eves").

=Morglay=, the sword of Sir Bevis, of Hamptoun, _i.e._ Southampton, given
to him by his wife, Josian, daughter of the king of Armenia.--Drayton,
_Polyolboin_,[TN-23] ii. (1612).

You talk of Morglay, Excalibur [_Arthur's sword_], and Durindana
[_Orlando's sword_], or so. Tut! I lend no credit to that is fabled
of 'em.--Ben Jonson, _Every Man in His Humor_, iii. 1 (1598).

=Morgue la Faye=, a _f['e]e_ who watched over the birth of Ogier, the
Dane, and after he had finished his earthly career, restored him to
perpetual youth, and took him to live with her in everlasting love in
the isle and castle of Av'alon.--_Ogier, le Danois_ (a romance).

=Mor'ice= (_Gil_ or _Ch[)i]ld_), the natural son of Lady Barnard, "brought
forth in her father's house wi' mickle sin and shame." One day, Gil
Morice sent Willie to the baron's hall, with a request that Lady
Barnard would go at once to Greenwood to see the ch[)i]ld. Lord Barnard,
fancying the "ch[)i]ld" to be some paramour, forbade his wife to leave
the hall, and went himself to Greenwood, where he slew Gil Morice, and
sent his head to Lady Barnard. On his return, the lady told her lord he
had slain her son, and added, "Wi' the same spear, oh, pierce my heart,
and put me out o' pain!" But the baron repented of his hasty deed, and
cried, "I'll lament for Gil Morice, as gin he were mine ain."--Percy,
_Reliques, etc._, III. i.

[Asterism] This tale suggested to Home the plot of his tragedy called
_Douglas_.

=Mor'land=, in _Lend Me Five Shillings_, by J. M. Morton (1838).

_Morland_ (_Henry_), "the heir-at-law" of Baron Duberly. It was
generally supposed that he had perished at sea; but he was cast on Cape
Breton, and afterwards returned to England, and married Caroline Dormer,
an orphan.--G. Colman, _The Heir-at-Law_ (1797).

Mr. Beverley behaved like a father to me [_B. Webster_], and
engaged me as a walking gentleman for his London theatre, where I
made my first appearance as "Henry Morland," in _The Heir-at-Law_,
which, to avoid legal proceedings, he called _The Lord's
Warming-pan_.--Peter Paterson.

=Morley= (_Mrs._), the name under which Queen Anne corresponded with Mrs.
Freeman (_The Duchess of Marlborough_).

=Morna=, daughter of Cormac, king of Ireland. She was in love with
C[^a]thba, youngest son of Torman. Duch[^o]mar, out of jealousy, slew
his rival, and then asked Morna to be his bride. She replied, "Th