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Cambel

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Called by Chaucer, Camʹbalo; brother of Oanʹacë, a female paragon. He challenged every suitor to his sister’s hand, and overthrew all except Triʹamond, who married the lady. (Spenser: Faërie Queene, book iv.) (See Canace.)

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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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