us in the lines from Pasquin’s ‘Nightcap,’ written so late as 1612— First there is maister Peter at the Bell, A linen-draper, and a wealthy man; Then maister Thomas that doth stockings sell; And George the Grocer at the Frying-pan; And maister Timothie the woollen-draper; And maister Salamon the leather-scraper; And maister Frank the goldsmith at the Rose, And maister Philip with the fiery nose; And maister Miles the mercer at the Harrow; And maister Mike the silkman at the Plow; And maister Nicke the salter at the Sparrow; And maister Dick the vintner at the Cow; And Harry haberdasher at the Horne; And Oliver the dyer at the Thorne; And Bernard, barber-surgeon at the Fiddle; And Moses, merchant-tailor at the Needle.[132] More than three hundred years previous to this we find such names figuring in our registers as ‘John de la Rose,’ ‘John atte Belle,’ ‘Roger Horne,’ and ‘Nicholas Sparewe,’ while ‘Cow’ is met by its Norman equivalent in the instance of ‘Richard de la Vache.’ Of the rest, too, contained in the above lines, all are found in our existing nomenclature with the exception of ‘Fryingpan.’ Still more recently, the ‘British Apollo’ contained the following:— I’m amused at the signs As I pass through the town, To see the odd mixture— A ‘Magpie and Crown,’ The ‘Whale and the Crow,’ The ‘Razor and Hen,’ The ‘Leg and Seven Stars,’ The ‘Scissors and Pen,’ The ‘Axe and the Bottle,’ The ‘Tun and the Lute,’ The ‘Eagle and Child,’ The ‘Shovel and Boot.’