the French king), and Margaret, the emperor's aunt.

=Palabras Carinosas.=

"Good-night! I have to say good-night
To such a host of peerless things!
Good-night unto the fragile hand
All queenly with its weight of rings;
Good-night to fond uplifted eyes,
Good-night to chestnut braids of hair,
Good-night unto the perfect mouth
And all the sweetness nestled there,--
The snowy hand detains me,--then
I'll have to say Good-night again!"

Thomas Bailey Aldrich, _Poems_, 1858-84.

=Paladore=, a Briton in the service of the king of Lombardy. One day, in a
boar-hunt, the boar turned on the Princess Sophia, and, having gored
her horse to death, was about to attack the lady, but was slain by the
young Briton. Between these two young people a strong attachment sprang
up; but the Duke Bire'no, by an artifice of false impersonation, induced
Paladore to believe that the princess was a wanton, and had the audacity
to accuse her as such to the senate. In Lombardy, the punishment for
this offence was death, and the princess was ordered to execution.
Paladore, having learned the truth, accused the duke of villainy. They
fought, and Bireno fell. The princess, being cleared of the charge,
married Paladore.--Robert Jephson, _The Law of Lombardy_ (1779).

=Palame'des= (4 _syl._), son of Nauplios, was, according to Suidas, the
inventor of dice. (See ALEA.)

_Palamedes_ (_Sir_), a Saracen, who adored Isolde, the wife of King Mark
of Cornwall. Sir Tristram also loved the same lady, who was his aunt.
The two "lovers" fought, and Sir Palamed[^e]s, being overcome, was
compelled to turn Christian. He was baptized, and Sir Tristram stood his
sponsor at the font.--Thomas of Erceldoune, called "The Rhymer," _Sir
Tristram_ (thirteenth century).

=Palame'des of Lombardy=, one of the allies of the Christian army in the
first crusade. He was shot by Corinda with an arrow (bk. xi.).--Tasso,
_Jerusalem Delivered_ (1575).

=Palamon and Arcite= (2 _syl._), two young Theban knights, who fell into
the hands of Duke Theseus (2 _syl._), and were by him confined in a
dungeon at Athens. Here they saw the duke's sister-in-law, Emily, with
whom both fell in love. When released from captivity, the two knights
told to the duke their tale of love; and the duke promised that
whichever proved the victor in single combat, should have Emily for his
prize. Arcite prayed to Mars "for victory," and Palamo