SAMUEL was the Israelite prophet and judge who lived in the eleventh century B.C. Born in Ramah, Samuel was dedicated by his mother to a Nazarite life in the sanctuary of Shiloh. His career is closely interwoven with that of Saul, the first king of Israel (I and II Kings). After Samuel had died, Saul visited the Witch of Endor and commanded her to call up Samuel's ghost, from whom he then asked advice (I Kings 28: 3-35).

The fiend assures the cursed summoner that sometimes the devils assume the shape of the dead and speak reasonably and fairly as the Phitonissa did to Samuel, although some people say that she did not speak with Samuel, FrT 1506-1512. The Pardoner preaches on the evils of wine and refers his listeners to Lamuel; he emphasizes that he means Lamuel, not Samuel, PardT 584-585. [Phitonissa]

The name appears once in medial position, PardT 585, and once in final rhyming position, FrT 1510.