Hi David, In my opinion here to faint means to fail because of weakness.
Hope this helps, Cheers! Lex Op 5 apr 2011, om 16:22 heeft David van Ooijen het volgende geschreven: > A Musicall Banquet, song VIII, third stanza has: > > Ravisht with ioy so grac't by such a Saint, > He quite forgat his Cell and selfe denaid, > He thought it shame in thankfulnesse to faint, > Debts due to Princes must de duely paid: > Nothing so hatefull to a noble minde, > As finding kindnesse for to prove unkinde. > > Why 'faint' in the third line? Just because it rhymes with 'Saint' in > the first line? Is there another meaning apart from the swooning, > indeed not the most polite thing to do in Royal presence? > > David > > > -- > ******************************* > David van Ooijen > davidvanooi...@gmail.com > www.davidvanooijen.nl > ******************************* > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
