CoL49 (1) I Want to Kiss Your Feet [PC 13]

Robin Landseadel robinlandseadel at comcast.net
Fri May 8 17:44:55 CDT 2009


On May 8, 2009, at 10:23 AM, Heikki Raudaskoski wrote:

>
> Another reference:
>
> "Angelo, then, evil Duke of Squamuglia, has perhaps ten years before  
> the
> play's opening murdered the good Duke of adjoining Faggio, by  
> poisoning
> the feet on an image of Saint Narcissus [yes, this paragraph is an
> allusive treasure trove, HR], Bishop of Jerusalem, in the court  
> chapel,
> which feet the Duke was in the habit of kissing every Sunday at Mass."
> (p. 65, 1967 Jonathan Cape edition)
>
> Dick Wharfinger, "Courier's Tragedy"

I knew that reference. was in there somewhere.



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