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* QUETZALCOATL. 613 QUIBERON. and night, in which Quetzalcoatl is the god of light and sunshine, his rival the god of night and darkness, Tula or Tollan a sj-ncopation for Ton- atlan, the "Sun Place,' and Tlapallan, the 'Red Land.' the eastern horizon. This theory is proba- bly true in the main, but does not preclude the possibility, which is quite in accord with Indian custom, that some early Aztec king bore the same name and in time became invested in popular trailition with the attributes of the god. By one of the most extraordinary coincidences in history, the year 1.519, in which Cortes landed, was the .Mexican year of Ce Acutl. As the year drew near upon the calendar wheel, three blazing comets swept across the sky, the waters of the lake rose without apparent cause, and a strange light appeared in the east. Montezuma was troubled with presentiments for his empire, and iTit for the priests, who gave him only the ' tling prophecy that some great calamity was at hand. When the news came to him that the white strangers had landed from the east he said, '"This is Quetzalcoatl returned to Tula," and on his first inter'iew with Cortes the Indian King addressed him as their lost ruler. See also Aztec : Mexico : Xahuatlax Stock ; Toltec. QUEUE EOUGE, ke roozh (Fr., red-tail). A name given in the French West Indies, and also in Jamaica, to a spider of the genus Latrodectus, which is very poisonous and occasionally causes the death of human beings. See Katipo ; Max- MIGXATTE. QUEVEDO Y VILLEGAS, ka-va'od e ve-lya'- - -, Franclsco de (15S0-1645). A Spanish au- icir. He was bom in Madrid, studied at Alcala de Henares, and became versed in theology, law, Hebrew, Greek, Arabic, and Latin, as well as in modem languages. Although a cripple and de- fective in eyesight, he figured in many duels, in one of which he mortally wounded a nobleman and had to llee the country in 1611. Soon, however, he was employed in connection with certain dip- lomatic missions, and when the Duke of Osuna was put at the head of the Administration at Xaples, Quevedo was made Minister of Finance under him. Osima fell in 1620 and Quevedo shared in his misfortunes, being imprisoned for a good part of the next three years. Later he held a nominal appointment as secretary to King Philip IV. In 1639, suspected of having written some satiric verses attacking the extravagance of the King and his Ministers, he was arrested and spirited otf to the monastery of Saint Mark in Leon, where he was kept for four years. At the fall of Olivarez, the Prime Minister responsible for this last imprisonment, he was again set free, but his health was now undermined, and he died at Villanueva de los Infantes, September 8, 1645. A moralizing tone prevailed in his earlier prose works, hut it is as a satirist that he best showed his powers, especially in the picaresque novel Bistoria y rida del Btisciin (also called El ffran Tacafio). published in 1626. and in his series of Suei'ios (Visions). The former work is ex- cessively coarse, yet one of the most important of the Spanish romances of roguery. At the outset Quevedo was a sturdy opponent of the Gongo- ristic movement that did so much to vitiate Spanish style, but he yielded to the all-pervading power of Gongora's school and allowed bombast, obscurity, and strained conceit to enter into his own verse and prose. His verse shows no slight influence of Italian poetry, but in general it is marked by a satiric spirit that goes directly back to Juvenal. His pro.se writings are to be found in the Biblioteca de autores espanoles, vols, xxiii. and xlviii. ; for his verse, see vol. Ixix. Consult Merimee, Essai sur la vie et les oeuvres de Que- vedo (Paris, 1886). QUEZALTENANGO, ka-sal'ta-nan'gd. A city of Guatemala, capital of the department of the same name. It is situated on a plateau 7700 feet above sea level and 70 miles west of Guate- mala city (Map: Central America, B 3). The town is built on the slopes of a steep ridge which divides it into two portions. There are several well-built public buildings situated on the prin- cipal plaza, such as the city hall and the peni- tentiary, the latter being a fine stone building. The to^vn has a good water-supply and a health- ful climate. It is the second city of the Republic in size and importance. It manufactures cotton and woolen fabrics, and has a considerable trade in agricultural products. Population, about 30,- 000. Quezaltenango was an ancient Indian city, and was settled by the Spaniards in 1524. QUIANGAN, ke'ang-an'. or KIANGAN. A head-hunting people in Quiangan Province, Lu- zon. See Phiuppixe Islands. QUIA TIMET. A phrase used in law to designate certain remedies of an equitable nature to prevent anticipated injury. There were for- merly six writs which could be sued out quia timet before actual injury had occurred, which were as expressed by Lord Coke: "First a man may have his writ or mesne before he be dis- trained. Second, a irurrantio chcrtw, before he is impleaded. Third, a nionstraverunt, before any distress or vexation. Fourth, an audita querela, before any execution issued. Fifth, a curia claudenta, before any default of inclosure. Sixth, a ne injuste vexes, before any distress or molestation." These writs, which were formerly of much importance and use, are now obsolete; but the same end is attained by filing a bill quia tiniet in equity. Consult the authorities referred to imder Equity; Pleadixg. QUIBDO, keb'do. A tom of the Department of Cauca, Colombia, situated on the Atrato River, 30 miles from the Pacific coast and 90 miles southwest of Medellin (Map: Colombia, B 2). The town is built on piles and the houses are generally of poor construction. The surrounding district was formerly mined extensively for gold. Population, 7000. Quibdo was the capital of the ancient Province of Choco. QUIBEKON, ke'broN'. A small fishing town and sea-bathing resort in the Department of Morbihan, France, at the extremity of a long narrow peninsula forming the western horn of the Bay of Quiberon, 22 miles south-southeast of Lorient (Map: France, C 4). Population, in 1901, 3299. Xear the neck of the peninsula are the famous megalithic monuments of Carnac. In 1746, during the War of the Austrian Succession, an English force attempted a landing here, but was severely repulsed. In 1759 Admiral Hawke completely defeated a French fleet under Admiral Conflans in Quiberon Bay. A body of French emigrant royalists, under D'Hervilly and Puisaye, landed here from an English fleet in 1795. and endeavored to rouse the people of Brittany and La Vendee against the Convention, but were de-