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from his wife Penelope, was the only reafon of the pre¬ 
tended infanity of Ulyffes 5 and, to demonflrate this, Pa- 
lamedes took Telemachus, whom Penelope had lately 
brought into the world, and put him before the plough 
of his father. Ulyffes fhowed that he was /lot infane, by 
turning the plough a different way not to hurt his child. 
This having been difcoverecj, Ulyffes was obliged to at¬ 
tend the Greek princes to the war 5 but a mortal en¬ 
mity arofe between Ulyffes and Palamedes. The king of 
Ithaca refolved to take every opportunity to diftrefs him, 
and, when all his expectations were fruftrated, he had the 
meannefs to bribe one of his fervants, and to make him 
dig a hole in his mailer’s tent, and there conceal a large 
fum of money. After this Ulyffes forged a letter in Phry¬ 
gian characters, which king Priam was fuppofed to have 
fent to Palamedes. In the letter the Trojan king feemed 
to entreat Palamedes to deliver into his hands the Gre¬ 
cian army, according to the conditions which had been 
previoufly agreed upon, when he received the money. 
This forged letter was carried by means of Ulyffes before 
the princes of the Grecian army. Palamedes was fum- 
moned, and he made the moft folemn proteftations of in¬ 
nocence ; but all was in vain ; the money that was difco- 
vered in his tent ferved only to corroborate the accufa- 
tion : he was found guilty by all the army, and ftoned 
to death. Homer is filent about the miferable fate of Pa- 
la'medes ; and Paufanias mentions that it had been re¬ 
ported by fome that Ulyffes and Diomedes had drowned 
him in the fea as he was fifhingon the coaft. " Philoftratus, 
who mentions the tragical ftory above related, adds, that 
Achilles and Ajax buried his body with great pomp on 
the fea-fhore, and that they raifed upon it a fmall chapel, 
where facrifices were regularly offered by the inhabitants 
of Troas. 
Palamedes was a learned man as well as a foldier : and 
to him are afcribed the invention of weights and mea- 
fures; the art of drawing up a battalion ; the regulation 
of the year by the courfe of the fun, and of the month 
by that of the moon ; likewife the games of dice, and 
even chefs, are afcribed to him. Pliny affirms that during 
the fiege of Troy he invented the four letters in the 
Greek alphabet 6, £, (p, j/ ; butPhiloflratusafcribes to him 
only the v, <p, and 
PALAMI'DA, a fortrefs of Sicily, on the north-weft 
coaft, in the valiey of Mazara : fourteen miles w'eft of 
Palermo. 
PAL'AMOS, a feaport town of Spain, in Catalonia, 
fituated on the coaft of the Mediterranean, fortified, and 
defended by a citadel : twenty-two miles fouth-eaft of 
Gerona. Lat.41.50. N. Ion. 2. 58. E. 
PALAMO'W, a circar of Bengal; bounded on the 
north by Bahar, on the eaft by Koondah, Toree, and 
Nagpour, on the fouth-eaft by Burwah, on the fouth-well 
by Sirgooja, and on the weft by Bittounga ; about eighty' 
miles long, and forty in its main breadth. Palamow, the 
capital, is 120 miles fouth-fouth-weft of Patna, and 230 
weft-north-weft of Calcutta. Lat. 23.48. N. Ion. 84. 20. E. 
PALAMPONG', a town on the weft coaft of the ifland 
of Leyta. Lat. 10. 58. N. Ion. 124.14. E. 
PALA'NA, a town of Peru, in the audience of Quito : 
fifty miles fouth of Loxa. 
PALA'NA, a town on the weft coaft of the ifland of 
Lu$on, at the entrance of Caiguran Bay. Lat. 16.45. N. 
Ion. 122. 14. E. 
PAL'ANDER. See Palender. 
PALAN'DO, a town of South America, in the province 
of Quito : forty-five miles fouth of Loxa. 
PALA'NE, a river of Africa, which runs into the In¬ 
dian Sea near Mozambique. 
PALAN'KA, a town of European Turkey', in Bulga¬ 
ria: forty miles fouth of Sophia.—Another in Beffarabia, 
on the Dneifter: thirty-two miles north-weft of Aker- 
man, and forty fouth-eaft of Bender. 
