Faliero might truly say,--
"Thou den of drunkards with the blood of princes!
"Thou den of drunkards with the blood of princes!
Byron
ed.
1531, p.
413.
Many prophecies have passed for such, and many men have been called
prophets for much less. "--P. L. Ginguene, _Hist. Lit. d'Italie_, ix. 144
[Paris Edition, 1819].
[478] Of the first fifty Doges, _five_ abdicated--_five_ were banished
with their eyes put out--_five_ were massacred--and _nine_ deposed; so
that _nineteen_ out of fifty lost the throne by violence, besides two
who fell in battle: this occurred long previous to the reign of Marino
Faliero. One of his more immediate predecessors, Andrea Dandolo, died of
vexation. Marino Faliero himself perished as related. Amongst his
successors, _Foscari_, after seeing his son repeatedly tortured and
banished, was deposed, and died of breaking a blood-vessel, on hearing
the bell of Saint Mark's toll for the election of his successor.
Morosini was impeached for the loss of Candia; but this was previous to
his dukedom, during which he conquered the Morea, and was styled the
Peloponnesian.
Faliero might truly say,--
"Thou den of drunkards with the blood of princes! "
[fx] _Thou brothel of the waters! thou sea Sodom! _--[Alternative
reading. MS. M. ]
[479] [See letters to Webster, September 8, 1818, and to Hoppner,
December 31, 1819, _Letters_, 1900, iv. 255, 393. ]
[480] {461} "Un Capo de' Dieci" are the words of Sanuto's Chronicle.
[fy]
_The gory head is rolling down the steps! _
_The head is rolling dawn the gory steps! _--
[Alternative readings. MS. M. ]
[481] [A picture in oils of the execution of Marino Faliero, by
Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863), which was exhibited in
the Salon in 1827, is now in the Wallace Collection (_Provisional
Catalogue_, 1900, p. 28).
Many prophecies have passed for such, and many men have been called
prophets for much less. "--P. L. Ginguene, _Hist. Lit. d'Italie_, ix. 144
[Paris Edition, 1819].
[478] Of the first fifty Doges, _five_ abdicated--_five_ were banished
with their eyes put out--_five_ were massacred--and _nine_ deposed; so
that _nineteen_ out of fifty lost the throne by violence, besides two
who fell in battle: this occurred long previous to the reign of Marino
Faliero. One of his more immediate predecessors, Andrea Dandolo, died of
vexation. Marino Faliero himself perished as related. Amongst his
successors, _Foscari_, after seeing his son repeatedly tortured and
banished, was deposed, and died of breaking a blood-vessel, on hearing
the bell of Saint Mark's toll for the election of his successor.
Morosini was impeached for the loss of Candia; but this was previous to
his dukedom, during which he conquered the Morea, and was styled the
Peloponnesian.
Faliero might truly say,--
"Thou den of drunkards with the blood of princes! "
[fx] _Thou brothel of the waters! thou sea Sodom! _--[Alternative
reading. MS. M. ]
[479] [See letters to Webster, September 8, 1818, and to Hoppner,
December 31, 1819, _Letters_, 1900, iv. 255, 393. ]
[480] {461} "Un Capo de' Dieci" are the words of Sanuto's Chronicle.
[fy]
_The gory head is rolling down the steps! _
_The head is rolling dawn the gory steps! _--
[Alternative readings. MS. M. ]
[481] [A picture in oils of the execution of Marino Faliero, by
Ferdinand Victor Eugene Delacroix (1798-1863), which was exhibited in
the Salon in 1827, is now in the Wallace Collection (_Provisional
Catalogue_, 1900, p. 28).
