The royal troops outnumbered the Enfants de Dieu, and a not inglorious flight took place.—­Ed. Gilliat, Asylum Christi, iii.

ENFIELD (Mrs.), the keeper of a house of intrigue, or “gentleman’s magazine” of frail beauties.—­Holcroft, The Deserted Daughter (1785).

ENGADDI (Theodorick, hermit of), an enthusiast.  He was Aberick of Mortemar, an exiled noble.—­Sir W. Scott, The Talisman (time, Richard I.).

Engaddi, one of the towns of Judah, forty miles from Jerusalem, famous for its palm trees.

  Anchorites beneath Engaddi’s palms,
  Pacing the Dead Sea beach.

  Longfellow, Sand of the Desert

ENGELBRECHT, one of the Varangian guards.—­Sir W. Scott, Count Robert of Paris (time, Rufus).

ENGELRED, ’squire of Sir Reginald Front de Boeuf (follower of Prince John of Anjou, the brother of Richard I.).—­Sir W. Scott, Ivanhoe (time, Richard I.).

ENGUERRAUD, brother of the Marquis of Montserrat, a crusader.—­Sir W. Scott, The Talisman (time, Richard L).

ENID, the personification of spotless purity.  She was the daughter of Yniol, and wife of Geraint.  The tale of Geraint and Enid allegorizes the contagion of distrust and jealousy, commencing with Guinevere’s infidelity, and spreading downward among the Arthurian knights.  In order to save Enid from this taint, Sir Geraint removed from the court to Devon; but overhearing part of a sentence uttered by Enid, he fancied that she was unfaithful, and treated her for a time with great harshness.  In an illness, Enid nursed Geraint with such wifely devotion that he felt convinced of his error.  A perfect reconciliation took place, and they “crowned a happy life with a fair death".—­Tennyson, Idylls of the King ("Geraint and Enid.").

ENNIUS (The English), Layamon, who wrote a translation in Saxon of The Brut of Wace (thirteenth century).

Ennius (The French), Jehan de Meung, who wrote a continuation of Layamon’s romance (1260-1320).

[Illustration] Guillaume de Lorris, author of the Romance of the Rose, is also called “The French Ennius,” and with better title (1235-1265).

Ennius (The Spanish), Juan de Mena of Cordova (1412-1456).

ENRIQUE (2 syl.), brother-in-law of Chrysalde (2 syl.).  He married secretly Chrysalde’s sister Angelique, by whom he had a daughter, Agnes, who was left in charge of a peasant while Enrique was absent in America.  Having made his fortune in the New World, Enrique returned and found Agnes in love with Horace, the son of his friend Oronte (2 syl.).  Their union, after the usual quota of misunderstanding and cross purposes, was accomplished to the delight of all parties.—­Moliere, L’Ecole des Femmes (1662).

ENTELECHY, the kingdom of Queen Quintessence.  Pantagruel and his companions went to this kingdom in search of the “holy bottle.”—­Rabelais, Pantagruel, v. 19 (1545).