[293] [Queen Caroline—whose trial (August—November, 1820) was proceeding whilst this canto was being written—was charged with having committed adultery with Bartolommeo Bergami, who had been her courier, and was, afterwards, her chamberlain.]
[294] ["Memoir on the Ruins of Babylon, by Claudius James Rich, Esq., Resident for the Honourable East India Company at the Court of the Pasha of Bagdad, 1815," pp. 61-64: Second Memoir on Babylon, ... 1818, by Claudius James Rich. See the plates at the end of the volume.]
[FE] If they shall not as soon cut off my head.—[MS.]
[FF] {240}A pair of drawers——.—[MS.]
[295] [Compare "Extracts from a Diary," January 24, 1821, Letters, 1901, v. 184.]
[FG] Kings are not more imperative than rhymes.—[MS.]
[FH] {241} He looked almost in modesty a maid.—[MS.]
[296] {242}Features of a gate—a ministerial metaphor: "the feature upon which this question hinges." See the "Fudge Family," or hear Castlereagh.
[Phil. Fudge, in his letter to Lord Castlereagh, says—
"As thou would'st say, my guide and teacher