or Valanus. Mercury was the son of Valens and Phoronis.
This Mercury is called Trophonius in the regions under the earth. (Cicero De Nat. Deorum, iii. 22.)
Ciclinius [Mercury] riding in his hirachee
Fro Venus V'lanus might this palais see.
Chaucer: Compl. of Mars and Venus.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
