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BelianisBelianis of Greece (Don), the hero of an old romance of chivalry on the model of Amadis de Gaul. It was one of the books in don Quixotes library; but was not one of those burnt by the cur as pernicious and worthless. Don Belianis, said the cur, with its two, three, and four parts, hath need of a dose of rhubarb to purge off that mass of bile with which he is inflamed. His Castle of Fame and other impertinences should be totally obliterated. This done, we would show him lenity in proportion as we found him capable of reform. Take don Belianis home with you, and keep him in close confinement.Cervantes: Don Quixote, I. i. 6 (1605). (An English abridgment of this romance was published in 1673.)
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