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    Cosmo . No , no ! He hath been foully murder'd , and ' twas drawn To cheat stern retribution—who has done it ? Where ' s Garcia—where was Garcia when ' twas done ?"—p . 58 .

    Nearly every line of this highly-wrought scene is worthy of consideration . Mark how the impatience of the absence of his sons , which Cosmo has restrained , breaks out at the

    first mention of their names ; his quick perception that something has happened ; the deep completeness of the shock , from the immediate grasp his mind takes of his misfortune

    the instant self-government" Stand fast ! " the careful provision that the guests shall not observe anything is wrong ; the hurried explanation he forces out , going at once to the important points , not listening to or speaking an useless word ; the instant inference he draws . His decision on the motives of Garcia is wrong , but corrobo-

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    rated by circumstances ; this is strictly true to his nature . Whoever rests with a proud consciousness of his power on a quick and accurate judgment , right as he will be in the great sum of his decisions , will be liable to failure where powerful passion requires to be dealt with . His calculation of probabilities will lead him far

    astray . Some of the strongest passions of Cosmo are attacked in the death of his favourite son , the object on whom his thoughts , labours , hopes , and ambitious plans were fixed ; and attacked by the very being who of all others has resisted

    his will and foiled his control . Stern reality now forces some of its wonted lessons on his mind : —

    " Cosmo . What ' s all this coil of state—ambitious hopes , Wars , well-won honours , policies , designs , Ponderings and weighings , aching sleepless nights , Or acts decisive , breeding years of toil To work out good results!—thus in a moment Comes simple death , and all ' s at once dispers ed Like straws before a sudden open'd gate !"— . p . 59 .

    Ippolita , who seeks him to own her love for Giovanni , and to renounce it : —

    " Cosmo . Ippolita !—why art thou wandering , girl , With wretched looks ? Ippo . I have a weight—here—here ! I would your highness knew the cause ? Cosmo . I ' ve cares Enough to swell the sea ;—yet , tell thy grief . Ipp o . I have long desir'd to do so ,

    The desolating convictions so rudely forced on his mind are rooted in the very depths of the grave by his interview with

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    198 Cosmo de Medici .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 1, 1837, page 198, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1835/page/54/