A Latin Inscription Reworded by Thomas Love Peacock

A previously unpublished letter to Peacock reveals his involvement in rewording a Latin inscription that appeared anonymously in 1842 on the engraved frontispiece to a London edition of the poetical works of Eugenio Antonio del Riego Nunez, father of the famous Spanish patriot Rafael del Riego y Nunez. As a tribute to a liberal martyr of the Spanish revolution, the inscription serves as a useful reminder that Peacock's sympathies always remained with the cause of freedom, even as his political opinions gradually became more conservative in his later years. (Quotes from original text)