libertine--rich,
young, and at leisure. The model is Sir Paridel, in the _Fa[:e]ry Queen_.

Thee, too, my Paridel, she marked thee there,
Stretched on the rack of a too-easy chair,
And heard thy everlasting yawn confess
The pains and penalties of idleness.

Pope, _The Dunciad_, iv. 341 (1742).

_Paridel_ (_Sir_), descendant of Paris, whose son was Parius, who
settled in Paros, and left his kingdom to his son, Par'idas, from whom
Paridel descended. Having gained the hospitality of Malbecco, Sir
Paridel eloped with his wife, Dame Hel'inore (3 _syl._), but soon
quitted her, leaving her to go whither she would. "So had he served many
another one" (bk. iii. 10). In bk. iv. 1 Sir Paridel is discomfited by
Sir Scudamore.--Spenser, _Fa[:e]ry Queen_, iii. 10; iv. 1 (1590, 1596).

[Asterism] "Sir Paridel" is meant for Charles Nevil, sixth and last of
the Nevils, earls of Westmoreland. He joined the Northumberland
rebellion of 1569 for the restoration of Mary queen of Scots; and when
the plot failed, made his escape to the Continent, where he lived in
poverty and obscurity. The earl was quite a Lothario, whose delight was
to win the love of women, and then to abandon them.

=Paris=, a son of Priam and Hec[)u]ba, noted for his beauty. He married
Oen[=o]n[^e], daughter of Cebren, the river-god. Subsequently, during a
visit to Menel[=a]us, king of Sparta, he eloped with Queen Helen, and
this brought about the Trojan war. Being wounded by an arrow from the
bow of Philoct[=e]t[^e]s, he sent for his wife, who hastened to him with
remedies; but it was too late--he died of his wound, and Oenon[^e] hung
herself.--Homer, _Iliad_.

_Paris_ was appointed to decide which of the three goddesses (Juno,
Pallas or Minerva) was the fairest fair, and to which should be awarded
the golden apple thrown "to the most beautiful." The three goddesses
tried by bribes to obtain the verdict: Juno promised him dominion if he
would decide in her favor; Minerva promised him wisdom; but Venus said
she would find him the most beautiful of women for wife if he allotted
to her the apple. Paris handed the apple to Venus.

Not Cytherea from a fairer swain
Received her apple on the Trojan plain.

Falconer, _The Shipwreck_, i. 3 (1756).

_Paris_, a young nobleman, kinsman of Prince Es'calus of Verona, and the
unsuccessful suitor of his cousin, Juliet.--Shakespeare, _Romeo and
Juliet_ (1598).

_Paris_ (_Notre Dame de_), by