I have known John Downing to check and double check his references, as any hypothesis can be derailed with an argument of a scholarly sloppiness. I do not possess Mary Burwell's or Margaret Board's books, but my understanding is that the Board's book is dated earlier (see Checklist of some recently discovered English lute manuscripts from Oxford Journal). If both include the phrase, it is very likely that it was copied by a later author. Any one has both books at hand? alexander
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