Note 146 — Chapter II · LOCAL SURNAMES.
Reading edition
The old form of ‘Dutch’ was ‘Douch’ or ‘Dowch.’ Skelton in his ‘Parrot’ says that, besides French, Lattyn, Ebrew,
‘With Douch, with Spanysh, my tong can agree.’
Our ‘Dowch’s’ and ‘Douch’s’ still preserve this spelling.