The Lady in the ballad was not rich because the real Lady Clare died while feeding from the nurse and the she swapped the child with her own. I think the nurse swapped the children for two reasons; one was to save her job and two was to give her child a better life than the she could have given her. The ballad has quite a lot of detail and you can understand the feelings of some of the characters quite well like when the nurse says to Lay Clare'' - "give one kiss to mother dear alas! My child I sinned for thee-- in this quote I think the nurse is saying that she knows that shi di...

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I may have caused harm unintentionally, but I did not have the intention to hurt. ... To me it is the cornerstone of our practice as lay people. ... Am I going against this Sila? ... The Buddha is quoted in the Metta Sutta: "Just as a mother might protect from harm the son that was her only child, let all-embracing thoughts of love for every living thing be thine. ... I would not only have compassion for my dying child, but for the children's lives that my child could save if his or her organs were donated. ...

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