The Collected Letters of Robert Southey. Part 2: 1798-1803 A Romantic Circles Electronic Edition Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 Lynda Pratt Romantic Circles General Editor, Neil Fraistat General Editor, Steven E. Jones Technical Editor Laura Mandell 2011-08-15 rce476 letterEEd.26.467 Romantic Circles, http://www.rc.umd.edu, University of Maryland College Park, MD August 15, 2011

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British Library, Add MS 34046. Previously published: Letters from the Lake Poets, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, Robert Southey, to Daniel Stuart (London, 1889), pp. 444–448.

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467. Robert Southey to Daniel Stuart, 24 December 1799 Address: To/ Mr Stuart/ 335. Strand/ London/ SinglePostmark: B/ DEC 25/ 99Endorsement: Southey/ Southey Poems/ SoutheyMS: British Library, Add MS 34046Previously published: Letters from the Lake Poets, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Wordsworth, Robert Southey, to Daniel Stuart (London, 1889), pp. 444–448.

Frances de Barry.

a Monoscenic Drama. the circumstances historical.Not published in the Morning Post or elsewhere. It was set in France in 1590, when a civil war was raging between the partisans of Henry IV (1553–1610; King of France, 1589–1610) and the Catholic League, who wished to prevent Henry IV, who was a Protestant, consolidating his rule.

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Dear Scene the ramparts of Leu<au>cate.A castle on the south coast of France. Frances De Barry.Francoise de Cezelly (1558–1614). In 1577 she married Jean-Antoine Bourcier de Barry de Saint Aunez (d. 1590). In the absence of her husband, she held the castle at Leucate for the forces of Henry IV. Herald. de LoupianClaude Faucon de Loupian (1536–1601), French politician, held as a hostage in the castle at Leucate. –

Frances—          Bid here the Captains of the garrison. And the chief Citizens – Herald – My errand Lady Is for your private ear. Frances. – Reserve it therefore – I have no private ear! the day your craft Entrapt De Barry,Jean-Antoine Bourcier de Barry de Saint Aunez, local commander of forces loyal to Henry IV. Taken prisoner at Narbonne by the Catholic League. – whom by courage never Ye had subdued, that day did I become My husbands image here, like him the servant Of France, & faithful to my trust like him. Herald.—            Your husbands – Frances – Peace! anon & thou shalt have Thy scope of speech. (Enter Captains &c–) Now Herald, do thine errand. Herald.                Thus say the Leaders of the League:The Catholic League, an organisation founded in 1576; fighting to prevent Henry IV enforcing his claim as King of France. their troops Hem in Laucate; they hold the country round, – The TyrantHenry IV, King of France. daily weakening, daily prest Closer & closer by their righteous arm, Desperate himself of safety, can afford No succour here. resistance boots not here, Your town perforce must fall. yet are the League Mindful of mercy, rightly as befits The champions of the church, & like the church By wholesome terror as by promised grace Would make you wise to safety. yield the town And ransomless your husband shall be free. But if, relying on deceitful hopes Lady! & obstinate in waste of blood, Still you provoke their vengeance, my return Condemns De Barry. yonder he is bound Waiting the event – & ye shall see him die The victim of your crime. Frances. – Ye turn your eyes, Defenders of Laucate! as tho in doubt Towards me! – look – my husband from his prison Sent me this handkerchief with charcoal traced – “Keep the town well” – say to De Barry, Herald, His wife received the token. if he dies, I have a womans feelings: – but his honour – That is beyond your power, & in my grief There will be consolation. Herald – This – your answer? Captain—            Yet more. ye see the hostage in our hands power By MontmorencyHenri I de Montmorency-Damville (1534–1614), one of the most powerful landowners in southern France and a moderate supporter of the Catholic League. sent, De Barrys pledge Of safety. as a noble gentleman His image hath been here. Hath he been guarded here. De Loupian. with all indulgence Never was foe by foe, more honourably Intreated. Captain. – Tell the League his life depends Upon De Barry – (Exit Herald) Frances to De Loupian. Think you they will act Their threatening? De Loupian – As a soldier I must deem The crime impossible. but as my life Hangs on the issue – Lady I have fears. But – look! – what stir is yonder in the camp? – Oh base & bloody men! Frances – It is my husband! De Loupian.—  He kneels – as tho for death – ! Frances viels her face – Captain – your life De Loupian Is in the event. (a gun is heard.) De Loupian. Then Christ have mercy on me! – That was De Barrys death. many voices – Away with him – Away with him – vengeance – away with him – Frances, uncovering her face. Hold Frenchmen! unpolluted by a crime, Unspotted by in his honour, hath my husband Died in his countrys cause. no cruelty No act of impotent revenge shall stain The memory of his fate. shall I revenge In innocent blood the life that by a treason I would not save? – De Loupian – thou art safe! Return to Montmorency, say to him De Barrys xxx widow will defend Laucate.

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 My dear Sir.

I received the bill – as you have probably heard by Coleridge. my attention will be directed hereafter to works of length, but any pieces which I may chance to write of suitable extent, I will not fail to transmit to you.Southey’s sonnet, ‘Absence’, Morning Post, 20 December 1799, was the last of his regular contributions to the newspaper. He did not contribute another poem until ‘O Thou Moor of Moreria’, Morning Post, 18 September 1801.

believe me yrs truly R Southey

Dec. 24. 1799.