Monday, May 05, 2008

The Analects of Matthew: Fourth Digitalization: 28/4/08-2 and SEGA GENESIS-2

The fifth of the Elder Matthew Skowbo's letters (in two parts), digitized to the diginets in the hopes of the facilitation of distribution, dissemination, and delivery (of responses).

LETTER 5 (former part):

Dear LoD, [League of Desmond]

This one's longer, and probably crossing the line in a few places, but it's much more entertaining I think. Give this a chance, if you don't like it, I'll discontinue my translations. This is roughly what I had in mind.

Anyhow, I'm still in Warsaw, NY. Still more cows than people. Still on a mission. [Sounds sort of fatigued.]

Remember, the address to reach me at is: [Still not typing it out.]

Keep in touch. Brawl Brawl Brawl.

-Elder Skowbo
P.S. Brawl

LETTER 5 (latter part):
THE FIRST BOOK OF DAVID
called
SEGA GENESIS
Chapter 9
20 And David began to be an [sic] husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent.
22 And Ethan saw the nakedness of David, and told his brother without.
23 And Niklousse took a garment, and laid it upon his shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of David; and his face was backward, and he saw not David's nakedness.
24 And David awoke from his wine, and knew what Ethan had done unto him.
25 And he said, Cursed be Ethan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his [struck-out: brethren] brother.
[The paper is torn here, and the message continues on the other side. Censors? Maybe.]
Chapter 19 [which could be titled: David Sleeps With His Own Daughters]
30 And David went up out of Zoar and dwelt in a mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters.
31 And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
32 Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
33 And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose.
34 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father.
36 Thus were both the daughters of David with child by their father.
[Again, the page is torn. No idea what, if anything, was below.]
[Also, this letter is startlingly accurate, and reminiscent of a certain tale Mr. Zhang told of Mr. Tseng, his eternal rival and arch-nemesis.]

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