Remaines concerning Brittaine: but especially England, and the inhabitants thereof. Their languages, names, syrnames, allusions, anagrammes, armories, moneys. Empresses, apparell, artillerie, wise speeches, prouerbes, poesies, epitaphs / [William Camden].

William Camden

Date:: [1629]

Credit: Remaines concerning Brittaine: but especially England, and the inhabitants thereof. Their languages, names, syrnames, allusions, anagrammes, armories, moneys. Empresses, apparell, artillerie, wise speeches, prouerbes, poesies, epitaphs / [William Camden]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$10$ Surnames. ^ Some f^om parts of the bodie, as Head,Redhead, Whitehead, Legg',Foot,Pollard, Arnte,F]and,Lips,Heart, as Cotculum,Capito, Pedo,Lzbeo,Nafo,among the Romans. Garments hauealfooccafionedname$,as Hofe,Hofatus,Hat, Cap,Frocke,Petticote,Gaicote; as with the Romans,CWi'p/<*,C<t- racaRa, Fimbria, and Hugh Capet, from whom this la ft Houle of France defeended, was fo called, for that heevfedwhen hee was young, to fnatch off hisfeliowes Caps, if webeleeueD* Title t. Nota few from colours of their complexions,garments, or otherwiie,haue gotten names, as White, Blacky;, 'Browne, Red, Greene 5 and thole Norman names, Rons, that is, red, Blunt, or Blund, that is, Flaxen haire; and from thsfe,Rajfefla.n& Blundell, <?r«,thatis, Grey, or, that is, Speckled, Blanch and Blanc, that is. White; with thofe Brittifh or Welch names, who wheras they were wont to depaint themfelues with fundry co- lours,haae alfo borrowed many names from the (aid colours,as £j^,thatis,Red,(7iW»,that is, White,Dr*,that is,Black,Lfe#»W, orF/W,thatis,Ruffet: Namcstobee no moredifliked than Albinus, Candidas, Flauiut, Fuluius, Fufchus, Burrhus,Ceectius, But ilias, Rufus, Niger, Nignnut, among the Romans ; and Pyrrhus, Cklorus, Leucagus, Chryfes, Melanthius, among the Grecians. Some from flowers and fruits,as Lilly,Lis, Rofe, Peare, Nut, Filbert, Peach, Pea feed, Vetch, as faire names as Lentulus, Pife, Pabius,zmong the Romans. Others from beafts,as Lamb,Lton, Boare, Be are,Bucks, Hind,Hound, Fox,Wolph,Hare,Hog, Ror,Broc, Badger,&c.Neither arc thefeand fuch like to be difliked,when as among the nobleft Romans, Leo, Vrficims,Catullus,Lupus,Le* portus,Aper,Aproniui, Camnias, Caflor, &c. and Cyrus, that is Dog,with the Perfians were very vfuall. From Fifhes likewife,as Playce,Salmon,Trout, Cub, Gurnard, fferring,Pike,Pikerili,Breme, Burt,Whiting, Crab,Sole, tJWullct, Bafe, &c. nothing inferiour to the Roman names,MurenafPho- *as,Orata,tb.zt \s,Gilthead,&cScx that happily they Ioucd thofe fifties more than other. Many haue beene deriued from Birds, as Corbet, that is, lUuen, 1Ar ondcll 1 that is, Swallow; the Gentlemen of which r • naree$