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We now 'return for ~ momCOt fmm ,he r~ptilc', age 'Qthe cox-
'wain On the first landing. ' The reptiles arc not only Patrick'. 'Creeping Crawleys' but al'" include Ihe dragon slain by Tristan on his. eomd hiolt visit. The Tri. "m element in~ is stressed from thi, point, ahbough 'he due of Patrick', miuion (43Z An) is , uppli<:d a, 190. 0~. 0 " Trist. n'~ /inllanding he was dying from wound. rcceived in hi' fighl with the lri. h champion Marh. ull, bUI 1",lde cured him by the application of herbal prep"ra! ions, 'a Blinkcosop"" cuddlebath ~t hOT proper mitts'.
290,14- 291. 02 considers the second vi,its of botb exemplarS. Pallid<, having heard the voices from the Wood of Foclut, landed atthe mouth ofthe Vanry (290. 1 8-19). Tristan returned to 1",lde with Ihe effect of a cold tku"'" for his object was 'to buy her . . .
~ at Unity and Triad 89
? ? and o. her dud maVOWT. . . . . ns tn pluribl~ numl>cn . . . on behalf 0 ( an ol<kl. abliohcd limuo . . ? of Sain. Yvca by l. andsend oomwcr' (Land', End. , Cornwall). Thill min. hive been I ? . ,. rib" pid'. oornmenu29'. OZ-t},bu. (0 thinkofhislubsequentlymu". ;na ? Moorui1""1dtandtoI<Yto. ""IyJtheruyingroembot<<him- if that is what L. i, circling \OWI. rdl, heaven hdp him (29L')-
291. (4).
Th~ remainder of the ! . I:ntmc~ remind. UI Ihlt, although the
theorem. of Tim. aM W. . ,. rn Man may exist for Our improve- ment, . here i. no point in preachi", any other f2ith here, for all I,e irredeemable Ca,hol;c,. . I'urthe" were you to! ook into C'. head )'Our own hcad wouLd ,,,,,I to ius. fancy the combination. of Itlle words'Hineplac. :. FinoUy,whe. her)'00>'? ? h2ppyorlid,youwill ~v? ? wooonfl~<Iocnme. fromthepolesoflhc'pupiltea- chcrtlu. dupla'. The rew. lutionafy lendency i, connected wilh
the Norweltian ~
Irilh notioru. li. . . . . )" and Ibo with the figu", 0( Swif? ? Th? \IOke
IIIOYnncnl (wllidt shows panll. l. wilh
edIoes the "",II_known quoullion from ParndL'? ? pe<<h In Ccrk on 21 Jln. . . . ry ,885' 'no man hl. l the right to fix th~ boundory (0 . hc march of. nolion. ' The reaclionary lendency, 'the beast of boredom, common OCn! . l:', connec. ed with Vanhomrish via the collu or SS (0<< p. 26 above), and with S. ttlW:, will hush you, insiSlina lIull you mull draw the Ii. . . somewhere. VI. B. 17. 54 notn 'L. led double lif. ' and Vl. B. I7. ,9 'L. active midsl palli",,'. The P'" 'iC comains sevenl Illusions. o Pamell, who. like Swift, can participale in both L. and m . . different pbucs of biI history arc emphWzcd. For ClWltplc, in JIoaina ""}. II, Jay<< rt"fnw 10 Par_ nel! ousting hue Bun from lcadcnhip ofthe Home Ru~ Party. " Even in hill lote hi. 1Or}" Parnell i. ToOl unconditionally m. Red- mond, dcfendi"i him on . h~ fin . doy of Commit! "" room '$, oboerved, 'who", we uc asked to . . n our lcader [() pr~oervc an aman"", it seem. to me tha! "'" Ire hound [() inq,uirt" into what
we are ''''i", for the pritc We are pooying. ' P~rndl inlf,rtUplcd here 'Don? t. . ,11 me for ToOIhinl. If you get my VlIh. . , you ltIay chanle""" tt>m<)rn)W. ' Simplifitd 1. 1 'When you sell, SC' my price' Ihis motifappal" freq. . . . . tly tnconnection with L. and 1," bolh of whom arc 'ooid' in VlIrious Jtm . i: consider $00. 11-)1 for
enmple. VI. C. 5. ! i9 (part of 'V1. D. )') his 'J. ")'I T ooId her'.
