| I also had a wife—not to forget | ||||
| The marriage state—the best or worst of any, | ||||
| Who was the very paragon of wives | ||||
| Yet mad the misery of | { | many both our several | } | lives.—[MS. erased] |
[729] [Lady Holland, Lady Jersey, Madame de Staël, and before and above all, his sister, Mrs. Leigh.]
I also had some female friends—by G—d!
Or if the oath seem strong—I swear by Jove!—[MS.]
[NH] Who stuck to me——.—[MS. erased.]
[730] {542}[Byron must have been among the first to naturalize the French milliard (a thousand millions), which was used by Voltaire.]
[731] {543}[Othello, act i. sc. 3, line 140.]
[732] B. March 4th 1823.—[MS.]