E. Cobham Brewer 18101897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Meliadus (King).
Father of Tristan; he was drawn to a chase par mal engin et negromance of a fay who was in love with him, and from whose thraldom he was ultimately released by the power of the great enchanter Merlin. (Tristan de Leonois, a romance; 1489.)