. ARMS OF SPIELMAN A^D HIS FIEST WIFE. he used as a water-mark on a particular size of paper. " Foolscap " paper derives its name from that water- mark ; and thus, though the term now indicates a size, it was originally a trade-mark. The mark may have been derived, not from any crest, but from the long cap worn by the figure on his wife's shield of arms ; although it was greatly changed in the process. At the same time, it is to be noted that the fool's cap water- mark occurred on paper made in Germany in 1472.

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