e into
butter, and with the money thus obtained he would buy a cow. The cow in
due time would have a calf, the calf was to be sold, and the man when
he became a nabob would marry a princess; only the jug fell, the milk
was spilt, and the dreamer went supperless to bed.--Rabelais,
_Gargantua_, i. 33 (1533).

In a similar day-dream, Alnaschar invested all his money in a basket of
glassware, which he intended to sell, and buy other wares, till by
barter he became a princely merchant, when he should marry the vizier's
daughter. Being offended with his wife, he became so excited that he
kicked out his foot, smashed all his wares, and found himself
penniless.--_Arabian Nights_ ("The Barber's Fifth Brother").

=Perrin=, a peasant, the son of Thibaut.--Moli[`e]re, _Le M['e]decin
Malgr['e] Lui_ (1666).

=Persaunt of India= (_Sir_), the Blue Knight, called by Tennyson "Morning
Star," or "Phosph[)o]rus." One of the four brothers who kept the
passages to Castle Perilous. Overthrown by Sir Gareth.--Sir T. Malory,
_History of Prince Arthur_, i. 131 (1470); Tennyson, _Idylls_.

"Then, at his call, 'O, daughters of the Dawn,
And servants of the Morning Star, approach,
Arm me,' from out the silken curtain-folds
Bare-footed and bare-headed three fair girls
In gilt and rosy raiment came; their feet
In dewy grasses glisten'd; and the hair
All over glanced with dewdrop or with gem,
Like sparkles in the stone Avanturine.
These arm'd him in blue arms, and gave a shield,
Blue also, and thereon the morning star."

Tennyson, _Gareth and Lynette_.

=Perseus= [_Per.suce_], a famous Argive hero, whose exploits resemble
those of Hercul[^e]s, and hence he was called "The Argive Hercul[^e]s."

Benvenuto Cellini made a bronze statue of Perseus, which is in the
Loggia dei Lanzi, in Florence.

_Perseus's Horse_, a ship. Perseus having cut off Medusa's head, made
the ship _Pegas[^e]_, the swiftest ship hitherto known, and generally
called "Perseus's flying horse."

The thick-ribbed bark thro' liquid mountains cut ...
Like Perseus' horse.

Shakespeare, _Troilus and Cressida_, act i. sc. 3 (1602).

=Persian Creed= (_The_). Zoroaster supposes there are two gods or
spirit-principles--one good and the other evil. The good is Yezad, and
the evil, Ahriman.

=Perth= (_The Fair Maid of_), Catharine, or Katie Glover, "universally
acknowledged to be the most beautiful young woman of t