BERTHA AMORY 
 
 
Through One Administration, by Francis 
Hodgson Burnett. Secretly, and against 
her will, in love with Trevannion, an army 
officer whom she has known from child- 
hood (1883). 
 
  Berthe an Grand-Pied, mother of 
Charlemagne, so called from a club-foot. 
 
  Bertie Cecil, noble young Englishman 
who assumes his brother's crime to save 
the family name, and exiles himself as a 
soldier in the French army of Algiers. 
Eventually his fame is cleared and he re- 
turns to England as lord Royalieu.- 
Ouida, Under Two Flags. 
 
  Bertie the Lamb, professional dude, 
with a heart yet softer than his head, in 
The Henrietta, a play of New York life, by 
Bronson Howard. Stuart Robson's im- 
personation of "Bertie" is without a flaw 
(1887). 
  Bertolde (3 syl.), the hero of a little jeu 
d'esprit in Italian prose by Julio Coesare 
CrocA (2 syl.). He is a comedian by profes- 
sion, whom nothing astonishes. He is as 
much at his ease with kings and queens as 
with those of his own rank. Hence the 
phrase Imperturbable as Bertolde, .meaning 
"never taken by surprise," "never thrown 
off one's guard," "never disconcerted." 
 
  Bertoldo (Prince), a knight of Malta, 
and brother of Roberto king of the two 
Sicilies. He was in love with Cami'ola "the 
maid of honor," but could not marry with- 
out a dispensation from the pope. While 
matters were at this crisis, Bertoldo laid 
siege to Sienna, and was taken prisoner. 
Cami6la paid his ransom, but before he 
was released the duchess Aurelia requested 
him to be brought before her. As soon 
as the duchess saw him, she fell in love 
with him, and offered him marriage, and 
 
 
Bertoldo, forgetful of Camiola, accepted 
the offer. The betrothed then presented 
themselves before the king. Here Camiola 
exposed the conduct of the knight; Ro- 
berto was indignant; Aurelia rejected her 
fiance with scorn; and Camiola took the 
veil.-Massinger, The Maid ofHonor (1637). 
 
  Bertol'do, the chief character of a comic 
romance called Vita di Bertoldo, by Julio 
Cesare Croc6, who flourished in the six- 
teenth century. It recounts the successful 
exploits of a clever but ugly peasant, and 
was for two centuries as popular in Italy as 
Robinson Crusoe is in England. Same as 
Bertolde and Bartoldo. 
 
  Bertoldo's Son, Rinaldo.-Tasso, Jeru- 
salem Delivered (1575). 
  Bertram (Baron), one of Charlemagne's 
paladins. 
  Ber'tram, count of Rousillon. While on 
a visit to the king of France, Hel'ena, a 
physician's daughter, cured the king of a 
disorder which had baffled the court physi- 
cians. For this service the king promised 
her for husband any one she chose to se- 
lect, and her choice fell on Bertram. The 
haughty count married her, it is true, but 
deserted her at once, and left for Florence, 
where he joined the duke's army. It so 
happened that Helena also stopped at Flor- 
ence while on a pilgrimage to the shrine 
of St. Jacques le Grand. In Florence she 
lodged with a widow whose daughter Diana 
was wantonly loved by Bertram. Helena 
obtained tpermission to receive his visits in 
lieu of Diana, and in one of these visits 
exchanged rings with him. Soon after 
this the count went on a visit to his mother, 
where he saw the king, and the king ob- 
serving on his finger the ring he had given 
to Helena, had him arrested on the suspi- 
cion of murder. Helena now came for- 
 
 
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