I
The fragment of Æschylus on the title (see List of previous Editions)
suggests a truly ancient origin for the family of Palicio: its known
history is given in the _Nobiliario viceregio capitaniale e pretoriano
in Palermo nobile. Parte terza degli annali di Agostino Inveges.
Palermo. MDCLI. p. 104. PALIZZI._ Hugo, Squarcialupu and some of
the others may be found in Sicilian histories about the year 1500,
the supposed date of this play: their characters and the political
situation are quasi-historical. The incidents connecting Margaret and
Palicio are mostly adapted from a bad French story by _De Stendhal_,
called _Vanina Vanini_, in a book titled _Chroniques Italiennes_,
published by _Michel Levy_, in 1855.
1883.