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 >>> >>> -- >>> >>> 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 > >
