Ba’yard, a horse of incredible speed, belonging to the four sons of Aymon.  If only one mounted, the horse was of the ordinary size, but increased in proportion as two or more mounted. (The word means “bright bay color.")—­Villeneuve, Les Quatre fils Aymon.

Bayard, the steed of Fitz-James.—­Sir W. Scott, Lady of the Lake, v. 18 (1810).

BAYAR’DO, the famous steed of Rinaldo, which once belonged to Amadis of Gaul.  It was found in a grotto by the wizard Malagigi, along with the sword Fusberta, both of which he gave to his cousin Rinaldo.

  His color bay, and hence his name he drew—­
  Bayardo called.  A star of silver hue
  Emblazed his front.

Tasso, Rinaldo, ii. 220 (1562).

BAYES (1 syl.), the chief character of The Rehearsal, a farce by George Villiers, duke of Buckingham (1671).  Bayes is represented as greedy of applause, impatient of censure, meanly obsequious, regardless of plot, and only anxious for claptrap.  The character is meant for John Dryden.

[Illustration] C. Dibdin, in his History of the Stage, states that Mrs. Mountford played “Bayes” “with more variety than had ever been thrown into the part before.”

No species of novel-writing exposes itself to a severer trial, since it not only resigns all Bayes’ pretensions “to elevate the imagination,” ... but places its productions within the range of [general] criticism.—­Encyc.  Brit. Art.  “Romance.”

BAYNARD (Mr.), introduced in an episode in the novel called Humphrey Clinker, by Smollett (1771).

BEA’CON (Tom), groom to Master Chiffinch (private emissary of Charles II.).—­Sir W. Scott, Peveril of the Peak (time, Charles II.).

BEA’GLE (Sir Harry), a horsy country gentleman, who can talk of nothing but horses and dogs.  He is wofully rustic and commonplace.  Sir Harry makes a bargain with lord Trinket to give up Harriet to him in exchange for his horse. (See GOLDFINCH.)—­George Colman, The Jealous Wife (1761).

BEAK.  Sir John Fielding was called “The Blind Beak” (died 1780).  BEAN LEAN (Donald), alias Will Ruthven, a Highland robber-chief.  He also appears disguised as a peddler on the roadside leading to Stirling.  Waverley is rowed to the robber’s cave and remains there all night.

Alice Bean, daughter of Donald Bean Lean, who attends on Waverley during a fever.—­Sir W. Scott, Waverley (time, George II.).

BEAR (The Brave).  Warwick is so called from his cognizance, which was a bear and ragged staff.

BEARCLIFF (Deacon), at the Gordon Arms or Kippletringam inn, where colonel Mannering stops on his return to England, and hears of Bertram’s illness and distress.—­Sir W. Scott, Guy Mannering (time, George II.).

BEARDED (The). (1) Geoffrey the crusader. (2) Bouchard of the house of Montmorency. (3) Constantine IV. (648-685). (4) Master George Killingworthe of the court of Ivan the Terrible of Russia, whose beard (says Hakluyt) was five feet two inches long, yellow, thick, and broad.  Sir Hugh Willoughby was allowed to take it in his hand.