BENEDICK 
 
 
demned to the galleys for life. Escaping, 
after three years of servitude, through the 
favor of Arrius, a Roman Tribune, he seeks 
his mother and sister to find both lepers. 
They are healed by Christ, whose devoted 
followers they become.-Lew Wallace, Ben- 
Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880). 
 
  Ben Israel (Nathan) or Nathan ben 
Samuel, the physician and friend of Isaac 
the Jew.-Sir W. Scott, Ivanhoe (time, 
Richard I.). 
 
  Ben Joe'hanan, in the satire of Absa- 
lom and Achitophel, by Dryden and Tate, is 
meant for the Rev. Samuel Johnson, who 
suffered much persecution for his defence 
of the right of private judgment. 
   Let Hebron, nay, let hell produce a man 
   So made for mischief as Ben Joehanan. 
   A Jew of humble parentage was he, 
   By trade a Levite, though of low degree. 
                               Part ii. 
 
  Benai'ah (3 syl.), in Absalom and Achit- 
ophel, is meant for general George Edward 
Sackville. As Benaiah, captain of David's 
guard, adhered to Solomon against Adoni- 
jah, so general Sackville adhered to the 
duke of York against the prince of Orange 
(1590-1652). 
  Nor can Benaiah's worth forgotten lie, 
  Of steady soul when public storms were high. 
                 Dryden and Tate, part ii. 
 
  Benas'kar or Bennaskar, a wealthy 
merchant and magician of Delhi.--James 
Ridley, Tales of the Genii (" History of 
Mahoud," tale vii., 1751). 
 
  Benbow (Admiral). In an engagement 
with the French near St. Martha on the 
Spanish coast in 1701, admiral Benbow 
had his legs and thighs shivered into splin- 
ters by chain-shot, but supported in a 
wooden frame he remained on the quarter- 
 
 
deck till morning, when Du Casse sheered 
off. 
  Similar acts of heroism are recorded of 
Almeyda, the Portuguese governor of 
India, of Cynmgiros brother of the poet 
Aschylos, of Jaafer the standard-bearer of 
"the prophet" in the battle of Muta, and 
of some others. 
 
  Benbow, an idle, generous, free-and-easy 
sot, who spent a good inheritance in dis- 
sipation, and ended life in the workhouse. 
Benbow, a boon companion, long approved 
By jovial sets, and (as he thought) beloved, 
Was judged as one to joy and friendship prone, 
And deemed injurious to himself alone. 
              Crabbe, Borough, xvi. (1810). 
 
  Bend-the-Bow, an English archer at 
Dickson's cottage.-Sir W. Scott, Castle 
Dangerous (time, Henry I.). 
 
  Benedick, a wild, witty, and light- 
hearted young lord of Padua, who vowed 
celibacy, but fell in love with Beatrice and 
married her. It fell out thus: He went on 
a visit to Leonato, governor of Messina; 
here he sees Beatrice, the governor's niece, 
as wild and witty as himself, but he dis- 
likes her, thinks her pert and forward, and 
somewhat ill-mannered withal. However, 
he hears Claudio speaking to Leonato 
about Beatrice, saying how deeply she 
loves Benedick, and bewailing that so nice 
a girl should break her heart with unre- 
quited love. This conversation was a mere 
ruse, but Benedick believed it to be true, 
and resolved to reward the love of Bea- 
trice with love and marriage. It so hap- 
pened that Beatrice had been entrapped by 
a similar conversation which she had over- 
heard from her cousin Hero. The end was 
they sincerely loved each other, and became 
man and wife.-Shakespeare, Much Ado 
about Nothing (1600). 
 
 
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