How we cite our quotes: Book, canto, stanza
Quote #7
What euer thing is done, by [God] is donne,/ Ne any may his mighty will withstand;/ Ne any may his soueraine power shonne,/ Ne loose that he hath bound with stedfast band. (V.ii.42)
Returning to this religion-politics connection, our narrator suggests that our experience of political power is always actually a manifestation of divine power. So, does this undercut the real power of the Queen?
Quote #8
To all which cruell tyranny they say,/ He is prouokt, and stird vp day and night/ By his bad wife, sthat hight Adicia,/ Who counsels him through confidence of might,/ To breake all bonds of law, and rules of right. (V.viii.20)
Tyranny is the #1 threat in Book 5, the Book of Justice. Based on this unflattering description of the tyranny of the Souldan and his wife, Adicia, why do you think justice and tyranny are always in opposition?
Quote #9
For th'heauens enuying our prosperitie,/ Haue not vouchsaft to graunt vnto vs twaine/ The gladfull blessing of posteritie,/ Which we might see after our selues remaine/ In th'heritage of our vnhappie paine:/ So that for want of heires it to defend,/ All is in time like to returne againe/ To that foule feend. (VI.iv.31)
Here, as Matilda bemoans her inability to conceive children with her husband, Bruin, we see that familiar intertwining of the political and personal re-emerge. Children aren't just adorable little cuties; they play a significant role in the security of a political state.