Shall I my Griskiniss’s charms forego,
Compel her to give up the royal chair,
And place the rosy Distaffina there?
The minister reminds the king that Distaffina is betrothed to his general.
And would a king his general supplant?
I can’t advise, upon my soul I can’t.
W.B. Rhodes, Bombastes Furioso (1790).
Grissel or Grizel. Octavia, the wife of Mark Antony, and sister of Augustus, is called the “patient Grizel of Roman story.” Forms of the name Griselda.
For patience she will prove a second Grissel.
Shakespeare, Taming of the Shrew, act iii. sc. 1 (1594).