Into the hands of that relentlesse prior
Calde Gilbert Hoode, uncle of Huntington.
Skelton, Downfall of Robert, earl of Huntington (Henry VIII.).
Warming-Pan Hero (The), James Francis Edward Stuart (the first Pretender). According to the absurd story set afloat by the disaffected at the time of his birth, he was not the son of Mary d’Este, the wife of James II., but a natural child of that monarch by Mary Beatrice, of Modena, and he had been conveyed to the royal bed in a warming-pan, with the intention of palming him off upon the British people as the legitimate heir to the throne.
Warner, the old steward of Sir Charles Cropland, who grieves to see the timber of the estate cut down to supply the extravagance of his young master.--G. Colman, The Poor Gentleman (1802).
Warning-Givers.
Alasnam’s Mirror. This mirror remained unsullied when it reflected a chaste and pure-minded woman, but became dim when the woman reflected by it was faithless, wanton, or light.--Arabian Nights (“Prince Zeyn Alasnam”).
Ants. Alexander Ross says that the “cruel battle between the Venetians and Insubrians, and also that between the Liegeois and the Burgundians, in which 30,000 men were slain, were both presignified by combats between two swarms of ants.”--Arcana Microcosmi.
Bahman’s Knife (Prince). When Prince Bahman started on his exploits, he gave his sister, Parizādê, a knife which, he told her, would remain bright and clean so long as he was safe and well, but, immediately he was in danger, or dead, would become dull or drop gouts of blood.--Arabian Nights (“The Two Sisters”).
Bay Trees. The withering of bay trees prognosticates a death.