> I don't have an OED 3 or Partridge handy OED has been deat with and gives a contemporary quote. Partridge does not, he gives 'come' as 'To experience the sexual spasm': low coll: C.19-20. Considered coarse, but it was orig. a euphemism and, in C.20, how, if the fact is to be expressed non-euphemistically, could one express it otherwise with such terse simplicity?
As you can see, the book advertises itself; sheer delight! Partridge also wrote a book on interpunction, aptly entitled: 'You have a point there', a pure pleasure to read. Order it as well. More to the point. In Dowland, shouldn't we look to Italian examples like Ancor che col partire? David -- ******************************* David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
