=Gilbert with the White Hand=, one of the companions of Robin Hood, mentioned often in _The Lyttell Geste of Robyn Hode_ (fytte v. and vii.). Thair saw I Maitlaind upon auld Beird Gray Robene Hude and Gilbert “with the quhite hand,” Quhom Hay of Nauchton slew in Madin-land. _Scottish Poems_, i. 122. =Gil´bertscleugh=, cousin to Lady Margaret Bellenden.—Sir W. Scott, _Old Mortality_ (time, Charles II.). =Gil Blas=, son of Blas of Santilla´ne, ’squire or “escudero” to a lady, and brought up by his uncle, Canon Gil Perês. Gil Blas went to Dr. Godinez’s school, of Oviedo [_O.ve.á.do._] and obtained the reputation of being a great scholar. He had fair abilities, a kind heart, and good inclinations, but was easily led astray by his vanity. Full of wit and humor, but lax in his morals. Duped by others at first, he afterwards played the same devices on those less experienced. As he grew in years, however, his conduct improved, and when his fortune was made he became an honest, steady man.—Lesage, _Gil Blas_ (1715). (Lesage has borrowed largely from the romance of Espinel, called _Vida del Escudero Marcos de Obregon_ (1618), from which he has taken his prologue, the adventure of the parasite (bk. i. 2), the dispersion of the company of Cacabelos by the muleteer (bk. i. 3),the incident of the robber’s cave (bk. i. 4, 5), the surprise by the corsairs, the contributions levied by Don Raphael and Ambrose (bk. i. 15, 16), the service with the duke of Lerma, the character of Sangrado (called by Espinel _Sagredo_), and even the reply of Don Matthias de Silva when asked to fight a duel early in the morning, “As I never rise before one, even for a party of pleasure, it is unreasonable to expect that I should rise at six to have my throat cut,” bk. iii. 8.) =Gilda=, beautiful daughter of the jester, Rigoletto. She is beloved by his master, the duke, who abducts her, Rigoletto conniving at the deed under the impression that the wife of his enemy occupies the chamber given without his knowledge to Gilda.—Verdi, _Rigoletto_. =Gildas de Ruys= (_St._) near Vannes, in France. This monastery was founded in the sixth century, by St. Gildas, “The Wise” (516-565). For some of us knew a thing or two In the abbey of St. Gildas de Ruys. Longfellow, _The Golden Legend_.