Nachtstück 0005: Cats and dogs are not our friends (They just pretend)

Update for Nunc dimittis mit Fried und Freud
and Start quoting him now:

Another Shakespearianum because it is his 400th death anniversary, since following the Gregorian calendar, which was „adopted in Catholic countries in 1582, Shakespeare died on 3 May [1616].„

I had rather be a kitten and cry mew
Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers.

Hotspur: History of Henry IV, Part I, III,1, 1671 f., 1597.

I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon,
Than such a Roman.

Brutus: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, IV,3,1997 f., 1599.

Images: Susan Herbert: Shakespeare Cats, 2004
via She Who Seeks: Raising the Tone of This Blog, February< 1st, 2015;
Yapatkwa: Julius Caesar Dog Art Print 20x28cm, out of stock.
Soundtrack: Camille: Cats and Dogs, from: Music Hole, 2008:

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