. Encyclopedia of antiquities : and elements of archaeology, classical and mediæval . commencingthe year in March came from Ger-many. Yeomen. Our ancient yeomen,says Holinshed, were wealthy, andsent their sons to the were not called Master, as Gen-tlemen were, or Sir, as Knights, butonly John and Thomas, or Goodman,as Goodman Smith, & Zinc. The Encyclopedists say, thatthe Latton of the Classical Ancientswas an alloy of copper and zinc; butBeckman affirms, that zinc was notknown to the Ancients.* 1 Singer on Playing Cards, 73, 77, 80, 101, lOR,171,224, ■• Enc. ^ Holinshed,

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. Encyclopedia of antiquities : and elements of archaeology, classical and mediæval . commencingthe year in March came from Ger-many. Yeomen. Our ancient yeomen,says Holinshed, were wealthy, andsent their sons to the were not called Master, as Gen-tlemen were, or Sir, as Knights, butonly John and Thomas, or Goodman,as Goodman Smith, & Zinc. The Encyclopedists say, thatthe Latton of the Classical Ancientswas an alloy of copper and zinc; butBeckman affirms, that zinc was notknown to the Ancients.* 1 Singer on Playing Cards, 73, 77, 80, 101, lOR,171,224, ■• Enc. ^ Holinshed, i. 275, 276, ed. 4to. « Enc. Beckm. iii. 61. Fac Simile, from a page of Greek MS. [See Books, j). 270.] found at Herculaneum. London : J. B. Nicbols and Son, Printers, 25, Parliament Street. J^ 1> THE LIBRARYUNIVERSITY OF C Santa Barbara THIS BOOK IS DIE ON THE LAST DATESTAMPED BELOW. lOOM 11/86 Series 9482 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinn D 000 749 379 4 3 1205 01173 1500. Tl-CS or ^^Oa^O@^

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