The hero of Marlow’s tragedy, The Jew of Multa.
“A mere monster, brought in with a large painted nose… . He kills in sport, poisons whole nunneries, invents infernal machines… .”—C. Lamb.
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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.