Brief time had Conrad now to greet Gulnare. [p. 89. Gulnare, a female name; it means, literally, the flower of the Pomegranate.

sulman anger. See Prince Eugene's Memoirs, | gulf of Mexico; it runs through a rich but very p. 24. "The Seraskier received a wound in the flat country, until it reaches within a mile of thigh; he plucked up his beard by the roots, the Mississippi river, fifteen miles below the because he was obliged to quit the field." city of New-Orleans. The bay has branches almost innumerable, in which persons can lie concealed from the severest scrutiny. It communicates with three lakes which lie on the southwest side, and these with the lake of the same name, and which lies contiguous to the sca, where there is an island formed by the two arms of this lake and the sea. The east and west points of this island were fortified in the year 1811, by a band of pirates, under the command of one Mr. La Fitte. A large majority of these outlaws are of that class of the pe pulation of the state of Louisiana who fed from the island of St. Domingo during the troubles there, and took refuge in the island of Cuba: and when the last war between France and Spain commenced, they were compelled to leave that island with the short notice of a few days. Without ceremony, they entered the United States, the most of them the State of Lonisiana, with all the negroes they had possessed in Cuba. They were notified by the Governor of that State of the clause in the constitution which forbad the importation of slaves; but, at the same time, received the assurance of the Governor that he would obtain, if possible, the approbation of the general,Government for their retaining this property.

Till even the scaffold echoes with their jest! [p. 92. In Sir Thomas More, for instance, on the scaffold, and Anne Boleyn in the Tower, when grasping her neck, she remarked, that it "was too slender to trouble the headsman much." During one part of the French Revolution, it became a fashion to leave some "mot" as a legacy; and the quantity of facetious last words spoken during that period would form a melancholy jest-book of considerable size.

That closed their murder'd sage's latest day! [p. 93. Socrates drank the hemlock a short time before sunset (the hour of execution), notwithstanding the entreaties of his disciples to wait till the sun went down.

The queen of night asserts her silent reign. [p. 94. The twilight in Greece is much shorter than In our own country; the days in winter are longer, but in summer of shorter duration.

The gleaming turret of the gay Kiosk. [p. 94. The Kiosk is a Turkish summer-house; the palm is without the present walls of Athens, not far from the temple of Theseus, between which and the tree the wall intervenes.-Cephisus' stream is indeed scanty, and Ilissus has no stream at all.

His only bends in seeming o'er his beads. [p. 95. The Comboloio, or Mahometan rosary; the beads are in number ninety-nine.

Slow sinks, more lovely ere his race be run. . . . That frown where gentler ocean seems to smile. The island of Barrataria is situated about [p. 93. lat. 29. deg. 15 min. long. 92. 30. and is as reThe opening lines of Canto III. have, per-markable for its health as for the superior scale haps, little business here, and were annexed and shellfish with which its waters abound. The to an unpublished (though printed) poem; but chief of this horde, like Charles Moor, had they were written on the spot in the Spring of mixed with his many vices some virtues. In the 1811, and I scarce know why-the reader must year 1813 this party had, from its turpitude and excuse their appearance here if he can. (See boldness, claimed the attention of the Governor "Curse of Minerva.") of Louisiana; and, to break up the establishment, he thought proper to strike at the head. He therefore offered a reward of 500 dollars for the head of Mr. La Fitte, who was well known to the inhabitants of the city of New-Orleans, from his immediate connexion, and his once having been a fencing-master in that city of great reputation, which art he learnt in Buonaparte's army, where he was a Captain. The reward which was offered by the Governor for the head of La Fitte was answered by the offer of a reward from the latter of 15,000 for the head of the Governor. The Governor ordered out a company to march from the city to La Fitte's island, and to burn and destroy all the property, and to bring to the city of NewOrleans all his banditti. This company, under the command of a man who had been the intimate associate of this bold Captain, approached very near to the fortified island, before he saw a man, or heard a sound, until he heard a whistle, not unlike a boatswain's call. Then it was he found himself surrounded by armed men who had emerged from the secret avenues which led into Bayou. Here it was that the modern Charles Moor developed his few noble traits; for to this man, who had come to destroy his life and all that was dear to him, he not only spared his life, but offered him that which would have made the honest soldier easy for the remainder of his days, which was indignantly refused. He then, with the approbation of his captor, returned to the city. This circumstance, and some concomitant events, proved that this band of pirates was not to be taken by land. Our naval force having always been small in that quarter, exertions for the destruction of this illicit establishment could not be expected from them until augmented; for an officer of the navy, with most of the gun-boats on that station, had to retreat from an overwhelming force of La Fitte's. So soon as the augmentation of the navy authorised an attack, one was made; the overthrow of this banditti has been

