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 Theoc’ritus.Theodo’ra (in Orlando Furioso), 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Theod’omas.
 
A famous trumpeter at the siege of Thebes.   1
       
“At every court ther cam loud menstralcye
That never trompëd Joab for to heere,
Ne he Theodomas yit half so cleere
At Thebës, when the citë was in doute.”
       
Chaucer: Canterbury Tales, 9,592.
 


 Theoc’ritus.Theodo’ra (in Orlando Furioso), 

 
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