Lucy Hutchinson's :" From Memoirs if Colonel Hutchinson"

Since I am so far behind in my blog posts . . .
and wanted to look at new things . . .
I have decided to treat my textbook like my pastor told me to treat the Bible.
When you have problems trying to read it . . . just drop and read where it lands . . .
I found this really interesting . . .
look at this line: "My lord, hearing that there was some question concerning the county's powder, I am come to kiss your lordship's hands, and to beseech you that I may know your desires and intents are concerning it?"
This whole thing astounds and confounds me . . .
The Puritans are being harassed and they are about to be defenseless; yet, their leader is so polite and formal. It blows my mind. I mean this is taken from a diary so it's gotta be at at least somewhat factual. It almost came to blows . . . but the Colonel and the Lord acted like gentlemen the whole time.
I like this because it takes me back to the stuff I read about the South in the 19th century. The shit is hitting the fan, but they still act like gentlemen.
This colonel reminds me of the Hemingway hero: "Grace under pressure".
This passage almost seems more tense because it's so formal and polite . . .
And I also find it really interesting that (because of politics) this book wasn't published until the early 1800s. What little I know of the Puritan Revolution, I know it was bad (sorta like an early less extreme (more right then left) French Revolution), but I would have thought that old wounds would heal a little quicker than that.