RICHARD I., “Cœur de Lion.” This name, says Camden (_Remains_), was employed by the Saracens as a “name of dread and terror.” His tremendous name was employed by the Syrian mothers to silence their infants; and if a horse suddenly started from the way, his rider was wont to exclaim, “Dost thou think King Richard is in the bush?”--Gibbon, _Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire_, xi. 146 (1776-88). SEBASTIAN (_Don_), a name of terror once used by the Moors. Nor shall Sebastian’s formidable name Be longer used to still the crying babe. Dryden, _Don Sebastian_ (1690). TALBOT (_John_), a name used in France _in terrorem_ to unruly children. They in France to feare their young children crye, “The Talbot commeth!”--Hall, _Chronicles_ (1545). Here (said they) is the terror of the French, The scarecrow that affrights our children so. Shakespeare, 1 _Henry VI._ act.[TN-27] i. sc. 4 (1589). Is this the Talbot so much feared abroad, That with his name the mothers still their babes? Shakespeare, 1 _Henry VI._ act iv. sc. 5 (1589). TAMERLANE, a name used by the Persians _in terrorem_. TARQUIN, a name of terror in Roman nurseries. The nurse to still her child, will tell my story, And fright her crying babe with Tarquin’s name. Shakespeare, _Rape of Lucrece_ (1594). (See also NAKED BEAR.) =Namo=, duke of Bavaria, and one of Charlemagne’s twelve paladins.--Ariosto, _Orlando Furioso_ (1516). =Namou´na=, an enchantress. Though first of created beings, she is still as young and beautiful as ever.--_Persian Mythology._ =Namous=, the envoy of Mahomet in paradise. =Nancy=, eldest daughter of an English country family, in straitened circumstances. Nancy is a romp and untamed, but sound-hearted, and loves her brothers and sister tenderly. To advance their interests she marries Sir Roger Tempest, who is much her senior. In time, and after many misunderstandings, she learns to love him, and “they live happily together ever after.”--Rhoda Broughton, _Nancy_. _Nancy_, servant to Mrs. Pattypan. A pretty little flirt, who coquets with Tim Tartlet and young Whimsey, and helps Charlotte Whimsey in her “love affairs.”--James Cobb, _The First Floor_ (1756-1818). _Nancy_, a poor misguided girl, who really loves the villain Bill Sykes (1 _syl._). In spite of her surroundings, she has still some good feelings, and tries to prevent a burglary planned by Fagin and his associates. Bill Sykes, in a fit of passion, strikes her twice upon the face with the butt-end of a pistol, and she falls dead at his feet.--C. Dickens, _Oliver Twist_ (1837). _Nancy_, the sailor’s fancy. At half-past four he parted from her; at eight next morn he bade her adieu. Next day a storm arose, and when it lulled the enemy appeared; but when the fight was hottest, the jolly tar “put up a prayer for Nancy.” Dibdin, _Sea Songs_ (“’Twas post meridian half-past four,” 1790).