Brewer's: Beltenebros

Amadis of Gaul so calls himself after he retires to the Poor Rock. His lady-love is Oriana. (Amadis of Gaul, ii. 6.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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