You can read Diana Poulton's argumentation on page 172 of her book on
Dowland.
https://books.google.fr/books?id=gM4ikvRR4Z0C&pg=PA172&lpg=PA172&dq=dowland+Aloe&source=bl&ots=-vut7Vvh87&sig=nEJtzPUKm2eGhvsxwdhOOJ9_wY4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi-4_K7r9bRAhVL1RoKHc5ABH8Q6AEIPjAH#v=onepage&q=dowland%20Aloe&f=false
She speaks of a ballad tune referring to a merchant ship involved in
battle called the George Aloe.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_George_Aloe_and_the_Sweepstake
Robert Spencer in the inventory to the Boethius Press edition of the
facsimile says "Mrs. Poulton mistakenly linked the 'E' to 'Alo' to spell
'Aloe', presumably not noticing that the 'E' was appended to other
pieces in the manuscript".
There is further information given in LSAJ Vol. X 1977, pages 70-71.
Best,
Matthew
On 22/01/2017 17:05, Rainer wrote:
Dear lute netters,
does anybody know why this is still called Aloe?
Diana Poulton read the title in Trumbull as "Aloe" which is certainly
wrong as Ward noticed 40 years ago.
I can't see any connection to a non-existing tune based on a wrong title.
Have I missed any other "evidence"?
Best wishes,
Rainer adS
PS
The "concordances" Ward mentioned in his famous article were simply
wrong as well.
As far as I remember, it took him 3 later articles to admit this :)
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