According to Moore's footnote, "These
lines--perhaps from some difficulty in introducing them--were never
inserted in the Tragedy.
lines--perhaps from some difficulty in introducing them--were never
inserted in the Tragedy.
Byron
--[MS.
M.
]
[463] ["Hic est locus Marini Falethri, decapitati pro criminibus. " Even
more impressive is the significant omission of the minutes of the trial
from the pages of the State Register. "The fourth volume of the _Misti
Consiglio X_. contains its decrees in the year 1355. On Friday, the 17th
April in that year, Marin Falier was beheaded. In the usual course, the
minutes of the trial should have been entered on the thirty-third page
of that volume; but in their stead we find a blank space, and the words
'[=N] S[=C]BATUR:' 'Be it not written. '"--_Calendar of State Papers_ . . .
in Venice, Preface by Rawdon Brown, 1864, i. xvii. ]
[464] [Lines 500-507 were forwarded in a letter to Murray, dated Marzo,
1821 (_Letters_, 1901, v. 261).
According to Moore's footnote, "These
lines--perhaps from some difficulty in introducing them--were never
inserted in the Tragedy. " It is true that in some copies of the first
edition of _Marino Faliero_ (1821, p. 151) these lines do not appear;
but in other copies of the first edition, in the second and other
editions, they occur in their place. It is strange that Moore, writing
in 1830, did not note the almost immediate insertion of these remarkable
lines. ]
[465] {448}[The Council of Ten decided that the possessions of Faliero
should be confiscated; but the "Signoria," as an act of grace, and _ob
ducatus reverentiam_, allowed him to dispose of 2000 "lire dei grossi"
of his own. The same day, April 17, the Doge dictated his will to the
notary Piero de Compostelli, leaving the 2000 lire to his wife
Aluica. --_La Congiura_, p. 105. ]
[fn] {449}_Of the house of Rizzando Caminese_. --[MS. M. ]
[fo] _Have I aught else to undergo ere Death? _--[Alternative reading.
MS. M. ]
[466] {450}[The story as related by Sanudo is of doubtful authenticity,
_vide ante_, p.
[463] ["Hic est locus Marini Falethri, decapitati pro criminibus. " Even
more impressive is the significant omission of the minutes of the trial
from the pages of the State Register. "The fourth volume of the _Misti
Consiglio X_. contains its decrees in the year 1355. On Friday, the 17th
April in that year, Marin Falier was beheaded. In the usual course, the
minutes of the trial should have been entered on the thirty-third page
of that volume; but in their stead we find a blank space, and the words
'[=N] S[=C]BATUR:' 'Be it not written. '"--_Calendar of State Papers_ . . .
in Venice, Preface by Rawdon Brown, 1864, i. xvii. ]
[464] [Lines 500-507 were forwarded in a letter to Murray, dated Marzo,
1821 (_Letters_, 1901, v. 261).
According to Moore's footnote, "These
lines--perhaps from some difficulty in introducing them--were never
inserted in the Tragedy. " It is true that in some copies of the first
edition of _Marino Faliero_ (1821, p. 151) these lines do not appear;
but in other copies of the first edition, in the second and other
editions, they occur in their place. It is strange that Moore, writing
in 1830, did not note the almost immediate insertion of these remarkable
lines. ]
[465] {448}[The Council of Ten decided that the possessions of Faliero
should be confiscated; but the "Signoria," as an act of grace, and _ob
ducatus reverentiam_, allowed him to dispose of 2000 "lire dei grossi"
of his own. The same day, April 17, the Doge dictated his will to the
notary Piero de Compostelli, leaving the 2000 lire to his wife
Aluica. --_La Congiura_, p. 105. ]
[fn] {449}_Of the house of Rizzando Caminese_. --[MS. M. ]
[fo] _Have I aught else to undergo ere Death? _--[Alternative reading.
MS. M. ]
[466] {450}[The story as related by Sanudo is of doubtful authenticity,
_vide ante_, p.
