They in France to feare their young children crye, “The Talbot commeth!”—Hall, Chronicles (1545).
Here (said they) is the terror of the French,
The scarecrow that affrights our children so.
Shakespeare, 1 Henry VI. act. i. sc. 4 (1589).
Is this the Talbot so much feared abroad,
That with his name the mothers still their babes?
Shakespeare, 1 Henry VI. act iv. sc. 5 (1589).
Tamerlane, a name used by the Persians in terrorem.
Tarquin, a name of terror in Roman nurseries.
The nurse to still her child, will tell my story,
And fright her crying babe with Tarquin’s name.
Shakespeare, Rape of Lucrece (1594).
(See also [Naked Bear].)
Namo, duke of Bavaria, and one of Charlemagne’s twelve paladins.—Ariosto, Orlando Furioso (1516).
Namou´na, an enchantress. Though first of created beings, she is still as young and beautiful as ever.—Persian Mythology.
Namous, the envoy of Mahomet in paradise.