| The third excerpt represents the element of Water. It speaks of pure spiritual influences and feelings of love, and is drawn from The Ebb-Tide by Stevenson & Osbourne: The captain stood biting his hands.
'There's one thing sure,' he said at last. 'I must get Huish out
of that. HE'S not fit to hold his end up with a man like you
describe.'
And he turned to go away. The words had been quite simple;
not so the tone; and the other was quick to catch it.
'Davis!' he cried, 'no! Don't do it. Spare ME, and don't do it--
spare yourself, and leave it alone--for God's sake, for your
children's sake!'
His voice rose to a passionate shrillness; another moment,
and he might be overheard by their not distant victim. But Davis
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The fourth excerpt represents the element of Earth. It speaks of physical influences and the impact of the unseen on the visible world, and is drawn from Othello by William Shakespeare: Des. Do you know Sirrah, where Lieutenant Cassio
lyes?
Clow. I dare not say he lies any where
Des. Why man?
Clo. He's a Soldier, and for me to say a Souldier lyes,
'tis stabbing
Des. Go too: where lodges he?
Clo. To tell you where he lodges, is to tel you where
I lye
Des. Can any thing be made of this?
Clo. I know not where he lodges, and for mee to deuise
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