William Martin was the writer of Darton’s “Peter Parley series.” George Mogridge wrote several tales under the name of Peter Parley. How far such “false pretences” are justifiable, public opinion, must decide. =Parliament= (_The Black_), a parliament held by Henry VIII. in Bridewell. (For Addled parliament, Barebone’s parliament, the Devil’s parliament, the Drunken parliament, the Good parliament, the Long parliament, the Mad parliament, the Pensioner parliament, the Rump parliament, the Running parliament, the Unmerciful parliament, the Useless parliament, the Wonder-making parliament, the parliament of Dunces, see _Dictionary of Phrase and Fable_, 657.) =Parnelle= (_Mde._), the mother of M. Orgon, and an ultra-admirer of Tartuffe, whom she looks on as a saint. In the adaptation of Molière’s comedy by Isaac Bickerstaff, Mde. Parnelle is called “old Lady Lambert;” her son, “Sir John Lambert;” and Tartuffe, “Dr. Cantwell.”--Molière, _Tartuffe_ (1664); Bickerstaff, _The Hypocrite_ (1768). ⁂ _The Nonjuror_, by Cibber (1706), was the quarry of Bickerstaff’s play. =Parody= (_Father of_), Hippo´nax of Ephesus (sixth century B.C.). =Parol´les= (3 _syl._), a boastful, cowardly follower of Bertram, count of Rousillon. His utterances are racy enough, but our contempt for the man smothers our mirth, and we cannot laugh. In one scene the bully is taken blindfolded among his old acquaintances, whom he is led to suppose are his enemies, and he villifies[TN-64] their characters to their faces in most admired foolery.--Shakespeare, _All’s Well that Ends Well_ (1598). He [_Dr. Parr_] was a mere Parolles in a pedagogue’s wig.--_Noctes Ambrosianæ._ (For similar tongue-doughty heroes, see BASILISCO, BESSUS, BLUFF, BOBADIL, BOROUGHCLIFF, BRAZEN, FLASH, PISTOL, PYRGO, POLINICES,[TN-65] SCARAMOUCH, THRASO, VINCENT DE LA ROSA, etc.) =Parpaillons= (_King of the_), the father of Gargamelle, “a jolly pug and well-mouthed wench,” who married Grangousier “in the vigor of his age,” and became the mother of Gargantua.--Rabelais, _Gargantua_, i. 3 (1533). =Parr= (_Old_). Thomas Parr, we are told, lived in the reign of ten sovereigns. He married his second wife when he was 120 years old, and had a child by her. He was a husbandman, born at Salop, in 1483, and died 1635, aged 152. =Parricide= (_The Beautiful_), Beatrice Cenci, who is said to have murdered her father for the incestuous brutality with which he had treated her (died 1599). Shelley has a tragedy on the subject, called _The Cenci_ (1819). =Parsley Peel=, the first Sir Robert Peel. So called from the great quantity of printed calico with the parsley-leaf pattern manufactured by him (1750-1830). =Parson Adams=, a simple-minded country clergyman of the eighteenth century. At the age of 50 he was provided with a handsome income of £23 a year (nearly £300 of our money).--Fielding, _Joseph Andrews_ (1742).