| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Reign of King Edward the Third by William Shakespeare: Stands with Prince Edward, your thrice valiant son.
[Enter Prince Edward.]
KING EDWARD.
I see the boy; oh, how his mother's face,
Modeled in his, corrects my strayed desire,
And rates my heart, and chides my thievish eye,
Who, being rich enough in seeing her,
Yet seeks elsewhere: and basest theft is that
Which cannot cloak it self on poverty.--
Now, boy, what news?
PRINCE EDWARD.
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from Under the Red Robe by Stanley Weyman: This was not a reflection very welcome to me at the moment.
Nevertheless, for three days it was all the company I had. At
the end of that time, the knave of a jailor who attended me, and
who had never grown tired of telling me, after the fashion of his
kind, that I should be hanged, came to me with a less assured
air.
'Perhaps you would like a little water?' he said civilly.
'Why, rascal?' I asked.
'To wash with,' he answered.
'I asked for some yesterday, and you would not bring it,' I
grumbled. 'However, better late than never. Bring it now. If I
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from Barlaam and Ioasaph by St. John of Damascus: thou subjectest us to for the sake of our religion, the more
shalt thou be our benefactor. Do therefore as thou wilt: for we
shall not consent to do aught outside our duty, nor shall we
surrender ourselves to sin. Deem not that it is a slight sin to
betray a fellow-combatant and fellow-soldier into thy hands.
Nay, but thou shalt not have that scoff to make at us; no, not if
thou put us to ten thousand deaths. We be not such cowards as to
betray our religion through dread of thy torments, or to disgrace
the law divine. So then, if such be thy purpose, make ready
every weapon to defend thy claim; for to us to live is Christ,
and to die for him is the best gain."
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