1810.] 
H, Why.sol think thou wilt not ; "tis not 
fitting 
hat princes dip their hands in vulgar blood. 
Edw. Nor, by Alfather, shall it be con- 
niv’d at. 
H. Besides, such faithless cruelty were 
needless. 
{ wish thee to instruct thy followers 
That from the postern-door which fronts the 
park, 
Whence, after the repast, she mostly strays, 
They may convey Editha privately 
Whither thou wilt. Ishall detain her father 
In unsuspecting jollity with me, 
‘Till ye are very distant. 
Edw. Harold, Harold 
H. I know my brother’s temper tho- 
roughly. 
- His confidence is boundless, where he gives it; 
His hate unsatiable, where he mistrusts. 
Edw. Well, well, Pll hope the best, and 
trust thy prudence.- 
J fly to give the orders ; thou -reviv’st me. 
[ Goes. 
H. Thou wilt not be concern’d in mur- 
dering Tosti; 
But thou shalt take the blame of what thy 
passions, 
And my revenge, have render’d necessary. 
Ill send him to pursue thee with some vassals, 
Who, when they overtake thee, in the fray 
That must ensue, shall wound to death their 
leader, 
And fly as if defeated, noising round 
That by thy train he fell. Then, if the 
people 
Growl at thy lust, as'at the Dane’s, thy 
crown 
Will hang like rotten fruit on groaning 
branches, 
The prey of the first shaker. Harold’s arm 
Shall then not fail in strength. At any rate, 
Thy passing favour has bestow'd such power, 
Thou wilt not dare attempt unmasking me; 
Lest I should take the throne my father gave 
thee. 
(Siguna) presided over the infernal regions. 
(Vauns) were the Tritons of the Goths. 
( Lofna) was the goddess of reconciliation. 
{ Hiyra) was the goddess of friendship. 
(End of the Second Act.) 
(Zo be continued. ) 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIRy 
F you think the following hint of suf- 
ficient importance to claim a place 
in your very valuable miscellany, you wiil 
favour the author by itsiusertion. —__ 
_ Every endeavour to facilitate the ace 
guisition of elementary knowledge to the 
rising generation, is deserving the candid 
ponsideration of the public, and more 
Scientific Umbrellas and Parasols. 3214 
oot 
especially of those who are busied in the 
laborious, yet laudable, employment of 
instructing youth, 
Although the discovery of a royal road 
to geometry, and the higher mathematics, 
was formerly supposed to be impossible, 
yet the successful efforts of some modern 
authors would induce us to suspect, that 
such a discovery may be practicable; and 
whoever shall suggest even a hint only, 
that may tend to render the rudiments 
of science more easy of approach than at 
present, by strewing the paths of learne 
ing with flowers, instead of suffering 
every avenue to be choaked with thorns 
and briars, has a mght to claim the 
attention of his cotemporaries. 
Having occasion lately to re-peruse 
the first volume of Mr, Frend’s work, enti 
tled, “ Evening Amusements,” in order to 
instruct an antiable pupil in the division 
of a circle, and the different points of 
the compass, I was struck with an idea 
that a common implement, which is now 
become a necessary appendage to every 
Jady in her walks, might be converted 
to instructive as weil as useful purposes. 
T allude to the umbrella, which, and the 
parasol also, may be easily made subser- 
vient to the study of geography and ase 
tronomy, but more especially of the 
Jatter. 
I have not the least doubt, that by a 
particular construction of these instru- 
ments, which it is barely necessary to hint 
to the British artisan and manufacturer, 
many young persons may be induced 
to enter the portico o¢ these delightful 
sciences, who, by the ordinary means of 
books, or even by the encouragement 
of instructive games, would never have 
had sufficient perseverance to surmount 
the threshold. 
Suppose an umbrella, or parasol, to be 
marked round its linyb with the divisions 
of a circle, and the points of the mariner’s 
compass ; and contain in its concavity 
a representation of those constellations 
and stars, which are placed within the 
circle of perpetual appearance; it would. 
be such an exact resemblance in minias 
ture of the real state of that portion ef 
the heavens, as no representation upon 
a globe, nor diagram upon a flat surface, 
‘can ever give. 
The instrument thus contrived, would 
by means of short instructions, and Jines 
drawn from these known stars, and sup. 
posed to be extended through ditferent 
points of the compass, point out with 
facility 
