In him the old Iberian blood, Of royal and remotest ancestry From undisputed source, flowed undefiled ... He, too, of Chindasuintho’s regal line Sole remnant now, drew after him the love Of all true Goths. Southey, _Roderick, etc._, viii. (1814). =Pelham=, the hero of a novel by Lord Lytton, entitled _Pelham_, or _The Adventures of a Gentleman_ (1828). _Pelham_ (_M._), one of the many _aliases_ of Sir R. Phillips, under which he published _The Parent’s and Tutor’s First Catechism_. In the preface he calls the writer _authoress_. Some of his other names are Rev. David Blair, Rev. C. C. Clarke, Rev. J. Goldsmith. =Pel´ian Spear= (_The_), the lance of Achillês which wounded and cured Te´lephos. So called from Peleus, the father of Achillês. Such was the cure the Arcadian hero found-- The Pelian spear that wounded, made him sound. Ovid, _Remedy of Love_. =Peli´des= (3 _syl._), Achillês, son of Peleus (2 _syl._), chief of the Greek warriors at the siege of Troy.--Homer, _Iliad_. When, like Pelidês, bold beyond control, Homer raised high to heaven the loud impetuous song. Beattie, _The Minstrel_ (1773-4). =Pe´lion= (“_mud-sprung_”), one of the frog chieftains. A spear at Pelion, Troglodytês cast The missive spear within the bosom past Death’s sable shades the fainting frog surround, And life’s red tide runs ebbing from the wound. Parnell, _Battle of the Frogs and Mice_, iii. (about 1712). =Pell= (_Solomon_), an attorney in the Insolvent Debtors’ court. He has the very highest opinions of his own merits, and by his aid Tony Weller contrives to get his son Sam sent to the Fleet for debt, that he may be near Mr. Pickwick to protect and wait upon him.--C. Dickens, _The Pickwick Papers_ (1836). =Pelleas= (_Sir_), lord of many isles, and noted for his great muscular strength. He fell in love with Lady Ettard, but the lady did not return his love. Sir Gaw´ain promised to advocate his cause with the lady, but played him false. Sir Pelleas caught them in unseemly dalliance with each other, but forbore to kill them. By the power of enchantment, the lady was made to dote on Sir Pelleas; but the knight would have nothing to say to her, so she pined and died. After the Lady Ettard played him false, the Damsel of the Lake “rejoiced him, and they loved together during their whole lives.”--Sir T. Malory, _History of Prince Arthur_, i. 79-82 (1470). ⁂ Sir Pelleas must not be confounded with Sir Pelles (_q.v._). =Pellegrin=, the pseudonym of de la Motte Fouqué (1777-1843). =Pelles= (_Sir_), of Corbin Castle, “king of the foragn land and nigh cousin of Joseph of Arimathy.” He was father of Sir Eliazar, and of the Lady Elaine, who fell in love with Sir Launcelot, by whom she became the mother of Sir Galahad, “who achieved the quest of the Holy Graal.” This Elaine was not the “lily maid of Astolat.”