| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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The astronomical tables composed by order of Alphonso X. of Castile, in the middle of the thirteenth century, were so called because they were adapted to the city of Tole’do. | 1 |
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| “His Tables Tolletanes forth he brought, |
| Ful wel corrected, ne ther lakked nought.” | |
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Chaucer: Canterbury Tales, 11,585. |
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