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
