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He exercifed his ingenuity in reftoring ancient infcripti- 
ons, for which he poffefied a wonderful talent; and amu- 
fed himfelf fometimes in compofing Greek, and Latin ver- 
fes, in which he endeavoured, and not without fuccefs, 
to imitate the eafe and elegant fimplicity of the ancients. 
Perelli was well verfed, likewift, in theology, and had 
read the works of many of the ancient fathers, but par¬ 
ticularly thofe written in Greek ; and was thoroughly ac¬ 
quainted with the various theological difputes which 
have taken place in the Chriftian church. In the courfe 
of his reading he feldom made extracts of remarkable paf- 
fages, trufting entirely to his memory, which was exceed¬ 
ingly retentive; but, during the laft three years of his 
life, his faculties became greatly impaired. In the year 
1779, finding himfelf unfit to difcharge the duties of his 
office in the univerfity of Pifa, he requefted leave to re- 
fign; and died of apoplexy in Oftober 1783. lilogi d'il~ 
lujlri llaliani. 
PERELOMO'V, a town of Ruffia, in the government 
of Irkutfk, on the Amur: fifty-fix miles north-eaft of 
Stretenfk. 
To PEREM'PT, v. a. [peremptus , Lat.] To kill; to 
crufh. A law-term.—Nor is it any objection that the 
caufe of appeal is peremptcd by the defertion of an ap¬ 
peal; becaufe the office of the judge continues after fuch 
inftance is perempted. Ayliffe. 
PEREM'PTION, f. Crufh; extinction.—This peremp¬ 
tion of inftance was introduced in favour of the public, 
left fuitsfhould be rendered perpetual. Ayliffe. 
PEREM'PTORILY, adv. Abfolutely; pofitively ; fo 
as to cut off all farther debate.— God’s laws peremptorily 
injoin us, and the things therein implied do ilraitly 
oblige us, to partake of the holy facrament. Kettlewell .—• 
Some talk of letters before the deluge; but that is a mat¬ 
ter of mere conjecture, and nothing can be peremptorily 
determined either the one way or the other. Wondwai-d. 
—Never judge peremptorily on firft appearances. Ilichard- 
fon's Clfiriffh. 
PEREM'PTORINESS, f. Pofitivenefs 5 abfolute 
decifion ; dogmatifm. — Peremptorinefs is of two forts; 
the one a magifterialnefs in matters of opinion; the 
ether a pofitivenefs in relating matters of faCt. Gov. 
of the Tongue. —Self-conceit a nd peremptorinefs i n a man’s 
own opinion are not commonly reputed vices. Tillolfon. 
PEREM'PTORY, adj. [peremptoire, Fr. peremptorius, 
low Lat. from peremptus, killed.] Dogmatical; abfolute; 
fuch as deftroys all further expoftulation.—He may have 
fifty-fix exceptions peremptory againft the jurors, of which 
he (hall fhew no caufe. Spenfer. —Though thetextand the 
doCtrine run peremptory and abfolute, whofoever denies 
Chrift fhall alfuredly be denied by him ; yet ftill there is 
a tacit condition, unlefs repentance intervene. South. — 
The more modeft confefs, that learning was to give us a 
fuller difeovery of our ignorance, and to keep us from 
being peremptory and dogmatical in our determinations. 
Collier. 
To morrow be in readinefs to go : 
Excufe it not, for I am peremptory. ShakeJpeare. 
PEREM'SCHAL, a town of Ruffia, in the government 
of Kaluga, on the Oka: fixteen miles fouth-fouth-weft 
of Kaluga. Lat. 54. 15. N. Ion. 35. 44. E. 
PERENDO'RE, or Perentora'y, a town of Hin- 
doollan, in the Myfore, taken by Lieut.-Col. Oldham in 
1790 : ten miles fouth-weft of Erroad. 
PERE'NE, a river of Peru, which rifes about forty 
miles north of Tarma, and after a louth-eafteriy courfe 
of above 100 miles, joins the Xauxa, to form the Ene. 
PEREN'NIAL, adj. [ perennel , old Fr. peremds, Lat.] 
Lafting through the year.—If the quantity were precifely 
the fame in thefe perennial fountains, the difficulty would 
be greater. Cheyne. —Perpetual; unceafing.—The matter 
wherewith thefe perennial clouds are railed, is the fea that 
furrounds them. Harvey. 
PEREN'NIAL, f. A plant of which the roots willen- 
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dure many years, whether they retain their leaves in win¬ 
ter or not. Thofe which retain their leaves are called 
evergreens; but fuch as caft their leaves are named decidu¬ 
ous plants, or perdifols. 
