Brewer's: Dagonet

(Sir). In the romance La Mort d' Arthure he is called the fool of King Arthur, and was knighted by the king himself.

“I remember at Mile-End Green, when I lay at Clement's Inn, I was then Sir Dagonet in Arthur's show.” —Henry IV., iii. 2. (Justice Shallow).

“Dagonet” is the pen-name of Mr. G. R. Sims.

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