The horse of Lord Marmion. (Sir Walter Scott.) (See Horse.)
Bevis of Southampton. A knight of romance, whose exploits are recounted in Drayton’s Polyolbion. The French call him Beuves de Hantone.
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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.