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 Mel’ior.Melis’sa (in Orlando Furioso). 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Melisen’dra.
 
Charlemagne’s daughter, married to his nephew Don Gwyfe’ros. She was taken captive by the Moors, and confined seven years in a dungeon, when Gwyfe’ros rescued her. (Don Quixote.)   1
 


 Mel’ior.Melis’sa (in Orlando Furioso). 

 
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