Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1848-09-16

retired to Mantua, for the sake of being as
near as possible to his Juliet, of whom he
often received accounts, through the medi-
um of Lonardo. Juliet was now compelled
to marry by her father and mother, and
not knowing what part to take, she had re-
course to the Father leonardo for advice,
who, after long consultation, finally agreed
to send her certain powder, which mixed
with wine or any other liquor, would lull
her to sleep so as to make her appear dead;
that then she should be buried in the sepul-
chre belonging to her family, which was
in the church of St. Francis, that he should
take her out of the monument by night,
and that she should escape in disguise to
her Romeo at Mantua whom he would in
form by faithful messengers of their inten-
tions. Juliet agreed 10 this plan, who for
the sake of her lover would have run far
greater risk and having swallowed the
potion at the prescribed hour, lost gradually
her senses, and finally all motion: so that
imagined dead by all, she was removed for
burial to the cemetery other family in the
church ofSt. Francis. In the mean time,
Lonardo sent an account of all that had
been done to Romeo; but he having been
previously informed by some one else Of
the death of Juliet, came unexpectedly
with one attendant to Verona, and having
reached the gates of the city on the very
evening Of the interment Of Juliet, did not
receive the message sent him by the Father.
The unhappy lover having reached Verona
and night having set in, without setting his
foot in the city, he went straight to the
church of St. Francis, where he knew that
his beloved Juliet was inferred, and having
opened the tomb, which was without the
church, and got within it, began 10 shed
an abundant and bitter flood oftears. Hav-
ing wept for some time over his beloved he
determined to die, and swallowed poison,
which for this purpose he carried with
him; laying himself by her side, he died,
Just at the moment that leonardo reached
the spot, to remove Juliet from the tomb.
Finding the servant stretched on the ground
and Romeo dead in the tomb, motionless
and horror-struck, he stood wondering how
the event had occurred, when Juliet,
whose soporific powder had exhausted its
efficacy, came to herself, and seeing Romeo
dead by her side, and Lonardo and the SER
want hanging over him, she was all aghast
at the spectacle. She presently discovered
from the Father and servant how the catas-
trophe had happened was Immediately
seized with the strongest grief, and feeling
her spirits extinguished within her, without
uttering word, fell dead in the lap of her
Romeo. Next morning the calamity was
speedily propogated through the city, and
Signor Bartoomeo, with the intent of dis
covering all the circumstances which led
to the unfortunate event, accompanied by
many gentlemen, went to the church of St.
Francis where great crowd was collected
attracted by the novelty of the occurrence.
Here he inquired circumstantially, both
from Lonardo and Romeo's servant, into
the details of the case, and afterwards gave
orders that the bodies of these unfortunate
lovers should be honorably buried, which
was willingly agreed to both by the Mon
tecchi and Capellett. Splendid obsequies
took place; and with the consent of both
parties, the bodies were replaced in the
same monument, which was of the hewn
stone, little above ground, which have
often seen close to the well of the poor dis
ciples of St. Francis, while the building
was raising to their order. have conver-
sed on this subject with Signor Boldero,
my uncle, by whom was shown the scene
of this catastrophe he showed me, besides
the above mentioned tomb, hole in the
wall toward the monastery of Capachins,
where, as he said, he had heard that many
years since this tomb was placed, and that
in it were found some ashes and bones"
Such is the relation of Girolamodella
Corte. Those who may take the time to com
pare it with the tragedy of Shakespeare, will
no doubt remark how little the poet has
deviated from what we have reason to be-
leve are the circumstances of the true sto-
ry. His Escalus Prince of Verona, is evil
IDENTIFY Signor Bartolomeo Scali, the Mayor
Marcurio, whom Juliet first danced with
the poet giving him rather warmer hands
than the historian, is his Paris.-The name
of Marcurio probably suggested, with a
slight alteration of letters, the Mercutio o.
the poet, who acts, however, very differ.
ent part from Marcurio in the history. II
is well worthy of remark that in Act III
Sec. l.. Mercurio, who with Shakespeare, i
the friend of Romeo, uses the words .'A h
scottato," the identical words which Dell'
Corte used in his description of Romeo
encounter with Tybalt; sufficient proc
to MY mind that Shakespeare got hold of tn
original work of Della Corte, if we ha,
not other evidence 10 make us think so
Montague, in Italian, is Montecchio; Cap
ulet, Capuletto; F'ate Lonardo is the Fria
Lawrence ofthe poet and the attendan
Of Romeo in the history, is the Balthasa
of the tragedy.-Friar John appears to b
one of the confidential messengers sent b.
Lonardo to Romeo, at Mantua. OF the fe
male persons, Lady Montague is only on
not alluded to in the history.