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o;:ondilioon oI 1lttp. llooIt I II ! JUly comprist lhe . . . . . Io:na of A bul C""ricin t- i, IeSI appropoUle 10 111. 1 than ro book I, which has . . . . Iiu . . dit"CCI speech. We can Ihen rdale marriage and Co:otoa. obi. . . . . in b<:d;; II, burial and the dead ofniahl in book III, ",hiLe dawn
in b<d;; IV fir. ill me ao;hem. u.
Summui";ng Ih. conclusiom of mi, (I"apIC, ~ atD DOle thu
Ih. cily of Oublin in FW II fr<:qumtly personified a& m, uy in relalion 10 me river. If ho~ver il i. apprehended as a geometrical o;onslrucliottilwillbtD,itt. ide,relating10mepamotIt finally,
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? ? ? ? Chapter 9 SK
The Serpent
In ~ British MIU<'UJl\ manuscripts 1M oiglum . perui. . . \0 1. 6. 5
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~ himfrcquttulyCJ[hibilwordsderiv~ fromSc:andinaviantongut:$. 1. 6. S i. l haped by the advtflilCrrM:nt . . . . hich $(Cured S ', cmploymC1ll. He mUll r~ih 'IfIudJW< foull:~ Crcdd-up dirty
Ind ~ w 1. 6. 6. s it m'1>crYan. Of barman: passqes d;
bonks'), tmdcriuJllk . . . bor~ ('entertain 111"", children', Le. lerve
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'serve'. rime liUbans, &rind"lone his knivescs'
drink (0 " . Dd~f. JtI","J;g;r
JIpt. . ,(? uod. . . . WIdIri. 1Ifully'). ' He is old and cormpt ('f. lb. ,. l"", sollndigged illlJlOQ(! mincd ptl- l boon') but distinct from thaI 'aleoonnerman', m (the '. leconner'
of319. G. 4). VI. B. I,. 111has's ilmbtqar'andVI. B. zI. ? 7'. can- nor craIe',
~, . he 'H""""WttP' with. 'midden name' is tIM: female rounterp<lrt of s . They arc "ftc. . rncntiontd 'oa<<h<:r bUI do not oecm 10 ;,ueract mucll. K ;1 be" introduced by ronoidtTalioo. of 079. 21-080. 06: 'K. . tc SlJ'Ong, I widow . . . did mool ,li llie SCI- ymgina (rom sood Kin, Hamla. . . . . '. gulden dayne thou,Jh her l. . n II " om cleaned bu. lparin&ly and . . . ? "'" Itfl down, . . SCI- venge. . . , who will be $Cavenge" mUI! , hOI fihhdump near the S. . . . _
pWtin? in f'homilI Park. '
Kate Slron,, :as it &u'<lolly raoli%ed, was . lynnnQl Dublin
I t r e e l d c a n c r o f ! b e ( 6 ) < >> . S i r J amel C a n o I I , I. . . ot"d MII)"OI" i n . 6 } 4 , wrole of her: 'She i, to much affected ro profil n she will never find , uf! ickn, ca. ,ri. ,. 10 take away the dunll, for where , ix carIS . . . . fo:w tnOullh ro toltc . _y the dung of the ~i<y every w<<l< to k<<p i, ciaon, ~ did and will m. oingin bu' IWO, which can ~ keep the way from the Cl. Slk 10 Ihc church dean, . ,. . thai from Ihe Mayor', oou? ? ro Ih. church, neglecling III the ,CSI of Ihc dry, which ' he clean. bUI Iparingly and very . . ldom . . . th. more thai
? The Serpen, f~3 she wa. followed the wof'ie . he grew, and kep, 'he strec. . the
fouler. "
Kate Strong was indeed a widow, bu, r<:tIlarried with the merch_
an, Thoma. While . hus permitting K and $ in FW, theoretically . t leu" to be conioined. Her [W O . . . istan15, wrn. . e names . ugg. . . , C and A, we,. . , James Bellew. and Jobn Butcher. The 'filthdump ncar the Se~tine' is of COurat C: affinities beoween K and A are thereby set up. In 1632 the lluh! i~n pnitioned ',hewi", tha' whereas Catherin Stronge, alias White, a<:aving<:r of thi, "iltie, doth laic all 'he filthred and dounge which . hee gathe,. . ,th in the caste pane of ' his ci'ty, dose to Mr. Gwrge Baddely his garden, where 'he 'ide do,h ebbe and flowe, by which mean. . . the river i, soc . topt, that a oman gabban canno't come to the key wirh her 1000deinge, but in a . pringe tide, which is most miserable to bet permitted'.
