Cambuscan's mirror

Cambuscan’s mirror

warns of impending adversity; indicates another’s love. [Br. Lit.: Canterbury Tales, “The Squire’s Tale”]
See: Mirror
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Cambuscan's mirror in Chaucer's The Squire's Tale shows coming adversity for king or kingdom as well as revealing friends and foes and the treachery of false lovers.
Magic mirrors in Richard II
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