Chapter XIII

); Anker, now anchorite, is also extant. Fals-Semblant says--

"Somtyme I am religious, Now lyk an anker in an hous."

(Romaunt of the Rose, 6348.)

PILGRIMS

While a Pilgrim acquired his name by a journey to any shrine, a Palmer must originally have been to the Holy Land, and a Romer to Rome. But the frequent occurrence of Palmer suggests that it was often a nickname for a pious fraud. We have a doublet of Pilgrim in Pegram, though this may come from the name Peregrine, the etymology being the same, viz. Lat. peregrines, a foreigner.

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