1807.] 



Contributions to English Synonym'^l 



53^ 



tolpho himfelf prayed for mercy, adjur- 

 ing him by liis own and liis iiither's fer- 

 vices, and reprclbntin^ to him the horrid 

 guiJt of iiigiatitudo : 



It is the fin for which the devil fell, 



And Lucifer exchanged the realms of 

 night 



For evetlafting woe, and blacked: hell ; 

 It is the fin which juftice puts to flight, 



Bj which the holy city Salem fell, 



Wliich [jlunged Ifcariot to eternal night; 



It is the fin thit Irudeft cries to Heav'n, 



It is the fin that never wasforgiv'n. 



C. 11. Ji.7%. 



Poor Aflolpho, notwithftanding ail iiis 

 friends and his tine oratory, was con- 

 demned ignominiomly to tiie gallows, 

 and led away by Count Gano and the 

 Maganzefes (whole infults on this occa- 

 fion Pulci has not failed to compare to a 

 very fucrcd and important tranfattion), 

 to the pUice of execution without the 

 gate of St. Denis. The fuffcrings and 

 h)ehaviour of the unfortunate duke are 

 defcribed in a very alfec^tiug manner. 

 He prays for alliftance only that liis fa- 

 tlier's grey hairs may not go down with 

 forrow to the grave ; and, (iiftinuuilhing 

 his friend the Paladin A\ino among the 

 crowd, recommends old Otlio to his 

 care, and religns himfclf to his I'ate. 

 But that fate was not quite fo near as 

 he imagined : for Orlando, forefeeing 

 liow tilings were likely to go, had rode 

 from Paris to IMontauban to confult with 

 his coulin how Aflolpho might be re- 

 fcued ; and, jull as the executioner was 

 going to Hip the fatal cord, both the 

 warriors, together with Richardetto, ar- 

 rive at the fpot, rufli on hcrfeback 

 through tlie crowd, difulay the fiandards 

 of Clernujnt anil Montauban, cliarge the 

 Maganzeles, perfuade the Parifians to 

 revolt, fct free and arm the prifoner, 

 and carry the I'cene of confuhon and 

 flaughter from the place of execution 

 into the city, and through tlje ftreets of 

 Paris. The revolution is foon complete. 

 ^Jano is a priioner, and Charles, having 

 abdicated the royal crown and purple, 

 takes refuge with Aldabella from the 

 rage of the infurgents. The natural 

 violence of Rinaldo's temper can hardly 

 be rillrained from further and more vio- 

 lent outrage. 



As oilier began to be reftored, how- 

 ever, and reOc'.tion to return, the loyal 

 heart of Clermont's count bled for the 

 diltrefs and degradation of his anointed 

 Ibvereigii ; and one day he took nn op- 

 poitunity of fuggelling to RinaUlo his 



pious fears, that Charles might be no 



more, and that Heaven itfelf was pre* 

 paring to revenge his murder. 



I thought to-night the emperor met my viewr. 

 All gloomy, fad, and wan, his features 

 ftiew'd J 

 Like a dead buried corfe his ghaftly hue. 

 His beard and breaft were all defiled with 

 blood ; 

 His hair like rough diforder'd bridles grew j 



Vi'ith a dil'dainful adtion fixed he ftuod : 

 And, with a look that might my foul tr<inf-^ 



fix, 

 He pointed at the holy crucifix. 



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Rinaldo, who ■ had infenlibly loftened 

 at his difcourfe, was now melted into 

 tears, and prayed' Heaven to avert tha 

 evils that were laid up in florc for the 

 murderers of their fovcreign. Orlando 

 feized the moment of returning duty, 

 produced the concealed emperor, and 

 was the wiiiiefs and guarantee of mu- 

 tual and general proniifes of peace and 

 pardon. [jTo be cuntiitued.] 



For the Moiithit/ Magazine. 



COXTRIBUTIOXS to E\GI>riH SYNONYMY. 



Equivocal. Ambiguous. 



TRUSLER and Blair have under- 

 taken todilcriminatc theie words- 

 after reading their explanatory plirales, 

 1 am (till much at a lois to perceive tho 

 difference. 



When a faying (taqiia and vox) is 

 equally intelligible in two (iiltinct fenles 

 it is e<[uivocal. Such would be this 

 phrafe : ' The fon of that woman at 

 Radciirte, who Oept in a wrong bed, and 

 fet the neighbourhood in a ferment' — 

 where the relative zi^/io may have for its 

 antecedent, cither the nominative of the 

 fentence, or the contiij;uous fubftantive, 

 either fon, or woman; i'o that it remains 

 queftionable, whether adultery is hnpnt- 

 ed to the yonth or to the mother. Such 

 again is this French punning epigram ; 



Dcliflc, ta fureur 

 Contre ton jirocureur 

 Irop vitement s'allumej 

 Cefle d'en mal parler. 

 Tout ce qui porte plume 

 Elt crce pour voler. 



Thefc two laft lines comprize the ciMu'-' 

 voque : they may be conlb-ued ' \\'hocv.i' 

 bears feather, is born to 'Ay,' or ' Who- 

 ever bears pen, is born to rob:' and lluis 

 a bitter futire on the attoriiies isiheathcd 

 in tiie tufc of an idly criticifm; and a 



ludo 



