ANDREWS 
 
 
   Andrews (Joseph), the hero and title of 
 a novel by Fielding. He is a footman who 
 marries a maid-servant. Joseph Andrews 
 is a brother of [Richardson's] "Pamela," a 
 handsome, model young man. 
 The accounts of Joseph's bravery and good 
 qualities, his voice too musical to halloa to the 
 dogs, his bravery in riding races for the gentle- 
 men of the county, and his constancy in refusing 
 bribes and temptation, have something refresh- 
 ing in their naivete and freshness, and prepossess 
 one in favor of that handsome young hero.- 
 Thackeray. 
 Androclus and the Lion. Androclus 
 was a runaway Roman slave, who took 
 refuge in a cavern. A lion entered, and 
 instead of tearing him to pieces, lifted up 
 its fore-paw that Androclus might extract 
 from it a thorn. The fugitive, being sub- 
 sequently captured, was doomed to fight 
 with a lion in the Roman arena, and it so 
 happened that the very same lion was let 
 out against him; it instantly recognized 
 its benefactor, and began to fawn upon 
 him with every token of gratitude and joy. 
 The story being told of this strange be- 
 havior, Androclus was forthwith set free. 
 A somewhat similar anecdote is told of 
 sir George Davis, English consul at Flor- 
 ence at the beginning of the present cen- 
tury. One day he went to see the lions of 
the great duke of Tuscany. There was 
one which the keepers could not tame, but 
no sooner did sir George appear, than the 
beast manifested every symptom of joy. 
Sir George entered the cage, when the 
creature leaped on his shoulder, licked his 
face, wagged its tail, and fawned like a 
dog. Sir George told the great duke that 
he had brought up this lion, but as it grew 
older it became dangerous, and he sold it 
to a Barbary captain. The duke said he 
bought it of the same man, and the mys- 
tery was cleared up. 
 
  Andromache [An.drom'.a.ky], widow of 
 
 
Hector. At the downfall of Troy both she 
and her son Asty'anax were allotted to 
Pyrrhus king of Epirus, and Pyrrhus fell 
in love with her, but she repelled his ad- 
vances. At length a Grecian embassy, led 
by Orest~s son of Agamemnon, arrived, 
and demanded that Astyanax should be 
given up and put to death, lest in manhood 
he should attempt to avenge his father's 
death. Pyrrhus told Andromach6 that he 
would protect her son in defiance of all 
Greece if she would become his wife, and 
she reluctantly consented thereto. While 
the marriage ceremonies were going on, the 
ambassadors rushed on Pyrrhus and slew 
him, but as he fell he placed the crown on 
the head of Andromachý, who thus became 
the queen of Epirus, and the ambassadors 
hastened to their ships in flight.-Ambrose 
Philips, The Distressed Mother (1712). 
 
  Andromeda, beautiful daughter of the 
king of Ethiopia. To appease Neptune, she 
was bound to a rock to be devoured by 
Neptune. Perseus slew the monster and 
made the maiden his wife. 
 
  Androni'ca, one of Logistilla's hand- 
maids, noted for her beauty.-Ariosto, 
Orlando Furioso (1516). 
 
  Androni'cus (Titus), a noble Roman 
general against the Goths, father of La- 
vin'ia. In the play so called, published 
among those of Shakespeare, the word 
all through is called Andron'icus (1593). 
  Marcus Andronicus, brother of Titus, and 
tribune of the people. 
 
  Androph'ilus, Philanthropy personi- 
fied in The Purple Island, by Phineas 
Fletcher (1633). Fully described in canto 
x. (Greek, Andro-philos, "a lover of man- 
kind.") 
 
  Andy (Handy), Irish lad in the employ 
 
 
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