And the cold flowers her colder hand contain'd. [p. 100. In the Levant it is the custom to strew flowers on the bodies of the dead, and in the hands of young persons to place a nosegay.

Link'd with one virtue, and a thousand crimes. [p. 101. That the point of honour which is represented in one instance of Conrad's character has not been carried beyond the bounds of probability may perhaps be in some degree confirmed by the following anecdote of a brother buccaneer in the present year, 1814.

Our readers have all seen the account of the enterprise against the pirates of Barrataria; but few, we believe, were informed of the situation, history, or nature of that establishment. For the information of such as were unacquainted with it we have procured from a friend the following interesting narrative of the main facts, of which he has personal knowledge, and which cannot fail to interest some of our readers. Barrataria is a bay, or a narrow arm of the

the result; and now this almost invulnerable | the see. Rumour whispered he retained the vices point and key to New-Orleans is clear of an of his youth, and that a passion for the fair sex enemy, it is to be hoped the government will formed an item in the list of his weaknesses; hold it by a strong military force.-From an but so far from being convicted by seventy witAmerican Newspaper. nesses, he does not appear to have been directly In Noble's continuation of Granger's Biograph-criminated by one. In short, I look upon these ical Dictionary, there is a singular passage aspersions as the effects of mere malice. How in his account of archbishop Blackbourne, and as in some measure connected with the profession of the hero of the foregoing poem, I cannot resist the temptation of extracting it.

is it possible a buccaneer should have been so good a scholar as Blackbourne certainly was ? he who had so perfect a knowledge of the classics (particularly of the Greek tragedians), as "There is something mysterious in the history to be able to read them with the same ease as and character of Dr. Blackbourne. The former he could Shakespeare, must have taken great is but imperfectly known; and report has even pains to acquire the learned languages, and have asserted he was a buccaneer, and that one of his had both leisure and good masters. But he was brethren in that profession having asked, on his undoubtedly educated at Christ-church - College, arrival in England, what had become of his old Oxford. He is allowed to have been a pleasant chum, Blackbourne, was answered, he is Arch-man: this, however, was turned against him, by bishop of York. We are informed, that Black-its being said, "he gained more hearts than souls. bourne was installed sub-dean of Exeter in 1694, which office he resigned in 1702: but after his successor's, Lewis Barnet's, death, in 1704, he "The only voice that could soothe the passions regained it. In the following year he became of the savage (Alphonso 3d) was that of an dean; and, in 1714, held with it the archdeanery amiable and virtuous wife, the sole object of his of Cornwall. He was consecrated bishop of Ex-love: the voice of Donna Isabella, the daughter eter, February 24, 1716; and translated to York, November 28, 1724, as a reward, according to court scandal, for uniting George I. to the Duchess of Munster. This, however, appears to have been an unfounded calumny. As archbishop he behaved with great prudence, and was equally respectable as the guardian of the revenues of

of the duke of Savoy, and the grand-daughter of Philip 2d, King of Spain.-Her dying words sunk deep into his memory; his fierce spirit melted into tears; and after the last embrace Alphonso retired into his chamber to bewail his irreparable loss, and to meditate on the vanity of human life." GIBBON.

