PEREGRINE PICKLE 
 
 
the amorous monarch, "and one mistress 
is all very well, but not perdrix, toujours per- 
drix !"-See Notes and Queries, 337, October 
23,1869). 
  The story is at least as old as the Cent 
Nouvelles Nouvelles, compiled  between 
1450-1461, for the amusement of the 
dauphin of France, afterwards Louis XI. 
(Notes and Queries, November 27, 1869). 
  ** Farquhar parodies the French ex- 
pression into "Soup for breakfast, soup 
for dinner, soup for supper, and soup for 
breakfast again."-Farquhar, The Incon- 
stant, iv. 2 (1702). 
 
  Ptre Duchesne (Le), Jacques Rene 
H16bert; so called from the Pare Duchesne, 
a newspaper of which he was the editor 
(1755-1794). 
 
  Pereard (Sir), the Black Knight of the 
Black Lands. Called by Tennyson "Night" 
or "Nox." He was one of the four broth- 
ers who kept the passages to Castle Peril- 
ous, and was overthrown by Sir Gareth. 
-Sir T. Malory, History of Prince Arthur, 
i. 126 (1470); Tennyson, Idylls (" Gareth 
and Lynette "). 
 
  Peredur (Sir), son of Evrawe, called 
"Sir Peredur of the Long Spear," one of 
the knights of the Round Table. He was 
for many years called "The Dumb Youth," 
from a vow he made to speak to no Chris- 
tian till Angharad of the Golden Hand 
loved him better than she loved any other 
man. His great achievements were: (1) 
the conquest of the Black Oppressor, "who 
oppressed every one and did justice to no 
one;" (2) killing the Addanc of the Lake, 
a monster that devoured daily some of the 
sons of the king of Tortures. This exploit 
he was enabled to achieve by means of a 
stone which kept him invisible; (3) slay- 
ing the three hundred heroes privileged to 
 
 
sit round the countess of the Achieve- 
ments; on the death of these men the 
seat next the countess was freely given to 
him; (4) the achievement of the Mount of 
Mourning, where was a serpent with a 
stone in its tail which would give inex- 
haustible wealth to its possessor; Sir 
Peredur killed the serpent, but gave the 
stone to his companion, Earl Etlym of the 
east country. These exploits over, Sir 
Peredur lived fourteen years with the Em- 
press Cristinobyl the Great. 
  Sir Peredur is the Welsh name for 
Sir Percival of Wales.-The Mabinogion 
(from the Red Book of Hergest, twelfth 
century). 
 
  Per'egrine (3 syl.), a sentimental prig, 
who talks by the book. At the age of 15 
he runs away from home, and Job Thorn- 
berry lends him ten guineas, "the first 
earnings of his trade as a brazier." After 
thirty years absence, Peregrine returns 
just as the old brazier is made a bankrupt 
"through the treachery of a friend." He 
tells the bankrupt that his loan of ten 
guineas has by honest trade grown to 
10,000, and these he returns to Thornberry 
as his own by right. It turns out that 
Peregrine is the eldest brother of Sir 
Simon Rochdale, J. P., and when Sir 
Simon refuses justice to the old brazier 
Peregrine asserts his right to the estate, 
etc. At the same time, he hears that the 
ship he thought was wrecked has come 
safe into port, and has thus brought him 
£100,000.-G. Colman, junior, John Bull 
(1805). 
 
  Peregrine Pickle, the hero and title 
of a novel by Smollett (1751). Peregrine 
Pickle is a savage, ungrateful spendthrift, 
fond of practical jokes, and suffering with 
evil temper the misfortunes brought on 
himself by his own wilfulness. 
 
 
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