r mother to the grave. The son, now the
only remaining one of the entire race, begged to be baptized, received
the rite, cried, "Ye are come for me! I am ready;" and died also.

=Par'cinus=, a young prince, in love with his cousin, Irolit'a, but
beloved by Az'ira. The fairy Danamo was Azira's mother, and resolved to
make Irolita marry the fairy Brutus; but Parcinus, aided by the fairy
Favorable, surmounted all obstacles, married Irolita, and made Brutus
marry Azira.

Parcinus had a noble air, a delicate shape, a fine head of hair
admirably white.... He did everything well, danced and sang to
perfection, and gained all the prizes at tournaments, whenever he
contended for them.--Comtesse D'Aunoy, _Fairy Tales_ ("Perfect
Love," 1682).

=Par'dalo=, the demon-steed given to Iniguez Guerra, by his gobelin
mother, that he might ride to Tol[=e]do and liberate his father, Don
Diego Lopez, lord of Biscay, who had fallen into the hands of the
Moors.--_Spanish Story._

=Par'diggle= (_Mrs._) a formidable lady, who conveyed to one the idea "of
wanting a great deal more room." Like Mrs. Jellyby, she devoted herself
to the concerns of Africa, and made her family of small boys contribute
all their pocket money to the cause of the Borrioboola Gha mission.--C.
Dickens, _Bleak House_ (1853).

=Pardoner's Tale= (_The_), in Chaucer's _Canterbury Tales_, is "Death and
the Rioters." Three rioters agree to hunt down Death, and kill him. An
old man directs them to a tree in a lane, where, as he said, he had just
left him. On reaching the spot, they find a rich treasure, and cast lots
to decide who is to go and buy food. The lot falls on the youngest; and
the other two, during his absence, agree to kill him on his return. The
rascal sent to buy food poisons the wine, in order to secure to himself
the whole treasure. Now comes the catastrophe: The two set on the third
and slay him, but die soon after of the poisoned wine; so the three
rioters _find death_ under the tree, as the old man said, paltering in a
double sense (1388).

=Parian Verse=, ill-natured satire; so called from Archil'ochus, a native
of Paros.

=Pari-Ba'nou=, a fairy who gave Prince Ahmed a tent, which would fold into
so small a compass that a lady might carry it about as a toy, but, when
spread, it would cover a whole army.--_Arabian Nights_ ("Prince Ahmed
and Pari-Banu").

=Paridel= is a name employed in the _Dunciad_ for an idle