NOTE TO LA R A.

The event in the latter part of Canto 2d was | alarmed; and one of them informed the Pontiff suggested by the description of the death, or rather burial, of the Duke of Gandia.

of the evening - excursion of his sons, and that the Duke had not yet made his appearance. This The most interesting and particular account gave the Pope no small anxiety; but he conof this mysterious event is given by Burchard, jectured that the Duke had been attracted by and is in substance as follows: "On the eighth day some courtesan to pass the night with her, and of June the "Cardinal of Valenza, and the Duke not choosing to quit the house in open day, had of Gandia, sons of the Pope, supped with their waited till the following evening to return home. mother, Vanozza, near the church of S. Pietro When, however, the evening arrived, and he ad vincula; several other persons being present found himself disappointed in his expectations, at the entertainment. A late hour approaching, he became deeply afflicted, and began to make and the Cardinal having reminded his brother, inquiries from different persons, whom he ordered that it was time to return to the apostolic palace, to attend him for that purpose. Amongst these they mounted their horses or mules, with only was a man named Giorgio Schiavoni, who, haya few attendants, and proceeded together as far ing discharged some timber from a bark in the as the palace of Cardinal Ascanio Sforza, when river, had remained on board the vessel to watch the Duke informed the Cardinal, that before he it, and being interrogated whether he had seen returned home, he had to pay a visit of pleasure. any one thrown into the river, on the night Dismissing therefore all his attendants, except-preceding, he replied, that he saw two men on ing his staffiero, or footman, and a person in a foot, who came down the street, and looked dilimask, who had paid him a visit whilst at supper, gently about. to observe whether any person and who, during the space of a month, or there was passing. That seeing no one, they returned, abouts, previous to this time, had called upon and a short time afterwards two others came, him almost daily, at the apostolic palace; he and looked around in the same manner as the took this person behind him on his mule, and former; no person still appearing, they gave a proceeded to the street of the Jews, where he sign to their companions, when a man came, quitted his servant, directing him to remain mounted on a white horse, having behind him a there until a certain hour; when, if he did not dead body, the head and arms of which hung on return, he might repair to the palace. The Duke one side, and the feet on the other side of the then scated the person in the mask behind him, horse; the two persons on foot supporting the and rode, 1 know not whither; but in that night body, to prevent its falling. They thus proceeded he was assassinated, and thrown into the river. towards that part, where the filth of the city is The servant, after having been dismissed, was usually discharged into the river, and turning also assaulted and mortally wounded; and al- the horse, with his tail towards the water, the though he was attended with great care, yet two persons took the dead body by the arms and such was his situation, that he could give no feet, and with all their strength flung it into intelligible account of what had befallen his the river. The person on horseback then asked master. In the morning, the Duke not having if they had thrown it in, to which they replied, returned to the palace, his servants began to be Signor, si (yes, Sir). He then looked towards

the river, and seeing a mantle floating on the stream, he inquired what it was that appeared black; to which they answered, it was a mantle; and one of them threw stones upon it, in consequence of which it sunk. The attendants of the Pontiff then inquired from Giorgio, why he had not revealed this to the governor of the city; to which he replied, that he had seen in his time a hundred dead bodies thrown into the river at the same place, without any inquiry being made respecting them, and that he had not, therefore, considered it as a matter of any importance. The fishermen and seamen were then collected, and ordered to search the river; where, on the following evening, they found the body of the Duke, with his habit entire, and thirty ducats in his purse. He was pierced with nine wounds, one of which was in his throat,

the others in his head, body, and limbe. No sooner was the Pontiff informed of the death of his son, and that he had been thrown, like filth, into the river, than giving way to his grief, he shut himself up in a chamber and wept bitterly. The Cardinal of Segovia, and other attendan on the Pope, went to the door, and after mary hours spent in persuasions and exhortation prevailed upon him to admit them. From the evening of Wednesday, till the following Satur day, the Pope took no food; nor did he slen from Thursday morning till the same hour a the ensuing day. At length, however, giving way to the entreaties of his attendants, he bega to restrain his sorrow, and to consider the injury which his own health might sustain, by the further indulgence of his grief."-ROSCOE's Les Tenth, Vol. 1, p. 265.

