tav'stock

Updated: May 6, 2025

But Pike's famous deeds were not forgotten by his countymen; for in a broadside of the late seventeenth century, bearing the title of A Panegyric Poem; or, Tavestock's Encomium, he is thus enthusiastically praised: "Search whether can be found again the like For noble prowess for our Tav'stock Pike, In whose renowned never-dying name Live England's honour and the Spaniard's shame."

Various - A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2