Noli Me Tangere
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Category:
Harry Potter › General
Rating:
Adult ++
Chapters:
5
Views:
3,032
Reviews:
2
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
0
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Author's Note
\"Noli Me Tangere Quia Caesaris Sum\"
\"Touch Me Not, For I Am Caesar\'s\"
In Ancient Rome it is said that a diamond colthusthus inscribed was attached to the deer belonging to the Emperor, which were then released. No man might hunt them on pain of death. It is also used metaphorically to refer to Anne Boleyn, the mistress and then wife of Henry VIII. The author of the sonnet included below was imprisoned for an affair with Anne Boleyn, although no evidence was ever produced and he was later released. One of the crimes of which Anne herself was accused was witchcraft. The quote is a used on several different levels in these stories as a motif so I felt I should include this explanation first. How you choose to interpret it in relation to the plot and the characters is entirely up to you. Enjoy - and don\'t forget to R&R!
\"Whoso List To Hunt\"
by
Sir Thomas Wyatt
Whoso list to hunt, I know where is an hind,
But as for me, hélas, I may no more.
The vain travail hath wearied me so sore,
I am of them that farthest cometh behind.
Yet may I by no means my wearied mind
Draw from the deer, but as she fleeth afore
Fainting I follow. I leave off therefore,
Sithens in a net I seek to hold the wind.
Who list her hunt, I put him out of doubt,
As well as I may spend his time in vain.
And graven with diamonds in letters plain
There is written, her fair neck round about:
Noli me tangere, for Caesar\'s I am,
And wild for to hold, though I seem tame.
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\"Touch Me Not, For I Am Caesar\'s\"
In Ancient Rome it is said that a diamond colthusthus inscribed was attached to the deer belonging to the Emperor, which were then released. No man might hunt them on pain of death. It is also used metaphorically to refer to Anne Boleyn, the mistress and then wife of Henry VIII. The author of the sonnet included below was imprisoned for an affair with Anne Boleyn, although no evidence was ever produced and he was later released. One of the crimes of which Anne herself was accused was witchcraft. The quote is a used on several different levels in these stories as a motif so I felt I should include this explanation first. How you choose to interpret it in relation to the plot and the characters is entirely up to you. Enjoy - and don\'t forget to R&R!
But as for me, hélas, I may no more.
The vain travail hath wearied me so sore,
I am of them that farthest cometh behind.
Yet may I by no means my wearied mind
Draw from the deer, but as she fleeth afore
Fainting I follow. I leave off therefore,
Sithens in a net I seek to hold the wind.
Who list her hunt, I put him out of doubt,
As well as I may spend his time in vain.
And graven with diamonds in letters plain
There is written, her fair neck round about:
Noli me tangere, for Caesar\'s I am,
And wild for to hold, though I seem tame.
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