FOOTNOTES:
[1] Scharfrichter or executioner; literally, "the sharp judge."
[2] The reader is begged to excuse the anachronism. Byron did not write these lines until several years later.
[3] Another name for headsman or hangman.
[4] Philister or Philistine.
[5] The moss. Slang word among German students for money.
[6] Löwen—also money.
