Never in an English village have I seen a savoyard with a trained bear make more excitement than doth here Captain John Smith."
"The Princess Pocahontas"
Virginia Watson
It is the modern savoyard hurdy-gurdy, as we still more improperly term it; for the hurdy-gurdy is quite a different instrument.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner
In this work occurs his Confession of Faith of a savoyard Vicar, discarding the supernatural element in Christianity.
"A Biographical Dictionary of Freethinkers of All Ages and Nations"
Joseph Mazzini Wheeler