A dreadful thing, his wittes were him bereft.

T. Sackville,

A Mirrour for Magistraytes

("The

Complaynt," 1587).

Camdeo, the god of love in Hindû mythology.

Camil´la, the virgin queen of the Volscians, famous for her fleetness of foot. She aided Turnus against Æneas.

Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain,

Flies o'er th' unbending corn, or skims along the main.

Pope.