is there anything to indicate who "he" was - the customs official who sent the matter to the council table?
what i have in mind is a sort of retroactive trial to be held at the international court in the hague for crimes of officiousness and stupidity - only for those in positions of authority accused of forsaking humanity and common sense. assuming "he" will be found guilty as charged, it might act as a deterent to modern officials of every sort - presidents (as sean suggests) included. .. it might work - bill --- Peter W Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I believe that the story comes from this quotation: > > 'Inigo Jones first brought the theorbo to England > c.ann.1605. At Dover it > was thought some engine brought from Popish > countries to destroy the King, > and he had it sent up to the Council Table'. > > It comes from Dr Plume's Library, Malden, Essex, > pocket book no. 25. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "bill kilpatrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 5:21 PM > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Instruments in the cooler? > > > 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 > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.0.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.5/425 - > Release Date: 22/08/2006 > > > ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - with free PC-PC calling and photo sharing. http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
