By Tre, Pol, and Pen,
You shall know the Cornish men.
These three words, says Fuller, are the Dictionary of such surnames as are originally Cornish; and, though nouns in sense, I may fitly term them prepositions.
| 1 Tre | ⎫ | signifieth | ⎧ | a town |
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| 2 Pol | ⎬ | ⎨ | an head |
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| 3 Pen | ⎭ | ⎩ | a top |
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Some add to these a fourth inchoation, viz, Car, which signifies a rock, as Car-mine, Car-zeu, &c.