NOTES TO THE SIEGE OF CORINTH.

The Turcoman hath left his herd. THE life of the Turcomans is wandering and patriarchal: they dwell in tents.

(p. 116.1 intentional, resemblance in these twelve lines to a passage in an unpublished poem of Mr. Coleridge, called "Christabel. It was not till after these lines were written that I heard that Coumourgi-he whose closing scene. [p. 117. wild and singularly original and beautiful poen Ali Coumourgi, the favourite of three sultans, recited; and the MS. of that production I never and Grand Vizier to Achmet III., after recovering saw till very recently, by the kindness of Mr. Peloponnesus from the Venetians in one com- Coleridge himself, who, I hope, is convinced paign, was mortally wounded in the next, against that I have not been a wilful plagiarist. The the Germans, at the battle of Peterwaradin (in original idea undoubtedly pertains to Mr. Colethe plain of Carlowitz), in Hungary, endeavour-ridge, whose poem has been composed above ing to rally his guards. He died of his wounds next day. His last order was the decapitation of General Breuner, and some other German prisoners; and his last words, "Oh that I could thus serve all the Christian dogs!" a speech and act not unlike one of Caligula. He was a young man of great ambition and unbounded presumption: on being told that Prince Eugene, then opposed to him, "was a great general, he said "I shall become a greater, and at his expense."

skull.

There shrinks no ebb in that tideless sea. [p. 119. The reader need hardly be reminded that there are no perceptible tides in the Mediterranean. And their white tusks crunch'd o'er the whiter [p. 120. This spectacle I have seen, such as described, beneath the wall of the Seraglio at Constantinople, in the little cavities worn by the Bosphorus in the rock, a narrow terrace of which projects between the wall and the water. I think the fact is also mentioned in Hobhouse's Travels. The bodies were probably those of some refractory Janizaries.

And each scalp had a single long tuft of hair. [p. 120. This tuft, or long lock, is left from a superstition that Mahomet will draw them into Paradise by it.

Was it the wind, through some hollow stone..

fourteen years. Let me conclude by a hope that he will not longer delay the publication of a production, of which I can only add my mite of approbation to the applause of far more competent judges. ("Christabel" was published in 1816.)

(p. 181.

There is a light cloud by the moon'Tis passing and will pass full soonIf, by the time its vapoury sail.... I have been told that the idea expressed in these lines has been admired by those whose approbation is valuable. I am glad of it: bet found much better expressed in "Vathek" a work it is not original-at least not mine; it may be to which I have before referred, and never recur to, or read, without a renewal of gratification.

The horsetails are pluck'd from the ground, and the sword.

Ip. 122 The horsetail, fixed upon a lance, a Pacha's standard.

And since the day, when in the strait. [p. 123. In the naval battle at the mouth of the Dardanelles, between the Venetians and the Turks.

The jackal's troop, in gather'd cry.

[p. 125.

I believe I have taken a poetical license to transplant the jackal from Asia. In Greece I never saw nor heard these animals; but among the ruins of Ephesus I have heard them by I must here acknowledge a close, though un-hundreds. They haunt ruins, and follow armies

[p. 121.

NOTES TO PARISIN A.

As twilight melts beneath the morn away.

[p. 126. These fourteen lines were printed as set to music some time since, but belonged to the poem where they now appear, the greater part of which was composed prior to "Lara," and other compositions since published.

