nd Thomas Amory (1699-1788) have also been so
called.

_Rabelais_ (_The Modern_), William Maginn (1794-1842).

=Rabelais of Germany=, J. Fischart, called "Mentzer" (1550-1614).

=Rabelais's Poison.= Rabelais, being at a great distance from Paris, and
without money to pay his hotel bill or his fare, made up three small
packets of brick-dust. One he labelled "Poison for the king," another,
"Poison for monsieur," and the third, "Poison for the dauphin." The
landlord instantly informed against this "poisoner," and the secretary
of state removed him at once to Paris. When, however, the joke was found
out, it ended only in a laugh.--_Spectator_ ("Art of Growing Rich").

=Rab'ican= or =Rabica'no=, the horse of Astolpho. Its sire was Wind and
its dam Fire. It fed on human food. The word means "short tail."--Ariosto,
_Orlando Furioso_ (1516).

[Asterism] Argalia's horse is called by the same name in _Orlando
Innamorato_ (1495).

=Rabisson=, a vagabond tinker and knife-grinder. He was the only person
who knew about "the gold-mine" left to the "miller of Grenoble."
Rabisson was murdered for his secret by Eusebe Noel, the schoolmaster of
Bout des Monde.--E. Stirling, _The Gold Mine_, or _Miller of Grenoble_
(1854).

=Rab'sheka= (in the Bible RABSHAKEH), in the satire of _Absalom and
Achitophel_, by Dryden and Tate, is meant for Sir Thomas Player (2
_Kings_ xviii.).

Next him let railing Rabsheka have place--
So full of zeal, he has no need of grace.

Pt. ii. (1682).

=Raby= (_Aurora_), a rich young English orphan, Catholic in religion, of
virgin modesty, "a rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded." She
was staying in the house of Lord and Lady Amundeville during the
parliamentary vacation. Here Don Juan, "as Russian envoy," was also a
guest, with several others. Aurora Raby is introduced in canto xv., and
crops up here and there in the two remaining cantos; but, as the tale
was never finished, it is not possible to divine what part the beautiful
and innocent girl was designed by the poet to play. Probably Don Juan,
having sowed his "wild oats," might become a not unfit match for the
beautiful orphan.--Byron, _Don Juan_ (1824).

_Raby_ (_The Rose of_), the mother of Richard III. She was Cecily,
daughter of Ralph Nevyll de Raby, first earl of Westmoreland. Her
husband was Richard, duke of York, who was slain at the battle of
Wakefield in 1460. She died 1495.

=Rachael=, a servant-girl at