Pro to hydra (protohidra)

[NL., Gr. πρῶτος, first, + NL. Hydra: see Hydra, 4.] A genus of eleutheroblastic hydroids resembling Hydra, but of still simpler form, as they lack tentacles. IMG:content-1151.png:[blocks in formation] see martyr.] The first martyr; first any series of martyrs; the first who suffers or is sacrificed in any cause; specifically, Stephen, the earliest Christian martyr. In the honoure of that holy pro tho martyr , seynt Albon. Fabyan , Chron., I. cxviii. That Proto - Martyr , the yong faith full Steven, Whom th' hate full Iews with hellish rage did stone. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Triumph of Faith, iii. 28. Myself were like enough, O girls, To unfurl the maiden banner of our rights, And clad in iron burst the ranks of war, Or, falling, protomartyr of our cause, Die. Tennyson , Prince , iv. IMG:content-1152.png:[blocks in formation]