he city or its
vicinity." Catharine was the daughter of Simon Glover (the glover of
Perth), and married Henry Smith, the armorer.--Sir W. Scott, _Fair Maid
of Perth_ (time, Henry IV.).

=Pertinax= (_Sir_). (See MACSYCOPHANT.)

=Pertolope= (_Sir_), the Green Knight. One of the four brothers who kept
the passages to Castle Perilous. He was overthrown by Sir Gareth.
Tennyson calls him "Evening Star," or "Hesperus."--Sir T. Malory,
_History of Prince Arthur_, i. 127 (1470); Tennyson, _Idylls_.

"For there, beyond a bridge of treble bow,
All in a rose-red from the west, and all
Naked it seem'd, and glowing in the broad,
Deep-dimpled current underneath, the knight
That named himself the Star of Evening, stood,
And Gareth, 'Wherefore waits the madman there
Naked in open dayshine?' 'Nay,' she cried,
'Not naked, only wrapt in harden'd skins
That fit him like his own; and so ye cleave
His armor off him, these will turn the blade.'"

Tennyson, _Gareth and Lynette_.

=Perviz= (_Prince_), son of the Sultan Khrosru-schar of Persia. At birth
he was taken away by the sultana's sisters, and set adrift on a canal,
but was rescued and brought up by the superintendent of the sultan's
gardens. When grown to manhood, "the talking-bird" told the sultan that
Pervis was his son, and the young prince, with his brother and sister,
were restored to their rank and position in the empire of
Persia.--_Arabian Nights_ ("The Two Sisters").

_Prince Perviz's String of Pearls._ When Prince Perviz went on his
exploits, he gave his sister, Pariz[=a]d[^e], a string of pearls, saying,
"So long as these pearls move readily on the string, you will know that
I am alive and well; but if they stick fast and will not move, it will
signify that I am dead."--_Arabian Nights_ ("The Two Sisters").

[Asterism] Birtha's emerald ring, and Prince Bahman's knife gave similar
warning. (See BIRTHA and BAHMAN.)

=Pescec'ola=, a famous diver, whose English name was _Fish_ (Italian,
_Pesce_ = fish). He dived in the pool of Charybdis and returned. King
Frederick then threw a golden cup into the pool; Pescecola dived for it,
and was drowned.

Schiller, in _The Diver_, tells the story, but gives the diver no name.

=Pest= (_Mr._), a barrister.--Sir W. Scott, _Redgauntlet_ (time, George
III.).

=Pet=, a fair girl, with rich brown hair hanging free in natural ringlets.
A lovely girl, with a free, frank face, and