Upon this Discovery, Bathillus became the Ridicule of Rome, and Virgil acquired a double Reputation.
The Distich, which Bathillus claim'd for his, was this:
Nocte plut totâ, redeunt spectacula manè,
Divisum Imperium cum Jove Cæsar habet.
i.e. It rain'd all Night; in the Morning the publick Shews return: Jove and Cæsar divide the Rule of the World. The Compliment is, that Cæsar designing to exhibit Sports to the People, though the preceding Night was rainy and unpromising, yet such Weather returned with the Morning, as did not disappoint the Solemnity.
[6] Alla Capella, Church-Musick where the Flats and Sharps are not mark'd.
[7] Seven Cliffs necessary to be known. [Pl. I.] Numb. 1. By the Help of these Cliffs any Line or Space may be what Note you please. Pl. I. Numb. 2.
[8] It is necessary to understand the Sol-Fa-ing, and its Rules, which shew where the two Semitones lie in each Octave, [Pl. I.] Numb. 3. Where Flats or Sharps are marked at the Cliff, the Rule is, if one Flat, That is Fa; if more Flats, the last. If one Sharp, That is Mi; if more Sharps, the last.
[9] His meaning is, that the French are not in the right.
[10] See § 2, and the following, in Chap. III. where the Difficulty of the Semitone Major and Minor are cleared.
[11] Voce di Petto is a full Voice, which comes from the Breast by Strength, and is the most sonorous and expressive. Voce di Testa comes more from the Throat, than from the Breast, and is capable of more Volubility. Falsetto is a feigned Voice, which is entirely formed in the Throat, has more Volubility than any, but of no Substance.