The adventures of the Knight of the Sun and his brother Rosiclair belong to the Amadis school of romance.

The Amadis cycle long remained immensely popular.

The talent of certain littérateurs of the sixteenth century exercised itself in that class where the persons are all conventional, or the descriptions are all imaginative, and made a portrait of the Mussulman society so exact that the romances of Esplandian, Amadis de Gaul, and others, which evoked the delicious knight-errantry of Don Quixote, can present a picture of the veritable chivalry of the Middle Ages.

But for the "Mirror of Knighthood," "Bevis of Southampton," "Palmerin of England," "Amadis of Gaul," "Huon de Bordeaux," "Sir Guy of Warwick," "Martin Marprelate," "Robin Hood," "Garragantua," "Gerileon," and a thousand such exquisite monuments as these, no doubt

The narrative of Milton in this respect differs from that of Dante as the adventures of Amadis differ from those of Gulliver.

The author of Amadis would have made his book ridiculous if he had introduced those minute particulars which give such a charm to the work of Swift, the nautical observations, the affected delicacy about names, the official documents transcribed at full length, and all the unmeaning gossip and scandal of the court, springing out of nothing, and tending to nothing.

We may, like the curate in "Don Quixote," reprieve Amadis de Gaul, but shall we, therefore, make Esplandian, "his lawful-begotten son," a foundation for the funeral-pile we are to set a-blazing presently?

"This," said the barber, "is Amadis of Greece; and it is my opinion that all those upon this side are of the same family."

Whether Amadis was French or British is disputed.

As Arthur is the central figure of British romance, Charlemagne of French, and Diderick of German, so Amadis is the central figure of Spanish and Portuguese romance; but there is this differencethe tale of Amadis is a connected whole, terminating with his marriage with Oria'na, the intervening parts being only the obstacles he encountered and overcame in obtaining this consummation.

AMA'DIS OF GREECE, a supplemental part of Amadis of Gaul, by Felicia'no de Silva.

There are also several other Amadisesas Amadis of Colchis, Amadis of Trebisond, Amadis of Cathay, but all these are very inferior to the original Amadis of Gaul.

There are also several other Amadisesas Amadis of Colchis, Amadis of Trebisond, Amadis of Cathay, but all these are very inferior to the original Amadis of Gaul.

Thus came ye bookes of Amadis into light among us in this last age.

Amadis de Gaul (fifteenth century).

Montalvo has made him the subject of a fifth book to the four original books of Amadis of Gaul (1460).

Therefore, master Nicholas, saving your better judgment let this and Amadis de Gaul be exempted from the flames, and let all the rest perish without any farther inquiry."

Il est héros; il a pour cousine la race Des Amadis de France et des Pyrrhus de Thrace.

Blanche d'Est jadis A brodé trois héros, Macchabée, Amadis, Achille, et le fanal de Rhode, et le quadrige D'Aétius, vainqueur du peuple latobrige, Et, dans trois médaillons marqués d'un chiffre en or, Trois poëtes, Platon, Plaute et Scaeva Memor.

Amadis, commonly called Amadis of Gaul, the hero of a celebrated mediaeval poem, written originally in Spanish, which recounts his heroism in war and constancy in love.

Amadis, commonly called Amadis of Gaul, the hero of a celebrated mediaeval poem, written originally in Spanish, which recounts his heroism in war and constancy in love.

Amadis See note on EVIRADNUS.

Aeneid Aethiopica Affectionate Shepherd Affò, Ireneo Ages Agincourt Alba Alberti, Leo Battista Albion's England Albumazar Alceo Alchemist Alcon Alcuin Aldus Manutius, the elder Aldus Manutius, the younger Alexander VI, Pope Alexander, Sir William (Earl of Stirling) Alexis Allacci, Leone Allegro Almerici, Tiburio Alva, Duke of Amadis of Gaul Amaranta Amarilli Ambra (Lorenzo de' Medici)

The hero of the book, Amadis, surnamed the Knight of the Lion, stands for a type of a constant and deferential lover, as well as a model knight-errant, of whom Don Quixote is the caricature.

JAMYN, AMADIS, a French poet, a protégé of Ronsard's; was a good Greek scholar.