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Caxton in a well-known introduction to one of his first books wrote: "what sholde a man in thyse dayes now wryte egges or eyren?" [what should a man write these days, eggs or eyren?] | Caxton in a well-known introduction to one of his first books wrote: "what sholde a man in thyse dayes now wryte egges or eyren?" [what should a man write these days, eggs or eyren?] | ||
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| + | Breakfast, and particularly eggs, is what HCE looks forward to as it signals his resurrection from the night of sleep. There are also many references to HCE as an egg, symbolising his incubation. | ||
Revision as of 02:44, 22 December 2005
Ey: Chaucerian word for Egg
Caxton in a well-known introduction to one of his first books wrote: "what sholde a man in thyse dayes now wryte egges or eyren?" [what should a man write these days, eggs or eyren?]
Breakfast, and particularly eggs, is what HCE looks forward to as it signals his resurrection from the night of sleep. There are also many references to HCE as an egg, symbolising his incubation.
