First published at 21:10 UTC on May 5th, 2023.
Chapter V:
--Van seco pur anco
Sdegno ed Amor, quasi due Veltri al fianco.
"Gerusal. Lib.," cant. XX. 117.
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Pitt here must be William Pitt the Younger - the youngest and last prime minister of Great Britain from 1783 until the…
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Chapter V:
--Van seco pur anco
Sdegno ed Amor, quasi due Veltri al fianco.
"Gerusal. Lib.," cant. XX. 117.
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Pitt here must be William Pitt the Younger - the youngest and last prime minister of Great Britain from 1783 until the Acts of Union in 1800, and then first prime minister of the United Kingdom from January 1801
Coburg here I believe is a reference to the Austrian nobleman and military general Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. He was the youngest son of Duke Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld and Princess Anna Sophie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. He was the great-uncle of King Leopold I of Belgium; and the great-great-uncle of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
In 1793 and 1794 he commanded the army in the Austrian Netherlands during the Flanders Campaign, hence the suggestion of his having spies in Paris at this time would make good sense.
Conciergerie was once part of a royal palace (the Palais de la Cité), but during the French Revolution it was taken over by the revolutionaries who used it as a prison and courthouse.
The picture used is "Les Frères Agasse allant au supplice, leurs corps rendus à leur famille : le 8 février 1790" by Pierre Gabriel Berthault, with the Conciergerie featuring prominently in the background.
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