My work is done. But ere I leave the haunts Of sorrowing and rejoicing men, I look To bless my work. O wise son of Laertes, Thou hast thy house and wife and self restored. Murder, strife, robbery, the wrongs I hate, Revellings and insolence are now avenged. Yet not less am I foe to faithlessness, Breaches of trust and of those modest laws, Which guard high thoughts and heavenly purity. Thy wicked servants slay; which done, make soon Purification of thy house defiled: 2781 And not forget the oracle, which said That thou shouldst find one journey more to make; This thy atonement: and since justice holds The crown for good deeds, as the sword for ill, Grudge not this only absence: thy good servant Thou wouldst reward; he is a prince; restore him Unto his kingdom: ’tis the will of Zeus. He that hath servèd well hath earned to reign. Son of Laertes, wilt thou do this thing? 2790 _Ul._ Yea, goddess, I will do it. Thy will is mine. _Eum._ (_kneeling_). Most honoured of all masters! _Ath._ Then FARE YE WELL. NOTES PALICIO I The fragment of Æschylus on the title (see List of previous Editions) suggests a truly ancient origin for the family of Palicio: its known history is given in the _Nobiliario viceregio capitaniale e pretoriano in Palermo nobile. Parte terza degli annali di Agostino Inveges. Palermo. MDCLI. p. 104. PALIZZI._ Hugo, Squarcialupu and some of the others may be found in Sicilian histories about the year 1500, the supposed date of this play: their characters and the political situation are quasi-historical. The incidents connecting Margaret and Palicio are mostly adapted from a bad French story by _De Stendhal_, called _Vanina Vanini_, in a book titled _Chroniques Italiennes_, published by _Michel Levy_, in 1855. 1883. II