After Page 134 {134} saying, in a letter, in which he professes to give the history and origin of his family,— "Prisca omnium familiarum Scaligeræ stirpis insignia sunt, aut Scala singularis , aut Canes utrinque scalæ innitentes." Joseph Scaliger adds— "Denique principium Veronensium progenitores eadem habuerunt insignia: donec in eam familiam Alboinus et Canis Magnus Aquilam imperii cum Scala primum ab Henrico VII o , deinde à Ludovico Bavaro acceptam nobis reliquerunt."
— from Notes and Queries, Number 69, February 22, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various