"
[_The gates are opened; the populace rush in towards the
The foremost of them exclaims to those behind,_
"The gory head rolls down the Giants' Steps!
[_The gates are opened; the populace rush in towards the
The foremost of them exclaims to those behind,_
"The gory head rolls down the Giants' Steps!
Byron
_
_Third Cit_. Then they have murdered him who would have freed us.
_Fourth Cit_. He was a kind man to the commons ever.
_Fifth Cit_. Wisely they did to keep their portals barred.
Would we had known the work they were preparing
Ere we were summoned here--we would have brought
Weapons, and forced them!
_Sixth Cit_. Are you sure he's dead?
_First Cit_. I saw the sword fall--Lo! what have we here?
_Enter on the Balcony of the Palace which fronts St. Mark's
Place a_ CHIEF OF THE TEN,[480] _with a bloody sword.
He waves it thrice before the People, and exclaims,_
"Justice hath dealt upon the mighty Traitor!
"
[_The gates are opened; the populace rush in towards the
The foremost of them exclaims to those behind,_
"The gory head rolls down the Giants' Steps! "[fy][481]
[_The curtain falls_. [482]
FOOTNOTES:
[359] {331}[Marin Faliero was not in command of the land forces at the
siege of Zara in 1346. According to contemporary documents, he held a
naval command under Civran, who was in charge of the fleet. Byron was
misled by an error in Morelli's Italian version of the _Chronica
iadratina seu historia obsidionis Jaderae_, p. xi. (See _Marino faliero
avanti il Dogado_, by Vittorio Lazzarino, published in _Nuovo Archivio
Veneto_, 1893, vol. v. pt. i. p. 132, note 4. )]
[360] [For the siege of Alesia (Alise in Cote d'Or), which resulted in
the defeat of the Gauls and the surrender of Vercingetorix, see _De
Bella Gallico_, vii. 68-90. Belgrade fell to Prince Eugene, August 18,
1717. ]
[361] {332}[If this event ever took place, it must have been in 1346,
when the future Doge was between sixty and seventy years of age.
_Third Cit_. Then they have murdered him who would have freed us.
_Fourth Cit_. He was a kind man to the commons ever.
_Fifth Cit_. Wisely they did to keep their portals barred.
Would we had known the work they were preparing
Ere we were summoned here--we would have brought
Weapons, and forced them!
_Sixth Cit_. Are you sure he's dead?
_First Cit_. I saw the sword fall--Lo! what have we here?
_Enter on the Balcony of the Palace which fronts St. Mark's
Place a_ CHIEF OF THE TEN,[480] _with a bloody sword.
He waves it thrice before the People, and exclaims,_
"Justice hath dealt upon the mighty Traitor!
"
[_The gates are opened; the populace rush in towards the
The foremost of them exclaims to those behind,_
"The gory head rolls down the Giants' Steps! "[fy][481]
[_The curtain falls_. [482]
FOOTNOTES:
[359] {331}[Marin Faliero was not in command of the land forces at the
siege of Zara in 1346. According to contemporary documents, he held a
naval command under Civran, who was in charge of the fleet. Byron was
misled by an error in Morelli's Italian version of the _Chronica
iadratina seu historia obsidionis Jaderae_, p. xi. (See _Marino faliero
avanti il Dogado_, by Vittorio Lazzarino, published in _Nuovo Archivio
Veneto_, 1893, vol. v. pt. i. p. 132, note 4. )]
[360] [For the siege of Alesia (Alise in Cote d'Or), which resulted in
the defeat of the Gauls and the surrender of Vercingetorix, see _De
Bella Gallico_, vii. 68-90. Belgrade fell to Prince Eugene, August 18,
1717. ]
[361] {332}[If this event ever took place, it must have been in 1346,
when the future Doge was between sixty and seventy years of age.
