This drama is founded on _A pleasaunt conceited Historie, called The Taming of a Shrew. As it hath beene sundry times acted by the right honourable the earle of Pembrooke his servants, 1607._ The induction is borrowed from Heuterus, _Rerum Burgundearum_, iv., a translation of which into English, by E. Grimstone, appeared in 1607. The same trick was played by Haroun-al-Raschid, on the merchant Abou Hassan (_Arabian Nights_, “The Sleeper Awakened”); and by Philippe the Good of Burgundy. (See Burton, _Anatomy of Melancholy_, II. ii. 4; see also _The Frolicksome Duke, or the Tinker’s Good Fortune_ (a ballad), Percy.) Beaumont and Fletcher wrote a kind of sequel to this comedy, called _The Tamer Tamed_, in which Petruchio is supposed to marry a second wife, by whom he is hen-pecked (1647). _The Honeymoon_, a comedy by Tobin (1804), has a similar plot, but the shrew is tamed with far less display of obstreperous self-will. =Tami´no and Pami´na=, the two lovers who were guided by the magic flute through all worldly dangers to the knowledge of divine truth (or the mysteries of Isis).--Mozart, _Die Zauberflöte_ (1791). =Tamismud=, aged chief of the Delawares, regarded as an oracle by Indians of all tribes. When Magua brings his captives, whites and Indians, before the sage for sentence, Tamismud is a hundred years old, and speaks with clear eyes, and for the most part dreamily, as communing with unseen powers. His style of speech is highly figurative and the superstitious creatures by whom he is surrounded hang breathlessly upon every sentence uttered by his lips.--James Fenimore Cooper, _The Last of the Mohicans_ (1826). =Tam´ora=, queen of the Goths, in love with Aaron, the Moor.--(?) Shakespeare, _Titus Andron´icus_ (1593). ⁂ The classic name is _Andronīcus_, but Titus Andronĭcus is a purely fictitious character. =Tamper= (_Colonel_), betrothed to Emily. On his return from Havana, he wanted to ascertain if Emily loved him “for himself alone;” so he pretended to have lost one leg and one eye. Emily was so shocked that the family doctor was sent for, who, amidst other gossip, told the young lady he had recently seen Colonel Tamper, who was looking remarkably well, and had lost neither leg nor eye. Emily now perceived that a trick was being played, so she persuaded Mdlle. Florival to assume the part of a rival lover, under the assumed name of Captain Johnson. After the colonel had been thoroughly roasted, Major Belford entered, recognized “Captain Johnson” as his own _affiancée_, the colonel saw how the tables had been turned upon him, apologized, and all ended happily.--G. Colman, Sr., _The Deuce is in Him_ (1762). =Tamson= (_Peg_), an old woman at Middlemas village.--Sir W. Scott, _The Surgeon’s Daughter_ (time, George II.).