Therefore the winds, piping to us in vain, As in revenge, have suck'd up from the sea Contagious fogs; which falling in the land Have every pelting river made so proud That they have overborne their continents: Titania Act II, Scene I A Midsummer's Night Dream William Shakespeare
From King Sejong the Great, ISBN: 0-9779613-6-2 - 19 October,
12th year [1430 A.D.]
The King said to his Secretaries:
"In the past, when a government servant gave birth, she was expected to
return to service seven days later. This provision was made out of
concern for the fact that harm might come to the baby if she returned
leaving the child behind her, and so this period
of leave was later increased to a hundred days. However, there have
been instances of women whose time was near, and who gave birth before
reaching home. I therefore suggest that one month of full leave be
granted prior to giving birth. Please amend the
relevant laws."
-
26 April, 16th year [1434 A.D.]
Dispatched to the Ministry of Justice:
"It has been enacted that a female servant, who is due to give birth in a
month's time or has given birth within the past hundred days, shall not
be required for government service. Since no leave has been granted to
the husbands of such women, however, they
have not been able to provide assistance to their wives in childbirth,
and because of this some women have even lost their lives, which is most
pitiful. From this day forward, a husband is not required to return to
service for thirty days after his wife has
given birth." --- (In context and in general, a woman upon marriage became a member of her
husband's family, and was expected to give birth at the home of her
husband's family. This might require days of travel.) ---
King Sejong, 4th Ruler of Choson Korea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sejong_the_Great http://asiasociety.org/countries/traditions/king-sejong-great
It was last winter.
Don't know whether I was possessed by the moonlight or the snow.
I was on my way to a friend's house, with a bottle of booze.
And a man and a woman were fighting like crazy with some sharp swords.
But they also looked like they were dancing.
It was like they were making love under the moonlight as well.
===== To Won's Father June 1, 1586 You always said, "Dear, let's live together until our hair turns gray and die on the same day. How could you pass away without me? Who should I and our little boy listen to and how should we live? How could you go ahead of me? How did you bring your heart to me and how did I bring my heart to you? Whenever we lay down together you always told me, "Dear, do other people cherish and love each other like we do? Are they really like us?" How could you leave all that behind and go ahead of me? I just cannot live without you. I just want to go to you. Please take me to where you are. My feelings toward you I cannot forget in this world and my sorrow knows no limit. Where would I put my heart in now and how can I live with the child missing you? Please look at this letter and tell me in detail in my dreams. Because I want to listen to your saying in detail in my dreams I write this letter and put it in. Look closely and talk to me. When I give birth to the child in me, who should it call father? Can anyone fathom how I feel? There is no tragedy like this under the sky. You are just in another place, and not in such a deep grief as I am. There is no limit and end [to my sorrows] that I write roughly. Please look closely at this letter and come to me in my dreams and show yourself in detail and tell me. I believe I can see you in my dreams. Come to me secretly and show yourself. There is no limit to what I want to say and I stop here.
And you don't look like you are
going to say that you love me.
I will just say it for you.
I love you, Do Min Joon.
When you live much longer than I do,
you will eventually forget.
But a perfect girl like me loved you dearly.
And liked you.
Don't forget that,
And be proud of it.
~
The best super power that I have is...
To stop time.
...
Countless times I have stopped time...
And told you this in times you don't remember,
I love you, Cheon Song Yi.
I felt that if I told you this while time was running...
Then everything will eventually run out and fade away.
That's why I only said it while I stopped time.
I love you, Cheon Song Yi,
I love you.
===== An Arundel Tomb The figures represent Richard Fitzalan III, 13th Earl of Arundel (ca 1307-1376) and his second wife Eleanor, who by his will of 1375 were to be buried together “without pomp” in the chapter house of Lewes Priory. The armour and dress suggest a date near 1375; the knight’s attitude is typical of that time, but the lady’s crossed legs, giving the effect of a turn towards her husband, are rare. The joined hands have been thought due to “restoration” by Edward Richardson (1812-69), but recent research has shown the feature to be original. If so, the monument must be one of the earliest showing the concession to affection where the husband was a knight rather than a civilian. In his will Richard requested that he be buried “near to the tomb of Eleanor de Lancaster, my wife; and I desire that my tomb be no higher than hers, that no men at arms, horses, hearse, or other pomp, be used at my funeral, but only five torches…as was about the corpse of my wife, be allowed.”
