Astolfo, a knight-errant in mediæval legend who generous-heartedly is always to do greater feats than he can perform; in “Orlando Furioso” he brings back Orlando's lost wits in a phial from the moon, and possesses a horn that with a blast can discomfit armies.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Astley, Philip * Aston, Luise