Milton, Comus, 343 (1634).
Tyrie, one of the archers in the Scottish guard of Louis XI.--Sir W. Scott, Quentin Durward (time, Edward IV.).
Tyrie (The Rev. Michael), minister of Glenorquhy.--Sir W. Scott, The Highland Widow (time, George II.).
Tyrog´lyphus (“the cheese-scooper”), one of the mouse princes slain in the battle of the frogs and mice by Lymnisius (“the laker”).
Lymnisius good Tyroglyphus assails,
Prince of the mice that haunt the flowery vales;
Lost to the milky fares and rural seat,
He came to perish on the bank of fate.
Parnell, Battle of the Frogs and Mice, iii. (about 1712).
Tyrrel (Francis), the nephew of Mr. Mortimer. He loves Miss Aubrey “with an ardent, firm disinterested love.” On one occasion Miss Aubrey was insulted by lord Courtland, with whom Tyrrel fought a duel, and was for a time in hiding; but when Courtland recovered from his wounds, Tyrrel re-appeared, and ultimately married the lady of his affection.--Cumberland, The Fashionable Lover (1780).