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Bertram, Count of Rousillon

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beloved by Helĕna, the hero of Shakespeare’s comedy, All’s Well that Ends Well.

“I cannot reconcile, my heart to Bertram, a man noble without generosity, and young without truth; who marries Helena as a coward, and leaves her as a profligate.”—Dr. Johnson.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Berthe au Grand Pied
Bertolde [Bar-told]
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Bertram (Henry)
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