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Araon^ the Old, Gormo the Dane, and the Pole 

 Miecislas II. : as Simple, the Dane Harold ; Charles 

 of France; the Sicilian Frederick III.: as Proud, 

 the Russian Simon ; the Saxon Henry II. ; the 

 Scot Alexander and the eighth Bavarian Henry : 

 as Fat, the Frank Charles and Louis VI. ; the 

 Portuguese Alphonso, and Spaniard Sancho I. ; 

 Olaus IV. the Dane is the Hungry ; William I. of 

 Sicily was the Wicked ; the Scot Ferquhard the 

 most Execrable ; the Pope John XII, the Infa- 

 mous : the Cruel are the Frenchman Louis XL, 

 Christian the Dane, and Peter of Spain ; Otho of 

 Germany and our Queen Mary are the Bloody ; 

 Nomoluah the Celt was termed the Full-of -wounds ; 

 Arnulph of Bavaria and Charles II. of Spain the 

 Bud; Louis II. of Bavaria, and Peter of Portu- 

 gal, and the Emperor Alexander, are the Severe ; 

 Alexander the Scot is the Fierce ; the Celt Art 

 Aonfhir is the Melancholy ; his countryman the 

 Black-toothed, to whom the counterpoise is the re- 

 fined Savoyard Harembert I. ivith the White hands, 

 or the extraordinary Celt Fiachadh, he with the 

 White cows. Among the Lazy we find Sancho If. 

 the Portuguese, and Louis V. of France ; Ladislas 

 the Pole is the Careless ; the Palatine Louis VI. 

 the Easy ; the Prussian Otho V. and Rodoph III. 

 of Burgundy are known as le faineant ; Childeric 



III. of Fi'ance as the Stupid ; our own Edmund 

 and the Prussian Frederick II. are the Ironsides ; 

 Emmanuel of Savoy is the Ironhand ; William of 

 Apulia and Baldwin I. of Flanders are the Iron- 

 arms. There was an Artaxerxes Lougimanus 

 and a Darius Codomanus. Boleslas III. the Pole 

 was called Wrymouth, and his successor Curly- 

 pate ; another was CZmZ»-/(;o^ ; the Greek Emperor 

 Michael III. is the Sot ; the second of that name, 

 as Louis III. of France, was dubbed the Stam- 

 merer ; the fourth Louis was the Over-seas ; 

 Henry I. of Germany was the Foider ; Philibert 

 of Savoy was the Hunter; Charles I. of Savoy 

 and Alfonso of Spain were the Warrior; Alphonso 



IV. of Spain and Ramiro II. the Monkj Henry of 

 Portugal was the Cardinal ; Pepin of France the 

 Mayor; our George IV, ,^^3 First Gentleman in 

 Europe, and William IV. the Sailor King. Henry 

 VI. of Germany is the Sha7-p ; Henry of Bavaria 

 the Quarrelsome; Constantine V, was Copronymus ; 

 Michael V. the Ship -caulker ; the seventh of that 

 name Parapinaces ; Romanus III. Argyropulus ; 

 Leo the Iconoclast. John of Russia was the Ter- 

 rible ; Catharine of Russia the Modern Messalina ; 

 Christian the Dane the Nero of the North ; 

 Charles XII., the Swede, the Quixote and Mad- 

 man of the North ; Louis Philippe was Egalite ; 

 Napoleon " le petit Caporal; " Louis X. of France 

 the Headstrong; Mohammed VII. the Lefthanded; 

 Bermuda II. of Spain the Gouty ; Garcias II. the 

 Trembler; Sancho VI F. the Infirm; the Emperor 

 Anastaslus the Silentiai-y ; Theophilus the Unfor- 

 tunate ; Henry III. the Sickly ; and Henry IV. the 



Impotent; our Ethelred was the Unready, and 

 Richard III. Crook-back, as well as Boar ; Peter 

 of Savoy Charlemagne le Petit; Philip II. of Savoy 

 and our own John were Lackland; Amadeus V. 

 of Savoy was the Green Count, and Amadeus VII. 

 the Red Count; Charles IL of Naples was the 

 Lame : the Blind were Henry II. of Luxemburg 

 and Louis the Lombard ; Amadeus I. of Savoy, a 

 mediaeval O'Connell, the Long-tail; Boabdil is 

 remembered as El Chico ; Frederick of Bohemia 

 was the Winter • Kin g ; Sancho II. of Spain the 

 Pi-eache'r ; the Emperor Andronicus was prayed 

 for as Mark Antony ; Michael was the Hog ; 

 AshrafFof Persia, Mauregato of Spain, and Phocas 

 of Constantinople, were Usurpers ; and Robert 

 Duke of Normandy, for caluriniy could strive no 

 further, was called, profanely enough, le Diable. 



We shall leave all the nicknames from place of 

 birth or conquest, and pass on to titles of honour. 

 The Peaceable were the Pole Casimir ; the Saxon 

 Frederick II. ; our own Egbert ; the Savoyard 

 Aimon and Amadeus VIII. ; the German Frede- 

 rick IV. ; John of Bavaria ; and Christopher of 

 Wurtemburgh. The Fearless were John of Flan- 

 ders and Richard of Normandy. The Just were 

 Solyman ; the Pole Ladislas II. ; Childebert ; 

 Louis XHI. of France ; James H. of Spain ; and 

 Augustus of Saxony. The Wise were the Saxon 

 Frederick III. ; Charles V. of France ; Robert of 

 Naples ; the Spaniards Ferdinand VI., Alonzo, 

 Sancho VI., and Alphonso V. and X. : our own 

 James I, was the Pedant ; Henry I. the Beauclerk ; 

 Leo VI. the Emperor, the Philosopher, and Nice- 

 phorus I. the Lawgiver; Robert of France and 

 Ismael of Persia were the Sage, and Francis I. the 

 Father of Letters; Artaxerxes II. Mnemon; Wil- 

 liam V. of Hesse was tlie Constant, the Vlth was 

 the Good and Wise, and Philip the Generous. 

 Otho IV. of Germany was the Superb ; Lorenzo 

 of Florence and Solyman were the Magnificent ; 

 Amadeus IX. of Savoy the Benevolent ; Alonzo 

 of Castile the Brave; Heni-y II. of Spain the 

 Gracious; Peter IV. the Ceremonious; Alphonso 

 IX. the Noble ; John II. of Portugal the Perfect; 

 and Emmanuel the Fortunate; Charles VIII. of 

 France the Affable ; Otho II. of Bavaria the Illus- 

 trious ; John Frederick of Saxony the Magnani- . 

 mous; George the Rich; Alphonso VI. of Spain, 

 the Valiant ; Sancho III. the Great and Brave. 

 The Handsome were Philibert of Savoy, Philip 

 III. (or rAmoureux), the IV., and Charles IV. of 

 France. The Chaste were Alphonso II. and the 

 Pole Boleslas V. ; Sancho II. of Spain was the 

 Strong ; Philip III. and IV. of France, and our 

 own Canute, were the Hardy. The Victorious were 

 Nadir Shah, Waldemar II. the Dane, Premislas 

 of Bohemia, and Charles VII. of France. Louis 

 II. of France and Boleslas of Bohemia were le de- 

 bonnaii'e ; Geoffrey II. of Anjou and Charles the 

 hero of Tours, le Martel ; Charles VI. of France 



