Linenotes

Title] Foster-Mother's Tale. (Scene—Spain) Cottle, 1837: The, &c. A Narration in Dramatic Blank Verse L. B. 1800. In Remorse, App., 1813 and in 1828, 1829, 1834, the dramatis personae are respectively Teresa and Selma. The fragment opens thus:—Enter Teresa and Selma.

Ter. 'Tis said, he spake of you familiarly
As mine and Alvar's common foster-mother.

In Cottle's version, the scene begins at line 4.

man] Moor Osorio, MS. I.

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O my dear Mother . . . She gazes idly! om. 1813, 1828, 1829, 1834.

me] us Cottle, 1837.

the] yon Osorio, MS. I.

In Lyrical Ballads, 1800, the scene begins with the words: 'But that entrance'. But that entrance, Selma? 1813.

Leoni] Sesina 1813, 1828, 1829, 1834.

Velez'] Valdez' 1813, 1828, 1829, 1834: Valez' S. L. 1817.

To gather seeds 1813, S. L. 1817, 1828, 1829, 1834.

gather'd] oft culled S. L. 1817.

So he became a rare and learned youth 1813, 1828, 1829, 1834.

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So he became a very learned man.
But O poor youth

Cottle, 1837.

Velez] Valdez 1813, 1828, 1829, 1834: Valez S. L. 1817.

made a confession Osorio. A fever seiz'd the youth and he made confession Cottle, 1837.

hole] cell L. B. 1800: den 1813. [And fetter'd in that den. MS. S. T. C.].

in the cellar] near this dungeon 1813, 1828, 1829, 1834.

wild] wide 1813, 1828, 1829, 1834.

He always] Leoni L. B. 1800.

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om. L. B. 1800.

Leoni's] Sesina's 1813, 1828, 1829, 1834. younger] youngest S. L. 1817.

Leoni] Sesina 1813, 1828, 1829, 1834.