bill,
I think that somewhere along the line, some of the family immigrated to 
the US.

Sean

On Aug 24, 2006, at 9:21 AM, bill kilpatrick wrote:

> 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
>>>
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