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The History Of The Violin, 1864
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1Lydgate is given, where the following instruments are named,—
2 "Harpys, fythels, and eke rotys,
3 Wel accordyng with her notys,
4 Lutys, rubibis, and geterns,
5 More for estatys than taverns:
6 Orguys, cytolys, monacordys."
7Here we have the word fythel introduced. Gower says,—
8 "He taught her, till she was certene
9 Of harpe, citole, and of riote,
10 With many a tewne, and many a note."
11And Chaucer's "frere,"—
12 "———Certainly he had a merry note,
13 Wel coude he singe and plain on a rote."
14Very long before the time of these latter examples the rote had received various modifications and improvements in form, and the bow had been introduced. M. de Coussemaker has given the figure of a rote or crwth of the eleventh century, with three strings, and played on with a clumsy bow (Fig. 4). This has quite the character of the old crwth, and the method of using the fingers is shown. Another, given by him from the Cathedral of Amiens, of the thirteenth century, with six strings, has also many of the distinctive
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