PEREN'NITY, f. [perennite, old Fr. from perennitns, 
Lat.] Quality of lading through all feafons ; perpetuity. 
—That fprings have their origin from the fea, and not 
from rains and vapours, I conclude from the perennity of 
divers fprings. Derham's P/tyf. Theol. 
PEREN'TICIDE, f. [from the Lat. pera, a purfe, and 
ccedo, to cut.] A cut-purfe. Cole. 
PERF.RR A'TION, f [pererratus , Lat.] Travel ; aft 
of rambling through various places.—Thele may be fa'rd 
to have been carried up and down through many coun¬ 
tries ; and, after a long pererration to and fro, to return 
as wife as they went. Howell's IuJlruB. for Trav. 
PE'RES, or Constantine Peres, an ifland on the 
coaft of Chili, near the harbour of Valdivia. 
PERES'KIA, /’. in botany. See Cactus. 
PERESLAVELZAL'SKOI, a town of Ruffia, in the 
government of Vladimir: fixty miles north-weft of Vladi¬ 
mir. Lat. 56. 35. N. Ion. 38. 54. E. 
PEREU'IL, a town of France, in the department of 
the Charente: tw'elve miles from Angouleme. 
PEREVOLOTZKA'IA, a fort of Ruffia, in the go¬ 
vernment of Upha, on the Samara: thirty-two miles 
weft-north-weft of Orenburg. 
PEREVOZ', a town of Ruffia, in the government of 
Niznei Novgorod : forty-eight miles fouth-foutheaft of 
Niznei Novgorod. Lat. 55. 36. N. Ion. 44. 34. E. 
PEREVOZ'NOI (Nos), a cape of Ruffia, in the Straits 
of Vaigatfkoi. Lat. 69. 15. N. Ion. 58. 22. E. 
PEREY'RA (Luys), a Portuguefe who in 1558 pub- 
lifhedan heroic poem upon the fate of Sebaftian, which he 
dedicated to the Cardinal Archduke Albert of Auftria. 
It was reprinted in 1785 by Bento Joze de Souza Farinha, 
Regius Profeffor of Philofophy at Lifbon, a man to whom 
the literature of his country is indebted for the republi- 
tion of many rare w’orks. The “ Elegiada” of Luys 
Pereyra has however been deprived, by this new edition, 
of the only value which it poflefled, its rarity. In the firft 
canto, Sebaftian lofes himfelf in a wood, and meets a 
hermit there, who tells him the hiftory of Portugal. In 
the fixth, another perfon relates the Ihipwreck of Sepul¬ 
veda. The tenth is upon the aClions of the Portuguefe 
in Monomotapa. The twelfth contains a defeription of 
Africa, lefs amufing than what is to be found in the old 
geographical grammar. The thirteenth is the hiftory of 
the fiege of Goa. The fifteenth the fiege of Chaul ; and, 
at the cor.clufion of one of thele pertinent epilodes, the 
poet fays, Now that he has finilhed his ftory, it is well 
that I fliould go on with mine. Nor are the remaining 
cantos of the eighteen all employed in the aftion of the 
poem. The fiege of Mazagam, the acceffion of Sebaftian, 
a plague, and a famine, Proteus, and the Devil, are called 
in to eke it out. The execution is as bad as the plan : it 
is bare, bald, beggarly narrative, hobbling upon crutches ; 
yet Luys Pereyra was praifed by his contemporaries. R. S. 
in Gen. Biog. 
PE'REZ (Antonio). No hiftory is fo abundant in ex¬ 
amples of the inconftancy of prince’s favours as the hif¬ 
tory of Spain; and of all the fallen favourites in that 
country none ever excited fuch general fympathy as An¬ 
tonio Perez. Thefatherof this famous and unhappy man 
had been for forty years foie lecretary of ftate to Charles 
V. and Philip II. in which poll he was fucceeded by his 
fon. He was made alfo fecretary of war, and demeaned 
himfelf fo well as to enjoy at the fame time the favour 
of the king and of the people. Never were any man’s 
misfortunes fo littie to be imputed to himfelf. Don John 
of Auftria, intoxicated with the renown he had acquired 
by quelling the Morifcoes, and ftill more by the glorious 
viftory of Lepanto, could not reft fatisfied with any thing 
ftiort of royal dignity; and had therefore intrigued with 
the pope to give him the kingdom of Tunis firft, and 
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