All his body is a fire, And his breath a flame entire, That being shot, like lightning, in, Wounds the heart, but not the skin.ġ GRACE: At his sight, the sun hath turned Neptune in the waters burned Hell hath felt a greater heat Jove himself forsook his seat. He is Venus' runaway.Ģ GRACE: She that will but now discover Where the wingéd wag doth hover, Shall tonight receive a kiss, How or where herself would wish But who brings him to his mother, Shall have that kiss, and another.ģ GRACE: H' hath of marks about him plenty You shall know him among twenty. Speak to be heard.ġ GRACE: Beauties, have ye seen this toy, Calléd Love, a little boy, Almost naked, wanton, blind, Cruel now, and then as kind? If he be amongst ye, say. Begin, soft Graces, and proclaim reward To her that brings him in. I will have him cried, And all his virtues told, that, when they know What sprite he is, she soon may let him go, That guards him now, and think herself right blessed To be so timely rid of such a guest. Perchance he hath got some simple heart to hide His subtle shape in. Look all these ladies' eyes, And see if there he not concealéd lies, Or in their bosoms twixt their swelling breasts (The wag affects to make himself such nests). VENUS: Stay, nymphs, we then will try A nearer way.

But he not yet returning, I am in fear Some gentle Grace or innocent Beauty here Be taken with him, or he hath surprised A second Psyche, and lives here disguised. Spy, if you can, his footsteps on this green, For here, as I am told, he late hath been, With divers of his brethren, lending light From their best flames to gild a glorious night, Which I not grudge at, being done for her Whose honors to mine own I still prefer. Love late is fled away, my eldest birth, Cupid, whom I did joy to call my son And, whom long absent, Venus is undone. VENUS: It is no common cause, ye will conceive, My lovely Graces, makes your goddess leave Her state in heaven, tonight to visit earth. Special thanks to Vinny Andreotti, Sergey Cheremisinov, and Molly Pan & Eric Guillen for their incredible musical skills.The following one-act play was originally published in 1616 and is now in the public domain. These are all things that will be covered and more, as the impossible case is laid that the Spanish flu was not just the secret fuel that powered the monumental tragedies of the 20th century, but gives us insight into the very thing that could eventually act as the fuel for the tragedies for the 21st. And according to a small handful of medical historians, sociologists, and economists, quite possibly the reason for how things in that so-called 'War to End All Wars' turned out and thus, everything that happened afterward. A force of nature more destructive than the Great War itself, rivaled only by the Second World War. A bizarre historical footnote that no one wanted to discuss. The 1918 H1N1 Influenza A pandemic-better known as the 'Spanish flu'-is known as a lot of things. And by 'does,' we're talking about what it does to the human body, the human mind, and the wider social psychology of societies themselves, and of course, the historical consequences that result. What follows is an exploration of what a pandemic actually does. What follows is an exploration of not just a pandemic and not just the most physically destructive pandemic in all of human history. Since it's the year of our lord 2020, it was only inevitable that we'd talk about pandemics on History Impossible. This episode is dedicated to Franco Bolelli.

Hue and cry into the flame