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NOTES AND QUERIES. 
| [204 §. No10., Man, 8°56. 
two oo resembling two great l’res [letters], $, for Frede- 
rick the king his name, with ane crowne upone the heid 
of the same, upone the q'* [which] cover ar conteinit 
fourtie sevine diamont tablets of severall qlities [ qualities ] 
and ane blank for on diamont yt hes been lost, and with 
the queen’s pictour on the uther syde, upone the cover 
qrof is sett ane crowne with two € [for Elizabeth] efter 
this forme S 9, conteining xlvi tablets great and small, 
q'* caiss is enambled wt black and quhyt, and sume of en~ 
ambling brokine upone the syde of the queens portrat; 
ane round pictour box without pictour, conteining ane 
great diamond in the middle, nyne smaller stones nixt 
sett round about, and auchtene littill stones in the third 
cirele sett round enambled with black, quhyt, and uther 
cullours, in ane red velyet box, estimat all to ccececce lib. 
Item, ane jewell maid in faschioune of ane roise [rose] 
and crowne, with thrie pendants of gold, qrin is sett in 
the crowne thrie triangled diamonds under yame fyve 
tablet diamonds, the tape of the croune for small dia- 
monds and the rose undir the croune conteining aucht 
triangle diamonds with ane littill on the middill and ilk 
{each ] pendant haveing ane triangled diamond enam- 
bled all in the back with quhyt wt quhyt [sic] amell 
[enamel] in an crimsone yelvit caiss, estimat all to 
ceecee lib. Item, ane uther littill jewel in forme of ane 
rose, conteining ane tablet diamond in the middle and 
sevine tablet diamonds round about the same, with ane 
littill diamond upone the top ytof, and ane great pearle 
hanging at it flat on the baksyde, estimat to ce lib. 
Item, ane lock of the queen of Bohemes her hair of thrie 
plett, with ane eye at the top yrof, quhairin ar sett on 
everie syd ane diamont fassit-cutt*, wt ane crowne of 
gold upone the same enambled with black and quhyt 
estimat all toc lib. Item, ane littill pendant in forme of 
ane heart, with ane tablit diamond stone in the middle 
with nyne lesser tablits round, enambled with black in 
the bak, estimat to ¢ lib. Item, twa eare pendants, qin 
ar sett in ilk ane fyftene littill tablit diamonts with ane 
peare pearlet at the end of eache pendant, qlk pendant is 
made in forme of ane peir of bose{ oppine cutt work §, 
estimat to ¢ lib. Item, twa uther eir pendants, each on 
of yame ane croune of gold with sevine littill diamont 
stones; under the s¢ croune ane tablit diamont sett 
upone ane blak heart of gold; on the bak of the s¢ heart, 
ane quaver wt twa arrowes into it, qlk quaver hes twa 
arrowes into it [sic], and twa tablit diamonts and fyve 
littill pendants, ilk ane haveing ane littill diamond, esti- 
mat toc lib. Item, ane cupid of gold enamblit, wt ane 
heart hanging at his foot, qtupone is sett ane tablit dia- 
mond crost with ane arrow, qlk hes ane spark of diamond 
at ilk end, under the heart ane littill pendant rubie, wtin 
on the bak syde thes words (willing he woundit), estimat 
to xx lib. Item, ane cross of diamonts sett wt sevine 
littill diamonts with ane peire pearle at the end yrof, en- 
ambled in the bak wt black enambling, estimat to c lib. 
Item, ane uther croce sett with emeralds, conteining four- 
tene tablit stones wt ane round pearle, hinging [hanging] 
at the end of the croce was on emerald stone, and is en- 
amblit with black and quhyt on the back syd, estimat to 
fourtie pundes. Item, ane bracelett, conteining aucht 
peices of enambled gold with quhyt cullour, each peice 
haveing upone the tope ytof twa rubie stones, four of the 
ss peices haveing the rubié stones four squarit, and the 
uther four haveing the stones in formes of hearts, and on 
of the s4s aucht peices, the gold qtof is brokine in the on 
syde, and betwixt everie twa stones y* is sex littill round 
pearle, estimat all to xx lib, Item, ane bracelet contein- 
* i.e. cut in little faces. 
