| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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joined the squadron of adventurers with his two brothers, Achilles and Sforza, in the allied Christian army. He was shot by Clorinda with an arrow. (Tasso: Jerusalem Delivered, book iii. c. ii. 4.) | 1 |
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He is a Palamedes. A clever, ingenious person. The allusion is to the son of Nauplios, who invented measures, scales, dice, etc. He also detected that the madness of Ulysses was only assumed. | 2 |
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Sir Palame’ds. A Saracen knight overcome in single combat by Sir Tristram. Both loved Isolde, the wife of King Mark; and after the lady was given up by the Saracen, Sir Tristram converted him to the Christian faith, and stood his godfather at the font. (Thomas the Rhymer.) | 3 |
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