Brewer's: Godfrey

The Agamemnon of Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered, chosen by God as chief of the Crusaders. He is represented as calm, circumspect, and prudent; a despiser of “worldly empire, wealth, and fame.”

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