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required, and in order to complete the bal- 
ance, added a little earth; falling from his 
horse at Ghur he was laid in his armor on 
the ground, and his shield was set up over 
him to ward off the sun. Then understood 
he that he would gain immortality when, 
like the stone, he was buried in the earth, 
and that his hour was come, for the earth 
beneath him was iron, and his iron buckler 
was his vault of heaven above. So he died. 
  Alexander and the Robber. When Dion'- 
ids, a pirate, was brought before Alex- 
ander, he exclaimed, "Vile brigand! how 
dare you infest the seas with your mis- 
deeds?"  "And you," replied the pirate, 
"by what right do you ravage the world? 
Because I have only one ship, I am called 
a brigand, but you who have a whole fleet 
are termed a conqueror." Alexander ad- 
mired the man's boldness, and commanded 
him to be set at liberty. 
  Alexander's Beard, a smooth chin, or a 
very small beard. It is said that Alexan- 
der the Great had scarcely any beard at all. 
    DisgracMd yet with Alexander's bearde. 
      G. Gascoigne, The Steele Glas (died 1577). 
  Alexander's Runner, Ladas. 
 
  Alexan'dra, daughter    of  Oronthea, 
queen of the Am'azons, and one of the 
ten wives of Elba'nio. It is from this 
person that the land of the Amazons was 
called Alexandra.-Ariosto, Orlando Furi- 
oso (1516). 
  Alex'is, the wanton shepherd in The 
Faithfud Shepherdess, a pastoral drama by 
John Fletcher (1610). 
 
  Alfa'der, the father of all the Asen (dei- 
ties) of Scandinavia, creator and governor 
of the universe, patron of arts and magic, 
etc. 
  Alfonso, father of Leono'ra d'Este, and 
duke of Ferrara. Tasso the poet fell in 
 
 
love with Leonora. The duke confined him 
as a lunatic for seven years in the asylum 
of Santa Anna, but at the expiration of 
that period he was released through the in- 
tercession of Vincenzo Gonzago, duke of 
Mantua. Byron refers to this in his Childe 
Harold, iv. 36. 
 
  Aýfonso X1. of Castile, whose "favorite" 
was Leonora de Guzman.-Donizetti, La 
Favorita (an opera, 1842). 
 
  Alfon'so (Don), of Seville, a man of fifty 
and husband of donna Julia (twenty-seven 
years his junior), of whom he was jealous 
without cause.-Byron, Don Juan, i. 
 
  Alfon'so, in Walpole's tale called The Cas- 
tle of Otranto, appears as an apparition in 
the moonlight, dilated to a gigantic form 
(1769). 
 
  Alfred as a Gleeman. Alfred, wish- 
ing to know the strength of' the Danish 
camp, assumed the disguise of a minstrel, 
and stayed in the Danish camp for several 
days, amusing the soldiers with his harping 
and singing. After he had made himself 
master of all he required, he returned back 
to his own place.-William of Malmesbury 
(twelfth century). 
  William of Malmesbury tells a similar 
story of Anlaf, a Danish king, who, he says, 
just before the battle of Brunanburh, in 
Northumberland, entered the camp of king 
Athelstan as a gleeman, harp in hand; and 
so pleased was the English king that he 
gave him gold. Anlaf would not keep the 
gold, but buried it in the earth. 
 
  Algarsife (3 syl.), and Cam'ballo, sons 
of Cambuscan' king of Tartary, and Elf~ta 
his wife. Algarsife married Theodora. 
             I speak of Algarsife, 
    How that he won Theodora to his wife. 
                Chaucer, The Squire's Tale. 
 
 
ALGARSIFE