Byron's mother was
descended
from James I.
Byron
Coulmann, Genoa, July 12, 1823, _Life_, by Karl Elze, 1872,
pp. 443-446. ]
[584] {543}[In the coroner's "Inquisition," the sword is described as
being "made of iron and steel, of the value of five shillings. " Byron
says that "so far from feeling any remorse for having killed Mr.
Chaworth, who was a fire-eater (_spadassin_), . . . he always kept the
sword . . . in his bed-chamber, where it still was when he
died. "--_Ibid. _, p. 445. ]
[585] [Ralph de Burun held Horestan Castle and other manors from the
Conqueror.
Byron's mother was descended from James I. of Scotland. ]
[586] {544}[See _The Dream_, line 127, _et passim_, _vide ante_, p. 31,
_et sq. _]
[587] [From an autograph MS. in the possession of Mr. Murray, now for
the first time printed. ]
[588] {545} [There has been some misunderstanding with regard to this
poem. According to the statement of the Countess Guiccioli (see _Works
of Lord Byron_, ed. 1832, xii. 14), "Stanzas to the Po" were composed
about the middle of April, 1819, "while Lord Byron was actually sailing
on the Po," _en route_ from Venice to Ravenna. Medwin, who was the first
to publish the lines (_Conversations, etc. _, 1824, 410, pp. 24-26), says
that they were written when Byron was about to "quit Venice to join" the
Countess at Ravenna, and, in a footnote, explains that the river
referred to is the Po. Now, if the Countess and Medwin (and Moore, who
follows Medwin, _Life_, p. 396) are right, and the river is the Po, the
"ancient walls" Ravenna, and the "Lady of the land" the Guiccioli, the
stanzas may have been written in June (not April), 1819, possibly at
Ferrara, and the river must be the Po di Primaro.
pp. 443-446. ]
[584] {543}[In the coroner's "Inquisition," the sword is described as
being "made of iron and steel, of the value of five shillings. " Byron
says that "so far from feeling any remorse for having killed Mr.
Chaworth, who was a fire-eater (_spadassin_), . . . he always kept the
sword . . . in his bed-chamber, where it still was when he
died. "--_Ibid. _, p. 445. ]
[585] [Ralph de Burun held Horestan Castle and other manors from the
Conqueror.
Byron's mother was descended from James I. of Scotland. ]
[586] {544}[See _The Dream_, line 127, _et passim_, _vide ante_, p. 31,
_et sq. _]
[587] [From an autograph MS. in the possession of Mr. Murray, now for
the first time printed. ]
[588] {545} [There has been some misunderstanding with regard to this
poem. According to the statement of the Countess Guiccioli (see _Works
of Lord Byron_, ed. 1832, xii. 14), "Stanzas to the Po" were composed
about the middle of April, 1819, "while Lord Byron was actually sailing
on the Po," _en route_ from Venice to Ravenna. Medwin, who was the first
to publish the lines (_Conversations, etc. _, 1824, 410, pp. 24-26), says
that they were written when Byron was about to "quit Venice to join" the
Countess at Ravenna, and, in a footnote, explains that the river
referred to is the Po. Now, if the Countess and Medwin (and Moore, who
follows Medwin, _Life_, p. 396) are right, and the river is the Po, the
"ancient walls" Ravenna, and the "Lady of the land" the Guiccioli, the
stanzas may have been written in June (not April), 1819, possibly at
Ferrara, and the river must be the Po di Primaro.
