The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Pales ( - )

Roman deity of shepherds, flocks and livestock. Regarded as male by some sources and female by others, and sometimes as a pair of deities because Pales could be either singular or plural in Latin. Dictionary of National Biography entry: http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780198606413.001.0001/acref-9780198606413-e-4737?rskey=lLVAHj&result=1 Other biography: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pales References in Documents: