Notes & Queries Archive
REPLY1850

Welsh Ambassador

By PETIT ANDRE. (Pleissis-les-Tours, Fevrier)

The following use of the word "Welsh" in *metaphor*, may perhaps serve as a clue to, or illustration of, G.'s query (No. 15. p. 230.): *Andrew*. "In tough *Welsh* parsley, which in our vulgar tongue, is Strong hempen altars."—Beaumont and Fletcher, *Elder Brother*, Act. 1. ad fin.

Topics: Metaphor, Literature