I think it fair to aAume thin L. in booI< I I i. formed by th~ ming- lin. 0( ? current 0( t:-. . . . . . mle'ina from book I and ? currenl
"0< B. ChrlttUDi, s-. 6'--" f_,of'Fo"_. . . . W. ', 'l'. " tAt. . . . r. ,. . . .
. . SMI'"W. '? i.
? of A-nu.
projected into b<> ! < II by the reKTes. ive time of b:>ok ill. Both CUIT. . ,t. an include . c:-lIlImes by anticipatKln outside b<><! ! < n. [;is thus Trinan at '69. 20, Patrick ot '71. 33 and Parnell at '73. tl. A i. involved in the o:unc roles at . n8. 26 and 47~j. I4. Swift i. used in roth b<><! ! <. for roth [; and A. For in,nlne<: in ilL I, Ihe Dan <X>tluibutes [0 A . , 41). 03--26, but Swift is aho 'Mr O'Shem the O. . . . p<r' at 421. 25.
If the b<:x,): III A ;' to pu. into the . c: of 11. 4, his appea. . . . nce in III. I should relate to that of. c:, . . it in fact doe? . The 111. 1 A is 'Shaun the Post', the lover of Arrah-na-Pogue in Boucicault',
ploy. The heroine consistently gives ber name to -I in 11. 4, making . c: Shaun by implicaoon. At the end of the chapter (399. 25) -I ,wears hCT affili. a,ion to . c: by the eros. of Cong (Roderick O'Gon""," diM at Cong Abbey). She calls . c:'Midi:, Nidi rh. Mag- go, ()I" IM<IrtwrytmT . . . . . . t is', accu. . . . t. ly defining hi. composition. . Many notebook enlries "",m to empioy . c: as a ,impl. abbrevia_ tion ror 't: and A'. Alternatively we find tru. d" group. of ~ A ond. c: cont. . . . ltM QVer some facet. In VI. B. 17. IOO {or example'[;
j A i . c: jiii', or VI. B. 17. 91'
salt of the earth A [changed from I:J sulphur of the I:
mercury . c:
The tr. o. diti<>nal approprialimls would place salt between sul- phur and mercury, but Joyce'. U"", n<>ted by Mr Athertrut at 261. 25-0," accords moTe with I--Cvi'. lIillbire d. 112 m<iIJ"r' where . ulphur i. spirit, salt matter and mercury the 'plastic mMilror'. We may aoo observe in I<i' U""tild" the equation of mercury with the IIOul, ro", be. ween the polar aspi. . . . tKln. of spirit (1ulphur) and body (salt).
Triad. can be found everywhen: in FWand it i. tempting ro quo? ? Mr BeSI in Uly,. . "
- That'. very interelting becau. . : that brother motive, drut't you know, we find also in the old Iri. h myth? . JUSt what y<>u say. Th~ three brolhen Shakespeare. In Grimm tOO, drut't y<>u know, the rairytales. The third brotber that marries the ,Ieeping beauty ,nd W'inllthe bes, prize.
B. . , of Best brothe". Good, better, best. " """""",, . 7.
" TIN Himo-;, <fMo,ri<, '-'.
" H. P. Bb. . . ,a,. , /", U,. . . ;W 1. )09,
. . ( _ . . . He. od . . tiboo of '960), no.
. c:asUnityandTriod 9'
? 91 The Sigl. o of Fi""q<IJU W~U
. . . . . boiI de Jubainville considers duol the common triadic ~tu:m
in Celtic mytholoeY, for e-nmp! e the thrtt $ODO of Danl, 'carnes from "''''' thrtt synonymns 10 ClqI<<$II tIu: . . . . . e mylhlc id""10
TI\n"e . . . . ;. . . :o. bo an Irish pudil<<:rion for . imibr lfOUPinas in 10po,upby. -
I do not propose co ,ive a comprehensive list ofFW triIodJ. The butcher, baoer and andlCSTickmaker, or Pcoter, J o and M m in from Swift'. Tau <>f Q Tub, or numerou' olher threes, lilould be quite evidenl ftom ",,"ual rtadin,. We . hould however take par? licular note of Ihe constellation in 1. 6. 11, w""",, m il Caesar u 11171. 03. dtrcsrmed by two 'rilicidcs', I: and A. -1 lllen, '/I cleo- patrician in ber own t,&ht tbe " onet complia. le5 Ill. p:>Iilion wlillc Burtus and Cueout Ir. contending for her miINtny by implicating herself willi an elutive Antonius. . . . Thil A. . . oonilll- BulTUl-C. """", lI'Ouptrilod may be . . id co equate the qu,. rIi. equi? . .