and his love
was amply returned; but during his absence in the camp, he left
Francesco lord protector, and Francesco assailed the fidelity of the
young duchess. Failing in his villainy, he accused her to the duke of
playing the wanton with him, and the duke, in a fit of jealousy, slew
her. Sforza was afterwards poisoned by Eugenia (sister of Francesco),
whom he had seduced.

_Nina Sforza_, the duke's daughter.--Massinger, _The Duke of Milan_
(1622).

[Asterism] This tragedy is obviously an imitation of Shakespeare's
_Othello_ (1611).

=Sganarelle=, the "cocu imaginaire," of Moli[`e]re's comedy (1660). The
plot runs thus: C['e]lie was betrothed to L['e]lie, but her father,
Gorg[)i]bus, insisted on her marrying Val[`e]re, because he was the
richer man. C['e]lie fainted on hearing this, and dropped her lover's
miniature, which was picked up by Sganarelle's wife. Sganarelle,
thinking it to be the portrait of a gallant, took possession of it, and
L['e]lie asked him how he came by it. Sganarelle said he took it from
his wife, and L['e]lie supposed that C['e]lie had become the wife of
Sganarelle. A series of misapprehensions arose thence: C['e]lie supposed
that L['e]lie had deserted her for Madame Sganarelle; Sganarelle
supposed that his wife was unfaithful to him; madame supposed that her
husband was an adorer of C['e]lie; and L['e]lie supposed that C['e]lie
was the wife of Sganarelle. In time they met together, when L['e]lie
charged C['e]lie with being married to Sganarelle; both stared, an
explanation followed, when a messenger arrived to say that Val[`e]re was
married.--Moli[`e]re, _Le Cocu Imaginaire_.

_Sganarelle_, younger brother of Ariste (2 _syl._); a surly, domineering,
conceited fellow, the dupe of the play. His brother says to him, "Cette
farouche humeur [`a] tous vos proc['e]d['e]s inspire un air bizarre, et,
jusques [`a] l'habit, rend tout chez vous barbare." The father of
Isabelle and L['e]onor, on his death-bed, committed them to the charge of
Sganarelle and Ariste, who were either to marry them or dispose of them
in marriage. Sganarelle chose Isabelle, but insisted on her dressing in
serge, going to bed early, keeping at home, looking after the house,
mending the linen, knitting socks, and never flirting with any one. The
consequence was, she duped her guardian, and cajoled him into giving his
signature to her marriage with Val[`e]re.--Moli[`e]re, _L'Ecole des
Maris_.

_Sganarelle_ (3 _syl._). At ab