I shall conclude with one Irish Motto; that of Fitzgerald—"Crom a Boo;" a Cri de Guerre, or Term of Defiance. A Boo means the Cause, or the Party, and Crom was the ancient Castle of the Fitz-Geralds. So Butler a Boo meant the Ormond Party, the Cri on the other side; by which they insulted each other, and consequently frays and skirmishes ensued[333].
Simon Fitz-Alan had a Son Robert, who, being of a fair complexion, was called Boyt, or Boyd, from the Celtic or Gallic word Boidh, which signifies fair or yellow[334], from which he assumed his Sur-name, and from him all the Boyds in Scotland are descended[335].
Canmore is a Sobriquet. So might GoldBerry, from the colour of Boyd's hair. Sobriquets common in England and France; there was scarce a French King without some addition, relative to their persons, or to their good or bad qualities.
Goldberry is a Slughorn, for the Motto is Confido, as applying to the confidence the Chief had in the Vassals belonging to the Clan; though by the modern Crest (a Thumb and two Fingers pointing to Heaven) it seems to admit of a religious interpretation.
DISSERTATION
ON
Coaches.
Every thing has History belonging to it, though perhaps it is seldom worth investigation; and what follows will, I suspect, be thought not unlike Gratiano's reasons; viz. "As two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff; you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search[336]." But, as the History of Coaches in general, and particularly of Hackney Coaches, has never been drawn together, I shall attempt to do it as an historical detail of that species of luxury. . The Nobleman, and the man of fortune, steps into his own carriage; and the humbler orders of men into their occasional coach, even with the gout upon them, when walking is out of the question; without ever thinking with the smallest gratitude of those who introduced or improved such a convenience; and all this because these Vehicles are now too common to attract our notice further than their immediate use suggests.