That should have won as haught a crest. (p. 128. Haught-haughty.-"Away, haught man, thou art insulting me.' SHAKSPEARE, Richard II. Her life began and closed in woe. [p. 130. "This turned out a calamitous year for the people of Ferrara, for there occurred a very tragical event in the court of their sovereign. Our annals, both printed and in manuscript, with the exception of the unpolished and negligent work of Sardi, and one other, have given the following relation of it, from which, however, are rejected many details, and especially the narrative of Bandelli, who wrote a century afterwards, and who does not accord with the cotemporary historians.

down their cheeks, and upon their knees, Implored him for mercy: adducing whatever rea sons they could suggest for sparing the offenders, besides those motives of honour and decency which might persuade him to conceal from the public so scandalous a deed. But his rage made him inflexible, and, on the instant, he commanded that the sentence should be put in execution. "It was, then, in the prisons of the castle, and exactly in those frightful dungeons which are seen at this day beneath the chamber called the Aurora, at the foot of the Lion's tower, at the top of the street Giovecca, that on the night of the twenty-first of May were beheaded, first, Ugo, and afterwards Parisina. Zoese, he that accused her, conducted the latter under his arm to the place of punishment. She, all along, fancied, that she was to be thrown into a pit, and asked at every step, whether she was yet come to the spot? She was told that her punishment was the axe. She inquired what was become of Ugo, and received for answer, that he was already dead; at the which, sighing grievously, she_exclaimed, "Now, then, I wish not myself to live;" and being come to the block, she stripped herself with her own hands of all her ornaments, and wrapping a cloth round her head, submitted to the fatal stroke which terminated the cruel scene. The same was done with Rangoni, who, together with the others, according to two calendars in the library of St. Francesco, was buried in the cemetery of that convent. Nothing else is known respecting the women.

not be kept secret, he ordered the narrative to be drawn out upon paper, and sent it to all the courts of Italy.

"By the above mentioned Stella dell' Assassino, the Marquis, in the year 1405, had a son called Ugo, a beautiful and ingenious youth. Parisina Malatesta, second wife of Niccolo, like the generality of stepmothers, treated him with little kindness, to the infinite regret of the Marquis, who regarded him with fond partiality. One day she asked leave of her husband to un- "The Marquis kept watch the whole of that dertake a certain journey, to which he consent- dreadful night, and, as he was walking backed, but upon condition that Ugo should bear her wards and forwards, inquired of the Captain of company; for he hoped by these means to in- the castle if Ugo was dead yet? who answered duce her, in the end, to lay aside the obstinate him, Yes. He then gave himself up to the most aversion which she had conceived against him. desperate lamentations, exclaiming, "Oh! that I And indeed this intent was accomplished but too were dead, since have been hurried on to too well, since, during the journey, she not only resolve thus against my own Ugo!" And then divested herself of all her hatred, but fell into gnawing with his teeth a cane which he had in the opposite extreme. After their return, the his hand, he passed the rest of the night in Marquis had no longer any occasion to renew sighs and tears, calling frequently upon his own his former reproofs. It happened one day that dear Ugo. On the following day, calling to mind a servant of the Marquis, named Zoese, or, as that it would be necessary to make public his some call him, Giorgio, passing before the apart-justification, seeing that the transaction could ments of Parisina, saw going out from them one of her chambermaids, all terrified and in tears. Asking the reason, she told him that her mistress, for some slight offence, had been beating her; and, giving vent to her rage, she added, that she could easily be revenged, if she chose to make known the criminal familiarity which subsisted between Parisina and her step-son. The servant took note of the words, and related them to his master. He was astounded thereat, but scarcely believing his ears, he assured himself of the fact, alas! too clearly, on the 18th of May, 1425, by looking through a hole made in the ceiling of his wife's chamber. Instantly he broke into a furious rage, and arrested both of them, together with Aldobrandino Rangoni, of Modena, her gentleman, and also, as some say, two of the women of her chamber, as abettors of this sinful act. He ordered them to be brought to a hasty trial, desiring the judges to pronounce sentence, in the accustomed forms, upon the culprits. This sentence was death. Some there were that bestirred themselves in favour of the delinquents, and, amongst others, Ugoccion Contrario, who was all-powerful with Niccolo, and also his aged and much deserving minister Alberto dal Sale. Both of these, their tears flowing

"On receiving this advice, the Doge of Venice, Francesco Foscari, gave orders, but without publishing his reasons, that stop should be put to the preparations for a tournament, which under the auspices of the Marquis, and at the expense of the city of Padua, was about to take place, in the square of St. Mark, in order to celebrate his advancement to the ducal chair.

