the _rich only_--are now the
common drink of the peasants who cultivate them.

"_Te_ Trifolinus ager _fecundis vitibus_ implet,
Suspectumque jugum _Cumis_, et _Gaurus inanis_."

The _vinum Setinum_, wine fit for patriots to drink "on the birthdays
of Brutus and Cassius," was never heard of by a subject of the _Pope_,
nor would be worth above a _paul_ a flask. But the day is far off when
Italy will quaff a generous goblet on any such solemnity, or pour out
a cup

"Quale coronati Thrasca, Helvidiusque bibebant,
Brut rum et Cassi natablibus."

[10] During the dissensions of the Regency and the _corps
diplomatique_, old Kolocotroni, who was then confined in the fortress
above the town of Nauplia, once remarked--"These Franks abuse us for
quarrelling, but"--and here he threw out his right hand with the
fingers wide apart towards the town of Nauplia below him, exclaiming,
[Greek: na], with true Greek energy--"they worry one another like
dogs--to unshame us." [Greek: Trogountai san schulia dia na mas
exentropiasan.]

[11] Published by RIDGWAY. 1828.

[12] In a description of the engagement, forwarded by the Austrian
consul at Patras to the consul-general in the Ionian islands, which
was captured by the Greeks, the following is the account given by the
Austrians:--"Il commandante della flottiglia Ottomana con terzo del
Vapore ando per aria, avendogli questo gettato una granata in Santa
Barbara."

Transcriber's Note:
The original text included Greek characters. For this text version these
letters have been replaced with transliterations set off by [Greek: ]
tags.

Misprints corrected:
"Lairisse" corrected to "Lairesse" (page 429)
"sb ject" corrected to "subject" (page 464)
unnecessary leading "ac-" removed (page 466)
"head" to "heard" (page 480)
"ruler" corrected to "rule" (page 497)

Additional spacing after some of the poetry and block quotes is
intentional to indicate both the end of a quotation and the beginning
of a new paragraph as is in the original text.

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