set aside for the purpose referred to. At Alençon, in Queen
Margaret's time, there was a street called the Rue des
Fumiers, as appears from a report dated March 8, 1564
(Archives of the Orne, Series A). Probably it is to this
street that she alludes. (Communicated by M. L. Duval,
archivist of the department of the Orne).--M.

Afterwards he came and passed in front of the gentleman and the
advocate, and, letting the sugar-loaf (3) fall near them, as if by
mischance, went into a house whither he had pretended to be carrying it.

The Lord of La Tirelière (4) hastened back with all speed to pick up
what he thought to be a sugar-loaf, and just as he had done so the
apothecary's man also came back looking and asking for his sugar
everywhere.

3 M. Duval, archivist of the Orne, states that La
Tirelière, which is situated near St. Germain-du-Corbois,
within three miles of Alençon, is an old _gentilhommière_ or
manor-house, surrounded by a moat. It was originally a
simple _vavassonrie_ held in fief from the Counts and Dukes
of Alençon by the Pantolf and Crouches families, and in the
seventeenth century was merged into the marquisate of
L'Isle.--M.

4 Sugar was at this period sold by apothecaries, and was a
rare and costly luxury. There were loaves of various sizes,
but none so large as those of the present time.--M.

The gentleman, thinking that he had cleverly tricked him, then went in