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er," in his _Travels to Discover the Sources of the Nile_ (1790). _Munchausen_ (_The Baron_). The French Baron Munchausen is represented by M. de Crac, the hero of a French operetta. =Mu'nera=, daughter of Pollent[^e], the Saracen, to whom he gave all the spoils he could lay his hands on. Munera was beautiful and rich exceedingly; but Talus, having chopped off her golden hands and silver feet, tossed her into the moat.--Spenser, _Fa[:e]ry Queen_, v. 2 (1596). =Mungo=, a black slave of Don Diego. Dear heart, what a terrible life am I led! A dog has a better dat's sheltered and fed ... Mungo here, Mungo dere, Mungo everywhere ... Me wish to the Lord me was dead. I. Bickerstaff, _The Padlock_ (1768). =M[:u]nster= (_Baroness_). American woman married to a German prince, who wants to get rid of her. She comes to America with her brother to visit relatives, and is bored by everything, and forever threatening to write to the reigning prince to recall her to Germany.--Henry James, Jr., _The Europeans_ (1878). =Murat= (_The Russian_), Michael Miloradowitch (1770-1820). =Murdstone= (_Edward_), the second husband of Mrs. Copperfield. His character was "firmness," that is, an unbending self-will, which rendered the young life of David intolerably wretched. _Jane Murdstone_, sister of Edward, as hard and heartless as her brother. Jane Murdstone became the companion of Dora Spenlow, and told Mr. Spenlow of David's love for Dora, hoping to annoy David. At the death of Mr. Spenlow, Jane returned to live with her brother.--Dickens, _David Copperfield_ (1849). =Murray= or =Moray= (_The bonnie earl of_), James Stewart, the "Good Regent," a natural son of James V. of Scotland, by Margaret, daughter of John, Lord Erskine. He joined the reform party in 1556, and went to France in 1561, to invite Mary queen of Scots to come and reside in her kingdom. He was an accomplice in the murder of Rizzio, and during the queen's imprisonment was appointed regent. According to an ancient ballad, this bonny earl "was the queen's love," _i.e._ Queen Anne of Denmark, daughter of Frederick II., and wife of James I. of England. It is said that James, being jealous of the handsome earl, instigated the earl of Huntly to murder him (1531-1570). Introduced by Sir W. Scott in _The Monastery_ and _The Abbot_ (time, Elizabeth). _Murray_ (_John_), of Broughton, secretary to Charles Edward, the
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