FOOTNOTES
Reading edition
Kinglakes of Saltmoor had sons Robert Kinglake and William Kinglake.
Robert Kinglake had sons Serjeant John Kinglake and Rev. W. C. Kinglake.
Woodfordes of Castle Cary had a daughter Mary Woodforde.
William Kinglake married Mary Woodforde and had sons A. W. Kinglake (“Eothen”) and Dr. Hamilton Kinglake.
“When at sunset, chill and dark, Sunset thins the swarming park, Bearing home his social gleaning— Jests and riddles fraught with meaning, Scandals, anecdotes, reports,— Seeks The Owl a maze of courts Which, with aspect towards the west, Fringe the street of Sainted James, Where a warm, secluded nest As his sole domain he claims; From his wing a feather draws, Shapes for use a dainty nib, Pens his parody or squib; Combs his down and trims his claws, And repairs where windows bright Flood the sleepless Square with light.”
“L’Autriche—dit-on—et la Russie Se brouillent pour la Turquie. Dès aujourd’hui il n’en est plus question. En invitant une femme charmante, Le Turc—et je l’en complimente— Est devenu pour nous un trait d’union.”
“The Berlin Congress.
“The following Latin poem, from the pen of the well-known German poet, Gustave Schwetschke, was distributed by Prince Bismarck’s special request amongst the Plenipotentiaries immediately after the last sitting on Saturday:
“‘Gaudeamus Congressibile.
“‘Gaudeamus igitur Socii congressus, Post dolores bellicosos, Post labores gloriosos, Nobis fit decessus.
“‘Ubi sunt, qui ante nos Quondam consedere, Viennenses, Parisienses Tot per annos, tot per menses? Frustra decidere.
“‘Mundus heu! vult decipi, Sed non decipiatur, Non plus ultra inter gentes Litigantes et frementes Manus conferatur.
‘Vivat Pax! et comitent Dii nunc congressum, Ceu Deus ex machinâ Ipsa venit Cypria Roborans successum.
“‘Pereat discordia! Vincat semper litem Proxenetae probitas, [141] Fides, spes, et charitas, Gaudeamus item!
“G. S.”
“The Other Version.
(From the “Pall Mall Gazette.”)
“A correspondent informs us that the version given in ‘The Standard’ of yesterday of the congratulatory ode (‘Gaudeamus igitur,’ etc.) addressed to the Congress by ‘the well-known German poet Gustave Schwetschke,’ and ‘distributed by Prince Bismarck’s request among the Plenipotentiaries,’ is incorrect. The true version, we are assured, is as follows:
“‘Rideamus igitur, Socii Congressus; Post dolores bellicosos, Post labores bumptiosos, Fit mirandus messus.
“Ubi sunt qui apud nos Causas litigâre, Moldo-Wallachæ frementes, Græculi esurientes? Heu! absquatulâre.
“‘Ubi sunt provinciæ Quas est laus pacâsse? Totæ, totæ, sunt partitæ: Has tulerunt Muscovitæ, Illas Count Andrassy.
“‘Et quid est quod Angliæ Dedit hic Congressus? Jus pro aliis pugnandi, Mortuum vivificandi— Splendidi successus!
“‘Vult Joannes decipi Et bamboosulatur. Io Beacche! Quæ majestas! Ostreæ reportans testas Domum gloriatur!’”
“This version, which from internal evidence will be seen to be the true one, may be roughly Englished thus:
“Let us have our hearty laugh, Greatest of Congresses! After days and weeks pugnacious, After labours ostentatious, See how big the mess is!
“‘Where are those who at our bar Their demands have stated: Robbed Roumanians rampaging, Greeklings with earth-hunger raging? Where? Absquatulated!
“‘Where the lands we’ve pacified, With their rebel masses? All are gone; yes, all up-gobbled: These the Muscovite has nobbled, Those are Count Andrassy’s.
“‘And what does England carry off To add to her possessions? The right to wage another’s strife, The right to raise the dead to life— Glorious concessions!
“‘Well, let John Bull bamboozled be If he’s so fond of sells! Io Beacche! Hark the cheering! See him home in triumph bearing Both [143] the oyster shells!’”