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Perceʹforest (King)

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A prose romance, printed at Paris in 1528, and said to have been discovered in a cabinet hid in the massive wall of an ancient tower on the banks of the Humber, named Burtimer, from a king of that name who built it. The MS. was said to be in Greek, and was translated through the Latin into French.

It is also used for Perceval, an Arthurian knight, in many of the ancient romances.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Pentreath (Dolly)
Peony (The)
People
People’s Charter (The)
Pepper
Pepper Gate
Pepper-and-Salt
Peppercorn Rent (A)
Peppy Bap
Per Saltum (Latin)
Perceforest (King)
Perceval (Sir)
Percinet
Percy [pierce-eye]
Perdita
Perdrix, toujours Perdrix
Père Duchêne
Père la Chaise
Peregrine
Peregrine Falcon (A)
Peregrine Pickle