Bertram (Mr. Godfrey), the laird of Ellangowan.

Mrs. Bertram, his wife.

Harry Bertram, alias captain Vanbeest Brown, alias Dawson, alias Dudley, son of the laird, and heir to Ellangowan.  Harry Bertram is in love with Julia Mannering, and the novel concludes with his taking possession of the old house at Ellangowan and marrying Julia.

Lucy Bertram, sister of Harry Bertram.  She marries Charles Hazlewood, son of sir Robert Hazlewood, of Hazlewood.

Sir Allen Bertram, of Ellangowan, an ancestor of Mr. Godfrey Bertram.

Dennis Bertram, Donohoe Bertram, and Lewis Bertram, ancestors of Mr. Godfrey Bertram.

Captain Andrew Bertram, a relative of the family.—­Sir W. Scott, Guy Mannering (time, George II.).

Bertram, the English minstrel, and guide of lady Augusta Berkely; when in disguise she calls herself the minstrel’s son.—­Sir W. Scott, Castle Dangerous (time, Henry I.).

Ber’tram, one of the conspirators against the republic of Venice.  Having “a hesitating softness, fatal to a great enterprise,” he betrayed the conspiracy to the senate.—­Byron, Marino Faliero (1819).

BERTRA’MO, the fiend-father of Robert le Diable.  After alluring his son to gamble away all his property, he meets him near St. Ire’ne, and Hel’ena seduces him to join in “the Dance of Love.”  When at last Bertramo comes to claim his victim, he is resisted by Alice (the duke’s foster-sister), who reads to Robert his mother’s will.  Being thus reclaimed, angels celebrate the triumph of good over evil.—­Meyerbeer, Roberto il Diavolo (an opera, 1831).

BERTRAND, a simpleton and a villain.  He is the accomplice of Robert Macaire, a libertine of unblushing impudence, who sins without compunction.—­Daumier, L’Auberge des Adrets.

BERTRAND DU GUESLIN, a romance of chivalry, reciting the adventures of this connetable de France, in the reign of Charles V.

Bertrand du Gueslin in prison. The prince of Wales went to visit his captive Bertrand, and asking him how he fared, the Frenchman replied, “Sir, I have heard the mice and the rats this many a day, but it is long since I heard the song of birds,” i.e. I have been long a captive and have not breathed the fresh air.

The reply of Bertrand du Gueslin calls to mind that of Douglas, called “The Good sir James,” the companion of Robert Bruce, “It is better, I ween, to hear the lark sing than the mouse cheep,” i.e. It is better to keep the open field than to be shut up in a castle.