_Ed._ Stevenson. Roxburghe Club, 1838, and R. Morris. Specimens.
=PAINTER, WM.= _See under_ =Italian Anthologies, etc.=
THE MIRROUR OF NOBILITIE AND WONDER OF CHIVALRY.... Turned into English by [Anthony] M[unday]. 1637. 1st pt. _Tr._ 1588.
'This work was condemned by the licentiate in Don Quixote to be torn to pieces and burnt'.
THE HISTORIE OF PRINCE PALMERIN OF ENGLAND, 3 v. _Tr._ by A[nthony] M[unday]. 1602-9. Third bk. _Tr._ (1595).
'Ordered to be preserved by the licentiate in Don Quixote and kept as a singular piece'. Southey remarks that Munday began 'Palmerin' with some care, but soon resigned the task to others.
ENGLISH CHRONICLES (Chronica Majora). From the Creation to 1259, containing the History of England (now ascribed to Roger of Wendover) and from 1235 to 1273 (the portion written by M. Paris). _Tr._ by J. A. Giles, 1849-54.
[M. P. is generally considered to be England's greatest mediæval historian.]
=PASCAL, BLAISE.= _b._ 1623, _d._ 1662. =French philosopher and mathematician.=
LES PROVINCALES: or, THE MYSTERIE OF JESUITISM. _Tr._ 1657.
THOUGHTS ON RELIGION AND OTHER SUBJECTS. _Tr._ by J. Walker, 1688.
WORKS. _Tr._ by George Pearce. 3 v. 1849-50.
[Contains much that had never been translated before.]
=PATERCULUS, VELLEIUS.= B.C. 18. =Roman historian.=
ROMAN HISTORY. _Tr._ Sir Robert le Grys, 1632.
=PAUSANIAS.= 150 to 200. =Greek traveller and author.=
THE DESCRIPTION OF GREECE. _Tr._ Tom Taylor. 3 v. 1794.
AN EXTRACT OF PAUSANIUS. Of the Statues, Pictures and Temples in Greece. _Tr._ 1758.
_Ed._ R. Morris, E.E.T.S., 1869. _Tr._ by I. Gollancz 1891.
'Ranks among the most charming of old English poems, both in thought and delicacy of feeling'.
=PELLICO, SILVIO.= _b._ 1788, _d._ 1854. =Italian poet.=
ON THE DUTIES OF MAN. _Tr._ T. Roscoe, 1837.
MY IMPRISONMENTS. _Tr._ [T. Roscoe], 1826.
=PERCEVAL, SIR, OF GALLES.= _See_ =Sir Percival=.
=PERRAULT, CHARLES.= _b._ 1628, _d._ 1703. =French author.=
CHARACTERS OF THE GREATEST MEN IN FRANCE DURING THE 17TH CENTURY (1696-1700). (Hommes Illustres de Siècle de Louis XIV). _Tr._ by J. Ozell, 1704-5.
FABLES IN ENGLISH AND FRENCH VERSE. _Tr._ 1741.
FAIRY TALES. (Histoires ou Contes du Temps Passé, 1697.)
MESNEVI, THE. _Tr._ J. W. Redhouse. (Oriental Ser.). 1881.