ALMIRODS (The), a rebellions people, who refused to submit to prince Pantag’ruel after his subjugation of Anarchus king of the Dipsodes (2 syl).  It was while Pantagruel was marching against these rebels that a tremendous shower of rain fell, and the prince, putting out his tongue “halfway,” sheltered his whole army.—­Rabelais, Pantagruel, ii. 32 (1533).

ALNAS’CHAR, the dreamer, the “barber’s fifth brother.”  He invested all his money in a basket of glassware, on which he was to gain so much, and then to invest again and again, till he grew so rich that he would marry the vizier’s daughter and live in grandeur; but being angry with his supposed wife, he gave a kick with his foot and smashed all the ware which had given birth to his dream of wealth.—­The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments.

The Alnaschar of Modern Literature, S.T.  Coleridge, so called because he was constantly planning magnificent literary enterprises which he never carried out (1772-1834).

ALOA’DIN (4 syl.), a sorcerer, who made for himself a palace and garden in Arabia called “The Earthly Paradise.”  Thalaba slew him with a club, and the scene of enchantment disappeared.—­Southey, Thalaba the Destroyer, vii. (1797).

ALON’SO, king of Naples, father of Ferdinand and brother of Sebastian, in The Tempest, by Shakespeare (1609).

ALONZO the brave, the name of a ballad by M.G.  Lewis.  The fair Imogene was betrothed to Alonzo, but during his absence in the wars became the bride of another.  At the wedding-feast Alonzo’s ghost sat beside the bride, and, after rebuking her for her infidelity, carried her off to the grave.

  Alonzo the brave was the name of the knight;
  The maid was the fair Imogene. 
  M.G.  Lewis.

Alon’zo, a Portuguese gentleman, the sworn enemy of the vainglorious Duarte (3 syl.), in the drama called The Custom of the Country, by Beaumont and Fletcher (1647).

Alonzo, the husband of Cora.  He is a brave Peruvian knight, the friend of Rolla, and beloved by king Atali’ba.  Alonzo, being taken prisoner of war, is set at liberty by Rolla, who changes clothes with him.  At the end he fights with Pizarro and kills him.—­Sheridan, Pizarro (altered from Kotzebue).

Alonzo (Don), “the conqueror of Afric,” friend of don Carlos, and husband of Leonora.  Don Carlos had been betrothed to Leonora, but out of friendship resigned her to the conqueror.  Zanga, the Moor, out of revenge, persuaded Alonzo that his wife and don Carlos still entertained for each other their former love, and out of jealousy Alonzo has his friend put to death, while Leonora makes away with herself.  Zanga now informs Alonzo that his jealousy was groundless, and mad with grief he kills himself.—­Edw.  Young, The Revenge (1721).

ALONZO FERNANDEZ DE AVELLANEDA, author of a spurious Don Quixote, who makes a third sally.  This was published during the lifetime of Cervantes, and caused him great annoyance.