360 EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE 
 
 
of Richard I., and attendant of Queen 
Berenga'ria. She married David, earl of 
Huntingdon (prince royal of Scotland), 
and is introduced by Sir W. Scott in The 
Talisman (1825). 
 
  Edmund, natural son of the earl of 
Gloucester.  Both  Goneril and Regan 
(daughters of King Lear) were in love 
with him. Regan, on the death of her 
husband, designed to marry Edmund, but 
Goneril, out of jealousy, poisoned her 
sister Regan.-Shakespeare, King Lear 
(1605). 
 
  Edmund Andros. In a letter to English 
friends (1698) Nathaniel Byfield writes 
particulars of the revolt in the New En- 
land Colonies against the royal governor, 
Sir Edmund Andros. 
  "We have, also, advice that on Friday last 
Sir Edmund Andros did attempt to make an 
escape in woman's apparel, and passed two 
guards and was stopped at the third, being dis- 
covered by his shoes, not having changed 
them." Nathaninel Byfield.-An Account of the 
Late Revolution in New England (1689). 
 
  Edmund Dante (See MONTE CRISTO). 
 
  Edo'nian Bane (The), priestesses and 
other ministers of Bacchus, so called 
from Edo'nus, a mountain of Thrace, 
where the rites of the wine-god were cele- 
brated. 
  Accept the rites your bounty well may claim, 
  Nor heed the scoffing of th' Edonian band. 
         Akinside, Hymn to the Naiads (1767). 
  Edric, a domestic at Hereward's bar- 
racks.-Sir W. Scott, Count Robert ofParis 
(time, Rufus). 
 
  Edward, brother of Hereward the Var- 
angian guard. He was slain in battle.- 
Sir W. Scott, Count Robert of Paris (time, 
Rufus). 
 
 
  Edward (Sir). He commits a murder, 
and keeps a narrative of the transaction in 
an iron chest. Wilford, a young man who 
acts as his secretary, was one day caught 
prying into this chest, and Sir Edward's 
first impulse was to kill him; but on 
second thought he swore the young man 
to secrecy, and told him the story of the 
murder. Wilford, unable to live under 
the suspicious eye of Sir Edward, ran 
away; but was hunted down by Edward, 
and accused of robbery. The whole trans- 
action now became public, and Wilford 
was acquitted.-G. Colman, The Iron Chest 
(1796). 
  *** This drama is based on Goodwin's 
novel of Caleb Williams. "Williams " is 
called Wilford in the drama, and "Falk- 
land" is called Sir Edward. 
  Sowerby, whose mind was always in a fer- 
ment, was wont to commit the most ridiculous 
mistakes. Thus when "Sir Edward" says to 
"Wilford," "You may have noticed in my 
library a chest," he transposes the words thus: 
"You may have noticed in my chest a library," 
and the fhouse was convulsed with laughter.- 
Russell, Representative Actors (appendix). 
 
  Edward 1I., a tragedy by C. Marlowe 
(1592), imitated by Shakespeare in his 
Richard   IL   (1597).  Probably   most 
readers would prefer Marlowe's noble tra- 
gedy to Shakespeare's. 
 
  Edward IV. of England, introduced 
by Sir W. Scott in his novel entitled Anne 
of Geierstein (1829). 
 
  Edward the Black Prince, a tragedy 
by W. Shirley (1640). The subject of 
this drama is the victory of Poitiers. 
Yes, Philip lost the battle [Cressy] with the odds 
Of three to one. In this [Poitiers] ... 
The have our numbers more than twelve times 
    told, 
If we can trust report. 
                               Act iii. 2. 
 
 
EDITH PLANTAGENET