BEAU CLARK 
 
 
ginning of the nineteenth century. He 
was called "The Beau," assumed the name 
of Beauclerc, and paid his addresses to a 
protegie of lord Fife. 
  Beau   Fielding, called   "Handsome 
Fielding" by Charles II., by a play on his 
name, which was Hendrome Fielding. He 
died in Scotland Yard. 
  Beau Hewitt was the original of sir 
George Etherege's "Sir Fopling Flutter," 
in the comedy called The Man of Mode or 
Sir Fopling Flutter (1676). 
 
  Beau Nash, Richard Nash, called also 
"King of Bath;" a Welsh gentleman, who 
for fifteen years managed the bath-rooms 
of Bath, and conducted the balls with un- 
paralleled splendor and decorum. In his 
old age he sank into poverty (1674-1761). 
 
  Beau d'Orsay (Le), father of count 
d'Orsay, whom Byron calls "Jeune Cupt- 
don." 
  Beau Seant, the Templars' banner, half 
white and half black; the white signified 
that the Templars were good to Christians, 
the black, that they were evil to infidels. 
 
  Beau Tibbs, in Goldsmith's Citizen of 
the World, a dandy noted for his finery, 
vanity, and poverty. 
  Beauclerk, Henry I. king of England 
(1068, 1100-1135). 
  Beaufort, the lover of Maria Wilding, 
whom he ultimately marries.-A. Murphy, 
The Citizen (a farce). 
  Beaujeu (Mons. le chevalier de), keeper 
of a gambling-house to which Dalgarno 
takes Nigel.-Sir W. Scott, Fortunes of 
Nigel (time, James I.). 
  Beaujeu (Mons. le comte de), a French 
 
 
officer in the army of the Chevalier Charles 
Edward, the Pretender.-Sir W. Scott, 
Waverley (time, George II.). 
 
  Beaumains (" big hands "), a nickname 
which sir Key (Arthur's steward) gave to 
Gareth when he was kitchen drudge in the 
palace. "He had the largest hands that 
ever man saw." Gareth was the son of 
king Lot and Margawse (king Arthur's 
sister). His brothers were sir Gaw'ain, sir 
Agravain, and sir Gaheris. Mordred was 
his half-brother.-Sir T. Malory, History of 
Prince Arthur, i. 120 (1470). 
  *** His achievements are given under 
the name "Gareth" (q.v.). 
  Tennyson, in his Gareth and Lynette, 
makes sir Key tauntingly address Lance- 
lot thus, referring to Gareth: 
          Fair and fine; forsooth! 
Sir Fine-face, sir Fair-hands ? But see thou to it 
That thine own fineness, Lancelot, some fine day, 
Undo thee not. 
  Be it remembered   that Key himself 
called Gareth "Beaumain" from the extra- 
ordinary size of the lad's hands; but the 
taunt put into the mouth of Key by the 
poet indicates that the lad prided himself 
on his "fine"face and "fair" hands, whibh 
is not the case. If "fair hands " is a trans- 
lation of this nickname, it should be "fine 
hands,O which bears the equivocal sense of 
big and beautiful. 
 
  Beau'manoir (Sir Lucas), Grand-Mas- 
ter of the Knights Templars.-Sir W. 
Scott, Ivanhoe (time, Richard I.). 
 
  Beaupre [Bo-pray'], son of judge Ver- 
taigne (2 syl.) and brother of Lami'ra.- 
Beaumont and Fletcher, The Little French 
Lawyer (1647). 
  Beautd (2 syl). La dame de Beauti. 
Agnes Sorel, so called from the chateau de 
 
 
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