[1] A similar incident occurred in Kalamba.—Author’s note.
[2] “The Maid of Saragossa,” noted for her heroic exploits during the siege of that city by the French in 1808–09.—TR.
[3] A region in southwestern Spain, including the provinces of Badajoz and Caceres.—TR.
[4] Author of a little book of fables in Castilian verse for the use of schools. The fable of the young philosopher illustrates the thought in Pope’s well-known lines:
“Vice is a monster of so frightful mien,
As to be hated needs but to be seen;
Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face,
We first endure, then pity, then embrace.”
—TR.