E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Callip’olis.
A character in the Battle of Alcazar (1594) by George Peele. It is referred to by Pistol in 2 Henry IV., act ii. 4; and Sir W. Scott uses the word over and over again as the synonym of lady-love, sweetheart, charmer. Sir Walter always spells the word Calliplis, but Peele calls it Caliplis. The drunken Mike Lambourne says to Amy Robsart—
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“Hark ye, most fair Callipolis, or most lovely countess of clouts, and divine duchess of dark corners.”—Kenilworth, chap. xxxiii.
And the modest Roland Græme calls the beautiful Catherine his “most fair Calliplis.” (The Abbot, chap. xi.)
lis, but Peele calls it Calip
-o-pe, 4 syl., Greek, 
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, p
, beautiful voice].
