On Nov 25, 2006, at 10:00 AM, Ron Fletcher wrote: > John Dowland died in 1626. Certainly in the infancy of reading- > glasses. I > guess many lutenists became short-sighted, playing/composing in the > wee > small hours by candle-light! Is there any record of lutenists > eventually > needing the aid of lenses?
> Now Ron, you're being deliberately obtuse, or did you really think > I was talking about optometry? ;-) ;-) > This list could do with a change of thread. Okay, no problem DR [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.rastallmusic.com -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html