and died' (1 Kings xvi. 18); and again in that of the Persian
governor Boges, who burnt himself with his wives and children at Eion
(Herod., vii. 107)."--_The Five Great Monarchies, etc._, by Rev. G.
Rawlinson, 1871, ii. 232, note 4.]

[aq] {109} _Funereal_----.--[MS. M.]

[ar] _And strew the earth with, ashes_----.--[MS. M. erased.]

[as] {110}

----_And what is there_
_An Indian widow dares for custom which_
_A Greek girl_----.--[MS. M. erased.]

[32] {111}[Bishop Heber (_Quarterly Review_, July, 1821, vol. xxvii. p.
503) takes exception to these lines on the ground that they "involve an
anachronism, inasmuch as, whatever date be assigned to the erection of
the earlier pyramids, there can be no reason for apprehending that, at
the fall of Nineveh, and while the kingdom and hierarchy of Egypt
subsisted in their full splendour, the destination of those immense
fabrics could have been a matter of doubt.... Herodotus, three hundred
years later, may have been misinformed on these points," etc., etc.
According to modern Egyptology, the erection of the "earlier pyramids"
was an event of remotest antiquity when the Assyrian Empire was in its
infancy.]

[33] End of Act fifth.--B.
Ravenne. May 27^th^ 1821.
Mem.--I began the drama on the 13th of January, 1821, and continued the
two first acts very slowly and at long intervals. The three last acts
were written since the 13th of May, 1821 (this present month, that is to
say in a fortnight).

THE TWO FOSCARI:[34]

AN HISTORICAL TRAGEDY.[35]

"The _father_ softens, but the _governor's_ resolved."--_Critic_.[36]

[_The Two Foscari_ was produced at Drury Lane Theatre April 7, and again
on April 18 and April 25, 1838. Macready played "Frances Foscari," Mr.
Anderson "Jacopo Foscari," and Miss Helen Faucit "Marina."

According to the _Times_, April 9, 1838, "Miss Faucit's Marina, the most
energetic part of the whole, was clever, and showed a careful attention
to the points which might be made."

Macready notes in his diary, April 7, 1838 (_Reminiscences_, 1875, ii.
106): "Acted Foscari very well. Was very warmly received ... was called
for at the end of the tragedy, and received by the whole house standing
up and waving handkerchiefs with great enthusiasm. Dickens, Forster,
Procter, Browning, Talfourd, all came into my room."]