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Mentioned by Byron in 1810-09-25 to Hobhouse, to ThMoore 1813-08-28. See BLJ 3-102n for a translation of Maxime 85 (which offers an explanation of Byron’s wordplay).

London bookseller who began trading in 1784; he was imprisoned in 1793 for printing Thomas Paine's Rights of Man. LBT

Mentioned by Hobhouse in 1810-07-31a and by Byron in 1810-09-25. Thomas Macgill, a Malta resident who
had written a book on Turkey, LJ, 11:220. BB 41n

Roman Emperor from 14 AD to 37 AD

See 1809-06-22 to Matthews and 1811-11-02 to Hobhouse for references to "hyacinths." BLJ II-14n

Mentioned by Byron in 1810-08-23. Byron wrote a Latin epigraph which was engraved on a stone placed over his body in the Theseum. BLJ II-13n

Byron's new "Tartar" at the Capuchin Convent

Hobhouse to Byron 1810-08-23 and 1810-12-10. See BB, p. 64

Dudu Roque, daughter of Phokion Roque,a French merchant living in Athens. Byron later used her name for the innocent buxom odalisque, whose bed Don Juan shared in the
harem. BLJ 2-13n

The mother of the Macri sisters