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The following article is a direct translation from the classic genealogical and heraldic reference "Herharz Polski" by Kasper Niesiecki SJ. Lipsk edition 1839-46. Translated by William F Hoffman.

Paprocki and Okolski did not write about them. On a while field an arrow between two lilies, i.e., with a lily on either side, points straight up, and a second such arrow is seen piercing the helm. I have read nowhere about the origins of these arms; I have heard only that they were introduced to Poland from the Czechs long ago. The Blachas use these arms as their seal; among them Mikolaj, Wschowa cup-bearer, had three sons by Boszkowska, Jedrzej Alexander, Jozef, and Jan.


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Copyright © 1986 William F. Hoffman. Used by permission. This article originally appeared in Polish Genealogical Society 
Newsletter (Vol. IX, No. 2, Fall 1986), the bulletin of the Polish Genealogical Society of America.