palmern. pilgrim (who hasbeen to the Holy Land and brought back a palm leaf)香客,朝圣者。 △Rom.1.5.104(100):“And palm to palm is holypalmers’ kiss.”手掌接觸手掌便是香客們的接吻。(按: palm一詞作為“手掌”和“棕櫚葉”兩義在這句話里雙關(guān)。) △2H.VI.5.1.97:“Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer’s staff / And not tograce an awful princely sceptre.”你的手生來只能握香客的拐棍,而不能給令人敬畏的君主權(quán)杖帶來一點尊嚴。 
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