[13] See [Frontispiece].
[14] See [Frontispiece].
[15] 'Besy,' that is, 'busy,' meaning 'fussy,' a bad fault in descant, as it is to this day in counterpoint.
[16] It was the German clavichord that had 'tangents' of brass at the ends of the key levers. These tangents cut off the proper length of the string, and made it sound at the same time. The Italians called an instrument with a 'jack' action like the virginal by the name clavichord.
[17] The Bagpipe appears on a coin of Nero. Also there is a figure of an angel playing it, in a crosier given by William of Wykeham to New Coll., Oxon., in 1403.
[18] What is a 'woollen bagpipe'? See Merchant IV, i, 55.
[19] Selden's Table Talk, article 'King of England,' § 7.
[20] This hardly seems a necessary theory. See the [Note on 'Orchésographie,'] where the 'swinging' movement is fully accounted for.
[21] The branle (not the dance, but as used here) is called Congedium by Anthoine Arena. Arbeau thinks because the dancer appears about to take leave of his partner—i.e., prendre congé. See Hen. VIII., IV. ii. l. 82, stage direction, 'congee.'
[22] Hist. of Philos., by Thomas Stanley, edit. 1701.