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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—M

Melisendra

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

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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