Patrons, their treatment of authors, i. 82; anecdotes regarding, 83, 84; opinion of Dr. Johnson upon, 83.
Paulus Jovius, description of the country-house and collections of statues, books, and portraits belonging to, i. 45; description of the villa built by, iii. [397].
Pazzi, Cavaliero, founder of the Accademia Colombaria, ii. 483.
Peg-tankards, ii. 296, and note.
Peiresc, a man of incessant literary occupations, and an enthusiast in the importation of exotic plants, ii. 151; anecdotes of, iii. [409].
Pembroke, Anne, Countess of, designed a history of her family, iii. [421].
Perfumery and costly washes, introduced into England by the Earl of Oxford, i. 225.
Petitions, to Parliament against the Drama, ii. 289; mock, ib.
Petitioners and Abhorrers, iii. [87].
Petrach, formula used at his coronation with the Laurel Crown, i. 455; his passion for literary composition, ii. 592; his Laura, iii. [309].