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[328]. The Cid. Southey’s translation of the Chronicle of the Cid was published in 1808. [332]. Mr. Kean. An American lion was presented to Kean by Sir Edward Tucker. Barry Cornwall (Life of Edmund Kean, II. 135) says that ‘it amused the tragedian (who was fond of simple pleasures) to allure his acquaintance into the room, and set them face to face with the beast.’ ‘Masterless passion,’ etc. Cf. The Merchant of Venice, Act IV. Sc. 1. ‘The shot of accident,’ etc. Othello, Act IV. Sc. 1. [333]. Like Hotspur. 1 Henry IV., Act II. Sc. 4. Regnault de St. Jean Angely. Michel Louis Étienne, Comte Regnaud de Saint Jean D’Angely (1762–1819), a well-known politician of the Revolution and under Buonaparte. The reference seems to be to his conduct in 1814 when in command of the National Guard at Paris. [333]. ‘Be mine to read,’ etc. Gray, Letter to West (Letters, ed. Tovey, I. 97). ‘From worldly care,’ etc. The Faerie Queene, I. IV. 20.