syas=, the Phrygian flute-player. He challenged Apollo to a contest
of skill, but being beaten by the god, was flayed alive for his
presumption.

=Mar'tafax and Ler'mites= (3 _syl._), two famous rats brought up before
the White Cat for treason, but acquitted.--Comtesse D'Aunoy, _Fairy
Tales_ ("The White Cat," 1682).

=Marta'no=, a great coward, who stole the armor of Gryphon, and presented
himself in it before King Norandi'no. Having received the honors due to
the owner, Martano quitted Damascus with Origilla; but Aquilant unmasked
the villain, and he was hanged (bks. viii., ix.).--Ariosto, _Orlando
Furioso_ (1516).

=Marteau des Heretiques=, Pierre d'Ailly; also called _L'Aigle de la
France_ (1350-1420).

=Martel= (_Charles_), Charles, natural son of P['e]pin d'H['e]ristal.

M. Collin de Plancy says that this "palace mayor" of France was not
called "Martel" because he _martel['e]_ ("hammered") the Saracens under
Abd-el-Rahman in 732, but because his patron saint was _Martellus_ (or
_St. Martin_).--_Biblioth[`e]que des L['e]gendes._

Thomas Delf, in his translation of Chevreuil's _Principles of Harmony,
etc., of Colors_ (1847), signs himself "Charles Martel."

=Martext= (_Sir Oliver_), a vicar in Shakespeare's comedy of _As You Like
It_ (1600).

=Martha:=

"Yea, Lord! Yet man must earn
And woman bake the bread;
And some must watch and wake
Early for other's sake
Who pray instead."

Julia C. R. Dorr, _Afternoon Songs_ (1885).

_Martha_, sister to "The Scornful Lady" (no name given).--Beaumont and
Fletcher, _The Scornful Lady_ (1616).

_Martha_, the servant-girl at Shaw's Castle.--Sir W. Scott, _St. Ronan's
Well_ (time, George III.).

_Martha_, the old housekeeper at Osbaldistone Hall.--Sir W. Scott, _Rob
Roy_ (time, George I.).

_Martha_, daughter of Ralph and Louise de Lascours, and sister of Diana
de Lascours. When the crew of the _Urania_ rebelled, Martha, with Ralph
de Lascours (the captain), Louise de Lascours, and Barabas, were put
adrift in a boat, and cast on an iceberg in "the Frozen Sea." The
iceberg broke, Ralph and Louise were drowned, Barabas was picked up by a
vessel, and Martha fell into the hands of an Indian tribe, who gave her
the name of Orgari'ta ("withered corn"). She married Carlos, but as he
married under a false name, the marriage was illegal, and when Carlos
was given up to the hands of justice, Orgarita was placed under the
charge of h