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Chapter 6
Whoisthefatherofanysonthatanysonshouldlovehimorheanyson?
Whatthehellareyoudrivingat?
Iknow.Shutup.Blastyou.Ihavereasons.
Amplius.Adhuc.Iterum.Postea.
Areyoucondemnedtodothis?
—Theyaresunderedbyabodilyshamesosteadfastthatthecriminalannalsoftheworld,stainedwithallotherincestsandbestialities,hardlyrecorditsbreach.Sonswithmothers,sireswithdaughters,lesbicsisters,lovesthatdarenotspeaktheirname,nephewswithgrandmothers,jailbirdswithkeyholes,queenswithprizebulls.Thesonunbornmarsbeauty:born,hebringspain,dividesaffection,increasescare.Heisanewmale:hisgrowthishisfather’sdecline,hisyouthhisfather’senvy,hisfriendhisfather’senemy.
InrueMonsieur-le-PrinceIthoughtit.
—Whatlinkstheminnature?Aninstantofblindrut.
AmIafather?IfIwere?
Shrunkenuncertainhand.
—Sabellius,theAfrican,subtlestheresiarchofallthebeastsofthefield,heldthattheFatherwasHimselfHisOwnSon.ThebulldogofAquin,withwhomnowordshallbeimpossible,refuteshim.Well:ifthefatherwhohasnotasonbenotafathercanthesonwhohasnotafatherbeason?WhenRutlandbaconsouthamptonshakespeareoranotherpoetofthesamenameinthecomedyoferrorswroteHamlethewasnotthefatherofhisownsonmerelybut,beingnomoreason,hewasandfelthimselfthefatherofallhisrace,thefatherofhisowngrandfather,thefatherofhisunborngrandsonwho,bythesametoken,neverwasborn,fornature,asMrMageeunderstandsher,abhorsperfection.