1B a + Pearl in form of a pear. 
oss, hollow, 
§ Open cut work, 
ing sex great ovill emantis* stones faussit-cut on both 
syds, sett in gold, enamblit blak and quhyt, with sex 
turkie [or turquoise] stones, estimat all to xvi lib. Item, 
ane border or heid lace of the Jenth of ane quarter of ane 
elne, conteining thretteine ross, in the middle of everie 
ross ane pearle of the greatnes of ane flanders pie +, with 
sex littill diamonts sett in gold about everie pearle, qlk 
ross is formed eftir this faschione [a rude representation 
here ], estimat to xx lib. Item, ane balsome box of gold 
enamblit with severall cullours, conteining fyye severall 
boxes, qlix haill box is of twa inches long wt ane greip 
[clasp] upone the end ytof, estimat to xx lib. Item, ane 
pictour box of gold enamblit wt grein, qtin is conteinit 
her husbands portrat, estimat to xx lib. Item, ane cupid 
of gold, holding ane ancor in his hand, twa arrowis on 
the uther, and under his foot on the bak syd is gravine 
thais words (vanitie, &c.t), estimat to xx lib. Item, ane 
wate laittit with gold round faschioned and enamblit 
with cullours, and on the bak ytof ane ross, estimat to 
1x lib. Item, ane mortheid [Death’s head] of the qlitie 
of ane littill buttoune, with twa deid bnes [bones] with 
ane lok of quhyt hair, estimate to x lib. Item, fyve peice 
of gold, each on of the wecht of ane portingall dowcat 
cunzeat [eoined] be the King of Swaden at the battell of 
Leipsick, sevint Sept", 1631, estimat to cclxyi lib. xiij fs 
iiijd. Item, ane ring with ane triangle diamond sett in 
heart, with ane tablet diamont about it sett in ane eye 
with thrie littill sparks of diamonds in the ends of the heid 
of thrie arrowes with ane arrow crosing the heart, at each 
end ytof ane spark of ane diamond, with this ressoune 
- [motto] ingraven (Mainie in the eye but on in the 
heart), estimat to xl lib. Item, ane ring, fyve littill 
tablet diamonds in formeJof ane croce, enamblit on the 
bak with greine and blew, estimat toc marks. Item, ane 
ring sett with ane littill diamond stone, enamblit wtin 
with ane mortheid with this word (my cuire), estimat to 
xx lib. Item, ane small gold cheinzia [chain], weyand 
ane unce twelf drope wecht, estimat to lvilib. Item, twa 
uther goldecheinzias with black enambling, both weyand 
sex unces thrie drope, estimat to ce lib. 
“Suma of the inv™ [inventor] v aj [or m, thousand] 
celvj lib. vif. 8d. 
“Na divisione. 
“George Abernethie, wryter in Edt [Edinburgh] 
cautioner [surety ].” 
(Recorded in the Testament Register of the Commissary 
Court of Edinburgh.) 
THE TWO-HEADED EAGLE. 
(2"4 §. i. 73. 138.) 
The two-headed eagle, about which Presro- 
NIENSIS inquires, is borne as an armorial ensign 
by the empires of Russia and Austria. The king- 
dom of Prussia bears a single-headed displayed 
eagle, probably derived from the ancient bearings 
of the dukedom of Prussia, which the Maregraves 
of Brandenburgh held under the crown of Poland 
until 1658, and from that time in full sovereignty. 
The ensign of Brandenburgh was a similar eagle, 
but the tinctures were different. The double- 
headed eagle is believed to indicate the two-fold 
Roman empire, that of the West and that of the 
* Probably diamonds. 
+ What does a Flanders pie mean? At 
t Probably the commencement of “ Vanity of vanities.” 
