Plain Dealer (The), a comedy by William Wycherly (1677).
The countess of Drogheda ... inquired for the Plain Dealer. “Madam,” said Mr. Fairbeard, ... “there he is,” pushing Mr. Wycherly towards her.—Cibber, Lives of the Poets, iii. 252.
(Wycherly married the countess in 1680. She died soon afterwards, leaving him the whole of her fortune.)
Plantagenet (Lady Edith), a kinswoman of Richard I. She marries the prince royal of Scotland (called Sir Kenneth, knight of the Leopard, or David, earl of Huntingdon).—Sir W. Scott, The Talisman (time, Richard I.).
Plato. The mistress of this philosopher was Archianassa; of Aristotle, Hepyllis; and of Epicurus, Leontium. (See Lovers.)
Plato (The German), Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi (1743-1819).
Plato (The Jewish), Philo Judæus (fl. 30-40).
Plato (The Puritan), John Howe (1630-1706).
Plato and the Bees. It is said that when Plato was an infant, bees settled on his lips while he was asleep, indicating that he would become famous for his “honeyed words.” The same story is told of Sophoclês also.
And as when Plato did i’ the cradle thrive,
Bees to his lips brought honey from the hive;
So to this boy [Dor´idon] they came—I know not whether
They brought or from his lips did honey gather.
W. Browne, Brittania’s Pastorals, ii. (1613).