(Hamlet, i. 5) - that is, “by the cross on the hilt of my sword.” Again in Winter's Tale, “Swear by this sword thou wilt perform my bidding” (ii. 3). Holinshed says, “Warwick kisses the…
The Good. Alfonso VIII. (or IX.) of Leon, “The Noble and Good.” (1158-1214.) Douglas (The good Sir James), Bruce's friend, died 1330. Jean II. of France, le Bon. (1319, 1350-1364.) Jean…
A scarecrow. Bug is the Welsh bwg, a hobgoblin, called in Russia buka. Spenser says, “A ghastly bug doth greatly them affear” (book ii. canto 3); and Hamlet has “bugs and goblins” (v. 2…
Bold as Beauchamp (Beech-um). It is said that Thomas Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick, with one squire and six archers, overthrew 100 armed men at Hogges, in Normandy, in 1346: This exploit is…
or Colbrand. The Danish giant slain by Sir Guy of Warwick. By the death of this giant the land was delivered from Danish tribute. I am not Samson, nor Sir Guy, nor Colbrand, To mowem down…
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An epic poem in forty-six cantos, by Ariosto (digested by Hoole into twenty-four books, but retained by Rose in the original form). The subject is the siege of Paris by Agramant the Moor,…
Scene VA park near Middleham Castle In YorkshireEnter Gloucester, Hastings, and StanleyGloucesterNow, my Lord Hastings and Sir William Stanley,
Leave off to wonder why I drew you hither,
Into…
The great bed of Ware. A bed twelve feet square, and capable of holding twelve persons; assigned by tradition to the Earl of Warwick, the king-maker. It is now in Rye House. “Although the…
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