_Talbot_ (_Lord Arthur_), a cavalier who won the love of Elvira, daughter of Lord Walton; but his lordship had promised his daughter in marriage to Sir Richard Ford, a puritan officer. The betrothal being set aside, Lord Talbot became the accepted lover, and the marriage ceremony was fixed to take place at Plymouth. In the mean time, Lord Arthur assisted the Dowager Queen Henrietta to escape, and on his return to England was arrested by the soldiers of Cromwell, and condemned to death; but Cromwell, feeling secure of his position, commanded all political prisoners to be released, so Lord Arthur was set at liberty, and married Elvira.--Bellini, _I Puritani_ (1834). _Talbot_ (_Lying Dick_), the nickname given to Tyrconnel, the Irish Jacobite, who held the highest offices in Ireland in the reign of James II., and in the early part of William III.’s reign (died 1691). =Tale of a Tub=, a comedy by Ben Jonson (1618). This was the last comedy brought out by him on the stage; the first was _Every Man in His Humor_ (1598). In the _Tale of a Tub_, he [_Ben Jonson_] follows the path of Aristoph´anês, and lets his wit run into low buffoonery, that he might bring upon the stage Inigo Jones, his personal enemy.--Sir Walter Scott, _The Drama_. _Tale of a Tub_, a religious satire by Dean Swift (1704). Its object is to ridicule the Roman Catholics under the name of Peter, and the Presbyterians under the name of Jack [_Calvin_]. The Church of England is represented by Martin [_Luther_]. _Gulliver’s Travels_ and the _Tale of a Tub_ must ever be the chief corner-stones of Swift’s fame.--Chambers, _English Literature_, ii. 547. =Tales= (_Chinese_), being the transmigrations of the mandarin, Fum-Hoam, told to Gulchenraz, daughter of the king of Georgia. (See FUM-HOAM.)--T. S. Gueulette (originally in French, 1723). _Tales_ (_Fairy_), a series of tales, originally in French, by the Comtesse D’Aunoy, D’Aulnoy, or D’Anois (1698). Some are very near copies of the _Arabian Nights_. The best-known are “Cherry and Fairstar,” “The Yellow Dwarf,” and “The White Cat.” About the same time (1697), Claude Perrault published, in French, his famous _Fairy Tales_, chiefly taken from the _Sagas_ of Scandinavia. _Tales_ (_Moral_), twenty-three tales by Marmontel, originally in French (1761). They were intended for draughts of dramas. The design of the first tale, called “Alcibiădês,” is to expose the folly of expecting to be loved “merely for one’s self.” The design of the second tale, called “Soliman II.,” is to expose the folly of attempting to gain woman’s love by any other means than reciprocal love; and so on. The second tale has been dramatized. _Tales_ (_Oriental_), by the Comte de Caylus, originally in French (1743). A series of tales supposed to be told by Moradbak, a girl of 14, to Hudjadge, shah of Persia, who could not sleep. It contains the tale of “The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus.” (See MORADBAK.)