336 OOENISHISMS IN ANCIENT LITEBATUEE. 



FRENDGE=friiige. 



"Also I give to Adam Ashame my hose with, the frendge.^' 

 Will of Mr. Sheeney. Prerogative Court of Canterbury. 

 Bate 1573. 



MAi8TEE,=master. 



"William Gouae at this present time being Maister.'''' — 

 Grant of Arms to the London Company of Armourers. 

 1556. 



AFEAE,D=afraid. 



Slender : " No, she shall not dismay me, I care not for 

 that, hut 1 am afeard." — Shakespeare, Merry Wives of 

 Windsor, Act IV, Scene ij. 



HoiSE=hoist. 



Buchingham : " We'll quickly hoise Duke Humphrey 

 from his seat." — Shakespeare, ij part of King Henry vj, 

 Act J, Scene J. 



FowER=four. 



"Item, paide for fewer dozen of napkins." — Sir M. 



Tichhorne's Account. No. 3. 



Childek= children. 



Citizen: "The childer are pretty childer.^' — Beaumont, and 

 Fletcher. Knight of the Burning Pestle. Before 1615. 



MARaET=Margaret. 



"You are no love for me, Ma^gef^ — Do. Date hefore 

 1615. 



Somerset. — Occurrence of a Cornishism. 



BRANBis^a three-cornered rest for a kettle. 



" The kychyn. . . .It ij brandys.^^ — Nettlecomb Invent., 1526. 

 In Devonshire the word " brandis " is applied to places 

 shaped like this article, e.g. Brandis Corner near Hols- 

 worthy, and Brandis Lane near Crediton. 



Devonian. — Occitrrence of Cornishisms. 



Quillet = a small meadow; a piece of land. 



" John Grihble for a quillet oi a garden x.^-'''' —Accounts 

 of the Receiver of Totnes. 1554-5. 



