Marcus, son of Cato of Utĭca, a warm-hearted, impulsive young man, passionately in love with Lucia, daughter of Lucius; but Lucia loved the more temperate brother, Portius. Marcus was slain by Cæsar’s soldiers when they invaded Utica.
Marcus is furious, wild in his complaints;
I hear with a secret kind of dread,
And tremble at his vehemence of temper.
Addison, Cato, i. 1 (1713).
Mardonius (Captain), in Beaumont and Fletcher’s drama called A King or No King (1619).
Mareschal of Mareschal Wells (Young), one of the Jacobite conspirators, under the leadership of Mr. Richard Vere, laird of Ellieslaw.—Sir W. Scott, The Black Dwarf (time, Anne).
Marfi´sa, an Indian queen.—Bojardo, Orlando Innamorato (1495), and Ariosto, Orlando Furioso (1516).
Marforio’s Statue. This statue lies on the ground in Rome, and was at one time used for libels, lampoons, and jests, but was never so much used as Pasquin’s.
Margar´elon (4 syl.), a Trojan hero of modern fable, who performed deeds of marvellous bravery. Lydgate, in his Boke of Troy (1513), calls him a son of Priam. According to this authority, Margarelon attacked Achillês, and fell by his hand.