Not P but Moby-Dick (43)

[Mike Jing]

Got it. Thanks, Michael.


On Thu, Nov 16, 2023 at 2:08 AM Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I think that "St Dominic purge it" is praying for St Dominic to purge
> Venice (and Lima) of corruption --- it's probably also a reference to the
> Dominican order which was famous for being involved in the Inquisition.
>
> Then the part about "your cup" seems to me, the guy is refilling Ishmael's
> wine cup on the veranda there.
> Not sure why he says "now you pour out again" - maybe exhorting him to
> "drink up?"
> ---- oh! I think he means, "start telling your story (pouring it out)
> again"
>
>
> sidelight:
>
> https://www.english.op.org/about-us/#:~:text=Alternatively%2C%20the%20name%20comes%20from,from%20God's%20Word%20of%20salvation
> .
> (... Latin pun, Domini canes, meaning 'dogs of the Lord' because the Order
> was founded to preach the Truth of Christ's Gospel, and by their 'barking'
> to act as guard dogs warning against deviations from God's Word of
> salvation.
>
> On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 4:53 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > From Chapter 54:
> >
> > “A moment! Pardon!” cried another of the company. “In the name of all us
> > Limeese, I but desire to express to you, sir sailor, that we have by no
> > means overlooked your delicacy in not substituting present Lima for
> distant
> > Venice in your corrupt comparison. Oh! do not bow and look surprised; you
> > know the proverb all along this coast—‘Corrupt as Lima.’ It but bears out
> > your saying, too; churches more plentiful than billiard-tables, and for
> > ever open—and ‘Corrupt as Lima.’ So, too, Venice; I have been there; the
> > holy city of the blessed evangelist, St. Mark!—St. Dominic, purge it!
> Your
> > cup! Thanks: here I refill; now, you pour out again.”
> >
> > Does "purge it!" here mean "purge the corruption"? And what does "you
> pour
> > out again" mean?
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