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Round Sum A good round sum. A large sum of money. Shakespeare says the Justice has a big round belly, with good capon lined; and the notion of puffed out or bloated is evidently the idea of Shylock when he says to Bassanio, 'Tis a good round sum. Round Table Made by Merlin at Carduel for Uter Pendragon. Uter gave it to King Leodegraunce, of
Camelyard, and King Leodegraunce gave it to Arthur when the latter married Guinever, his daughter. It
seated 150 knights, and a place was left in it for the San Graal. Is there never a knighte of my round tableRound Table. In the eighth year of Edward I., Roger de Mortimer established a Round Table at Kenilworth for the encouragement of military pastimes. At this foundation £100 knights and as many ladies were entertained at the founder's expense. About seventy years later, Edward III. erected a splendid table at Windsor. It was 200 feet in diameter, and the expense of entertaining the knights thereof amounted to 100 a week. A round table. A tournament. So called by reason that the place wherein they practised those feats was environed with a strong wall made in a round form (Dugdale). We still talk of tableland. Holding a round table. Proclaiming or holding a grand tournament. Matthew of Paris frequently calls justs and tournaments Hastiludia Mensae Rotundae (lance games of the Round Table). Knights of the Round Table. There were 150 knights who had sieges at the table. King Leodegraunce brought over 100 when, at the wedding of his daughter Guinever, he gave the table to King Arthur; Merlin filled up twenty-eight of the vacant seats, and the king elected Gawaine and Tor; the remaining twenty were left for those who might prove worthy. (History of Prince Arthur, 45, 46.) Knights of the Round Table. The most celebrated are Sirs Acolon,* Agravain, Amoral of Wales, Ballamore,* Banier, Beaumans,* Beleobus,* Bevidere, Belvour,* Bersunt,* Bliomberis, Borro or Bors* (Arthur's natural son), Brandiles, Brunor, Caradoc the Chaste (the only knight who could quaff the golden cup), Colgrevance, Dinadam, Driam, Dodynas the Savage, Eric, Floll,* Galahad or Galaad the Modest,* Gareth,* Gaheris,* Galohalt,* Gawain or Gauwin the Gentle* (Arthur's nephew), Grislet,* Hector of Mares (1 syl.) or Ector of Marys,* Iwein or Ewaine* (also written Yvain), Kay,* Ladynas, Lamereck or Lamerock,* Lancelot or Launcelot du Lac* (the seducer of Arthur's wife), Lanval of the Fairy Lance, Lavain, Lionell,* Lucan, Marhaus,* Meliadus, Mordred the Traitor (Arthur's nephew), Morolt or Morhault of the Iron Mace, Paginet,* Palamede or Palamedes,* Pharamond, Pelleas,* Pellinore, Persuant of Inde (meaning of the indigo or blue armour), Percivall,* Peredur, Ryence, Sagramour le Desirus, Sagris,* Superbilis,* Tor or Torres* (repurted son of Aries the cowherd), Tristram or Tristran the Love-lorn,* Turquine,* Wigalois, Wigamor, Ywain (see Iwein). The thirty marked with a star (*) are seated with Prince Arthur at the Round Table, in the frontispiece of the Famous History of the Renowned Prince Arthur. There Galaad sat with manly grace,Knights of the Round Table. Their chief exploits occurred in quest of the San Graal or Holy Cup, brought to Britain by Joseph of Arimathe'a. Harcourt's Round Table. (See Harcourt's ...) |
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