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The principal function Iworh. She alon carriet a m. . . . . . ge from . 1. 10 m (333. 06-334. 30) and find, him on 'he "ain late ar ni&ht (556. 31- S57. 12). The siglwn i. rare. VI. B. 33. 190 h. . 'K weepsfor m't annl', VI. B. "P52 'K d. . . cended from Odin'. In fact little of . he Scandinavian q""lity of S appears in his consort.
W e find them both at 22, . 06-16. 'SAlIWlER$ON', " 'ochcrinlheiner and spoilcurate', . . rvet drink to o. He i. also. '. uppe. . . . . pe', for VI. B. ~7. I05 has 'S - ape'. K is 'Rachel Lea V arian', combining an oged -11- with I. S. Varian', Dublin bruah manufacture. A? ? scavenger, K carrie. a brush or rake.
T n 'he child,. . ,n S i, a bogeyman. VI. 8. 4. 132 gives 'K 1h,. . ,oten. C with $ ', and VI. B. 13. 105, possibly in reference to 578. 01, 'wind round the house S'. Thi. i. one of the oc". . . ionol im""'Cet where the letter io drawn wirh sharp corne", but I do nOt Ixlieve Ihe deviation "'rries any pan;""l"r imporr.
S frequently appca,," a menacing poli"" <lffi<:er, for enmple as ,haternbodimenl ofe'. par:anoia 'Petty c<","""ble Silter. . . ,' who may be ",en in actiOfl a. '86. 19-187. 14. We can often recognize S in names echoic of 'Sacl<e. . . on', such as Saunderson and Sio-
le,. ,. . ,n. Another =mpJe i. 'Comestipp1c SacI? oun' at 015. 35, who b e c o m . . t h e Jut ~. I f w e : , a ) : e t h e h i n t " f V I . B . 4 - 1 8 3 , ' S _ R o b o t ' , we may also find S involved in the proseculion ""at in the 1. 4 trial
as 'Po C. Robort' (086. 07), IOCting for. he Cmwn.
If $ in book I i. the harasser of Co bool< HI reve. . . . the
, s;, I""" Gilbm, Cabi. , of1 1 _ Rwwd> 'II /MIi>o 111 (Oub! ;n, 000I0ar. J
'S! I>~ n;;;. 'lbi. i. , ><12.
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alianmenl. In 111. 1, '" i. p. Opped aplnsl -one oomeot:obulith Sigurdoen' (429. 19), who i, 'oir Humphrey hi' knave' <430,07). VI. B. 14. 188 confirm? ? he equation, 'knave~. '. /\ proceed, 10 wnn hil . ilter againt! variow manifellations of 1:: 'Sackenon' Ipp<:at1in,hiIQltqOry. . 'Iulinain'II4)7. ~. Laterinthech. oPIff /\ CUl'iti round 10 eIKOIIn&ina; famili. rity between I: and -I: ' I'm leaving my dlrling proxy beh. ind for l"JIlr consolering', be lelll her (,? 1. 16-'7). When he tinally depart. we sec -lId! with 'Sider_ son, Ihll borne of bj<xrne, Itl fl~rd. auxi/imr. Ihe murmured'
<47'. 3'>'3 1).
5 appean thUito IUStain the ume I:J/\ bilKs I t I(. In book
I he OJ)j:< ttl 1:; in book III be is idenlified "'ith I:. In thillip\! Mn Gluheen's ' UJleltion lhal he il the u . or donkey bc~ng (0 )C i, moo, appealing,' VI. B. S. 'n his:
5_ usay SSS
V I . B . 3 3 . ? 8 8 l 0 0 I 0 ; , l i k e ' A . _ 5 S o r S ' b m t h e fi,. . , S c o u l d con_ ~""bly be an E. T h e n _ IICW'rlll ES (Emmanuel Swroenbollt) cou;'" In the vicinity, TM au, . . We noted, it w dragoman or infa1)teIff II 479. 0'}: 'Commipple Stcboun' it limiluly . 'dn - gon man' (OIS. 34). Before comideringlbc implianjoDl of Ihit, howcwr, we will aamincc the func,ion of S in book II.
II. ) _ I S both 81 barman and poli<<man. The diltinction ;1 unimponln. , for hil task it Ipproprl. ale to both roles. It is clodnS 11_ <German, PO/iuiJllmdt') and ? hlilo force 1M drunk. . . and rebdliout 0001ofthe tavern. II iulmc. 1 as ifM . . . . . . . . . , pnp,o. ed 10 ,hool th. . . . down:
Bourne. ! It il polilignsrunter. T he Sot:kertOD boy. T o pwnp the !