Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Melisen’dra.

Mel’ior.

Melis’sa (in Orlando Furioso).

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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.


Melisen’dra.

Charlemagne’s daughter, married to his nephew Don Gwyfe’ros. She was taken captive by the Moors, and confined seven years in a dungeon, when Gwyfe’ros rescued her. (Don Quixote.)	1

Mel’ior.

Melis’sa (in Orlando Furioso).

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