I think it means a cousin from the same family. Mace might then be
describing a relative
MH
--- On Mon, 5/11/12, Peter Steur <p.st...@inrim.it> wrote:
From: Peter Steur <p.st...@inrim.it>
Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Thomas Mace and Cozen-German
To: "Baroque Lute" <baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Date: Monday, 5 November, 2012, 8:43
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Dear collected wisdom,
in his very first Sett of Lessons, Thomas Mace gives one of his Lessons
a
(to me) rather curious name: Cozen-German". Can any of you enlighten me
about the possible meaning of this name. Straightforwardly (according
to the
vocabulary), it would be "cheat-german", but I'm not sure whether it is
some
pun regarding Germans in general (cheat a german - cheating the german
way?)
some reference to the political situation of the time, or something
else
that escapes me.
Any help is definitely appreciated!
Best regards,
Peter Steur
Moncalieri (Italy)
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<DIV>in his very first Sett of Lessons, Thomas Mace gives one of
his Lessons a (to me) rather curious name: Cozen-German". Can any of
you enlighten me about the possible meaning of this name.
Straightforwardly (according to the vocabulary), it would be
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Germans in general (cheat a german - cheating the german
way?), some reference to the political situation of the time, or
something else that escapes me.</DIV>
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<DIV>Any help is definitely appreciated!</DIV>
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<DIV>Best regards,</DIV>
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