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James, Duke of Monmouth, the handsome but rebellious son of Charles II. in Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel (1649–1685).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.