Glasgow.
[The scene, as stated at the commencement of the play, was laid in and
near the Mercian camp, on the confines of Wales, except the first act,
and beginning of the third, which lies in the British camp, distant
from the Mercian eight miles. The _dramatis personæ_ were:--_Britons_:
Cadwallyne, king of the Britons; Ormanus, a noble captive; Albanact,
Eliud, Edgar, officers; Eugenia, Althira, captives. _Mercians_: Penda,
king of Mercia; Ethelred, his son; Osmond, nephew to the king; Offa,
Egbert, Edwin, officers. British and Mercian officers, prisoners,
guards, and other attendants.]
_Claret._--How, or from whence, have we adopted the word _Claret_, as
applied to the wines of the Bordeaux district, and which seems to be
utterly unknown in other parts of Europe?