PALAN'KA, a caftle of Hungary: twenty-two miles 
north-eaft of Gran. 
PAL 
PALAN'QUE, f. [French.] A kind of fortification fo 
called in Hungary. It is made of ftakes driven into the 
ground, interlaced with twigs, and covered with earth; 
and ferves to flop the progrefs of an advancing enemy. 
.Tnmp e’ e /VIi I IJiff 
PALANQUI'N, /. [Ind. palkee. At firft called by us 
palanhee. “ They ride on men’s fhoulders in a flight 
thing they call a palanhee, made fomewhat like a couch 
or (landing pallat, covered with a canopie, wherein a man 
may lie at his full length.” Terry’s Voyage to Eall-In- 
dia, &c. 1655.] A kind of covered carriage ufed in the 
eaftern countries, fupported on the fhoulders of four men, 
and wherein perfons of diflin&ion are carried.—He ap¬ 
peared with all the pomp known among a Ample people, 
being carried in a fort of palanquin upon the fhoulders of 
four men. RobertJ'on .—A kind of bier.—The little palan¬ 
quin, into which they put the corpfe, is carried by his 
kindred. Hift. of the Kingdom of MacaJJkr, 1701. 
PALANTO'NE, a town of Italy: twelve miles north- 
weft of Ferrara. 
PALA'NY, a town of Hindooftan, in Bahar: feven 
miles fouth-eaft of Bahar. 
PALAN'ZA, a town of Italy, on the weft fide of Lake 
Maggiora : fifteen miles fouth-eaft of Domo d’Ofcello. 
PALA'OS. See New Philippines. 
PALAPET'TY, a town of Hindooftan, in the pro¬ 
vince of Dindigul: eighteen miles north of Dindigul. 
PALAPOU'R, a town of Bengal: twenty-two miles 
eaft of Boglipour. 
PALAPRAT' (John), a poet and dramatic writer, was 
born at Touloufe in the year 1650. He diftinguiffied him- 
felf from his y'outh by a talent for poetry, and obtained 
feveral prizes at the Floral games of that city. He was 
brought up to the legal proreffion, and obtained fome 
offices of confideration, in which he conducted himfelf 
with great credit. At length an attachment to literature 
gave him a diftafte for bufinefs ; and Paris became his 
principal abode. In 1691, the duke of Vendome attached 
him to his perfon in quality' of fecretary. He employed 
himfelf, at Paris, chiefly in theatrical compofltions ; and 
he contracted an intimacy with the abbe Bruey's, in con¬ 
cert with whom he wrote feveral pieces for the ftage, of 
the comic clafs. It is to their mutual credit, that their 
friendfhip continued unchanged by envy till death. Of 
their conjunct performances, three have kept their place 
on the ftage, together with one of his foie compofition. 
He alfo wrote eight difcourfes on different fubje&s, and 
publiffied a volume of poems, moftly addreffed to M. de 
Vendome. The character of his works is gaiety and viva¬ 
city, with an air of ftmplicity, but with little regard to 
correClnefs. His dramatic pieces are contained in the 
collection of thofe of Brueys. Palaprat died at Paris in 
1721, at the age of feventy-two. 
PALA'RIA, f. Among the Romans, a kind of exer- 
cife performed at a flake by' the foldiers. The flake being 
fixed immovable in the ground, and fix feet high above 
it, the young undifciplined foldiers advanced againit it 
armed with a hurdle and cudgel, inflead of a ffiield and 
fword, and went through all the rules of attack and de¬ 
fence, as if actually engaged with an adverfary. Some¬ 
times they flood at a diflance, and attacked it with mif- 
five weapons, at the fame time ufing all the requifite mo¬ 
tions for defending themfelves, and warding-off what 
might be thrown againfl them. 
PALASBA'RY, a town of Bengal: fix miles north- 
north-eaft of Goragot. 
PALASBO'NA, a town of Bengal: fixteen miles fouth 
of Rajemal. 
PALAS'CO, a town of the ifland of Corfica : fourteen 
miles north of Corte. 
PALAS'Z, a town of European Turkey, in Servia: 
fifteen miles fouth-wefl of Belgrade. 
PAL'ATABLE, adj. [from palate.] G uftful; pleafing 
to the tafle.—There is nothing fo difficult as the art of 
making advice agreeable. How many devices have been 
made 
