r and Douglas's
son." When 18 years old, the foster-son saved the life of Lord Randolph.
Lady Randolph took great interest in the young man, and when old Norval
told her his tale, she instantly perceived that the young hero was in
fact her own son.

_Young Norval_, the infant exposed and brought up by the old shepherd as
his own son. He turned out to be Sir Malcolm's heir. His mother was Lady
Randolph, and his father Lord Douglas, her first husband. Young Norval,
having saved the life of Lord Randolph, was given by him a commission in
the army. Glenalvon, the heir-presumptive of Lord Randolph, hated the
new favorite, and persuaded his lordship that the young man was too
familiar with Lady Randolph. Being waylaid, Norval was attacked, slew
Glenalvon, but was in turn slain by Lord Randolph. After the death of
Norval, Lord Randolph discovered that he had killed the son of his wife
by a former marriage. The mother, in her distraction, threw herself
headlong from a lofty precipice, and Lord Randolph went to the war then
raging between Denmark and Scotland.--J[TN-43] Home, _Douglas_ (1757).

(This was a favorite character with John Kemble, 1757-1823.)

=Norway= (_The Fair Maid of_), Margaret, granddaughter of Alexander III.
of Scotland. She died (1290) of sea-sickness on her passage from Norway
to Scotland. Her father was Eric II., king of Norway, and her mother was
Margaret, only daughter of Alexander III.

=Nose= (_Golden_), Tycho Brah[^e], the Danish astronomer. Having lost his
nose in a duel with one Passberg, he adopted a golden one, and attached
it to his face by a cement which he carried about with him.

=Nosebag= (_Mrs._), wife of a lieutenant in the dragoons. She is the
inquisitive travelling companion of Waverley when he travels by stage to
London.--Sir W. Scott, _Waverley_ (time, George II.).

=Nosey= (_Play up!_) This exclamation was common in our theatres in the
days of Macklin, etc. M. Nozay was the leader of the orchestra in Covent
Garden Theatre.

[Asterism] Some persons affirm that "Old Nosey" was Cervetto, the
violoncello player at Drury Lane (1753), and say that he was so called
from his long nose.

Napoleon III., was nicknamed _Grosbec_ ("Nosey").

=Nosnot-Bocai= [_Bo'.ky_], prince of purgatory.

Sir, I last night received command
To see you out of Fairy-land.
Into the realm of Nosnot-Bocai.

King, _Orpheus and Eurydice_.

=Nostrada'mus= (_Michael_), an astrologer