from
Suckling, and spoilt it in the theft. Like Sir Fretful Plagiary,
Herrick had not skill to steal with taste.--R. Chambers, _English
Literature_, i. 134.

William Parsons [1736-1795] was the original "Sir Fretful
Plagiary," and from his delineation most of our modern actors have
borrowed their idea.--_Life of Sheridan._

=Plaids et Gieux sous l'Ormel=, a society formed by the troubadours of
Picardy in the latter half of the twelfth century. It consisted of
knights and ladies of the highest rank, exercised and approved in
courtesy, who assumed an absolute judicial power in matters of the most
delicate nature; trying with the most consummate ceremony, all causes in
love brought before their tribunals.

This was similar to the "Court of Love," established about the same
time, by the troubadours of Provence.--_Universal Magazine_ (March,
1792).

=Plain= (_The_), the level floor of the National Convention of France,
occupied by the Girondists, or moderate republicans.

The red republicans occupied the higher seats, called "the mountain." By
a figure of speech, the Girondist party was called "the plain," and the
red republican party "the mountain."

=Plain and Perspicuous Doctor= (_The_), Walter Burleigh (1275-1357).

=Plain Dealer= (_The_), a comedy by William Wycherly (1677).

The countess of Drogheda ... inquired for the _Plain Dealer_.
"Madam," said Mr. Fairbeard, ... "there he is," pushing Mr.
Wycherly towards her.--Cibber, _Lives of the Poets_, iii. 252.

(Wycherly married the countess in 1680. She died soon afterwards,
leaving him the whole of her fortune.)

=Plantagenet= (_Lady Edith_), a kinswoman of Richard I. She marries the
prince royal of Scotland (called Sir Kenneth, knight of the Leopard, or
David, earl of Huntingdon).--Sir W. Scott, _The Talisman_ (time, Richard
I.).

=Plato.= The mistress of this philosopher was Archianassa; of Aristotle,
Hepyllis; and of Epicurus, Leontium. (See LOVERS.)

_Plato_ (_The German_), Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743-1819).

_Plato_ (_The Jewish_), Philo Judaeus (fl. 30-40).

_Plato_ (_The Puritan_), John Howe (1630-1706).

=Plato and the Bees.= It is said that when Plato was an infant, bees
settled on his lips while he was asleep, indicating that he would become
famous for his "honeyed words." The same story is told of Sophocl[^e]s
also.

And as when Plato did i' the cradle thrive,
Bees to h