Liberality (N); Liberty (WH). Man (N); Mankind (M); Mercy (M); Mischief (M); Misericordia (R); Misrule (IP); Mundus (N). Nature (N); Nemesis (R); New Guise (M); Nought (M); Now-a-days (M). Oppression (R). Patience (N); Pax (R); Peace (IP); People (R); Poverty (IP); Pride(N); Prologue (R); Prosperity (IP). Quickness (WS). Reason (N and WS); Remedy (WH); Respublica (R); Riches (WS). St. John the Evangelist (JE); Science (WS); Sensuality (N); Shame (WS); Shamefacedness (N); Shrewd Wit (WH); Sloth (N); Strength (WS); Study (WS); Sumner (IP). Tediousness (WS); Titivillus (M). Veritas (R). Wealth (WH); Wit (WS); Worldly Affection (N); Worship (WS); Wrath (N). PLETTE, "whom should I _plette_" (IP341,_d_), plead. "About eftsoones for to _plete_, And bring on you advocacies new?" --Chaucer, _Troilus and Creseide_, ii. PLEYSERIS, "ye may be _pleyseris_ with the angels above" (M40,_d_), so in original: Manly suggests _partakers_. POLICATE, "such a _policate_ wit" (R213,_b_), polished: ? a compound of _polished_ + _delicate_, or a corruption of _politic_ = sharp, clever, well-devised. POLL, "I see you would _poll_ me" (R220,_c_), plunder, pillage, rob. POPULORUM, "by his precious _populorum_" (R259,_b_) A coinage of no special worth save a bare record. PORT, "Wealth hath great _port_" (WH279,_d_), carriage, mien, bearing, state. "With another _port_."--_Jacob_ _and Esau_, Anon. Pl., 2 Ser. (E.E.D.S.), 72,_c_. "Keep house, and _port_, and servants as I should."--Shakespeare, _Taming of the Shrew_ (1593), i. 1. POTESTATE, "a worthy _potestate_" (N71,_b_), potentate, chief authority. "And whanne thei leeden you unto synagogis and to magistratis and _potestatis_; nyle ye be bisy how or what ye schulen answere, or what ye schulen scye."--Wycliffe, _Luke_ xii. POTICARY (N125,_a_), apothecary: see Heywood, _The_ _Four P.P._ PRECISE, "as Himself doth _precise_" (M37,_b_), to determine with precision: cf. Fr. _preciser_. PRECLAIR, "_preclair_ pre-eminence" (IP347,_d_), illustrious, eminent. "That puissant prince _preclair_." Lyndesay, _Monarche_. PREYS, "the gubbins of booties and _preys_" (R183,_d_), spoil, plunder. PRYKE, "_pryke_ not your felicities" (M4,_b_), fix. PRIME, "mass and matins, hours and _prime_" (M31,_c_)--"by _prime_" (JE360,_c_), the first of the canonical hours, succeeding to lauds. PRIVITY, see Jewels. PROMIDENCE, "climbing up aloft for promidence" (R212,_d_),? prominence, predominance. PROUT, "zo thick _prout_ whorecop" (R256,_b_)--"maketh us _prout_" (R256,_c_), proud: in original _prowte_ and _prout_ respectively; A.S. prut. PUDDINGS, see Dogs.