=Pigal= (_Mons. de_), the dancing-master who teaches Alice Bridgenorth.--Sir W. Scott, _Peveril of the Peak_ (time, Charles II.). =Pigeon and Dove= (_The_). Prince Constantio was changed into a pigeon, and the Princess Constantia into a dove, because they loved, but were always crossed in love. Constantio found that Constantia was sold by his mother for a slave, and in order to follow her, he was converted into a pigeon. Constantia was seized by a giant, and in order to escape him was changed into a dove. Cupid then took them to Paphos, and they became “examples of a tender and sincere passion; and ever since have been the emblems of love and constancy.”--Comtesse D’Aunoy, _Fairy Tales_ (“The Pigeon and Dove,” 1682). =Pigmy=, a dwarf. (See PYGMY.) =Pigott Diamond= (_The_), brought from India by Lord Pigott. It weighs 82-1/4 carats. In 1818 it came into the hands of Messrs. Rundell and Bridge. =Pigrogrom´itus=, a name alluded to by Sir Andrew Ague-cheek. In sooth thou wast in very gracious fooling last night when thou spokest of Pigrogromitus, of the Vapian passing the equinoctial of Queubus. ’Twas very good, i’ faith.--Shakespeare, _Twelfth Night_, act ii. sc. 3 (1614). =Pigwig´gen=, a fairy knight, whose amours with Queen Mab, and furious combat with Oberon, form the subject of Drayton’s _Nymphidia_ (1593). =Pike= (_Gideon_), valet to old Major Bellenden.--Sir W. Scott, _Old Mortality_ (time, Charles II.). =Pila´tus= (_Mount_), in Switzerland. The legend is that Pontius Pilate, being banished to Gaul by the Emperor Tiberius, wandered to this mount, and flung himself into a black lake at the summit of the hill, being unable to endure the torture of conscience for having given up the Lord to crucifixion. =Pilgrim Fathers.= They were 102 puritans (English, Scotch, and Dutch), who went, in December, 1620, in a ship called the _Mayflower_, to North America, and colonized Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. These states they called “New England.” New Plymouth (near Boston) was the second colony planted by the English in the New World. Men in the middle of life, austere and grave in deportment.... God had sifted three kingdoms to find the wheat for this planting. Longfellow, _Courtship of Miles Standish_, iv. (1858). =Pilgrim--Palmer.= _Pilgrims_ had dwellings, _palmers_ had none. _Pilgrims_ went at their own charge, _palmers_ professed willing poverty, and lived on charity. _Pilgrims_ might return to a secular life, _palmers_ could not. _Pilgrims_ might hold titles and follow trades, _palmers_ were wholly “religious” men.