Notes 85 Canto the Second 97 Notes 165 Introduction to Canto the Third 211 Canto the Third 215 Notes 291 Introduction to Canto the Fourth 311 Original Draft, etc., of Canto the Fourth 316 Dedication 321 Canto the Fourth 327 Historical Notes by J. C. Hobhouse 465 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Ianthe (Lady Charlotte Harley), from an Engraving _Frontispiece_ by W. Finden, after a Drawing by R. Westall, R.A. 2. The Duchess of Richmond, from a Miniature by Richard Cosway, in the Possession of His Grace the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, K.G. _To face p._ 228 3. Portrait of Lord Byron at Venice, from a Painting in Oils by Ruckard, in the Possession of Horatio F. Brown, Esq. 326 4. The Horses of St. Mark, from a Photograph by Alinari 338 5. S. Pantaleon, from a Woodcut published at Cremona in 1493 340 6. The Dying Gaul, from the Original in the Museum of the Capitol 432 CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE _A ROMAUNT_. "L'univers est une espèce de livre, dont on n'a lu que la première page quand on n'a vu que son pays. J'en ai feuilleté un assez grand nombre, que j'ai trouvé également mauvaises. Cet examen ne m'a point été infructueux. Je haïssais ma patrie. Toutes les impertinences des peuples divers, parmi lesquels j'ai vécu, m'ont reconcilié avec elle. Quand je n'aurais tiré d'autre bénéfice de mes voyages que celui-là, je n'en regretterais ni les frais ni les fatigues."--_Le Cosmopolite, ou, le Citoyen du Monde_, par Fougeret de Monbron. Londres, 1753. PREFACE [a] [TO THE FIRST AND SECOND CANTOS.] The following poem was written, for the most part, amidst the scenes which it attempts[b] to describe. It was begun in Albania; and the parts relative to Spain and Portugal were composed from the author's observations in those countries. Thus much it may be necessary to state for the correctness of the descriptions. The scenes attempted to be sketched are in Spain, Portugal, Epirus, Acarnania and Greece. There, for the present, the poem stops: its reception will determine whether the author may venture to conduct his readers to the capital of the East, through Ionia and Phrygia: these two cantos are merely experimental.