERY* was usually called the *CELLAR*. ----------------------------------------------------------------
    . [ALICE S]PENCER: Countess of [DERBY] and
    . Merry Wife of Lord *STRANGE* Act 1, Scene 1 .............................................................
    SIMPLE: *BOOK of Riddles!* why, did you not lend it to
    . *[ALICE S]HORTCAKE* upon All-hallowmas last,
    . a fortnight afore *MICHAELMAS* ? ...........................................................
    SHORTCAKE, n. An unsweetened breakfast cake shortened
    . with *BUTTER* , rolled thin, and baked.
    .
    *SPENCER*, n. [OF. d(E.SPENS)i(ER).]
    . One who has the care of the *SPENCE, or BUTTERY* . ...........................................................
    . *[ALICE S]PENCER*/(a.k.a. SHORTCAKE) was the WIDOW
    . of Ferdinando Stanley - Lord *STRANGE* & sister-in-law
    . of William Stanley who died on *MICHAELMAS* 1642
    . (Cervantes 95th birthday).
    .
    William Stanley (6th Earl of Derby) married Edward de Vere's
    . daughter Elizabeth and fathered Lord *STRANGE*
    . James Stanley Governor of the Isle of Mann. --------------------------------------------------------------
    THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK an Agony, in Eight Fits.
    BY [LEWIS] CARROLL

    WITH NINE ILLUSTRATIONS BY HENRY HOLIDAY
    London MACMILLAN AND CO. 1876. ------------------------------------------------------------
    {P}REFACE: {I}f—and th{E} thing i{S} wild[L]y possible—
    the charg[E] of writing nonsense [W]ere ever brought
    aga[I]nst the author of thi[S] brief but instructive
    {P}oem, it would be based, {I} feel convinced, on th{E LIN}e

    “Then the bowsprit got mixed with the rudder sometimes.” .......................................................
    . . . . . . . . <= 18 =>
    .
    . {P}R E F A C E{I} f— .a. n .d. t. h{E}t h i
    . .n g i{S}w i l d [L] .y. p .o. s. s i b l e—
    . .t h e c h a r g [E] .o {F} w. r. i t i n g
    . .n o n s e n s e [W] .e {R} e. E. V E R b r
    . .o u g h t a g a [I] .n {S} t. t. h e a u t
    . .h o r o f t h i [S] .b. r .i. e. f b u t i
    . .n s t r u c t i .v . e {P} o .e. m,i t w o
    . .u l d b e b a s .e . d,{I} f .e. e l c o n
    . .v i n c e d,o n .t . h {E L I N} . e“T h e
    . .n t h e b o w s .p . r .i. t .g. o t m i x
    . .e d w i t h t h .e . r .u. d .d. e r s o m
    . .e t i m e s.”
    .
    {PIES} 7
    [LEWIS] 18 : Prob. ~ 1 in 1,200 ..........................................................
    In view of this painful possibility, I will not (as I might)
    appeal indignantly to my other writings as a proof that I am
    incapable of such a deed: I will not (as I might) point to the
    strong moral purpose of this poem itself, to the arithmetical
    principles so cautiously inculcated in it, or to its noble
    teachings in Natural History—I will take the more prosaic
    course of simply explaining how it happened.

    {T}he Bellman, who w{A}s almost morbid{L}y sensitive abo{U}t
    appearances, u{S}ed to have the bo(WS)prit unshipped once or
    twice a week to be revarnished, and it more than once happened,
    when the time came for replacing it, that no one on board
    could remember which end of the ship it belonged to. .......................................................
    . . . . . <= 14 =>
    .
    . {T} h e B e l l m a n,w h o w
    . {A} s a l m o s t m o r b i d
    . {L} y s e n s i t i v e a b o
    . {U} t a p p e a r a n c e s,u
    . {S} e d t o h a v e t h e b o
    . (W S) p r i t
    .
    {TALUS} 14
    ....................................................... .......................................................
    Rule 42 of the Code, “No one shall speak to the Man at the Helm,”
    had been compl(E)ted by the Bel(L)man himself w(I)th the
    words “a(N)d the Man at the Helm shall speak to no one.”
    So remonstranc(E) was impossib(L)e, and no steer(I)ng
    could be do(N)e till the next varnishing day. During these
    bewildering intervals the ship usually sailed *BACKWARDS*. .......................................................
    . . . . <= 12 =>
    .
    . R u l e 4 2 o f t h .e. C
    . o d e“N o o n e s h .a. l
    . l s p e a k t o t h .e. M
    . a n a t t h e H e l .m” h
    . a d b e e n c o m p .l (E)
    . t e d b y t h e B e .l (L)
    . m a n h i m s e l f .w (I)
    . t h t h e w o r d s “a (N)
    . d t h e M a n a t t .h. e
    . H e l m s h a l l s .p. e
    . a k t o n o o n e”S .o. r
    . e m o n s t r a n c (E) w
    . a s i m p o s s i b (L) e,
    . a n d n o s t e e r (I) n
    . g c o u l d b e d o (N) e
    . t i l l t h e n e x .t. v
    . a r n i s h i n g d .a. y.
    .
    . D u r i n g t h e s .e. b
    . e w i l d e r i n g .i. n
    . t e r v a l s t h e .s. h
    . i p u s u a l l y s .a. i
    . l e d *B A C K W A R D S*.
    -------------------------------------------------
    Fit the First. THE LANDING.

