Those who last did tug In worse than civil war, the sons of Gorbodug. Drayton, _Polyolbion_, viii. (1612). =Gor´brias=, lord-protector of Ibe´ria, and father of King Arba´ces (3 _syl._).—Beaumont and Fletcher, _A King or No King_ (1611). =Gor´dius=, a Phrygian peasant, chosen by the Phrygians for their king. He consecrated to Jupiter his wagon, and tied the yoke to the draught-tree so artfully that the ends of the cord could not be discovered. A rumor spread abroad that he who untied this knot would be king of Asia, and when Alexander the Great was shown it, he cut it with his sword, saying, “It is thus we loose our knots.” =Gordon= (_The Rev. Mr._), chaplain in Cromwell’s troop.—Sir W. Scott, _Woodstock_ (time, Commonwealth). _Gordon_ (_Lord George_), leader of the “No Popery riots” of 1779. Half mad, but really well-intentioned, he countenanced the most revolting deeds, urged on by his secretary, Gashford. Lord George Gordon died in jail, 1793.—C. Dickens, _Barnaby Rudge_ (1841). =Gordo´nius= or =Gordon= (_Bernard_), a noted physician of the thirteenth century in the Rouergue (France), author of _Lilium Medicinœ, de Morborum prope Omnium Curatione, septem Particulis Distributum_ (Naples, 1480). And has Gordonius “the divine,” In his famous _Lily of Medicine_ ... No remedy potent enough to restore you? Longfellow, _The Golden Legend_. =Gor´gibus=, an honest, simple-minded citizen of middle life, father of Madelon and uncle of Cathos. The two girls have their heads turned by novels, but are taught by a harmless trick to discern between the easy manners of a gentleman and the vulgar pretentions of a lackey.—Molière, _Les Précieuses Ridicules_ (1659). _Gorgibus_, father of Célie. He is a headstrong, unreasonable old man, who tells his daughter that she is forever reading novels, and filling her mind with ridiculous notions about love. “Vous parlez de Dieu bien moins que de Lélie,” he says, and insists on her giving up Lélie for Valère, saying, “S’il ne l’est amant, il le sera mari,” and adds, “L’amour est souvent un fruit du mariage.” Jetez-moi dans le feu tous ces méchants écrits [i.e. _romances_] Qui gatent tous les jours tant de jeunes esprits; Lisez moi, comme il faut, an lieu de ces sornettes, _Les Quatrains_ de Pibrac, et les doctes _Tablettes_ Du conseiller Matthieu; l’ouvrage est de valeur. Et plein de beaux dictons à réciter par cœur. Molière, _Sganarelle_ (1660). =Gor´loïs= (3 _syl._), said by some to be the father of King Arthur. He was lord of Tintag´il Castle, in Cornwall; his wife was Igrayne (3 _syl._) or Igerna, and one of his daughters (Bellicent) was, according to some authorities, the wife of Lot, king of Orkney. ⁂ Gorloïs was not the father of Arthur, although his wife (Igrayne or Igerna) was his mother.