"The Marquis, in addition to what he had already done, from some unaccountable burst of vengeance, commanded that as many of the married women as were well known to him to be faithless, like his Parasina, should, like her, be beheaded. Amongst others, Barbarina, or as some call her, Laodamia Romei, wife of the court judge, underwent this sentence, at the usual place of execution, that is to say, in the quarter of St. Giacomo, opposite the present fortress, beyond St. Paul's. It cannot be told how strange appeared this proceeding in a prince, who, considering his own disposition, should, as it seemed, have been in such cases most indulgent. Some, however, there were, who did not fail to commend him." FRIZzı, History of Ferrara.

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NOTES TO THE PRISONER OF CHILLON.

By Bonnivard!-May none those marks efface! [p. 131. François de Bonnivard, fils de Louis de Bonnivard, originaire de Seyssel et Seigneur de Lunes, naquit en 1496; il fit ses études à Tarin. En 1510 Jean Aimé de Bonnivard, son oncle, lui résigna le Prieuré de St. Victor, qui aboutissait aux murs de Genève, et qui formait un bénéfice considérable.

Bonnivard fut savant; ses manuscrits, qui sont dans la bibliothèque publique, prouvent qu'il avait bien lu les auteurs classiques latim, et qu'il avait approfondi la théologie et l'histoire. Ce grand homme aimait les sciences, et il croyai qu'elles pouvaient faire la gloire de Genève; aussi il ne négligea rien pour les fixer daas cette ville naissante; en 1551 il donna sa bibliethèque au public; elle fut le commencement de Ce grand homme (Bonnivard mérite ce titre notre bibliothèque publique; et ces livres sont par la force de son àme, la droiture de son en partie les rares et belles éditions du quincœur, la noblesse de ses intentions, la sagesse zième siècle qu'on voit dans notre collection. de ses conseils, le courage de ses démarches, Enfin, pendant la même année, ce bon patriote l'étendue de ses connaissances et la vivacité de institua la République son héritière, à condition son esprit), ce grand homme, qui excitera l'ad-qu'elle emploierait ses biens à entretenir le celmiration de tous ceux qu'une vertu heroique lége dont on projetait la fondation. peut encore émouvoir, inspirera encore la plus vive reconnaissance dans les cœurs des Genevois qui aiment Genève. Bonnivard en fut toujours un des plus fermes appuis pour assurer la liberté de notre République, il ne craignit pas de perdre souvent la sienne; il oublia son repos; il méprisa ses richesses; il ne négligea rien pour affermir le bonheur d'une patrie qu'il honora de son choix: dès ce moment il la chérit comme le plus zélé de ses citoyens; il la servit avec l'intrépidité d'un héros, et il écrivit son histoire avec la naïveté d'un philosophe et la chaleur d'un patriote.

Il dit dans le commencement de son histoire de Genève, que, dès qu'il eut commencé de lire l'histoire des nations, il se sentit entraîné par son gout pour les Républiques, dont il épousa toujours les intérêts: c'est ce goût pour la liberté qui lui fit sans doute adopter Genève pour sa patrie. Bonnivard, encore jeune, s'annonça hautement comme le défenseur de Genève contre le Duc de Savoye et l'Evêque.

Il parait que Bonnivard mourut en 1570; maiz on ne peut l'assurer, parce qu'il y a une lacune dans le Nécrologe depuis le mois de Juillet 1570 jusqu'en 1571.

