Ubaldo, one of the crusaders, mature in age. He had visited many regions, “from polar cold to Libya’s burning soil.” He and Charles, the Dane, went to bring back Rinaldo from the enchanted castle.--Tasso, Jerusalem Delivered (1575).
Ubaldo and Ricardo, two men sent by Honoria, queen of Hungary, to tempt the fidelity of Sophia, because the queen was in love with her husband, Mathias. Immediately Sophia understood the object of their visit, she had the two men confined in separate rooms, where they were made to earn their food by spinning.--Massinger, The Picture (1629).
Ube´da (Orbaneia of), a painter who drew a cock so preposterously that he was obliged to write under it “This is a cock,” in order that the spectator might know what was intended to be represented.--Cervantes, Don Quixote, II. i. 3 (1615).
Uberti (Farinata Degli), a noble Florentine, leader of the Ghibelline faction. Dantê represents him in his Inferno, as lying in a fiery tomb, yet open and not to be closed till the last judgment.
Uberto, Count d’Este, etc.--Ariosto, Orlando Furioso (1516).
Udaller, one who holds land by allodial tenure. Magnus Troil, in Sir W. Scott’s Pirate, was a udaller.
Ude, the most learned of cooks, author of La Science de Gueule. He says, “Coquus nascitur non fit.” That “music, dancing, fencing, painting, and mechanics possess professors under 20 years of age, but pre-eminence in cooking is never attained under 30.” He was premier artiste to Louis XVI., then to Lord Sefton, then to the duke of York, then chef de cuisine at Crockford’s. It is said that he quitted the earl of Sefton, because one of his lordship’s guests added pepper to his soup. He was succeeded by Frascatelli.
⁂ Vatel, we are told, committed suicide (1677), during a banquet given by the Prince de Condé, because the lobsters for the turbot sauce did not arrive in time.
Udolpho (The Mysteries of), a romance by Mrs. Radcliffe (1790).