The story of Tristan seems to have been current from the earliest times

It was the subject of a number of metrical tales in the Romance language, which were versified by the French minstrels from ancient British authorities. From these original documents, or from the French metrical tales, was compiled the Sir Tristrem attributed to Thomas of Erceldoune, and which has been edited by Mr. (Sir Walter] Scott. There are also extant two fragments of metrical versions, which are supposed to be parts of one whole dle of the thirteenth century. dependence in 1714 and was reconquered by Turkey in work, written by Raoul de Beauvais, who lived in the mid 1835. Population, 800,000. Tripoli. [Gr. Τρίπολις , name of several places regarded as including 'three cities. A seaport, the capital of Tripoli, in lat. 32° 54′ Ν., long. 13° 11′ E. It has some foreign trade, and is the starting-point of caravans for the interior. It was formerly a piratical stronghold, and several times has been bombarded. Population (estimated), 20,000-30,000. or Tripolis (trip'o-lis), or Tarabulus Tripoli, or T (tä-rä'bö-lös). A town in Syria, Asiatic Turkey, situated on the river Abu-Ali (Kadisha), near its mouth, in lat. 34° 27′ N., long. 35°49′ E. It has considerable trade, fisheries, and manufactures of silk; its neighboring seaport is Al-Mina. Tripoli was an ancient Phenic i an city; was taken by the Saracens about 639; was besieged by the Crusaders in 1104, and