    “Just the place for a {SNARK}!” the Bellman cried,
    As he landed his crew with care;
    Supporting each man on the top of the tide
    By a finger entwined in his hair.

    “Just the place for a {SNARK}! I have said it twice:
    That alone should encourage the crew.
    Just the place for a {SNARK}! I have said it thrice:
    What I tell you three times is *TRUE*.”

    The crew was complete: it included a Boots—
    A maker of Bonnets and Hoods—
    A Barrister, brought to arrange their dispute{S}—
    A{N}d {A} B{R}o{K}er, to value their goods.

    {SNARK} 2
    ....................................................... .......................................................
    While, for those who preferred a more forcible word,
    He had different names from these:
    His intimate friends called him “Candle-ends,”
    And his enemies “Toasted-cheese.”

    “His form is ungainly—his intellect small—”
    (So the Bellman would often remark)
    “But his courage is perfect! And that, after all,
    Is the thing that one needs with a {SNARK}.”

    He would joke with hyænas, returning their stare
    With an impudent wag of the head:
    And he once went a walk, paw-in-paw, with a bear,
    “Just to keep up its spirits,” he said.

    He came as a B[A]ker: but owned, when too late—
    And it drove the poor Bel[L]man half-mad—
    He could only bake Bridecake—for which, [I] may state,
    No materials were to be had.
    The last of the [C]rew needs especial remark,
    Though he looked an incr[E]dible dunce:
    He had just one idea—but, that one being “Snark,”
    The good Bellman engaged him at once. ................................................
    [ALICE] 43 : Prob. in first Fit ~ 1 in 10 ................................................
    He came as a Butcher: but gravely declared,
    When the ship had been sailing a week,
    He could only kill Beavers. The Bellman looked scared,
    And was almost too frightened to speak:

    But at length he explained, in a tremulous tone,
    There was only one Beaver on board;
    And that was a tame one he had of his own,
    Whose {DEATH} would be deeply deplored.

    The Beaver, who happened to hear the remark,
    Protested, with tears in its eyes,
    That not even the rapture of hunting the {SNARK}
    Could atone for that dismal surprise!

    It strongly advise[D] that th[E] Butche[R] should [B]e
    Conve[Y]ed in a separate ship:
    But the Bellman declared that would never agree
    With the plans he had made for the trip: ................................................
    [DERBY] 7 : Prob. in first Fit ~ 1 in 185 ................................................
    Navigation was always a difficult art,
    Though with only one ship and one bell:
    And he feared he must really decline, for his part,
    Undertaking another as well.

    The Beaver’s best course was, no doubt, to procure
    A second-hand dagger-proof coat—
    So the Baker advised it—an{D} next, to insure
    Its life in some Office of note:

    This the Bank{E}r suggested, and offered for hire
    (On moderate terms), or for s{A}le,
    Two excellent Policies, one Against Fire,
    And one Agains{T} Damage From Hail.

    Yet still, ever after that sorrowful day,
    W{H}enever the Butcher was by,
    The Beaver kept looking the oppo{S}ite way,
    And appeared unaccountably shy.
    ..............................
    {DEATHS} 49
    ---------------------------------------------
    Fit the Second. THE BELLMAN’S SPEECH. .................................................
    But the principal failing occurred in the sailing,
    And the Bellman, *PER(P)LEXED* and distressed,
    Sa(I)d he had hoped, at least, w{H|E)n the wind blew (D)u(E) E(A)s(T),
    {T|H)at the ship would not tr{A}vel due West!

    But the dang{E}r was past—they had lande{D} at la(S)t,

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