Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1858-02-17
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The origin of Shakspeare's idea for
his drama Of the 's'Taming of Silrew,'
is TO be found in an old Spanish chroni-
Gle, translation Of which | now present.
to your readers:
''In a certain town there was Moor of
great responsibility, who had sou, the
best young man imthe world, full of great
projects, but so poor that he had the will
but not the power to execute them. I'm
the same place there was another Moor,
very rich; and he had an only daughter,
but she was devil, and nobody would
marry her. The young man came to his
father one day and said: Father, am
weary of the poor and wretched life |
lead ! wish to marry. The father said
he should b. delighted il he found par
" TINT suited him. Upon which the yonug
man naned his neighbor's daughter. On
hearing this the father was much surpri-
sed; but the son persisted in desiring bis
father 10 speak to the Moor, who was his
intimate friend, and ask him for his
daughter. The Moor said, when he was
applied "a, that ne had no objection, bat
that whosoeVer had his daughter would
be better dead sllaa alive. The wedding
day, howepeF was fixed, and the bride
was led away ID her husbands house, and
according % lie Moorish custom, a sup
per was prepared, and the fathers aud
mothers left the bride and bridegroom till
the next day, not without great fear and
suspicion that they should find the bride
groom inaihe morning dead or not far
from it.. AS soon assthey were gone, the
new. married couple sat dawn at the table.
and before She could speak, he, looking
about him, saw one iii bis house dogs,
and callngslo him with loud voice, or
dered him to bring wateF 10 wash his
hands, which the dog not doing, he got
up in rage, and drew bis sword this
the dog seeing, ran away and Pc after
him, Till he caught him cut off bis
head and legs and his body Id pieces,
and dashed lis blood over the table, and
all over the room then came and seated
himself at the table. He looked round
again. and saw d Maltese beagle, and
gave him The same order; but on bis not
complying, he first threatened to serve him
as he had done the mastiff, then spfinging
from the chair he caught him BY The legs,
and cut him into hundred peices; then
he rafstssd d second time 10 the table,
making horrld faces, and stared wildly
around him. The bride, who was an eye
witness of all Allis, was beside herself for
fear, and stupid, without being able to
utter syllable. He then srore he would
serve every living creature in the same.
manner, not excepting his horse, which
wassthe only one remaining 10 bin then
having killed lis horse, he came back to-
the table wirh his sword Feeking in blood,
and seeing no other animal to kill, turned
his eyes on his wife, and cried with fl-
rious tone of voice, 'getup and bring me
water to wash my handsI She immedi-
ately.arose and brought him water. Then
he said, 'if you had not done it would
have served you as served the dogs and
the horse He then ordered her 10 help
him which she did, but with SO horfid an
accent that she expected to have her head
cut off. Ia this same manner they pass.
ed the nigh together, and she never spoke;
and when they had slept some little while
he said to his wife, q have moi been able
to restfoF rage ,tO-night. See that nobody
disturb me tomorrow morning, and take
care that have agood breakfast. Early
in the morning the parents Of the bride
and bridegroom knocked at the door, and
as no one answered, they concluded that
the husband was either killed or wound
ed, end when the bride came tothe door
witheol hershusband, they were confirms
ed Id their suspieioHs. Is soon as she
saw them, she began 10 coll them traitors
and asked them how they dared TO come