Out of the dark, just as the lips had touched, Behind him rose a shadow and a shriek-- “Marks way!” said Mark, and clove him thro’ the brain. Tennyson, _Idylls_ (“The Last Tournament”). Another tale is this: Sir Tristram was severely wounded in Brittany, and sent a dying request to his aunt to come and see him. If she consented, a white flag was to be hoisted on the mast-head of her ship; if not, a black one. His wife told him the ship was in sight, displaying a black flag, at which words the strong man bowed his head and died. When his aunt came ashore and heard of his death, she flung herself on the body, and died also. The two were buried in one grave, and Mark planted over it a rose and a vine, which became so interwoven it was not possible to separate them. ⁂ Sir Launcelot, Sir Tristram and Sir Lamorake were the three bravest and best of the 150 knights of the Round Table, but were all equally guilty in their amours: Sir Launcelot with the queen; Sir Tristram with his aunt, King Mark’s wife; and Sir Lamorake with his aunt, King Lot’s wife. =Tristram’s Horse=, Passetreûl, or Passe Brewell. It is called both, but one seems to be a clerical error. (Passe Brewell is in Sir T. Malory’s _History of Prince Arthur_, ii. 68). _History of Sir Tristram or Tristan._ The oldest story is by Gotfrit of Strasbourg, a minnesinger (twelfth century), entitled _Tristan and Isolde_. It was continued by Ulrich of Turheim, by Heinrich of Freyburg, and others, to the extent of many thousand verses. The tale of Sir Tristram, derived from Welsh traditions, was versified by Thomas the Rhymer, of Erceldoune. The second part of the _History of Prince Arthur_, compiled by Sir T. Malory, is almost exclusively confined to the adventures of Sir Tristram, as the third part is to the adventures of Sir Launcelot, and the quest of the Holy Graal (1470). Matthew Arnold has a poem entitled _Tristram_; and R. Wagner, in 1865, produced his opera of _Tristan and Isolde_. See Michel, _Tristan; Recueil de ce qui reste des Poèmes relatifs à ses Aventures_ (1835). =Tristrem l’Hermite=, provost-marshal of France, in the reign of Louis XI. Introduced by Sir W. Scott in _Quentin Durward_ (1823), and in _Anne of Geierstein_ (1829). =Tritheim= (_J_), chronicler and theologian of Treves, elected abbot of Spanheim at the age of 22 years. He tried to reform the monks, but produced a revolt, and resigned his office. He was then appointed abbot of Würzburg (1462-1516). Old Tritheim, busied with his class the while. R. Browning, _Paracelsus_, i. (1836). =Triton=, the sea-trumpeter. He blows through a shell to rouse or allay the sea. A post-Hesiodic fable. Have sight of Proteus coming from the sea, Or hear old Triton blow his wreathed horn. Wordsworth.