rom that pure region far above,
But keep thy throne and wear thy crown,
Queen of my heart and queen of love!
A monarch in thy realm complete,
And I a monarch--at thy feet!

William Winter, _Wanderers_ (1889).

=Queens= (_Four Daughters_). Raymond Ber'enger, count of Provence, had
four daughters, all of whom married kings; Margaret married Louis IX. of
France; Eleanor married Henry III. of England; Sancha married Henry's
brother, Richard, king of the Romans; and Beatrice married Charles I. of
Naples and Sicily.

Four daughters were there born
To Raymond Ber'enger, and every one
Became a queen.

Dant[^e], _Paradise_, vi. (1311).

=Quentin= (_Black_), groom of Sir John Ramorny.--Sir W. Scott, _Fair Maid
of Perth_ (time, Henry IV.).

=Quentin Durward=, a novel by Sir W. Scott (1823). A story of French
history. The delineations of Louis XI., and Charles the Bold, of
Burgundy, will stand comparison with any in the whole range of fiction
or history.

=Quern-Biter=, the sword of Haco I. of Norway.

Quern-biter of Hacon the Good
Wherewith at a stroke he hewed
The millstone thro' and thro'.

Longfellow.

=Querno= (_Camillo_), of Apulia, was introduced to Pope Leo X., as a
buffoon, but was promoted to the laurel. This laureate was called the
"Antichrist of Wit."

Rome in her capitol saw Querno sit,
Throned on seven hills, the antichrist of wit.

Pope, _The Dunciad_, ii. (1728).

=Querpo= (_Shrill_), in Garth's _Dispensary_, is meant for Dr. Howe.

To this design shrill Querpo did agree,
A zealous member of the faculty,
His sire's pretended pious steps he treads,
And where the doctor fails, the saint succeeds.

_Dispensary_, iv. (1699).

=Questing Beast= (_The_), a monster called Glatisaunt, that made a noise
called questing, "like thirty couple of hounds giving quest" or cry.
King Pellinore (3 _syl._) followed the beast for twelve months (pt. i.
17), and after his death Sir Palomid[^e]s gave it chase.

The questing beast had in shape and head like a serpent's head, and
a body like a libard, buttocks like a lion, and footed like a hart;
and in his body there was such a noise as it had been the noise of
thirty couple of hounds questing, and such a noise that beast made
wheresoever he went; and this beast evermore Sir Palomides
followed.--Sir T. Malory, _History of Prince Arthur_