=Ternotte=, one of the domestics of Lady Eveline Berenger, “the betrothed.”--Sir W. Scott, _The Betrothed_ (time, Henry II.). =Terpin= (_Sir_), a king who fell into the power of Radigund, queen of the Amăzons. Refusing to dress in female attire, as she commanded, and to sew, card wool, spin, and do house work, he was doomed to be gibbeted by her women. Sir Artegal undertook his cause, and a fight ensued, which lasted all day. When daylight closed, Radigund proposed to defer the contest till the following day, to which Sir Artegal acceeded. Next day the knight was victorious; but when he saw the brave queen bleeding to death, he took pity on her, and, throwing his sword aside, ran to succor her. Up started Radigund as he approached, attacked him like a fury, and, as he had no sword, he was, of course, obliged to yield. So the contest was decided against him, and Sir Terpin was hung by women, as Radigund had commanded.--Spenser, _Faëry Queen_, v. 5 (1596). =Terpischore= [_Terp.sic´o.re._], the Muse of dancing.--_Greek Fable._ =Terrible= (_The_), Ivan IV. or II. of Russia (1529, 1533-1584). =Terror of France= (_The_), John Talbot, first earl of Shrewsbury (1373-1453). Is this the Talbot, so much feared abroad, That with his name the mothers still their babes? Shakespeare, _1 Henry VI._ act ii. sc. 3 (1589). =Terror of the World= (_The_), Attĭla, king of the Huns (*-453). =Terry Alts=, a lawless body of rebels, who sprang up in Clare (Ireland) after the union. The “Thrashers” of Connaught, the “Carders,” the followers of “Captain Right,” in the eighteenth century, those of “Captain Rock,” who appeared in 1822, and the “Fenians,” in 1865, were similar disturbers of the peace. =Tesoretto= (“The Little Treasure,”) an Italian poem by Brunetto Latini, preceptor of Dantê (1285). The poem is one of the landmarks in the development of the Italian language. The poet says he was returning from an embassy to the king of Spain, and met a scholar who told him of the overthrow of the Guelfi. Struck with grief, he lost his road, and wandered into a wood, where Dame Nature accosted him, and disclosed to him the secrets of her works. On he wandered till he came to a vast plain, inhabited by Virtue and her four daughters, together with Courtesy, Bounty, Loyalty, and Prowess. Leaving this, he came to a fertile valley, which was for ever shifting its appearance, from round to square, from light to darkness. This was the valley of Queen Pleasure, who was attended by Love, Hope, Fear, and Desire. Ovid comes to the poet at length and tells him how to effect his escape. Dantê meets Brunetto Latini in Hell, and praises his poem. =Tes´sira=, one of the leaders of the Moorish host.--Ariosto, _Orlando Furioso_ (1516).