POLLENTE 
 
 
  Policy (Mrs.), housekeeper at Holyrood 
Palace. She appears in the introduction. 
-Sir W. Scott, Fair Maid of Perth (time, 
Henry IV.). 
 
  Polridore (3 syl.), father of Val~re.- 
Moli~re, Le Depit Amoureux (1654).  . 
 
  Polinesso, duke of Albany, who falsely 
accused Geneura of incontinency, and 
was slain in single combat by Ariodantes. 
-Ariosto, Orlando Furioso (1516). 
 
  Polish Jew (The), also called THE BELLS, 
a melodrama by J. R. Ware, brought 
prominently into note by the acting of 
Henry Irving at the Lyceum. Mathis, a 
miller in a small German town, is visited 
on Christmas Eve by a Polish Jew, who 
comes through the snow in a sledge. After 
rest and refreshment he leaves for Nantzig, 
"four leagues off." Mathis follows him, 
kills him with an axe, and burns the body 
in a lime-kiln. He then pays his debts, 
becomes a prosperous and respected man, 
and is made burgomaster. On the wed- 
ding night of his only child, Annette, he 
dies of apoplexy, of which he had ample 
warning by the constant sound of sledge- 
bells in his ears. In his dream he sup- 
poses himself put into a mesmeric sleep 
in open court, when he confesses every- 
thing and is executed (1874). 
 
  Polix4)ne, the name assumed by Made- 
Ion Gorgibus, a shopkeeper's daughter, as 
far more romantic and genteel than her 
baptismal name. Her cousin, Cathos, 
called herself Aminte (2 syl.). 
 
  Polix'enes (4 syl.), king of Bohemia, 
schoolfellow and old companion of Leont~s, 
king of Sicily. While on a' visit to the 
Sicilian king, Leontes grew jealous of him, 
and commanded Camillo to poison him; 
 
 
but Camillo only warned him of his dan- 
ger, and fled with him to Bohemia. Po- 
lixen~s's son, Flor'izel, fell in love with 
Perdita, the supposed daughter of a shep- 
herd; but the king threatened Perdita 
and the shepherd with death unless this 
foolish suit were given up. Florizel and 
Perdita now fled to Sicily, where they 
were introduced to King Leont&s, and it 
was soon discovered that Perdita was his 
lost daughter. Polixenes, having tracked 
the fugitives to Sicily, learned that Per- 
dita was the king's daughter, and joyfully 
consented to the union he had before for- 
bidden.-Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale 
(1604). 
 
  Poll Pineapple, the bumboat woman, 
once sailed in seaman's clothes with Lieu- 
tenant Belaye' (2 syl.), in the Hot Cross- 
Bun. Jack tars generally greet each other 
with "1 Messmate, ho! what cheer?" but 
the greeting on the Hot Cross-Bun was 
always, "How do you do, my dear?" 
and never was any oath more naughty 
than "Dear me!" One day, Lieutenant 
Belaye came on board and said to his 
crew, "Here, messmates, is my wife, for I 
have just come from church." Where- 
upon they all fainted; and it was found 
the crew consisted of young women only, 
who had dressed like sailors to follow the 
fate of Lieutenant Belaye.-S. Gilbert, 
The Bab Ballads (" The Bumboat Woman's 
Story "). 
 
  Pollente (3 syl.), a Saracen, lord of the 
Perilous Bridge. When his groom, Guizor, 
demands the "passage-penny" of Sir Ar- 
tegal, the knight gives him a "stunning 
blow," saying, "Lo! knave, there's my 
hire;" and the groom falls down dead. 
PollentA then comes rushing up at full 
speed, and both he and Sir Artegal fall 
into the river, fighting most desperately. 
 
 
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