does history relate the name of the officious twit who suspected this theorbo? as they're born, not made, his great-great-great-etc., etc. nephew - or whatever - might be alive, equally thick and on the job in customs at heathrow today. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Kenneth, > > > According to legend, the phrase the custom > officials' used to describe their fear of the > theorbo > was that it might be a "Popish instrument of war." > (Despite best intentions, the popes' brilliant > strategy to send salvos of theorbos into the heathen > land did not succeed in bringing England back into > the > fold.) > > > Chris > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > When the architect Inigo Jones returned to England > > from Italy with what must > > be the first recorded entry of a theorbo into > > Britain he was held up at > > customs while the officials decided whether or not > > he was bringing in an > > "instrument of destruction" and a threat to > national > > security. It was a strange > > sight to see a giraffe lute for the first time. > > > > Kenneth > > > > -- > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ___________________________________________________________ Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail. "The New Version is radically easier to use" The Wall Street Journal http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
