CLUMSEY 
 
 
husband. He is noted for "his unmeaning 
frown, his shuffling gait, his burst of 
voice, his bustling insignificance, his fever- 
and-ague fits of valor, his froward tetchi- 
ness, his unprincipled malice, and occa- 
sional gleams of good sense." Cloten is 
the rejected lover of Imogen (the daughter 
of his father-in-law by his first wife), and 
is slain in a duel by Guiderius.-Shakes- 
peare, Cymbeline (1605). 
 
  Clotha'rius or CLOTHAIRE, leader of the 
Franks after the death of Hugo. He is 
shot with an arrow by Clorinda.-Tasso, 
Jerusalem Delivered, xi. (1675). 
   Cloud (St.), patron saint of nail-smiths. 
A play on the French word clou (" a 
nail"). 
 
   Cloudes'ley (William of), a famous 
north-country archer, the companion of 
Adam Bell and Clym of the Clough. Their 
feats of robbery were chiefly carried on in 
Englewood Forest, near Carlisle. William 
was taken prisoner at Carlisle, and was 
about to be hanged, but was rescued by 
his two companions.     The three then 
went to London to ask pardon of the King, 
which at the Queen's intercession was 
granted. The King begged to see speci- 
mens of their skill in archery, and was .so 
delighted therewith, that he made William 
a "gentleman of fe," and the other -two 
"yemen of his chambre."     The feat of 
William was very similar to that of Wil- 
liam Tell (q.v.).-Percy, Reliques, I. ii. 1. 
 
   Clout (Colin), a shepherd loved by 
 Marian  "the parson's  maid," but   for 
 whom Colin (who loved Cicily) felt no af- 
 fection. (See COLIN CLOUT). 
 Young Colin Clout, a lad of peerless meed, 
 Full well could dance, and deftly tune the reed; 
 In every wood his carols sweet were known, 
 At every wake his nimble feats were shown. 
                  Gay, Pastoral, ii. (1714). 
 
 
  Clout (Lobbin), a shepherd in love with 
Blouzelinda. He challenged Cuddy to a 
contest of song in praise of their re- 
spective sweethearts, and Cloddipole was 
appointed umpire. Cioddipole was unable 
to award the prize, for each merited "an 
oaken staff for his pains." "Have done, 
however, for the herds are weary of the 
song, and so am I."-Gay, Pustoral, i. 
(1714). 
 
  Cloyse (Goody). A pious and exem- 
plary dame, especially well-versed in the 
catechism, who, in Goodman Brown's fan- 
tasy of the witches' revel in the forest, 
joins him on his way thither, and croaks 
over the loss of her broomstick, which 
was "all anointed with the juice of small- 
age and cinquefoil and wolf's bane-" 
"Mingled with fine wheat and the fat of 
a new-born babe," says another shape.- 
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mosses from an Old 
Manse (1854). 
 
   Club-Bearer (The), Periphe'tes, the 
robber of Ar'golis, who murdered his vic- 
tims with an iron club.-Greek Fable. 
 
   Clumsey (Sir Tunbelly), father of Miss 
 Hoyden.   A mean, ill-mannered squire 
 and justice of the peace, living near Scar- 
 borough. Most cringing to the aristocracy, 
 whom he toadies and courts. Sir Tun- 
 belly promises to give his daughter in 
 marriage to Lord Foppington, 'but Tom 
 Fashion, his lordship's younger brother, 
 pretends to be Lord Foppington, gains 
 admission to the family and marries her. 
 When the real Lord Foppington arrives 
 he is treated as an imposter, but Tom 
 confesses the ruse. His lordship treats 
 the knight with such ineffable contempt, 
 that Sir Tunbelly's temper is aroused, and 
 Tom is received into high favor.-Sheri- 
 dan, A Trip to Scarborough (1777). 
 
 
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