In Temora, ii. he is called the first king of Ireland, and father of Conar.
Trent (Fred), the scapegrace brother of little Nell. “He was a young man of one and twenty, well-made, and certainly handsome, but dissipated, and insolent in air and bearing.” The mystery of Fred Trent and little Nell is cleared up in ch. lxix.--C. Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop (1840).
Tres (Scriptores): Richardus Corinensis, or Richard of Cirencester (fourteenth century); Gildus Badonicus; and Nennius Banchorensis; published by Professor Bertram (1757).
Tresham (Mr.), senior partner of Mr. Osbaldistone, Sr.--Sir W. Scott, Rob Roy (time, George I.).
Tresham (Richard), same as General Witherington, who first appears as Matthew Middlemas.
Richard Tresham, the son of General Witherington. He is also called Richard Middlemas.--Sir W. Scott, The Surgeon’s Daughter (time, George II.).
Tresham (Thorold, Lord), head of a noble family, whose boast was, that “no blot had ever stained their ’scutcheon,” though the family ran back into pre-historic times. He was a young, unmarried man, with a sister, Mildred, a girl of 14, living with him. His near neighbor, Henry, earl of Mertoun, asked permission to pay his addresses to Mildred, and Thorold accepted the proposal with much pleasure. The old warrener next day told Thorold he had observed for several weeks that a young man climbed into Mildred’s chamber at night-time, and he would have spoken before, but did not like to bring his young mistress into trouble. Thorold wrung from his sister an acknowledgement of the fact, but she refused to give up the name, yet said she was quite willing to marry the earl. This Thorold thought would be dishonorable, and resolved to lie in wait for the unknown visitor. On his approach, Thorold discovered it was the earl of Mertoun, and he slew him, then poisoned himself, and Mildred died of a broken heart.--Robert Browning, A Blot on the ’Scutcheon.
Tressilian (Edmund), the betrothed of Amy Robsart. Amy marries the earl of Leicester, and is killed by falling into a deep pit, to which she has been cruelly inveigled.--Sir W. Scott, Kenilworth (time, Elizabeth).
Tre´visan (Sir), a knight to whom Despair gave a hempen rope, that he might go and hang himself.--Spenser, Faëry Queen, i. (1590).
Tribulation [Wholesome], a pastor of Amsterdam, who thinks “the end will sanctify the means,” and uses “the children of perdition” to promote his own object, which he calls the “work of God.” He is one of the dupes of Subtle, “the alchemist,” and his factotum, Face.--Ben Jonson, The Alchemist (1610).