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 286 PERCY PEREIRA PERCY, Thomas, an English scholar, born at Bridgenorth, Shropshire, April 13, 1728, died at Dromore, Ireland, Sept. 30, 1811. He took orders, and received in 1756 the rectory of Wilby and vicarage of Easton-Mauduit, North- amptonshire. His first literary production was the translation from the Portuguese of vol. iv. of a Chinese novel entitled " Hau Kiou Cho- an " (4 vols., 1761), the first three volumes hav- ing been translated previously. This was soon followed by "Miscellaneous Pieces relating to the Chinese" (2 vols., 1762); a translation from the Icelandic into Latin and English of five pieces of runic poetry (1761-'3); a new version of Solomon's Song, with notes and a commentary (1764) ; and a " Key to the New Testament " (1769). The " Reliques of Ancient English Poetry," to which he owes all his pres- ent celebrity, appeared in 1765. The greater part of the collection was taken from an old manuscript in the editor's possession, and many other pieces were obtained from the Pepysian library. It has been many times republished, a new edition appearing in New York in 1867. In 1766 Percy was appointed domestic chap- lain to the duke and duchess of Northumber- land, in 1769 chaplain in ordinary to the king, in 1778 dean of Carlisle, and in 1782 bishop of Dromore in the county Down, where he passed the rest of his life. In his latter days he be- came totally blind. Dr. Percy was a poet of considerable merit. His "Nancy, wilt thou come with me? " and "The Hermit of Wark- worth" (1771), a poem connected with the history of the noble family of Percy to which he was reputed to belong, are well known; and the beautiful ballad of " The Friar of Or- ders Gray," which appears in the "Reliques," is mostly his own composition. He also pub- lished in 1770 the "Northumberland House- hold Book," and a translation of Mallet's " Northern Antiquities." PERDICCAS, a general of Alexander the Great, assassinated near Memphis in 321 B. 0. He was descended probably from the royal house of Orestis, a Macedonian province, and early attached himself to the court of Philip, at the time of whose assassination (336) he was an of- ficer of his body guard. Under Alexander he commanded a division of the phalanx at the battles of the Granicus, Issus, and Arbela, and was afterward frequently employed in sepa- rate commands. When Alexander made a dis- tribution of honors at Susa, Perdiccas received a crown of gold, and a daughter of the satrap of Media in marriage. After the death of the king (323) he bore a prominent part in the troubles between the cavalry and the infantry, and after the settlement of the quarrel he was made regent under the title of chiliarch of the horse guards, Philip Arrhida3us, half brother of Alexander, being nominally king. He suc- ceeded in crushing Meleager, his co-regent, with all of his principal partisans, and managed for a time to retain his power in security. In 322 he invaded Cappadocia, defeated its sa- trap Ariarthes in two battles, and reduced the country. Afterward he marched into Pisidia, and captured Laranda and Isaura. He mar- ried Nicaea, daughter of Antipater, and put to death Cynane, the half sister of Alexander; but this aroused so much indignation among the soldiers, that he was forced to marry her daughter to King ArrhidaBus. An attempt to bring Antigonus to account for his conduct in the management of his government led to hos- tilities. Antigonus fled to Macedonia, and An- tipater, Craterus, and Ptolemy leagued against Perdiccas. He determined to attack Ptolemy, and, leaving Eumenes in command in Asia Minor, marched as far as the Nile without op- position. In attempting to cross that river he was repeatedly repulsed, and in the last effort lost so many men that the discontent in his army broke out in open mutiny. Several offi- cers, headed by Seleucus and Antigenes, went to his tent and despatched him. PERDIDO, a small river and bay, which form the W. boundary of Florida, separating Es- cambia co. in that state from Baldwin co. in Alabama. Perdido bay is more properly a lake, into which the river expands near its mouth. It is landlocked, and its outlet into the gulf of Mexico is so small, and enters at so acute an angle with the line of coast, as to be almost undistinguishable from the sea, whence the river probably derived its Spanish name Perdido, or " lost." There are generally but 4 or 5 ft. of water on the bar at its mouth. The Perdido was the boundary between the French and Spanish colonies of Louisiana and Florida. PERE DlCHESiE. See HEBEKT, JACQUES RENE. PEREGRINE FALCON. See FALCON. PEREIRA, Jacob Rodriguez, a Spanish instruc- tor of deaf mutes, of Jewish family, born at Berlanga, Estremadura, April 11, 1715, died in Paris, Sept. 15, 1780. He opened a school for deaf mutes at Cadiz, but was not able to main- tain it, and about 1742 removed with his family to Bordeaux. In 1745 he taught a mute in La Rochelle to pronounce some words, and under- took the instruction of the deaf and dumb son of the comptroller, D'Etavigny. After some years he appeared before the academy of sci- ences in Paris with young D'Etavigny, whose proficiency excited their admiration. A few months later he appeared with his pupil before Louis XV., who bestowed on Pereira a pen- sion of 800 francs. In 1754 he presented one of his pupils before the ex-king Stanislas of Poland. (See DEAF AND DUMB, vol. v., p. 733.) PEREIRA, Jonathan, an English pharmacolo- gist, born in London, May 22, 1804, died there, Jan. 20, 1853. At the age of 14 he was ap- prenticed to a surgeon and apothecary, and in March, 1823, received a license to practise from the society of apothecaries. On his ap- pointment not long after as apothecary of the Aldersgate street dispensary, he became a pri- vate tutor, and published several works, chiefly for the use of students about to be examined.