These changes of opinion exposed him to no little ridicule

The wits of the University added a new verb to the Latin language, pernare, 'to change one's opinion.' It became proverbial to say of a cloak that had been turned, "It has been Perned." The letters A. P. A. P. on the weathercock of St. Peter's Church were explained to mean "Andrew Perne a Papist," or "Andrew Perne a Protestant," according to the fancy of the reader, and the like. Clarke, Cambridge, p. 42. Pernelle (per-nel'), Madame. The mother of Orgon in Molière's "Tartufe." The part was originally played by Béjart, and is usually played by a man. Perolla and Izadora. A tragedy by Cibber, produced in 1705. It was founded on Lord Orrery's "Partheni a." Péronne (pā-ron'). A town and fortre in the department of Somme, France, situated on the Somme 30 miles east of Amiens. Charles III. (the Simple) was imprisoned here, and in 1468 Louis XI. was imprisoned here by Charles the Bold. It was succe fully defended against the forces of the emperor Charles V. in 1536; was stormed by the English June 26, 1815; and was besieged by the Germans Dec. 27, 1870, and capitulated Jan. 9, 1871. Population (1891), commune, 4,746. Péronne, Treaty of. A conference in 1468 be tween Charles the Bold, duke of Burgundy, and Louis XI. of France (who had gone to Péronne with a small escort and was imprisoned by the duke). Louis made important conce ions. Perote (pā-rõō'tā). A village of the state of Vera Cruz, Mexico, about 18 miles west of Jalapa. Near it was a fort of the same name, commanding the road up the mountains. It was commenced in 1770, and was long the strongest fort in Mexico except San Juan de Ulúa at Vera Cruz. It was an important point during the civil wars. Pérouse, La Pérouse, La. See La Pérouse . Perowne (pe-roun'), John James Stewart. Born at Burdwan, Bengal, March 13, 1824. An English divine, appointed bishop of Worcester in 1890. He graduated at Cambridge (Corpus Christ i College) in 1845. He has published various theological and exegetical works. Perperna (per-per'nä). Put to death by Pomреу about 72 в.с. A Roman general in Spain, lieutenant of Sertorius whom he put put to death. Perpetua (per-pet'u-ä), Saint. Killed at Carthage in 203. An African martyr. Of all the histories of martyrdom, none is so unexaggerated in its tone and language, so entirely unencumbered with miracle; none abounds in such exquisite touches of nature, or, on the whole, from its minutene and circumstantiality, breathes such an air of truth and reality, as that of Perpetua and Felicitas, two African females. Their death is ascribed, in the Acts, to the year of the acce ion of Geta, the son of Severus.