The third is the Shogun who reygneth at the preſent, and hath rayſed the perſecution (whereof this booke intreateth) againſt the Chriſtians, and he as it ſeemeth is acknowledged as Lord of all the threeſcore and ſix Kingdomes of Iaponia.

A paradox arises when we ask, Is the word 'heterological' heterological. If it is, it is not. If it is not, it is.

For a structuralist like Edmund Leach, the structure is the meaning. Genesis, for example, is about incest taboos; all the rest is noise and mystification.

And why I pray you? who might be your mother That you inſult, exult, and all at once Ouer the wretched?