FRISIA • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Frisia

... of the world, I never found that in any country—not in China itself— there was more than one man to every English acre of land: many territories passing for well-peopled where there is but one man for ten such acres. I found by measuring Holland and West Frisia (alias North Holland) upon the best maps, that it contained but as many such acres as London doth of people, viz., about 696,000 acres. I therefore venture to pronounce (till better informed) that the people of ...

— Essays on Mankind and Political Arithmetic • Sir William Petty

... herself and nearly mad with joy and fear at the idea of the black tulip being found again, started for the White Swan, followed by the boatman, a stout lad from Frisia, who was strong enough to knock down a dozen ...

— The Black Tulip • Alexandre Dumas (Pere)