e English obtained possession of the tooth, the Ceylonese
submitted to them without resistance.

_Of Eden Hall_, a drinking-glass, in the possession of Sir Christopher
Musgrave, Bart., of Edenhall, Cumberland.

_Of Jerusalem._ Aladine, king of Jerusalem, stole an image of the
Virgin, and set it up in a mosque, that she might no longer protect the
Christians, but become the palladium of Jerusalem. The image was rescued
by Sophronia, and the city taken by the crusaders.

_Of Meg'ara_, a golden hair of King Nisus. Scylla promised to deliver
the city into the hands of Minos, and cut off the talismanic lock of her
father's head while he was asleep.

_Of Rome_, the anc[=i]le or sacred buckler which Numa said fell from
heaven, and was guarded by priests called Salii.

_Of Scotland_, the great stone of Scone, near Perth, which was removed
by Edward I. to Westminster, and is still there, preserved in the
coronation chair.

_Of Troy_, a colossal wooden statue of Pallas Minerva, which "fell from
heaven." It was carried off by the Greeks, by whom the city was taken,
and burned to the ground.

=Pallet=, a painter, in Smollett's novel of _Peregrine Pickle_ (1751).

The absurdities of Pallet are painted an inch thick, and by no human
possibility could such an accumulation of comic disasters have befallen
the characters of the tale.

=Pal'merin of England=, the hero and title of a romance in chivalry. There
is also an inferior one entitled _Palmerin d'Oliva._

The next two books were _Palmerin d'Ol'iva_ and _Palmerin of
England_. "The former," said the cur['e], "shall be torn in pieces
and burnt to the last ember; but _Palmerin of England_ shall be
preserved as a relique of antiquity, and placed in such a chest as
Alexander found amongst the spoils of Darius, and in which he kept
the writings of Homer. This same book is valuable for two things:
first, for its own especial excellency, and next because it is the
production of a Portuguese monarch, famous for his literary
talents. The adventures of the castle of Miraguarda therein, are
finely imagined, the style of composition is natural and elegant,
and the utmost decorum is preserved throughout."--Cervantes, _Don
Quixote_, I. i. 6 (1605).

=Palmi'ra=, daughter of Alc[=a]nor, chief of Mecca. She and her brother,
Zaphna, were taken captives in infancy, and brought up by Mahomet. As
they grew in years they fell