MONT TRt SOR 
 
 
his sword, and the animal running across, 
entered a hole in the mountain. When 
Gontran was told of this incident, he said 
he had dreamt that he crossed a bridge of 
steel, and, having entered a cave at the 
foot of a mountain, entered a palace of 
gold. Gontran employed men to under- 
mine the hill, and found there vast treas- 
ures, which he employed in works of char- 
ity and religion. In order to commemorate 
this event he called the hill Mont Tr~sor. 
-Claud Paradin, Symbola Heroica. 
  *** This story has been ascribed to nu- 
merous persons. 
 
  Mon'tague (3 syl.), head of a noble 
house in Verona, at feudal enmity with 
the house of Capilet. Romeo belonged 
to the. former, and Juliet to the latter 
house. 
  Lady Montague, wife of Lord Montague, 
and mother of Romeo. - Shakespeare, 
Boomeo and Juliet (1598). 
 
  Montalban. 
  Don Kyrie Elyson de Montalban, a hero 
of romance, in the History of Tirante the 
White. 
  Thomas de Montalban, brother of Don 
Kyrie Elyson, in the same romance of 
chivalry. 
  Binaldo de Montalban, a hero of ro- 
mance, in the Mirror of Knighthood, from 
which work both Bojardo and Ariosto 
have largely borrowed. 
 
  Montalban, now called Montauban (a 
contraction of Mons Alba'nus), in France, 
in the department of Tarn-et-Garonne. 
    Jousted in Aspramont or Montalban. 
        Milton, Paradise Lost, i. 583 (1665). 
 
  Montalban (The Count), in love with 
Volant6 (3 syl.), daughter of Balthazar. 
In order to sound her, the count dis- 
 
 
guised himself as a father confessor; but 
Volant6 detected the trick instantly, and 
said to him, "Come, come, count, pull off 
your lion's hide, and confess yourself an 
ass." However, as Volant6 really loved 
him, all came right at last.-J. Tobin, The 
Honeymoon (1804). 
 
  Montanto (Signor), a master of fence 
and   a  great braggart.-  Ben Jonson, 
Every Man in His Humour (1598). 
 
  Montargis (The Dog of), named Dragon. 
It belonged to Captain Aubri de Mont- 
didier, and is especially noted for his fight 
with the Chevalier Richard Macaire. The 
dog was called Montargis, because the en- 
counter was depicted over the chimney of 
the great hall in the castle of Montargis. 
It was in the forest of Bondi, close by this 
castle, that Aubri was assassinated. 
 
  Monte Christo (Count), convict who 
escapes from prison, and finds immense 
treasure, with which he does incredible 
things. 
  Assuming the title of "count," he adds 
the name of the island on which his treas- 
ure is buried, and plays the grande seign- 
ior in society, punishing his former per- 
secutors and false friends, and rewarding 
his old allies. Finally he is brought to 
confess that man cannot play providence, 
and to recall the words "Vengeance is 
mine! " - Alexander   Dumas, Count of 
Monte Christo. 
 
  Montenay (Sir Philip de), an old Eng- 
lish knight.-Sir W. Scott, Castle Danger- 
ous (time, Henry I.). 
 
  Montesi'nos, a legendary hero, who re- 
ceived some affront at the French court, 
and retired to La Mancha, in Spain. Here 
he lived in a cavern, some sixty feet deep, 
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