martels

"Well, we'll say nothing about that," the tranter answered; "for I don't believe 'twill make a penneth o 'difference to we poor martels here or hereafter whether his sermons be good or bad, my sonnies."

Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school Thomas Hardy 1884

Then there are the hammers (martels) of Martell, the oak of Oksted, the three pike (lucies) of Lucy, and the horseshoes (fers) borne by Montgomery as the tenant of Ferrers.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XIII No 1 1986

“Well, we’ll say nothing about that,” the tranter answered; “for I don’t believe ’twill make a penneth o’ difference to we poor martels here or hereafter whether his sermons be good or bad, my sonnies.”

Under the Greenwood Tree 2006