exprefs very frequently in English with as little ceremony as the Greeks ufed their Aia, and with as little meaning too. See ver. 1812, 4024, 4033, 6168, 7432. Pardoner, n. Fr. a feller of pardons or indulgences. See his character, ver. 671-716. See alfo the n. on ver. 710, and P. P. 2. Parements, n. pl. Fr. ornamental furniture or clothes. Parfay, Fr. par foy, by my faith, 3681. Parfei, R. 6228, as parfay. Parfit, adj. Fr. perfect, 72, 5697. Parfitly, adv. perfectly, 5693. Parfourme, v. Fr. to perform, 7843, 9926. Paritorie, n. Fr. Lat. the herb parietaria, or pellitory of the wail, 16049. Parlement, n. Fr. an affembly for confultation, 2972; T. iv. 211-a consultation, R. 7358. Parten, inf. m. Fr. to take part, 9504 ; L.W. 465. Partie, n. Fr. a part, 3010, 4437-a party in a difpute, 2659. Parvis, n. Fr. a portico before a church, Du Cange in v. Paradifus 1. It appears from R. 7158, orig. 12530, that books were commonly fold au Parvis devant Notre Dame at Paris. At London the Parvis was frequented by Serjeants at Law. See ver. 312, and Fortefcue de Laud. leg. Ang. c. li.; " Poft meri"diem curiæ non tenentur; fed placitantes tunc fe "divertunt ad Pervifum et alibi, confulentes cum "Servientibus ad Legem et aliis confiliariis fuis." There is a difference of opinion where the Parvis at London to which the lawyers reforted was fituated; Somner fuppofes it to have been in Old-PaVolume XIV. lace-yard, before Westminster-hall, Gloff. in X Script. v. Triforium, but others, with more probability, think it was what Dugdale calls the Pervyfe of Parles. See the notes upon Fortefcue, loc. cit. When the Serjeants had dined in any of the inns of court St. Paul's lay much more conveniently for an afternoon confultation than Westminster-hall. Pas, n. Fr. a footpace. See the n. on ver. 827, and T. ii. 627; his horse-on which he rode a pas ful foftely. Pafs, v. Fr. to furpass, to excel, 450; L. W. 1125— to judge, to pafs fentence, 3091; T. iii. 1288; L. W. 162. Paffant, paffing, part. pr. excelling, 2109, 16082. Patren, inf. m. to pray, properly to repeat the Pater nofter, R. 7195, 6794. Pavade, n. 3927. See the note. Paumes, n. pl. Fr. the palms of the hands, T. iii. 1120. Pax, to kiffe the Pax, P. 182: for an account of this ceremony fee Du Cange in v. Payen, adj. Fr. Pagan, 2372. Payfaunce, n. C. D. 1673, pausing or stopping, Gloff. Pecunial, adj. pecuniary, paid in money, 6896. Pees, n. Fr. peace, 2319; when used as an interjection, 6420, 6432, it fignifies the fame as hold thy pees, 2670, be filent. Peine, n. Fr. penalty; up peine of deth, 5304. See Up. -Grief, torment, 1321, 2385-labour, 11042. Peine, v. Fr. to torture, to put to pain, 1748; she peined hire, 139, 4740, she took great pains. Peife, v. Fr. to poize, to weigh, T. iii. 1413. Pell, n. F. iii. 220, a house, a cell, Sp. and Sk. f. a palace, Gloff, Ur. q? Pellet, n. Fr. pelotte, a ball, F. iii. 553- Penance, n. Fr. repentance, P. 142-pains to be un- Penant, n. Fr. a perfon doing penance, 13940. Penmark, pr. n. a place in Bretagne. See the n. on Penner, n. 9753, a pencafe. In the inventory of the Penon, n. Fr. a streamer or enfign, 980. Penfifebed, n. pensiveness, B. K. 102. Peper, n. Lat. pepper, 16230; to brewe peper, R.6028, Peple, n. Fr. people, 2532, 6. Peplifb, adj. vulgar, T. iv. 1677. Perche, n. Fr. a pearch for birds, 14890. Percel, adv. B. K. 255, r. parcel, ed. 1542, by parcels or parts. Perde, F. ii. 332, as pardé. Pere, v. to appear, C. L. 55. Pere, n. Fr. a peer, an equal, 4024, 10990. Peregal, adj. equal, T. v. 840. Peregrine, adj. Fr. wandering, 10742. See the note. Percles, adj. without an equal, B. K. 347. Perfe, adj. Fr. ky coloured, of a blewish gray, 441. Perfone, n. barb. Lat. a man, generally a man of dig- Pervinke, n. Sax. Lat. the herb periwinkle, R. 903. Pefe, n. Fr. R. 4703, as pees. Pefon, n. pl. Sax. peas, L. W. 648. Pefible, adj. peaceable, R. 7413. Peter Alfonfe, M. 264,7; Piers Alfonfe, M. 250, 275, 295. See the note on M. 250. 1. 24. Petrark, pr. n. 7907, 14331. See the note on ver. 7927 and 14253. Our Author has inferted a tranflation of the 102d fonnet of Petrarch into his Troilus and Crefeide, b. i. ver. 394-421; it is not in the Filoftrato: there seems to be no fufficient reafon for believing that Chaucer had ever feen Petrarch. See the Difcourfe, &c. $ 20. n. 20. Peytrel, n. Fr. the breaftplate of a horfe, 16032; P.186. Phifike, n. Fr. medicine, 415, 2762; Doctour of Phifike. See his character, 413–446. Phifiologus, pr. n. 15277. See the note. There was a larger work with the fame title in profe, which is frequently quoted by Vincent of Beauvais. Phiton, pr. n. the ferpent Python, 17058, 77. Phitonesse, n. barb. Lat. a witch, 7092; F. iii. 171. See the n. on ver. 7092. Pie, n. Fr. a magpie, 10963-a prating goffip or telltale, T. iii. 528; F. ii. 195. Pierrie, n. Fr. jewels, precious ftones, 14311. Pight, pa. t. of pike, v. Sax. pitched, 2691. Pikerel, n. Sax. a young pike, 9293. Pilche, n. Sax, a coat or cloak of skins, Prov. 4; toga pellicea, funius in v. Piler, n. Fr. a pillar, 1995; Du. 739. Pille, v. Fr. piller, to rob, to plunder, 6944; P. 231. Pilwe-bere, n. Sax. the covering of a pillow, 696. Piment, n. barb. Lat. fpiced wine, R. 6027-wine mixed with honey, Bo. ii. m. 5. See Clarre. Pinche, v. Fr. to fqueeze; ther coude no wight pinche at his writing, 328, no one could lay hold of any flaw in his writings. Pine, n. Sax. pain, grief, 1326, 6369. Pine, v. Sax. to torment, R. 3511. Pined, part. pa. tortured, 15065. Pipe, v. Sax. to play on a pipe, 3874; to pipe in an ivy lefe, 1840, T. L. iii. 348, is put for any ufelefs employment, as it is now faid of a disappointed man He may go zubifle. See Buckes born. Piftell, n. Sax. Lat. an epistle, 9030-a fhort leffon, 6603. Pitance, n. Fr. a mess of victuals, 224; it properly means an extraordinary allowance of victuals given |