=Tyll Owlyglass= or TYLL OWLEGLASS, by Thomas Murner, a Franciscan monk, of Strasbourg (1475-1536); the English name of the German “Tyll Eulenspiegel.” Tyll is a mechanic of Brunswick, who runs from pillar to post as charlatan, physician, lansquenet, fool, valet, and Jack-of-all-trades. He undertakes anything and everything, but invariably “spoils the Egyptians” who trust in him. He produces popular proverbs, is brimfull of merry mischief, droll as Sam Slick, indifferent honest as Gil Blas, light-hearted as Andrew Bode, as full of tricks as Scapin, and as popular as Robin Hood. The book is crammed with observations, anecdotes, fables, _bon mots_, facetiæ, and shows forth the omnipotence of common sense. There are two good English versions of this popular picaresco romance--one printed by William Copland, and entitled _The Merrye Jeste of a Man called Howlëglass and the many Marvellous Thinges and Jestes which he did in his Lyfe in Eastland_; and the other published in 1860, translated by K. R. H. Mackenzie, and illustrated by Alfred Crowquill. In 1720 was brought out a modified and abridged edition of the German story. To few mortals has it been granted to earn such a place in universal history as Tyll Eulenspiegel [_U’len-spee’.g’l_]. Now, after five centuries, Tyll’s native village is pointed out with pride to the traveller, and his tombstone ... still stands ... at Möllen, near Lubeck, where since 1350 [_sic_] his once nimble bones have been at rest.--Carlyle. =Tylwyth Teg=, or the “Family of Beauty,” elves who “dance in the moonlight on the velvet sward,” in their airy and flowing robes of blue and green, white and scarlet. These beautiful fays delight in showering benefits on the human race. _The Mabinogion_. =Tyneman= (2 _syl._), Archibald IV., earl of Douglas. So called because he was always on the losing side. =Tyre=, in Dryden’s satire of _Absalom and Achitophel_, means Holland. “Egypt,” in the same satire, means France. I mourn my countrymen, your lost estate ... Now all your liberties a spoil are made, Egypt and Tyrus intercept your trade. Pt. i. (1681). _Tyre_ (_Archbishop of_), with the crusaders.--Sir W. Scott, _The Talisman_ (time, Richard I.). =Tyrian Cyn´osure= (3 _syl._), Ursa Minor. Ursa Major is called by Milton “The Star of Arcady,” from Calisto, daughter of Lyca´on, the first king of Arcadia, who was changed into this constellation. Her son, Arcas or Cynosūra, was made the Lesser Bear.--Pausanias, _Itinerary of Greece_, viii. 4. And thou shalt be our star of Arcady, Or Tyrian Cynosure. Milton, Comus, 343 (1634). =Tyrie=, one of the archers in the Scottish guard of Louis XI.--Sir W. Scott, _Quentin Durward_ (time, Edward IV.).