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
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> 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
>
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