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The youngest and comeliest of Charlemagne’s paladins; and the nephew of Sir Roland.
Baldwin (in Jerusalem Delivered). The restless and ambitious Duke of Bologna, leader of 1,200 horse in the allied Christian army. He was Godfrey’s brother; not so tall, but very like him.
Baldwin, the Ass (in the tale of Reynard the Fox). In the third part of the Beast-epic he is called “Dr. Baldwin.” (Old German, bold friend.)
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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.
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