POETS DAY : All the Country is Lay’d For Me

I’ve just been reminded that it’s Friday today!

Alfred Watkins, whose favourite poet was John Masefield, used
to quote from 2 Henry VI, ‘All the country is lay’d for me‘. His vision
opened the door to a magic country on the threshold of which we now
stand.

Alfred Watkins is best known for his life time working on the subject of Ley Lines.

Shakespeare : Henry VI

Fie on ambition! fie on myself, that have a sword,
and yet am ready to famish! These five days have I
hid me in these woods and durst not peep out, for
all the country is laid for me; but now am I so
hungry that if I might have a lease of my life for a
thousand years I could stay no longer. Wherefore,
on a brick wall have I climbed into this garden, to
see if I can eat grass, or pick a sallet another
while, which is not amiss to cool a man’s stomach
this hot weather. And I think this word ‘sallet’
was born to do me good: for many a time, but for a
sallet, my brainpan had been cleft with a brown
bill; and many a time, when I have been dry and
bravely marching, it hath served me instead of a
quart pot to drink in; and now the word ‘sallet’
must serve me to feed on.

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