In a single night.

(p. 131.

Ludovico Sforza, and others.-The same is asserted of Marie Antoinette's, the wife of Louis XVI., though not in quite so short a period. Grief is said to have the same effect: to such, and not to fear, this change in her's was to be attributed.

From Chillon's snow-white battlement. [p. 132. The Chateau de Chillon is situated between Clarens and Villeneuve, which last is at one extremity of the Lake of Geneva. On its left are the entrances of the Rhone, and opposite are the heights of Mellerie and the range of Alps above Boveret and St. Gingo.

Near it, on a hill behind, is a torrent; below it, washing its walls, the lake has been fathomed to the depth of 800 feet (French measure); within it are a range of dungeons, in which the early reformers, and subsequently prisoners of state, were confined. Across one of the vaults is a beam black with age, on which we were informed that the condemned were formerly executed. In the cells are seven pillars, or, rather, eight, one being half merged in the wall; in some of these are rings for the fetters and the fettered; in the pavement the steps of Bonnivard have left their traces-he was confined here several years.

En 1519, Bonnivard devint le martyr de sa patrie: le Duc de Savoye étant entré dans Genève avec cinq-cents hommes, Bonnivard craignit le ressentiment du Duc; il voulut se retirer à Fribourg pour en éviter les suites; mais il fut trahi par deux hommes qui l'accompagnaient, et conduit par ordre du Prince à Grolée, où il resta prisonnier pendant deux ans. Bonnivard était malheureux dans ses voyages; comme ses malheurs n'avaient point ralenti son zélé pour Genève, il était toujours un ennemi redoutable pour ceux qui la menaçaient, et par conséquent il devait être exposé leurs coups. Il fut ren- It is by this castle that Rousseau has fixed contré en 1530 sur le Jura, par des voleurs, qui the catastrophe of his Heloise, in the rescue of le dépouillèrent, et qui le inirent encore entre one of her children by Julie from the water; les mains du Duc de Savoye: ce Prince le fit the shock of which, and the illness produced by enfermer dans le Château de Chillon, où il the immersion, is the cause of her death. resta sans être interrogé jusqu'en 1536; il fut The chateau is large, and seen along the lake alors délivré par les Bernois, qui s'emparèrent | for a great distance. The walls are white. du Pays de Vaud.

Bonnivard, en sortant de sa captivité, eut le plaisir de trouver Genève libre et réformée : la république s'empressa de lui témoigner sa reconnaissance et de le dédommager des maux qu'il avait soufferts; elle le reçut Bourgeois de la ville au mois de Juin 1536; elle lui donna la maison habitée autrefois par le Vicaire-Général, et elle lui assigna une pension de 200 écus d'or tant qu'il séjournerait à Genève. Il fut admis dans le Conseil des Deux-Cents en 1537.

Bonnivard n'a pas fini d'être utile: après avoir travaillé à rendre Genève libre, il réussit à la rendre tolérante. Bonnivard engagea le Conseil à accorder aux Ecclésiastiques et aux paysans un temps suffisant pour examiner les propositions qu'on leur faisait; il réussit par sa douceur : on prêche toujours le Christianisme avec succès quand on le prêche avec charité.

And then there was a little isle. [p. 134. Between the entrances of the Rhone and Villeneuve, not far from Chillon, is a very small island; the only one I could perceive, in my voyage round and over the lake, within its circumference. It contains a few trees (I think not above three), and from its singleness and diminutive size has a peculiar effect upon the view.

When the foregoing poem was composed I was not sufficiently aware of the history of Bonnivard, or I should have endeavoured to dignify the subject by an attempt to celebrate his cosrage and his virtues. Some account of his life will be found in the above note to the "Sonnet on Chillon," with which I have been furnished by the kindness of a citizen of that Republic which is still proud of the memory of a man worthy of the best age of ancient freedom.