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Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Merlin

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1869636Collier's New Encyclopedia — Merlin

MERLIN, a prince of enchanters of the time of the Saxon invasion of England. He was the son of a damsel seduced by a fiend, but Blaise baptized the infant, and so rescued it from the power of Satan. He died spellbound by his mistress Vivian in a hawthorn bush.