cloth from William Josseaume, by
artfully praising the tradesman's father. Any subtle, crafty fellow, who
entices by flattery and insinuating arts, is called a Patelin.--P.
Blanchet, _L'Avocat Patelin_ (1459-1519).

On lui attribue, mais [`a] tort, la farce de _L'Avocat Patelin_, qui
est plus ancienne que lui.--Bouillet, _Dictionary Universel
d'Histoire, etc._, art. "Blanchet."

Consider, sir, I pray you, how the noble Patelin, having a mind to
extol to the third heavens, the father of William Josseaume, said
no more than this: he did lend his goods freely to those who were
desirous of them.--Rabelais, _Pantagruel_, iii. 4 (1545).

=Pater Patrum.= St. Gregory, of Nyssa is so called by the council of Nice
(332-395).

=Paterson= (_Pate_), serving-boy to Bryce Snailsfoot, the pedlar.--Sir W.
Scott, _The Pirate_ (time, William III.).

=Pathfinder= (_The_), Natty Bumpo; also called "The Deerslayer"[TN-67]
"The Hawk-eye," and "The Trapper."--Fenimore Cooper, (five novels called
_The Pathfinder_, _The Pioneers_, _The Deerslayer_, _The Last of the
Mohicans_, and _The Prairie_).

=Pathfinder of the Rocky Mountains.=[TN-68] (_The_), Major-General John
Charles Fremont, who conducted four exploring expeditions across the
Rocky Mountains in 1842.

=Patient Griselda= or =Grisildis=, the wife of Wautier, marquis of
Saluc[^e]s. Boccaccio says she was a poor country lass, who became the
wife of Gualtiere, marquis of Saluzzo. She was robbed of her children by
her husband, reduced to abject poverty, divorced, and commanded to
assist in the marriage of her husband with another woman; but she bore
every affront patiently, and without complaint.--Chaucer, _Canterbury
Tales_ ("The Clerk's Tale," 1388); Boccaccio, _Decameron_, x. 10 (1352).

=Patience Strong.= Delightful old maid, who, after passing most of her
life in a quiet New England township, goes abroad and tells her
experiences in _Sights and Insights_.--A. D. T. Whitney (1860).

She is also the central figure in a quiet story of domestic life,
entitled _Patience Strong's Outings_ (1858).

=Patin=, brother of the emperor of Rome. He fights with Am'adis of Gaul,
and has his horse killed under him.--Vasco de Lobeira, _Amadis de Gaul_
(thirteenth century).

=Patison=, licensed jester to Sir Thos. More. Hans Holbein has introduced
this jester in his famous picture of the lord chancellor.

=Patriarch of Dorchester=,[TN-69]