_Welsh Ambassador._--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.