day of
happiness and love, was arrested by Age, who took him before Policye and
Auarice. Death in time came for him, and Remembraunce wrote his epitaph.

=Pastor Fi'do= (_Il_), a pastoral by Giovanni Battista Guari'ni of Ferrara
(1585).

=Pastoral Romance= (_The Father of_), Honor['e] d'Urf['e] (1567-1625).

=Pastorella=, the fair shepherdess (bk. vi. 9), beloved by Corydon, but
"neither for him nor any other did she care a whit." She was a
foundling, brought up by the shepherd Melibee. When Sir Calidore (3
_syl._) was the shepherd's guest, he fell in love with the fair
foundling, who returned his love. During the absence of Sir Calidore in
a hunting expedition, Pastorella, with Melibee and Corydon, were carried
off by brigands. Melibee was killed, Corydon effected his escape, and
Pastorella was wounded. Sir Calidore went to rescue his shepherdess,
killed the brigand chief, and brought back the captive in safety (bk.
vi. 11). He took her to Belgard Castle, and it turned out that the
beautiful foundling was the daughter of Lady Claribel and Sir Bellamour
(bk, vi. 12).--Spenser, _Fa[:e]ry Queen_, vi. 9-12 (1596).

"Pastorella" is meant for Frances Walsingham, daughter of Sir Francis
Walsingham, whom Sir Philip Sidney ("Sir Calidore") married. After
Sidney's death the widow married the earl of Essex (the queen's
favorite). Sir Philip being the author of a romance called _Arcadia_
suggested to the poet the name Pastorella.

=Patch=, the clever, intriguing waiting-woman of Isabinda, daughter of Sir
Jealous Traffick. As she was handing a love-letter in cipher to her
mistress, she let it fall, and Sir Jealous picked it up. He could not
read it, but insisted on knowing what it meant. "O," cried the ready
wit, "it is a charm for the toothache!" and the suspicions of Sir
Jealous were diverted (act iv. 2).--Mrs. Centlivre, _The Busy Body_
(1709).

_Patch_ (_Clause_), king of the beggars. He died in 1730, and was
succeeded by Bampfylde Moore Carew.

=Patche= (1 _syl._), Cardinal Wolsey's jester. When the cardinal felt his
favor giving way, he sent Patche as a gift to the king, and Henry VIII.
considered the gift a most acceptable one.

We call one Patche or Cowlson, whom we see to do a thing foolishly,
because these two in their time were notable fools.--Wilson, _Art
of Rhetorique_ (1553).

=Patelin= (2 _syl._), the hero of an ancient French comedy. He contrives
to obtain on credit six ells of